Tag: Dakar Rally
Desert Racers to be included in 2013 Dakar Challenge
Reno, NV The legendary Dakar Rally is a Rally-Raid endurance event organized by Amaury Sport Organization (A.S.O.) that typically covers over 3000 miles of off road terrain in daily stages for two weeks straight. Originally, the race would begin in Paris, France and make its way across North Africa to Dakar, Senegal. In 2009, the […]
Robby Gordon And Toyo Tires Set To Tackle The 35th Annual Dakar Rally
Charlotte, N.C. (December 4, 2012) – With no desert too large and no mountain too tall, the SPEED Energy HUMMER on victory proven Toyo Tires will once again attempt to conquer the world’s most famous off-road event. The custom-built Dakar HUMMER driven by Robby Gordon and navigator Kellon Walch will tackle more than 8000 Km […]
Robby Gordon Team Hummer Takes 8th Overall at the 2010 Dakar Rally
Buenos Aires, Argentina (January 16, 2010) – Saturday marked the 14th and final stage of the 32nd edition of the Dakar Rally. The rally came full circle as competitors drove 707 kilometers from Santa Rosa to the finish line in Buenos Aires, where the Dakar Rally began nearly two weeks ago. The key to the […]
BJ Baldwin to be 2nd Driver in Robby Gordon’s Monster/Hummer Dakar Team
Fort Mill, SC – (December 28, 2009) – ‘Ballistic’ BJ Baldwin will be contributing to the USA Dakar Rally effort by joining legendary off-road racer Robby Gordon’s Team HUMMER for the 2010 edition of the world’s most grueling race. BJ Baldwin and navigator Kellon Walsh will be driving Gordon’s second vehicle, #351 Vanguard Hummer H3, […]
Team Hummer and Robby Gordon 2010 Dakar Rally Preview
Charlotte, December 28, 2009: Just days until the start of the highly anticipated 2010 Dakar Rally, Robby Gordon and Team HUMMER are preparing to head south to Argentina. The HUMMERS are flying like always, except they are soaring above the clouds at 40,000 feet. The No. 302 of Robby Gordon and No. 326 of Carlo […]
Volkswagen navigators guide the Race Touaregs to success in 2010 Dakar
A crucial task: Without Lucas Cruz, Timo Gottschalk, Clécio Maestrelli, Ralph Pitchford and Dirk von Zitzewitz the Volkswagen “Dakar” successes would have been unthinkable. The five co-drivers in the Race Touareg cockpits must, like their team mates in the race trucks, navigate their drivers perfectly for exactly 9,030 kilometres during the 2010 Dakar Rally otherwise […]
Robby Gordon and Toyo Tires head to the Dakar Rally with Hummer H3
High adventure. Radical terrain. A few hundred motorcycles, cars, quads, and trucks racing over mountains, through deserts, and along the Pacific Ocean. This is where heroes are made and legends lived. Welcome to the 2010 Dakar, the craziest, most dangerous off-road rally in the world. And once again, Toyo Tires is covering it all from […]
Dakar Rally Goes iPhone With New Volkswagen App With Live Updates, Photos
The beginning of the famous Dakar Rally is mere days away and defending champion Volkswagen has released a new iPhone application to keep fans up to date on the team’s latest happenings. Launching today under the title, “Volkswagen Rally Mobile – 2010 Dakar”, the application provides a bevy of background info, video summaries, sound bites, […]
From snow to sand: Volkswagen team is ready for the Dakar Rally
Wolfsburg (13 December 2009). Now the going gets tough: The Volkswagen drivers concluded their comprehensive preparations for the latest running of the Dakar Rally in South America with a weekend in snow. Next appointment for the defending champions around Giniel de Villiers is now the ceremonial start on 1 January where the five Volkswagen Race […]
Volkswagen team ships to South America for Dakar Rally
60 tons of material, 17 support vehicles – Volkswagen’s “Dakar” crew embarked on its voyage across the Atlantic ocean to South America. The winning team of the past Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile will tackle the title defence project from 02 to 16 January 2010 by fielding five Volkswagen Race Touareg vehicles. To successfully […]