OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
$500 per car, $150 for driver, $75 for non drivers, each team must have 4-6 drivers. Let's do it.
Dakar Truck Class - Tell Me This Wouldn't be FUN!!
- Thread starter wayoflife
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$500 per car, $150 for driver, $75 for non drivers, each team must have 4-6 drivers. Let's do it.
Fir-na-tine
Caught the Bug
Wayalife Hooptie.......2 wheel drive XJ beater with a 4.0......stay out of traffic but on the lead lap....wait till the herd thins out and reel in the leader spin him out at the end and take the checkered flag......easy peezy LeMons squeezy:rock:
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Jeeper Jr.
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What I don't get is this. These Americans have SCORE Trophy Trucks sitting around. Why not just enter with those?
Here's my logic:
1. Trophy trucks are beasts off road...'nuff said.
2. Trophy Trucks have already been raced here in the states so they are dialed in and tested (unlike Gordon's rig which has no race history I'm aware of). If it survived the Baja 1000, then it's good to go right?
3. It must be cheaper to strip the GPS and other banned systems from a trophy truck than build a whole new machine.
I understand that a new locale demands new equipment but surely a Trophy Truck can handle it.
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Here's my logic:
1. Trophy trucks are beasts off road...'nuff said.
2. Trophy Trucks have already been raced here in the states so they are dialed in and tested (unlike Gordon's rig which has no race history I'm aware of). If it survived the Baja 1000, then it's good to go right?
3. It must be cheaper to strip the GPS and other banned systems from a trophy truck than build a whole new machine.
I understand that a new locale demands new equipment but surely a Trophy Truck can handle it.
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onebuilder
Member
The Dakar coverage is on NBCSN, channel 220 on Directv. It's on at 3pm MST.
GCM 2
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.....Because if a Trophy Truck was better at this race, Robby Gordon would already be racing one in the Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon's Dakar Truck (orange H2 Hummer variant) is specifically built for one type of race.....the Dakar.
GPS are not banned from the Dakar Rally. However, there is no pre-running any of the stages like is done in Open Desert/SCORE/Baja racing. All stage notes are given out each morning before the start of each stage, so racers aren't running completely blind.
Jeeper Jr.
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His Hummer isn't looking so hot at the moment. Has anyone tried running a Trophy Truck in the Dakar?
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GCM 2
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Correct, there are class restrictions for car, truck, motorcycle and quad, as well as single driver and team/crew driver and co-driver. It does not matter what series or type of racing you do, there are almost zero possibilities, or just not worth the money, to just take a race car from one class of racing and just attempt to use it in another series of racing.
Over the years I have read through and tried to decipher the Dakar 137 page restrictions (rule book) but it reads like it was originally all written in French and the translated as closely as possible into English. I understand about 75% of it, but the rest it seems you would need some "on the job" training by a veteran of the race. The GPS use instructions seem crazy!
SaddleTramp
Member
Robbie, stage 3: http://vimeo.com/83724013
Linebacker
Caught the Bug
Here is why we don't have the Dakar type of rally in this country. Can you imagine the "California Offroad Police" getting hold of this vid?