The Hail International Car Rally Challenge-2008 got started today at "Al-Nafoud Al-Kabeer" (the large desert) in the Northern part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the Gulf drivers of cars and motor cycles. The two-day race is split into three categories, namely the four-wheel drive (racing cars) and two-wheel drive motor cycles which includes provisions of 6 cylinders and 8 cylinders as well as an open category with 8 cylinders Standard Model Motor cycles.