At stake are trophies and a prize purse totaling $10,000.
The competition initially had 174 competitors from 17 different countries with a total prize purse of $20,000.
By 2006, the event had grown to 547 qualified participants from 53 countries and a prize purse of $400,000.
A prize purse of $100,000 was awarded for the sprint event.
Teams will be competing to win a piece of the $400,000 prize purse.
The race once featured the largest prize purse in adventure racing.
They split $2,500 out of a total prize purse of $5,000.
The total prize purse for this race was estimated at more than two million dollars.
He finished out of the money since the prize purse was only rewarded from first to fifth positions.
Too much money is poured into the cars and into prize purses.