>> anthony: on a motor bike? >> jean: yeah. >> anthony: wow. so, what happened? it stopped in, uh --. >> abdou: the last race was in '07, in '08, uh --. >> anthony: 2007? >> abdou: yeah. in, in, in 2008 we were at the start and we didn't start. >> jean: that's right. >> abdou: we didn't start. >> jean: they cancelled the, the race. >> anthony: in 2008, officials shut the event down with racers from all over the world at the starting line. a response to the murder of four french citizens in maritania and to the discovery of potential terrorist threats against the race in the region. the race, now called the dakar rally, was moved off the african continent and currently runs much of the length of south america. >> anthony: but will, will it come back? what do you think? >> abdou: here in senegal? >> anthony: yeah. >> abdou: never. >> anthony: whoa. >> jean: i hope so! >> abdou: never. >> anthony: why? why? why never? >> abdou: because these people, when they leave, they did it not in a fair way. >> anthony: so you think they don't deserve to have it back. >> abdou: no. >> anthony: but there's still, is there still racing here within the country? within senegal? i mean, you race. >> jean: we have, after