miniace Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) Guess many of you are following the 2009 Dakar Rally. Formely-Paris-Dakar Rally which is the world's most grueling and dangerous off-road race and it's watched by millions of people throughout the world now moved to South America (Argentina and Chille) due to security reasons and into 6th day or racing today. The 2008 Dakar Rally was canceled at the last minute because of security concerns in Mauritania where some French tourists were killed. This year one fatality reported so far ,The body of the Frenchman a first-time Dakar motorcyclist Pascal Terry, missing since Sunday, was found in dense bush. Standings after stage 5, Pos.; Team; Vehicle; Leg 5; Overall time 1. Nasser Al-Attiyah/Tina Thörner (Q/S); BMW X3; 5h53m06s (4th); 18h44m37s 2. Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz (ZA/D); Volkswagen Race Touareg 2; 5h47m43s (1st) + 2m24s 3. Carlos Sainz/Michel Périn (E/F); Volkswagen Race Touareg 2; 6h03m25s (9th) + 6m33s 4. Mark Miller/Ralph Pitchford (USA/ZA); Volkswagen Race Touareg 2; 5h56m42s (6th) + 19m55s 5. Nani Roma/Lucas Cruz Senra (E/E); Mitsubishi Racing Lancer; 6h01m21s (8th) + 24m29s 6. Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-P. Cottret (F/F); Mitsubishi Racing Lancer; 5h54m55s (5th) + 28m44s 7. Robby Gordon/Andy Grider (USA/USA); Hummer; 5h51m55s (3rd) + 41m48s 8. Luc Alphand/Gilles Picard (F/F); Mitsubishi Racing Lancer; 5h57m45s (7th) + 42m04s 9. Dieter Depping/Timo Gottschalk (D/D); Volkswagen Race Touareg 2; 5h50m01s (2nd) + 1h16m40s 10. Guilherme Spinelli/Marcelo Vivolo (BR/BR); Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution; 6h27m58s (11th) + 1h39m26s MINIACE Edited January 9, 2009 by miniace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLM Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Check out www.dakar.com for personalized stories of the privateers who risk financial ruin, their health and often lives just to run the greatest motorsport event of them all. Sadly, Nasser has been DSQ'ed, after he chose to drive around a series of sand dunes because of a badly overheating engine. He missed 5 consecutive waypoints and was excluded. The VWs are currently running 1-2-3. Robby Gordon was only 20 odd minutes behind but he got lost in the dunes and now is sadly over an hour adrift. www.motorsport.com has good information and thousands of photos too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pradfred Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 miniace said: Guess many of you are following the 2009 Dakar Rally. Miniace, Any timings for the highlights on Sat. TV? ESPN was supposed to be showing this but I seem to have missed the show.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDon Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 man i love the exhaust sound of that VW race toureg... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturn Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) Is it being shown on any channel on Dialog TV? Edited January 16, 2009 by Saturn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADZ Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 pradfred said: ESPN was supposed to be showing this but I seem to have missed the show.... machan get Time Shift TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pradfred Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 MADZ said: machan get Time Shift TV Ha ha Yeah now I can ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devinda_Z Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 pradfred said: Ha ha Yeah now I can ! ah so you've shifted then?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin Turbo Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 overall winner of Dakar2009 held in south America is,................ The VW touareg diesel . Eat carbon petrol heads! -TT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devinda_Z Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Twin Turbo said: overall winner of Dakar2009 held in south America is,................ The VW touareg diesel . Eat carbon petrol heads! -TT. good one! Le Mans = check Paris Dakar = check WRC = [perhaps when Subaru return in a few years with thier diesel flat4? ] F1 = ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pradfred Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Devinda_Z said: good one! Le Mans = check Paris Dakar = check WRC = [perhaps when Subaru return in a few years with thier diesel flat4? ] F1 = ???? Lol yeah. Diesel F1. That would really be the pinnacle of motorsport...or should I say Torque lol. Imagine Bernie Was looking at some BMW 320D's ..... also heard that thaere was a 330D ? any idea? This is a very fast machine ....at least it got Ralf Shu some good(!) PR .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrarif50 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) some pics here - http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/t...akar_rally.html http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/01/14...boston-com.aspx http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/01/16...-2009-pt-2.aspx Edited January 20, 2009 by ferrarif50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLM Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 VAG's TDI technology has now won the Dakar with VW, the Le Mans 24 with Audi and the WTCC with Seat. Pretty impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isam Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 No McPheresons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devinda_Z Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 nevermind the rally... hows that for awesome photography?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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