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Team Speed Prepare For The 2012 Dakar Rally

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:47:01 +0000

Charlotte, NC (December 16, 2011) –As Team SPEED and Toyo Tires® prepare for the 2012 Dakar Rally, we would like to highlight the true essence of the race through the next series of stories. We want our fans, sponsors and supporters to get an idea of the amount of preparation and work that is involved in participating in the Dakar Rally and to fully understand the evolution of man and ... Keep reading

Team Hummer names Eliseo Salazar as second driver

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:15:43 +0000

Eliseo Salazar to Pilot Second HUMMER for Robby Gordon's Team HUMMER in the 2011 Dakar Rally Buenos Aires, Argentina (December 30, 2010) - Robby Gordon has enlisted the driving skills of Chilean, Eliseo Salazar, to contribute to the efforts of Team HUMMER and their quest to win the infamous Dakar Rally. Salazar and navigator, Steve La Roza, will be driving the No. 327 SPEED Energy / ... Keep reading

Stage 7 notes

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:02:24 +0000

13:15 - quad 252 - Patronelli loses 1h08'25 and the standings leadership!... Victim of mechanical problems at the very outset of the special stage, Argentine rider Alejandro Patronelli (Yamaha) just completed special stage 7 and arrived 1h08'25 behind the day's winner, his countryman Sebastian Halpern (Yamaha). By a way of consequence, the older of the Patronelli brothers and former ... Keep reading

Dakar standings after Day 9

Thu, 08 May 1997 12:19:18 +0000

PARIS, January 13, 1997 - Top 10 placings in today's 315-kms 9th stage of the Dakar-Agadez-Dakar rally from Agadez to Oclan: Cars Stage placings 1. Jutta Kleinschmidt GER Buggy 2:29:56 2. Bruno Saby FRA Mitsubishi + 4:36 3. Jean-Pierre Fontenay FRA Mitsubishi + 6:26 4 ... Keep reading

Dakar standings after stage 12 - Car

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:04:56 +0000

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Team Time Gap to 1st Penalties --- --- --------------------------------- --- --------------------- ----------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- 1. 302 Alphand, Picard F Mitsubishi Pajero Mitsubishi Ralliart 46:25:52 0:00:00 2. 305 De Villiers ... Keep reading

Dakar standings after stage 4 - Car

Tue, 06 Jan 2004 01:11:18 +0000

Pos Num Drivers Nat Team Manufacturer Time Gap to 1st Penalties --- --- ------------------------------ --- ---------------------- -------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- 1. 203 Peterhansel, Cottret F Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Pajero Ev 1:12:20 :00 2. 206 Biasion, Siviero I ... Keep reading

Dakar Standings after stage 8 - Car

Fri, 09 Jan 2004 04:14:29 +0000

Pos Num Drivers Nat Team Manufacturer Time Gap to 1st Penalties --- --- ------------------------------ --- ---------------------- -------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- 1. 203 Peterhansel, Cottret F Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Pajero Ev 18:54:05 :00 5:00 2. 212 de Mevius, Guehennec ... Keep reading

Paris-Dakar standings through 98-01-13

Mon, 12 Jan 1998 12:19:18 +0000

TOMBOUCTOU, Mali., Jan 12 - Top 10 result in today's 411-km 11th stage of the Paris-Dakar Rally from Gao to Tombouctou: Cars P. Driver Country Type of car Time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Bruno Saby France Mitsubishi 3:37:52 2. Jean-Pierre ... Keep reading

Arras-Madrid-Dakar: Car results stage 14

Tue, 15 Jan 2002 23:45:42 +0000

Friday, January 11, 2002
Stage 14 - Tichit to Kiffa
Marathon Two, Part I


Pos Number Name                                    Time           Diff          Penalties
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 1. 200    Kleinschmidt / Schulz                   5h 50' 05"        00' 00"
 2. 210    Shinozuka / Delli - Zotti ... Keep reading

Dakar standings after stage 2 - Truck

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:43:38 +0000

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Time Gap to 1st Penalties ---- --- ------------------------------------------------------- ----------- ------------------------------ ---------- ---------- --------- 1. 501 Vladimir Chagin, Sergey Savostin, Eduard Nikolaev RUS Kamaz 4326 ... Keep reading

Team Honda Europe stage 6 report

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:32:03 +0000

A dangerous day The 6th stage was fast en dangerous. A true desertspecial through the Atacama desert. It has almost cost Italian rider Manca his life, after a crash at high speed. He is in Santiago now, and slowly getting better. Manca rode with the top and lost a lot of time giving his rear wheel to Coma in the 5th stage. He must have tried to make up for this right from the ... Keep reading

Team Dakar USA names Grider as navigator

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:26:00 +0000

Andy Grider Joins Team Dakar USA ANAHEIM, Calif. (Oct. 2, 2006) -- Andy Grider, a native of Long Beach, California, will join Team Dakar USA and Robby Gordon as navigator in their bid to be the first American effort to capture the overall title in the famed endurance race -- the 2007 Dakar Rally. Grider's multiple credits include a runner-up finish in the second stage of last ... Keep reading

Dakar: KTM preview

Sun, 02 Jan 2005 10:01:23 +0000

The 27th Dakar -- KTM about to make history That has never happened in the history of the Dakar before: One motorbike brand could be taking over the lead for the fifth time in a row - KTM. Up until now, Richard Sainct, Fabrizio Meoni and Nani Roma were able to win the most difficult rally in the world on KTM. The bikes from Mattighofen are now in the position to pass BMW and Yamaha ... Keep reading

Dakar standings after stage 5 - Bike

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:32:14 +0000

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Team Time Gap to 1st Penalties ---- --- --------------------------------- --- ------------------------- ----------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- 1. 1 Marc Coma E KTM 650 Rally KTM Repsol 14:08:48 0:00:00 2. 4 ... Keep reading

Team Dakar USA stage seven report

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:30:55 +0000

Team Dakar USA Stage 7 Update: Mendoza to Valparaiso Valparaiso, Chile (January 9, 2009) -- Team Dakar USA shined in today's special from Mendoza, Argentina to Valparaiso, Chile. Collectively, the Monster Energy Toyo Tires Hummer and the Vanguard Hummer offered spectacular performances through the diverse terrains and landscapes of both Argentina and Chile. Robby Gordon and Andy ... Keep reading

Volkswagen shakedown report

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:15:43 +0000

2 days to the 2011 Dakar Rally Before the "Dakar" start: News from the Volkswagen Team The countdown has started: The Volkswagen team's preparations for the almost 9,600 kilometre desert classic in Argentina and Chile are in full swing just two days before the Dakar Rally starts. While the entire crew put the four works entered and prepared Race Touareg 3 through their paces a ... Keep reading

Stage 7 quotes

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:02:24 +0000

Bike: Francisco Lopez: "A good day" It was not easy. There was a lot of dust in the beginning. I went a little faster afterwards but I lost my exhaust at mid stage more or less. So after that, I was afraid my engine would break. Fortunately, it was the shortest special stage since the beginning of the raid; if it had not been the engine would have been hit bad. I won and that is ... Keep reading

KTM final summary

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:08:31 +0000

Great Dakar for KTM, Marc Coma, Cyril Despres and the KTM 450 Rally bike The Dakar 2011, which finished last weekend in Buenos Aires, will be remembered at KTM as one of the company's greatest triumphs in rally sport. Not only the tenth consecutive win for the Austrian sports motorcycle specialists but also a sensational ride by the company's two leading factory riders who finished ... Keep reading

Dakar standings after stage 12 - Bike

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:04:56 +0000

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Team Time Gap to 1st Penalties --- --- --------------------------------- --- --------------------- ----------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- 1. 2 Marc Coma E KTM 660 Rallye KTM Repsol - Red Bull 47:01:21 0:00:00 2. 1 Cyril Despres ... Keep reading

Dakar standings after stage 4 - Truck

Tue, 06 Jan 2004 01:11:18 +0000

Pos Num Drivers Nat Team Manufacturer Time Gap to 1st Penalties --- --- ------------------------------ --- ---------------------- -------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- 1. 417 De Rooy G., Colsoul, Slaats NL Team De Rooy DAF CF 75 1:32:04 :00 2. 410 Kabirov, Belyaev, Kamalov ... Keep reading