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« on: January 02, 2013, 08:54:22 AM »

First stage kicks off on Jan 5.

Still wish it was Paris to Dakar. But Chile has some gnarly terrain and will make for plenty of challenge.

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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2013, 06:56:29 AM »

Can't they come up with a more appropriate name? bang head

Is there really something that unmarketable about Lima-Santiago Rally?!!!  P-A-C Rally?!!!

Anything to reflect what it really is!

That aside, it is an amazing event!
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2013, 07:04:09 AM »

Can't they come up with a more appropriate name? bang head

Is there really something that unmarketable about Lima-Santiago Rally?!!!  P-A-C Rally?!!!

Anything to reflect what it really is!

That aside, it is an amazing event!
That would be similar to MotoGP or WSBK being called...

"The circus that Dorna tries to push on us as the pinnacle of racing"

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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2013, 11:08:25 AM »

can't blame them for not wanting to re-brand... besides, maybe they're hoping to move back one day (if the locals will quit "harassing" the competitors).
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2013, 07:20:04 PM »

 popcorn  I missed seeing the Dakar rally last year cause I kept turning on the TV to watch the live broadcasts from West Africa   Wink Grin
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« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2013, 05:22:11 AM »

If they come close to Santiago, I might call in sick for a day or 2.
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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2013, 06:40:25 AM »

If they come close to Santiago, I might call in sick for a day or 2.

The final stage ends in Satiago on Saturday.  Is that close enough for you?
http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/route.html
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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2013, 08:05:04 AM »

I'll give you one guess as to where I'll be on Saturday.
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2013, 08:42:25 AM »

I'll give you one guess as to where I'll be on Saturday.

drinking beer while sitting on a couch with 1 hand in your pants like Al Bundy watching reruns of old WRC races?!?!?!?
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« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2013, 09:30:22 AM »

drinking beer while sitting on a couch with 1 hand in your pants like Al Bundy watching reruns of old WRC races?!?!?!?

You just wasted your one guess.
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2013, 06:50:31 PM »

Seeing some of those finishes on TV, with spectators nearly/being run over by a mud-caked bike/truck doing 100 mph on a two lane dirt street thru the heart of a town, my guess is you won't be anywhere near the end of the route unless you have a death wish.
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« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2013, 10:02:52 AM »

I'm breaking out my red cape and playing "toro" with the big ass trucks.
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« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2013, 10:07:32 AM »

I'm breaking out my red cape and playing "toro" with the big ass trucks.

Fitting.

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« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2013, 10:22:32 AM »

I'm breaking out my red cape and playing "toro" with the big ass trucks.
Fitting.



pics/video or I'm calling shenanigans!!!!...and that truck is crazy coool badass!
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« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2013, 06:07:05 PM »

pics/video or I'm calling shenanigans!!!!...and that truck is crazy coool badass!


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