Via Dan Gelston in apnews.com: Sara Price slid out of her off-road vehicle at the Dakar Rally, after a rigorous ride through the diabolical dust and dunes in Saudi Arabia, and checked for certain she made history in the endurance event. “I don’t think an American female’s ever won a stage, right,” she asked. Price was right, the 31-year-old Californian this week became the first female American driver and third woman ever to win a Dakar stage.