This week and next the Dakar is running in South America. Granddaddy of off-road racing. 5400 miles over 12 days off-road, dirt, dust, mud, water, desert, mountains; bikes, cars, quads, heavy trucks all running in different classes. 450+ competitors, 50% attrition. Coverage on YouTube and NBCSN has daily 30-minute summary. Being there is on my bucket list.
Dakar 2017 (1 Viewer)
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Fixed it for ya, Vince!
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That would be quite an adventure
Oh really Crusha?
Last I heard from you, you wanted nothing to do with building a comp rig...
Trecker Dakar 2019?
Love watching Dakar. The big trucks are fun to watch.
Hell no, not ME, Vince is gonna run it!
Thanks for the heads up vince
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Yeah, watching those 35,000 lb beastes (Matra, Kamaz, Iveco, ryv -- about the size of a garbage truck) floating over the dunes at 90 mph is an awesome sighy.
That is exactly what I thought. Garbage truck size.
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They've lost two full days due to torrential rain. Kind of taking some of the shine off the event, but it can't be helped. Only one American in the top group across all the vehicles, Ricky Brabec, a biker, on his second Dakar, riding for the Honda team and doing quite well. Robby Gordon has run for the past several years, but elected to stay out for this year. The struggle to win has been much harder for Robby than he ever thought when he first started racing.
I only wish that they wouldn't recap the entire race at the beginning of every segment. It takes way too long for the short 30 min segment.