the world's oldest sports speed  distance
Total Distance: 18,000 miles. Last month, 48 teams packed in street-legal cars from old Datsuns to new Jeep Wranglers left London for a 29-day, 8600-mile time-trial rally to Cape Town. The London to Cape Town World Cup Rally is one of a series of nonprofessional long-distance endurance rallies that has included 19 events since 1997. The longest of these was the 2000 Around the World in 80 Days rally: The race covered 18,000 miles, had 42 entries, and required nearly three months to drive. The cars were airlifted only twice, from Beijing to Alaska and then from New York to Marrakesh. Barney Gaylord/Chicagoland MG Club.