El Dakaro Videos 2012 [Archive]

NordieBoy

31st December 2011, 11:27

Road Book & Destination Dakar Playlist...
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3609FF55E191E5BE

Chris Birch - Road to Dakar Playlist...
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SBS Ozzie footage...
http://www.sbs.com.au/dakar/

Waihou Thumper

31st December 2011, 11:47

Good stuff Nordie, yep, had the same thing in mind so I set up a channel over at Vimeo...:niceone:

http://vimeo.com/channels/dakar

Padmei

31st December 2011, 14:15

Damnit I always end up hurting myself after watching inspiring vids like that.

NordieBoy

31st December 2011, 15:08

586 Official Dakar Vids...
http://www.youtube.com/user/dakar/videos

Dakar History Playlist...
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NordieBoy

2nd January 2012, 06:17

Jorge Boero (bike #175) fell 55km into the first special stage.
Helicopter was there within 5mins, the 38 year old died from a heart attack on the way to hospital...

:(

NordieBoy

2nd January 2012, 06:18

Chaleco on the Aprilia won the first stage by 14s from Coma.
Birchy in 39th!

:woohoo:

NordieBoy

2nd January 2012, 07:01

Oh and don't bother with the "official" Dakar.com site.

Just go here...

http://trackingdakar.nl/index.php?stage=1&type=M&stand=V&page=overall&country=AUS&refresh=5&track=081%2C019%2C110%2C150

Padmei

2nd January 2012, 07:20

Jorge Boero (bike #175) fell 55km into the first special stage.
Helicopter was there within 5mins, the 38 year old died from a heart attack on the way to hospital...

:(

Oh crap. not a good start

Crisis management

2nd January 2012, 07:31

Oh and don't bother with the "official" Dakar.com site.

Just go here...

http://trackingdakar.nl/index.php?stage=1&type=M&stand=V&page=overall&country=AUS&refresh=5&track=081%2C019%2C110%2C151

Thanks for that Nordie, so Chris made up 8 minutes on his start position in a 32 minute special stage, be good to see how this progress' once he starts to wind it up. I have to admit to being in awe of the sheer riding endurance required to do a special (although a short one) and then a 700km liaison in one day, I'd be needing a lie down after the first bit, assuming I survived it!

NordieBoy

2nd January 2012, 07:37

That tracker link should automatically highlite Jonah Street, Chris Birch, Ned Suesse, Louis on the KTM 150 smoker and show the Oz riders too...

Padmei

2nd January 2012, 07:38

Thanks for that link to the dutch site. Anyone else find the official site a bit recalcitrant? Is there another good newsite for updates?

NordieBoy

2nd January 2012, 07:39

Alfie Cox (Chris rides for his team) had his XC60 burn to the ground...

Woodman

2nd January 2012, 07:53

Didn't even know it had started:brick:

Sad to hear about the fatality.

NordieBoy

2nd January 2012, 08:03

Thanks for that link to the dutch site. Anyone else find the official site a bit recalcitrant? Is there another good newsite for updates?

Best is probably...
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=752862
or for everything...
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=752485

NordieBoy

2nd January 2012, 13:40

Wow. The first stage was 57km of racing and 763km of speed limited liaison.

NordieBoy

2nd January 2012, 13:43

Day 1...
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Waihou Thumper

2nd January 2012, 13:56

'alonsospeed'......Try his uploads, when they are posted Nordie, he has full coverage from Eurosport.
I think though, they will not air until tomorrow morning our time....
For the last three years he has been the most reliable and covered highlights and bivouac....:)

NordieBoy

2nd January 2012, 14:16

Waihou Thumper

2nd January 2012, 14:17

D/Ling his first right now, or would be if it wasn't stalled...

Have his complete collection from last year :D

I gotta wait till the 15th...New billing cycle...:tugger:
sharing the love.....Nice work Nordie, I have a few from yesteryear also....
Updating as I go and the channel is coming along nicely... The USA fellas, really love this shit. Beats the minimal coverage they get, especially when Nascar, NBA, NHL, and all the other abbrevs...:)

Dakar Channel, highlights, previews and Yesteryear........ http://vimeo.com/channels/dakar

Padmei

2nd January 2012, 16:33

I checked out your vids WT & they're good.
Far out 1st stage & the terrain is already hardcore sand-dunes.

I really really want one of theose minis - they look like a new FJ Landcruiser gone thru the wash. Those Germans they're so bloody talented:niceone:

Waihou Thumper

2nd January 2012, 16:36

I checked out your vids WT & they're good. :)
Far out 1st stage & the terrain is already hardcore sand-dunes.

I really really want one of theose minis - they look like a new FJ Landcruiser gone thru the wash. Those Germans they're so bloody talented:niceone:

Thanks mate!
Those Minis have BMW Chassis.....They will win me thinks....It is pure physics, Hummer or a Mini?
haha....
Peterhansel will get his 10th win....:first: I reckon!

NordieBoy

2nd January 2012, 19:11

But the speed of the Hummers!

Robbie Gordon towed Nasser in and still only lost 49 seconds overall to the winner...

Waihou Thumper

3rd January 2012, 05:07

Geez, got up and looked at the tracking for the Dakar...
it showed Chris in 34th place after stage 1. Nice....
He doesn't show for WP2 or WP3......:( Edit: Aah, he now shows at 0615, they must be updating and correcting as we speak...:)

BUT, for WP4 28th place 15.15 behind first place.....:clap:

Wonder why they missed him? Glitch I hope....
Coma won the stage and as of 0600....Just five finishers through Despres second...

NordieBoy

3rd January 2012, 05:41

The first 5 cars don't show times for WP2 but do for WP3.

Looks like the ASO have Iritrack issues again...

Jonah Street has issues by the looks too.
31st, 52nd, 63rd, no time, no time...
He's signaled that he can't repair the bike alone. Oh bugger :(

Waihou Thumper

3rd January 2012, 05:59

Just updated information.
Chris Birch 30th 3.31.45 24.24 behind first....Well done.
It looks as though he can duke it out with Aussie Faggotter on the Husaberg :)
These guys rode pretty much together the whole day...

NordieBoy

3rd January 2012, 06:17

Chris is finally in!
30th place. Up from 39th!

NordieBoy

3rd January 2012, 06:52

Neduro through in 61st from a start position of 74th.

Waihou Thumper

3rd January 2012, 07:45

I thought so, Chris missed a WP....
He is going to cop a penalty for that I suppose?
Still waiting on the outcome.....

I thought I didn't see him, this morning on the tracker...Might have been WP 3 I think.....:spanking:

CrazyFrog

3rd January 2012, 08:59

:headbang:Here's a link to Eurosport live tv.

http://www.mypremium.tv/

Select Eurosport CH1 and skip ad on the video link.

Dakar coverage 11am (10pm UK time)

I've just watching Ulster Road GP at the mo', like watching Nelson street races on steroids:headbang: Actually, more like the Coro Loop without the cops!

NordieBoy

3rd January 2012, 09:18

Half an hour of Stage 1 Eurosport on the Tube...
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NordieBoy

3rd January 2012, 11:55

Chris has got a 5min penalty. Usually that's for speeding...

Waihou Thumper

3rd January 2012, 12:18

Chris has got a 5min penalty. Usually that's for speeding...

Missing a WP

NordieBoy

3rd January 2012, 12:30

Missing a WP

Missing a WP is an hour or so penalty.
His missing one is only missing on paper.

Waihou Thumper

3rd January 2012, 12:36

Missing a WP is an hour or so penalty.
His missing one is only missing on paper.

Ok, see that, thanks...trying to find the rules for the event? Penalties etc...

NordieBoy

3rd January 2012, 12:56

Ok, see that, thanks...trying to find the rules for the event? Penalties etc...

PENALTIES FOR MISSING WAY POINTS
The range of penalties for each missing Way Point (WPV, WPM, WPE, WPS, DZ, FZ, CP) will be indicated on the road book.
In the case where the official itinerary is not respected (succession of missing Way Points of Points representing a short cut), penalties may go up to disqualification from the race, as a function of the cut), race, profile of the leg and the number of kilometres missed.

http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2012/docs/RP_MOTO_QUAD_DK_2012_ANGLAIS_FINAL.pdf

NordieBoy

3rd January 2012, 13:08

Neduro talking about stage 2
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NordieBoy

4th January 2012, 07:41

Chris placed 25, 23, 23, 38 on the 3rd stage.
Lost nearly 20 mins from WP4 to the finish.

CrazyFrog

4th January 2012, 07:55

Chris placed 25, 23, 23, 38 on the 3rd stage.
Lost nearly 20 mins from WP4 to the finish.

Yeah, shame Birchy lost time on last leg, can't find any details why he lost time, either nav error or minor mechanical? Aussie Rod Faggotter had a great stage today, made up some good places.

USA rider Quinn Cody had massive crash caught on film, managed to ride to next checkpoint, but then withdrew from race with broken collarbone and concussion.

cooneyr

4th January 2012, 08:33

Keep up the good work with the info guys. Where do you guys get your info from though? SBS doesn't seem to be working for me this year?

Cheers R

CrazyFrog

4th January 2012, 09:07

Keep up the good work with the info guys. Where do you guys get your info from though? SBS doesn't seem to be working for me this year?

Cheers R

ADV rider Racing pages, various links to live timing, photos, and video.
Yeah gutted the SBS Aussie site has been blocked this year, looks like it is Eurosport live feed 11am most days and Youtube for us to view.

NordieBoy

4th January 2012, 09:16

Yep. ADV, youtube, twitter, trackingdakar.nl etc

NordieBoy

4th January 2012, 09:20

eah gutted the SBS Aussie site has been blocked this year, looks like it is Eurosport live feed 11am most days and Youtube for us to view.

Especially as SBS is rebroadcast on Freeview.
You'd think they'd take that into account and let us see it online...

NordieBoy

4th January 2012, 09:22

Luis Belaustegui is in on the KTM 150 :D

cromagnon

4th January 2012, 10:02

7.00am NZT on mypremium.tv eurosport 1 for live broadcast, 11am NZT (11.15am today) for highlights show

CrazyFrog

4th January 2012, 11:47

Night Falcon

4th January 2012, 12:29

How to end your Dakar campaign in 2 seconds ............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ZEeSvL4N8

Big ups to Coma's team mate Pedrero Garcia for helping the fallen rider, I guess the chopper was handy too.

That was a hard crash, hes lucky young man to not have done more damage to himself. Looked like his rear end hit a bump, suspension rebounded, over the bars he went. Great to see the other riders stop to give assistance. I guess they all know at any minute that could be them:gob:

k14

4th January 2012, 13:53

That was a hard crash, hes lucky young man to not have done more damage to himself. Looked like his rear end hit a bump, suspension rebounded, over the bars he went. Great to see the other riders stop to give assistance. I guess they all know at any minute that could be them:gob:
Apparently he rode to the next checkpoint or something like that before pulling out too.

george formby

4th January 2012, 14:33

Apparently he rode to the next checkpoint or something like that before pulling out too.

Broken collar bone so they say...

Eddieb

4th January 2012, 20:31

Chris placed 25, 23, 23, 38 on the 3rd stage.
Lost nearly 20 mins from WP4 to the finish.

Chris (Via Monica) is sending out a daily update email, here's todays.

Day three done and dusted!

Chris arrived at Waypoint 1 in 23rd position, but by the end of the 270km special stage he was at 38th. This has moved him down slightly to 34th overall.

He will still be happy with this as there are still 11 more race days to go and so far has had no major problems which is great.

Darryl finished in 36th today and moved to 35th overall so the two will leave just a minute or so apart tomorrow.

Spoke to Chris he said it was the best day he has had yet, lots of fun, says everyone is still rolling along fine. He went the wrong way just after Waypoint 3, apparently lots of people did!

The Dakar.com ranking page now shows him as 30th.
http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2012/us/stage-3/rankings/stage-bikes.html

Waihou Thumper

5th January 2012, 05:15

Waypoint 3 dropped to 149th place :( 1 hours 40 min behind the leader....
Either he has had a mechnical issue, got lost, puncture or Iritrack has stuffed up. But I doubt it.....
Must be something that has happened.....Damn!

Waihou Thumper

5th January 2012, 06:00

Still on the road, arrived at WP 4 119th place 1:53:01 behind Marc Coma.....

it will be interesting to find out what happened? There has been a swag of changes up and down the leaderboard...

Waihou Thumper

5th January 2012, 06:07

Oh dear, just went to You Tube to try and get yesterdays footage and.....

This account has been suspended due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's

Copyright Policy
(http://www.youtube.com/t/howto_copyright)

"Dakar 2012 Stage 1 H..."
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation).
Sorry about that.

Bugger! :(

NordieBoy

5th January 2012, 06:35

NordieBoy

5th January 2012, 06:35

k14

5th January 2012, 08:04

Crash. Repairing the bike.
Hope he is ok, looking at live timing he is a bit behind. Although he did just show up on WP6.

Edit: If anyone wants to follow progress, this is a good site http://trackingdakar.com/index.php?stage=4&type=M&stand=S&page=live&track=110&refresh=5&country=NZL

k14

5th January 2012, 08:20

Finished the stage in 104th, now lies 53rd overall. He's not doing too bad for a Dakar novice :clap:

NordieBoy

5th January 2012, 08:30

Passing 10 people per stage, 20 between wp5-6 and another 10 to the end.

:woohoo:

20 mins behind Neduro now...

1:45 behind Rod Faggotter

Eddieb

5th January 2012, 08:39

Stage 4 rankings show Chris finished 100th.

http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2012/us/stage-4/rankings/stage-bikes.html

Now ranked 53rd overall

http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2012/us/stage-4/rankings/overall-bikes.html

NordieBoy

5th January 2012, 15:43

Ouch !

I had a hell of a crash, a real big s**t mixer! Someone ran into me and off I went. I walked away without a scratch but the bike was quite damaged – the oil cooler was broken. I tried instant metal and that didn’t work. So I had to strip down the bike and bypass the oil cooler and work some Kiwi magic into it. I lost HEAPS of time I know, but it was all fixable and luckily I was fine. Of course I wish it didn’t happen but it’s not the end of the world and I am just going to get on with the rest of the race.

george formby

5th January 2012, 16:07

Dakar on youtube (http://youtu.be/fPqVb5HBpHI)

Be quick!!!!

Padmei

5th January 2012, 17:07

That was awesome thanks for the link. Is there a part two and if so could you put up another link? I'm in wellywood on my ph and can't navigate too well (my phone that is)

NordieBoy

5th January 2012, 17:17

I'm in wellywood on my ph and can't navigate too well (my phone that is)
Yeah, blame the phone...

:D

Part Deux
http://youtu.be/eQf_T4A8S-4

Part Tre
http://youtu.be/POtwgRFaSdk

cromagnon

6th January 2012, 13:23

cinco etapas: la primera parte

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27kUj_HE7TM

george formby

6th January 2012, 14:18

Beat me too it by seconds..........

k14

6th January 2012, 14:23

Apparently tomorrows stage has been cancelled due to snow on the 5000m pass they were supposed to cross. Instead there is a ~600km liaison to get to somewhere near the next days stage beginning or something like that??

george formby

6th January 2012, 14:30

Brian d marge

7th January 2012, 00:41

You can down load Dakar from this place

http://torrent.eval.hu/

Hungarian , but , its easy to figure out

Stephen

Eddieb

7th January 2012, 11:18

SBS doesn't seem to be working for me this year?

Cheers R

Yeah gutted the SBS Aussie site has been blocked this year

I've still got SBS, the reception is nowhere near as good as it used to be but it's still being broadcast unencrypted. I haven't tried watching any of the Dakar broadcasts but I'm getting other programs.

Shewolf

7th January 2012, 12:18

best Stage 3 quote: there are only two kinds of riders, those that have been down and those that are going down

want the t-shirt

george formby

7th January 2012, 12:37

best Stage 3 quote: there are only two kinds of riders, those that have been down and those that are going down

want the t-shirt

I caught that too, get 2 t-shirts, I'm a large.

Eddieb

8th January 2012, 07:46

Chris finished Stage 7 in 34th http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2012/us/stage-7/live-timing/sector-2-ass-bikes-time.html

That should bring his overall standing back up a bit again. Dakar.com is currently showing him as 40th overall.

Padmei

8th January 2012, 08:16

Doesn't it say something about the level of overall skills & commitment of the leading Dakar riders when someone with legendary bike skills such as Birchy runs mid field. Outstanding.

george formby

8th January 2012, 09:05

Doesn't it say something about the level of overall skills & commitment of the leading Dakar riders when someone with legendary bike skills such as Birchy runs mid field. Outstanding.

My thoughts too. Been watching Romaniacs, Erzberg etc & then the Dakar. It's like a different sport. I guess it is, 400km's a day or so, flat tack across the unknown. Exceedingly large Cajones required.

cromagnon

8th January 2012, 09:32

The combination of speed and navigation skill that the top two riders have is amazing, coma takes one wrong turn, goes 16 extra km, loses 10mins, still comes 2nd on the stage, still 7 mins more back to 3rd (Stage 3).

NordieBoy

11th January 2012, 06:35

Stage 9: looks like Birchy had some problems to WP1. Through in 98th place, over twice as long as the top runners.
Picked things up after that though, back to his normal mid-30's...
Not finished yet though.
Expect to see him clear the last WP in 5 mins or so.

Eddieb

11th January 2012, 06:43

Doesn't it say something about the level of overall skills & commitment of the leading Dakar riders when someone with legendary bike skills such as Birchy runs mid field. Outstanding.

Chris made a comment to that effect after stage 8 in his daily email update:

“Well that was 500k’s of pure shi*t, not one good bit!! It was just flat out, like FLAT OUT, dusty as hell with rocks everywhere!! But I made it back in one piece, doing nothing stupid, which seems to be working for me at the moment!! Still really enjoying it. Am I tired? Nope, I’m averaging 7 hours sleep a night [I pointed out that was more than me – Mon].

Those top guys are SOOOOO fast, geeze... I’m at my comfortable limit, going as fast as I can without doing anything risky as I really don’t need to!

Stage 9: looks like Birchy had some problems to WP1. Through in 98th place, over twice as long as the top runners.
Picked things up after that though, back to his normal mid-30's...
Not finished yet though.
Expect to see him clear the last WP in 5 mins or so.

I was wondering the same thing, he's passed a lot of riders again to make it up.

NordieBoy

11th January 2012, 06:48

Started 32nd, finished 32nd :D

NordieBoy

11th January 2012, 07:36

Looks like there was a change in the start times and Chris (and others) got there late.
Hence the longer (5min or so) 1st WP times.

Penalties to come?

NordieBoy

12th January 2012, 07:52

20mins of penalties. 5 for speeding and 15 for engine change?

32nd overall. Went nicely this stage.

cooneyr

12th January 2012, 08:34

20mins of penalties. 5 for speeding and 15 for engine change?

32nd overall. Went nicely this stage.

Pretty reasonably penalties given first time and obvious engine change required.

17th on today's stage it seems. That's bloody good!

Padmei

12th January 2012, 16:34

Whats the story with engine etc changes? Aprt from marathon stages I thought it was all ok?

k14

12th January 2012, 16:38

Whats the story with engine etc changes? Aprt from marathon stages I thought it was all ok?
Always a penalty but they increase the more often you change it. Something like first change: 15 mins, 2nd: 40 mins, 3rd or more: 2 hours.

cooneyr

12th January 2012, 20:19

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but last year I got the impression the 450 riders were allowed 3 engines for the ride, no penalties, no questions asked. This year I understand changes are allowed but you will get time penalties. 15 mins for first change, 45 for second, 1.5hrs for 3rd . . . . Guess it is to drive reliability into the engine designs an obviously means some interesting race strategy.

Did you fellas realise that the Dakar made national TV sports new (TV1) tonight. They played the footage from this thread (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/145764-Sportsmanship?highlight=peterhansel) and went on about how ruthless Peterhansel is. Any opportunity to diss the sport aye!

Cheers R

dino3310

12th January 2012, 21:04

his first Dakar and he's riding in the top fiddy... man thats impressive.

Brian d marge

13th January 2012, 01:08

his first Dakar and he's riding in the top fiddy... man thats impressive.

if you have seen chris ride AND he has won some top flight competition , that even top flight riders havent won

AND

he is saying the dakar top riders are FAST

They just might give me old enfield a run for its money me thinks !

Stephen

NordieBoy

13th January 2012, 06:43

Chris is 28th overall after todays stage!
He picked up 8mins on Daryl Curtis but the stage was fairly short.
The 2 Chileans ahead of him seem to have changed engines...

NordieBoy

13th January 2012, 07:14

Robby Gordon on this stage...
Pos: 1, 1, 1, 4, 17, ???

cromagnon

13th January 2012, 07:23

Robby Gordon on this stage...
Pos: 1, 1, 1, 4, 17, ???

Live Eurosport coverage said he had lost over an hour but didnt say why..... BMW for the win....

cooneyr

13th January 2012, 07:42

Chris is 28th overall after todays stage!
He picked up 8mins on Daryl Curtis but the stage was fairly short.
The 2 Chileans ahead of him seem to have changed engines...

I assume he started 17th, given thats where he finished yesterday's stage (due to navigation errors by others it seems), and he finished 17th too. So no placed gained in the stage but he is riding with others more his pace at this time i.e. faster than the around 30'th placed fellas, probably getting a better run with less dust and less people to pass. Or am I reading too much into this. Hope not.

Opportunity to show true colors, keep moving up the leader board and maybe get a better starting position for 2013?

All in all this is still looking like a very positive race for Birchy.

Cheers R

NordieBoy

13th January 2012, 07:58

Robby Gordon on this stage...
Pos: 1, 1, 1, 4, 17, ???

He still hasn't made it to WP6 and others are finished at WP9...

NordieBoy

13th January 2012, 08:02

He still hasn't made it to WP6 and others are finished at WP9...

Looks like he hit WP6 4mins behind the other top guys hitting the finish, which would indicate he's still mobile?

NordieBoy

13th January 2012, 12:31

Chris is 28th overall after todays stage!
He picked up 8mins on Daryl Curtis but the stage was fairly short.
The 2 Chileans ahead of him seem to have changed engines...

29th overall and the 2 Honda mounted Chileans haven't changed engines :D

Good riding :woohoo:

NordieBoy

13th January 2012, 12:36

Robby Gordon has lost 1:50 on Peterhansel this stage alone.
1 hr behind 3rd and 2:10 behind 1st overall...

cromagnon

13th January 2012, 14:47

Stage 11, video links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypqdt2FoKDM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94jSLmzEPGw

Unlisted videos so might be hard to search for them...

cromagnon

13th January 2012, 17:53

Stage 11, video links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypqdt2FoKDM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94jSLmzEPGw

Unlisted videos so might be hard to search for them...

Highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WWNaD0Z8uY part 2 & 3 in description

Padmei

13th January 2012, 18:16

Eddieb

14th January 2012, 20:12

I haven't seen the latest stage come out from Alonsospeed on Racingforme.

Edit: it's up now.

cooneyr

14th January 2012, 21:32

good stuff yet again. Whats the word on the street about Robbies hummer? The frenchies must think hes tellling porkies if all it is is tyre deflators etc. Unless the deflators have turbos or something attached?

Got a bit interested in this show down yesterday. It seems the deflation system is connected to the inlet manifold downstream of the restrictor plate. Rules clearly say all air the engine sucks must pass through the restrictor. Robbies contention is that the amount of air has no effect on performance and that it is just to make the tyres deflate quicker. He also said that the deflation system uses a diaphragm and they need a vacuum to operate it. So which is it Mr Gordon?

All this from the Speed Energy youtube channel with Robbie speaking to the camera. Whatever the case it seems pretty dumb set up and is just asking for a bit of controversy. Especially when the Baja trophy trucks style cars are not the norm so will likely come under a bit of controversy when they started doing well.

Saw another comment that they were filling their tyres with NOS so deflating the tyres directly into the mainfold would give them a nice boost. Given NOS is usually under pressure in a cylinder and therefore the volume dumped into a engine is pretty large I can't see sucking a few litres from tyres in a likely pretty uncontrolled manner being much use. Besides one piddly shot of NOS doesn't account for the significant speed they manage to pull all stage long.

By the way they were claiming to do 130 miles and hour down the big dunes into Iquique on stage 9.

Cheers R

cromagnon

14th January 2012, 21:40

It was blocked off today...

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NordieBoy

15th January 2012, 06:38

Chris Birch (@BirchyNZ)
15/01/2012 07:21
Chris had huge crash today, sprained ankle, nearly broke his nose, knocked out a bit... but still 28th and ok to finish tomorrow! OUCH!

RallyRAIDio (@RallyRAIDio)
15/01/2012 06:10
Marc Coma is being reported saying he had to ride most of the stage without 2nd and 3rd gear. Repost: gearbox broken, needs 2nd engine swap.

Robby Gordon got stuck in the dunes, crashed, repaired and lost 35mins...

NordieBoy

15th January 2012, 07:00

What's up with Birchy and Daryl?
Birchy will be a couple of places faster at every WP except for the finish where he'll be 5min behind overall?

Is he waiting for Daryl?

Aliens?

NordieBoy

15th January 2012, 08:09

Nooooooo!!!!!!

Luis didn't start today's stage!
Looks like he may have missed a WP near the end yesterday.
Other issues too? That should have only been a 40min penalty?

NordieBoy

15th January 2012, 08:23

RallyRaidReview (@RallyRaidReview)
15/01/2012 08:03
Big crash for Chris Birch today. 3m unexpected drop off knocked him out briefly. He was able to continue and finish. Much respect.

Woodman

15th January 2012, 08:29

That ruling for the Hummers is bollocks. I like the Hummers, the hummers are cool. Minis are ghey.

To put it in perspective, if you have a vehicle with a 350ci chevy or therabouts and you have one of them big bugcatcher/letterbox scoops sticking out the bonnet facing forwards, the vehicle will need to do inxs of 300km/hr before there is any supercharging(boost) effect. So some air from a few tyres occaisionally is not going to give him an advantage. The air is probarbly hotter than ambient too.

Bollocks rule.

NordieBoy

15th January 2012, 08:40

Luis on the KTM 150 isn't in the withdrawals list?

Bad transponder?

cooneyr

15th January 2012, 08:46

It was blocked off today...

So why didn't he just do this from the start and save all the headache.

That ruling for the Hummers is bollocks. I like the Hummers, the hummers are cool. Minis are ghey.

Hummers a ghey :bleh: Merican motors are seriously over sized (ci) for the hp and torques they put out. There's nothing clever about it.

Mini's are also ghey cause they are just the X5's from last year with a different shell.

The Imperial Toyota Overdrive Hilux is the only interesting vehicle and as per de Villiers style he's getting on with it quietly, he's 3rd and he's still beating the hummers. That V8 does sound cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV5hRZjnQmM&feature=related.

Does any body have any good footage of the trucks? Missing the trucks this year cause SBS isn't showing vids on web this year. I'll show my true colours - for me it would be a close thing to choose between driving a truck and riding a bike in the dakar.

Cheers R

NordieBoy

15th January 2012, 09:29

The Humbuggy is breathing through a 38mm straw to feed that 6L V8. Which explains why it has to take a while to get up a head of steam...

Also, Luis on the KTM 150 is out with a broken wrist :(

NordieBoy

15th January 2012, 09:32

So why didn't he just do this from the start and save all the headache.

ASO made him show them how it worked last year as well and they OK'd it then.

cromagnon

15th January 2012, 12:02

The Imperial Toyota Overdrive Hilux is the only interesting vehicle and as per de Villiers style he's getting on with it quietly, he's 3rd and he's still beating the hummers. That V8 does sound cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV5hRZjnQmM&feature=related.
Cheers R

They are running to the 2013 regulations as well which put bigger restrictions on the air intakes. That will make them more competitive for the win next year, if only VW came back as well.

cooneyr

15th January 2012, 13:06

They are running to the 2013 regulations as well which put bigger restrictions on the air intakes. That will make them more competitive for the win next year, if only VW came back as well.

Yep forgot to mention that bit re 2013 regulations.

NordieBoy

16th January 2012, 07:21

Chris Birch.

27th!

Sprained ankle, mushed nose and concussion.

:woohoo:

Padmei

16th January 2012, 07:45

Hummers are good, minis are good toyotas are good. Big engines, small engines, deisel engines -They are all good. Cmon guys group hug for old times sake...

k14

16th January 2012, 08:12

Hummers are good, minis are good toyotas are good. Big engines, small engines, deisel engines -They are all good. Cmon guys group hug for old times sake...
Robbie Gordon "Mini's are for girls, there's nothing monster about them."
Peterhansel "But I saw yesterday how hard it is to drive a man's car, if you don't want to crash"

hahaha, brilliant!