Dakar - Time to support Giniel who is driving for Burry!!!

[BMCfan]

Agreed! Let's hope he can repeat his win of four(?) years ago…

 

Impressive Record

(i didnt know there were a bike finish too, is this correct?)

• 2012 : Car | 3^th
  
• 2011 : Car | 2^th | 1 stage victory
  
• 2010 : Car | 7^th
  
• 2009 : Car | 1^st | 4 stage victories
  
• 2007 : Car | 11^th | 4 stage victories
  
• 2006 : Car | 2^th | 1 stage victory
  
• 2005 : Car | 4^th | 2 stage victories
  
• 2004 : Bike | 54^th
  
• 2003 : Car | 5^th
  

[Thorn199]

Grundy came in .

 

Bad news for Glen Grundy - here's what happened (in his own words):

"Hey all. Interesting last 24 hours...I had a great 165 km start, transit and racing stage, and at 85km into the special, the Honda's engine blew up. Long line of oil behind me in the desert. Sat there until midnight, when the sweeper loaded my bike. I chased away the chopper twice, which wanted to load me, waiting for my backup to bring some assistance. It was not to be...Policeman brought me back to the bivouac, where it's 5am, and all waking up. My role will now adjust from Moto pilot, to team assistance and support. That's the way the world works sometimes. Ready to go to the dance, but no dancing shoes!!! Brett now has a personal skivvy, for the next 2 weeks. I will send pics and details shortly."

[Thorn199]

For accurate real time tracking (better than the actual Dakar site)

 

http://trackingdakar.nl/

 

Just play around with the search filters to select between Cars, Bikes, etc. Live Timing, Positions, Standing etc, and Country and Rider.

 

Expect De Villiers to be in the running for the overall win.

Curtis for a top 10 bike finish

Van Niekerk for a top 20 finish

Val Biljoen for a top 10 Quad finish

 

Great that they are all supporting Burry.

This is what Cummings and Grundy (team RallyeRider) have on.

 

 

[RexFuzzle]

I hope the Honda's can give the KTM's a bit of competition... Make it interesting- Coma vs Depres was getting a bit boring.

Also like to see the hummer up there as Gordan is the only one wirth listening to in the pits... He asked if the mini's were pink this year cause they all have girls driving them.... haha.

[dirtrider]

Not to sure bout those Honda's They will feature Gordon even if he is last but the bloke got some anger management issues . Not nice throwing your navigator with your helmet !!!!!

[pastapouch]

Yip, not a fan of motorsport, it more a highlight sport for me, like golf. Hope any Sa out there wins whatever they compete in.

['Dale]

Nice tough, Gniel....

 

:-)

[HappyMartin]

Nice one Giniel. I hope he nails it.

[Tumbleweed]

Aaaaaaargh, he lost some serious time yesterday. Now 30 minutes down.

[(Deon)]

Aaaaaaargh, he lost some serious time yesterday. Now 30 minutes down.

 

The race is long. Have no fear.

[dirtrider]

Navigation issues . He is still positive and say the car is handling very well , was just human error . Still plenty of time .

[Tumbleweed]

The race is long. Have no fear.

 

That's what he said!

 

“But the race is still long - 12 days to go,” he tweeted.

[RexFuzzle]

Yeah, seems like the followed the bike tracks a bit, pity... If he can pull that back it will be amazing, but he has more car tracks to follow now, so should be easier.

[(Deon)]

Dakar is a game of patience. Depres was 20min's behind the leader at the start of S2 finishing 6mins in front.. "the young wolves" were navigating!

[RexFuzzle]

Looks like it's survival out there... Good day... only 4 min behind leaders on stage... 33min adrift now... Sit and wait for the mistakes. Pity Gordan rolled.

[SwissVan]

Navigation issues...

 

I love the stage 3 (?) scenes filmed from helicopter where it shows 2 cars scuttling across the desert like landscape at great speed, going in opposite directions to each other... LOL