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Chile move for Dakar Rally?
2008-01-10 01:18:00 Earlier this week we bought you news of the Dakar Rally’s cancellation. Upon hearing the news head of Chile’s Tourist Service, Oscar Santelices has offered the Atacama Desert as a possible replacement. The desert already hosts the annual Patagonia Atacama Rally and would seem ideal for hosting the race with the possible exception of having a catchy name. Read more… ...
2008 Dakar Rally canceled
2008-01-07 17:49:00 Reli dakar untuk pertama kalinya digelar pada tahun 1979, sejak pertama digelar, balapan yang sebelumnya bernama Paris-Dakar itu sering mengalami gangguan keamanan. Namun langkah antisipasi berupa pemindahan jalur lintasan yang sering jadi alternatif untuk mangatasai ancaman tersebut kali ini tidak diambil pihak penyelenggara, dan justru memilih meniadakan seri ke-29 tahun 2008 ini untuk pertama kalinya sejak tahun 1979.hmm.. sebenernya kenapa sih Reli yang terkenal paling keras ini ditiadakan tahun ini?Sebelumnya kita ulas dulu Seri ke-28 tahun 2007 kemarin. Pada seri Reli Dakar 2007 lomba ini mengambil start di Lisabon ibukota Portugal dan berakhir 21 Januari di Dakar, Ibu kota Senegal.Sebanyak 525 peserta, 187 mobil, 250 sepeda montor dan 88 truk, beradu kepiawaian serta bertahan untuk merampungkan seluruh lomba yang berjarak tempuh total 7.915 kilometer ini.Etape pertama sendiri menempuh 492km, dan sepanjang 117km diantaranya merupakan tahapan khusu (special stage).Ok.. segitu d...
Dakar Rally 2008 Cancelled
2008-01-06 14:45:00 The Dakar Rally racing had been cancelled for Terrorist Threaten, the day before the racing start day. The race was scheduled to start in Lisbon on Saturday but the murder of four French tourists in Mauritania on December 24 led to the French government advising against any travel to the African country. Nine of the rally’s stages were due to pass through Mauritania from January 11-19 before the event finished in Dakar on January 20. “Following several consultations with the French government — in particular the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — and taking into account its firm recommendations, the organizers of the Dakar have taken the decision to cancel the 2008 edition of the rally scheduled for January 5-20 between Lisbon and the Senegalese capital,” the Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) said in a statement. The ASO said there had been “direct threats against the race issued by terrorist groups.” It is the first time in its 30-year history tha...
Dakar Rally canceled after terror threat
2008-01-05 03:16:00 What had been set to be the longest edition yet of the Dakar Rally now won't happen at all. A day before the race was due to kick off in Lisbon on Saturday, organizers decided to cancel the entire event. A series of terrorist attacks, including the Dec. 24 killing of a French family in Mauritania and another where several soldiers were killed along with direct threats against the race, triggered the first cancellation in the race's thirty year history. Both Mitsubishi and Volkswagen were expected to campaign squads of clean diesel-powered off-road racers. In total, 550 cars, trucks and motorcycles were expected to compete. The race has long been considered one of the most difficult rallies in the world and in the past individual stages have been canceled for various regions. At this point the future of the race is uncertain. [Source: Associated Press]
Dakar rally cancelled
2008-01-05 00:15:00 One day short of kicking off the world famous Dakar rally comes news that it has been cancelled due to an unspecified terrorist threat. In the interest of competitor safety, race organisers and the French Government took the dramatic step of calling off the two week marathon but were quick to stress that this would ...
Al-Qaeda: Dakar Rally For Infidels, Slams Mauritania For Hosting Event
2008-01-04 20:30:00 Al-Qaeda has successfully intimidated the government of Mauritania to cancel plans to host the annual Dakar Rally. The Dakar is an annual off-road endurance race rather than a conventional rally. The terrain the competitors traverse is much tougher and the vehicles used are true off-road vehicles rather than the modified sedans used in rallies. Most of the ...
By: The Hot Joints
2008 Dakar Rally Cancelled
2008-01-04 11:39:00 Taken from 2008 Dakar Rally Cancelled on ZerCustoms The Dakar Rally organizers have decided to cancel the 2008 Dakar Rally due to the growing threat of terrorist acts against the participants. The 2008 Dakar Rally got cancelled based on the current international political tension a... Complete text here: 2008 Dakar Rally Cancelled More Miscellaneous news on ZerCustoms
By: ZerCustoms
VW tackle longest ever Dakar Rally with 4 Race Touareg 2 TDIs
2007-12-03 04:21:00 January 2008 will mark the thirtieth running of the Dakar Rally in which competitors spend sixteen days racing thousands of miles across the Sahara. The course has been lengthened 3564 miles this time and Volkswagen is set to take another shot at beating the Mitsubishi Pajeros. The Mitsubishis have won nine of the last eleven races including all of the last seven. VW will be continuing their commitment to diesel engines in racing with the factory team entering four Race Touareg 2 TDIs. While the production Touaregs use a 3.0L V-6 TDI, the race version uses a 2.5L inline-five that puts out 285 hp in the 2007 race. The 2008 race starts on January 5.[Source: Motoring.co.za, via GermanCarBlog, thanks to Christian for the tip]
Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart at 2008 Dakar Rally
2007-11-22 11:03:00 For the 2008 Dakar Rally Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and its motorsport unit MMSP have entered a total of four cars. The Paris Dakar Rally is celebrating its 30th event next year. The Mitsubishi Dakar Rally team entered 26 times in the famous event and gr...
By: ZerCustoms
VW Team Complete for the 2008 Dakar Rally
2007-07-13 08:29:00 Three-time German Rally Champion Dieter Depping and co-driver Timo Gottschalk complete the VW’s squad for the 2008 Dakar Rally. They will be driving the fourth VW factory entered Race Toureg in the desert classic at the start of the race in January next year. The two Germans complete the VW team together with Carlos Sainz/Michel ...
By: VW Parts Blog
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