1986 Dakar Rally also known as the 1986 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 8th running of the Dakar Rally

Dakar Rally

The Dakar Rally is an annual rally raid type of off-road automobile race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation...

 event. René Metge and Dominique Lemoyne won the car class for the second time; Cyril Neveu won the motorcycle class. The event was overshadowed by the death of the event organiser, Thierry Sabine

Thierry Sabine

Thierry Sabine was a French wrangler, motorcycle racer, and founder and main organizer of Paris Dakar....

, and four others, including French singer Daniel Balavoine

Daniel Balavoine

Daniel Balavoine was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and inspired many singers in the 1980s, such as Jean-Jacques Goldman, and Michel Berger, his closest friend...

, in a helicopter crash.