Dakar Rally

Toughness and the wilds of nature! Roaring engines and a trip into the unknown in the true sense of the word! The Dakar Rally offers everything to get the heart of an adventurer beating faster. And in a weeks time it’s again happening on the South American continent. We show the pressures the drivers must come to terms with in this mega-rally, and how they prepare for them! Published at: Puro Off Road #1 Off-Road eZine and webcast from Baja The Dakar Rally offers everything Related posts: Dakar 2010 and the grueling Atacama desert King Shocks support truck for 2010 Dakar Rally Dakar on ... Read Full Story

A crucial task: Without Lucas Cruz, Timo Gottschalk, Clecio Maestrelli, Ralph Pitchford and Dirk von Zitzewitz the Volkswagen “Dakar” successes would have been unthinkable. The five co-pilots in the Race Touareg cockpits must, like their team mates in the race trucks, navigate their drivers perfectly for exactly 9,030 kilometers during the 2010 Dakar Rally otherwise they would be lost. The route is secret throughout, must not be practiced and the use of navigational aids is limited. “Cross country rallying is a multidimensional sport: In contrast to other motorsport disciplines it is by no means only about speed and reliability. The correct orientation in open ... Read Full Story

<img src=”http://www.desinformado.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/volkswagen-iPhone-dakar-rally-app.jpg” alt=”volkswagen-iPhone-dakar-rally-app” title=”volkswagen-iPhone-dakar-rally-app” width=”600″ height=”388″ class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-10808″ /> From high-tech nomads for high-tech nomads: Volkswagen has launched a new iPhone application about the Dakar Rally in Apple’s online store today. Under the name of ‘Volkswagen Rally mobile – 2010 Dakar’, the application is now available free of charge. Before and during the Dakar Rally, it will send news, results, videos and background information directly to the user’s display. iPhone users will be kept up to speed about the Dakar programme of the five factory-prepared and factory-fielded Race Touareg vehicles from Volkswagen, receiving exciting insights into the rally world of Volkswagen Motorsport. The ... Read Full Story

If there is anyone looking for entusiasm and motivation, needs to look no further then the KTM sports department! Whilst both Dakar Rally favourites, Marc Coma and Cyril Despres are happy with their state of readiness and doing PR work, the KTM Motocross Factory Team, is actively participating in an outdoor day in minus temperatures! Read Full Story

Volkswagen relies on “heavy” support. When the five Race Touareg’s fielded by Volkswagen start the Dakar Rally on New Year’s Day 2010 they will not be the only participants competing for the Volkswagen Group. Also registered in the competition are two MAN race trucks which, if the worst comes to the worst, act as mobile spare parts store and knight in shining armor. It is extremely difficult for racers from other disciplines to imagine but, nevertheless, barely possible to solve in another way for the Dakar Rally: The team service vehicles support the race cars during the competition by competing along the same route! ... Read Full Story