DAKAR RALLY- 31st December 2004

As told by Gerald Schofield.................

 

Hi, for those of you who don't know, we at Deepwater Sporting Car Club (Central Coast NSW) are very excited about this years Dakar Rally because 2 of our members are entered!

Peter Jerie who is driving a leased Nissan Patrol 4wd and Colin Hill who is co-driving one of the teams assistance trucks, a brand new MAN 4wd. This new vehicle is reported to have cost $500,000 to prepare. The team is an Italian based team who have extensive experience in this type of event. More details can be found at http://www.promotechrr.it/eng/index.html

The event started on 31st Dec 2004, with a super special stage in Barcelona, Spain which will determine the start order for the rally proper that will start on January 1st 2005.

THe pictures above are from Barcelona, Colin's truck is the silver/blue/red one, he can be seen here standing in front of Peters new "livescore.com" Nissan Patrol.

The Dakar is televised daily on both SBS and Fox sports while the event is running.

More info and results can be found on: http://www.dakar.com/2005/us/index.html

More info followsThe flavour of the 2005 event:Key Sporting Details of the Race
. 3 stages in Spain
. 2 stages in Morocco
. 6 stages in Mauritania
. 2 stages in Mali
. 3 stages in Senegal. The longest stage: Barcelona > Grenade (919 km)
. The shortest stage: Barcelona > Barcelona (18 km)
. The longest special stage: Zouérat > Tichit (660 km)
. The shortest special stage: Barcelona > Barcelona (4 km). 2 marathon-stages
Zouérat > Tichit
Kiffa > Bamako

On each of these stages, vehicles will be placed in a parc fermé and assistance vehicles will not be present at the bivouac. . GPS points: Most stages will focus on the competitors navigation skills. Only GPS points of CP and the end of the special will be indicated.. A total 8956 km including 5431 km of special and 3525 km of liaison.

Super-Special: in Barcelona on the 31st December

Start: Place d'Espagne in Barcelona on the 1st January
. From 10h00 for the first motorcycle.
. Motorcycle competitors will start in reverse number order but cars and trucks will start in order of their numbers.

Special: in Granada on the 2nd January
. Motorcycle competitors will start in the reverse order of the classification of the Super Special in Barcelona. . Cars and trucks will start in the order of the classification of the Super Special in Barcelona.

Rest day: in Atâr on the 9th January

Finish: Lac Rose in Dakar on the 16th January

More results to come soon

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