Tuned in to the Dakar rally tomight. . . and almost fell out of my chair. After being cancelled last year for "safety reasons"(Pussies!) They're running the race this year in Argentina and Chile.
WTF!
How can you call it the "Dakar" if it doesn't get within 4000 miles of Dakar?
First the economy, then the presidential race, now this. . .
I'm going back to bed, call me when the world makes sense again.
^^ Glad you keep up with things. :D
Still got some cool off road racing action. Did you see the car barreling through the sand and almost running over the bikes? :o
Quote from: kopfjager on January 06, 2009, 04:46:44 PM
^^ Glad you keep up with things. :D
Yeah, O.K., but think about it.
They have the Baja 1000.
They hold it in Baja.
They have the Indy 500.
They hold it. . . at Indy.
They have the 24 hours of Le Mans.
They hold it at Le Mans.
They have the Paris-Dakar rally.
It starts in Argentina and ends in Chile?????
Old news bro, sorry. I guess you could boycott by not watching it. That'll show'em. ;D
Quote from: kopfjager on January 06, 2009, 06:42:47 PM
Old news bro, sorry. I guess you could boycott by not watching it. That'll show'em. ;D
lol nice [thumbsup]
Quote from: Bun-bun on January 06, 2009, 06:31:27 PM
They have the Paris-Dakar rally.
It starts in Argentina and ends in Chile?????
* 1979â€"1980: Parisâ€"Dakar
* 1981â€"1988: Parisâ€"Algiersâ€"Dakar
* 1989: Parisâ€"Tunisâ€"Dakar
* 1990â€"1991: Parisâ€"Tripoliâ€"Dakar
* 1992: Parisâ€"Cape Town
* 1993: Parisâ€"Dakar
* 1994: Parisâ€"Dakarâ€"Paris
* 1995â€"1996: Granadaâ€"Dakar
* 1997: Dakarâ€"Agadezâ€"Dakar
* 1998: Parisâ€"Granadaâ€"Dakar
* 1999: Granadaâ€"Dakar
* 2000: Dakarâ€"Cairo
* 2001: Parisâ€"Dakar
* 2002: Arrasâ€"Madridâ€"Dakar
* 2003: Marseilleâ€"Sharm el-Sheikh
* 2004: Clermont-Ferrandâ€"Dakar
* 2005: Barcelonaâ€"Dakar
* 2006-2007: Lisbonâ€"Dakar
* 2008: cancelled
* 2009: Buenos Airesâ€"ValparaÃsoâ€"Buenos Aires
i'm just happy they are holding it this year. eventually maybe we will get more than 30 min of coverage on TV that isn't a day late in the US.
Quote from: KnightofNi on January 06, 2009, 07:20:01 PM
i'm just happy they are holding it this year. eventually maybe we will get more than 30 min of coverage on TV that isn't a day late in the US.
I'm not going to hold my breath. They even have Robby Gordon running in it and he's a NASCAR veteran, but still no coverage.
Quote from: superjohn on January 07, 2009, 05:19:22 AM
I'm not going to hold my breath. They even have Robby Gordon running in it and he's a NASCAR veteran, but still no coverage.
it seems like most of the 30 min dedicated to the dakar on VS is spent on him.
i'm not holding my breath, but i do hold hope that it will be better some day.
Quote from: KnightofNi on January 07, 2009, 07:29:44 AM
it seems like most of the 30 min dedicated to the dakar on VS is spent on him.
it's an american-company (http://blinkproductions.com) produced program, for an american station, so there's no surprise that he gets a little extra coverage.
Quote from: derby on January 07, 2009, 08:10:40 AM
it's an american-company (http://blinkproductions.com) produced program, for an american station, so there's no surprise that he gets a little extra coverage.
fixed your link for ya ;)
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on January 07, 2009, 08:30:42 AM
fixed your link for ya ;)
thanks... i didn't trim it on my final edit. ;)
Quote from: derby on January 07, 2009, 08:10:40 AM
it's an american-company (http://(blinkproductions.com)) produced program, for an american station, so there's no surprise that he gets a little extra coverage.
i know why he gets the coverage, i was merely pointing out to superjohn that a good chunk of the coverage that is provided follows gordon.
they are also following jonah street, though there's not nearly as much coverage of him. they focus on the big names on bikes, but always mention where street is and how he did.
NPR is reporting on the Dakar. There has been a death. A French rider was found today with no signs of life.
The report also talked about why the race is not is Dakar.
If you want a bit more coverage, Gordon uploads dailies to you-tube under an account called bobby-chuck or something like that.
I'll second the notion that it's better to have it in a new place than not at all. I'm sure they put together an equally difficult race. There's a whole lot of nothing down in Argentina and Chile. And everyone has known it since last year's got canned.
RIP French Biker :'(
Got killed and they only found his body 3 days later. :o
i'd be really interested to know what the cause of death was. he had food and water nearby.
maybe it was exposure? any idea what the temp was that night?
Someone on another forum mentioned heart attack? No clue as to whether or not that's accurate ~
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on January 08, 2009, 10:25:52 AM
Someone on another forum mentioned heart attack? No clue as to whether or not that's accurate ~
JM
was that on adv?
i was trying to keep up with the dakar thread, but it's harder to stay current on than TOSAT
No, one of the Danes on eSB mentioned it ~
JM
after a search on adv and the interwebs...
http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/09/01/08/AUTO_Dakar_Terry.html (http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/09/01/08/AUTO_Dakar_Terry.html)
sometimes i astound myself with my own laziosityness.
Good find!
JM
Big shake up in the cars today.....
Gotta be sure to hit all those waypoints!!
Quote from: superjohn on January 09, 2009, 05:17:16 PM
Big shake up in the cars today.....
Gotta be sure to hit all those waypoints!!
i saw that on the replay tonight. i didn't follow along online because i got tired of being confused by knowing what happened already, lol.
too bad for jonah street too. hopefully he can make up all of that time and more then take #1 from coma