Dakar 2006 official topic

[pagani]

Five DAF trucks not cleared to start
By decision of the sporting officials, the five trucks of Dutch manufactor DAF have not been cleared to start the 28th edition of the Dakar. The crews concerned are: those of: Hans Bekx (502), Gerard De Rooy (n° 504), Jan De Rooy (n° 506), Marcel Van Vliet (n° 523) and Hugo Duisters (n° 529).

According to the officials technical report the competitors of these vehicles don’t have the proper documents.
For these reasons, a jury of officials has decided after speaking to the competitors that based on a part of article 25.4 of the rule book as well as the whole of article 25P1 « every vehicle that is not in conformity can’t be cleared to start the rally. (decision of the jury of sporting officials) ». Article 25P2 B must also be taken into consideration. This decision was announced to the competitors at 15h20 and they now have an hour to appeal

Fucking france fia whit their france shit.
Sorry i am bit pissed of now.
It's up hans stacy to defend the dutch honour go stacy!!
And yes i am update.
:( :snipersmile: :2gunfire: :fist:

[EnzoLover]

You are update?

http://www.ttattitude.com/infotexte/espritnews/logo_euromiloes.jpg

Is now Lisboa Dakar.

[pagani]

First the daf trucks wheir ok than can't start the rally sounds like a bit bs to me.The kamaz trucks are hardly and they can get away whit anything is seems.
They cheated on the 2005 rally.
If they would have started they would kick some russian kamaz ass.
:D :o

[pagani]

Here is a movie of the daf trucks in better days.
http://members.home.nl/rallyfoto/Pre-Proloog_LeDakar06.mpg

Who still have some fast trucks left with good drivers like anne kies whit his ginaf it's a beast of truk powered by cat engine whit 950 hp 18 liter displacement and monster torque figure of 3250 nm and ways in at 9500 kg thats very light for a truck.

http://www.huttenrallyteam.nl/img/2006/techniek/wedstrijdtruck.jpg
And the man truck of hans stacy
http://www.kiggenbv.nl/Team%20Exact.jpg
I hope they can kick ass.
Our best trucks are maby out of the race but whe can still win the truckclass whit the ginaf and the man truck.
:D :o :shock:

[EnzoLover]

My movie of the first special stage

http://rapidshare.de/files/10169531/Dakar.wmv.html

[hwe]

Thanks for the video pagani - good stuff :-)

[graywolf624]

My moneys on this guy:
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1319/tndakar20050183hn.jpg

Just a heads up, oln has a daily update on the race.. 7:30 pm canada 4 pm US.

[pagani]

The movie of the dutch proloog is shot at the eurocircuit in valkenswaard
famous of motorcross and rallyracing.
But whe still have 3 race trucks in the rally and some trucks for technical support
Next time whe will the win the truck class of the dakar rally.
Bekx and the team de rooy will be back for victory.
:D :o

[redbaron]

About the DAF trucks I agree rules are rules

BUT the way this disqualification went, was quite suspicious. There were lots of homologation issues. However at 7 December the DAF trucks of team de Rooy were homologated and declared reglementary legal. At 23 December the FIA suddenly told them the trucks were not completely homologated. The official of the FIA who declared the trucks legal at 7 December was now on holiday and refused to say something about it.

My big question is why would de Rooy and Bekx both build a truck which does not confirm the FIA rules? (they both build there own truck based on a DAF without any cooperation)

[luisinho]

Press Area:

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Bikes Area:

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The limo...eheh:

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:!:

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Carros...:

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poster:

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mini moke:

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The Trucks:

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:lol:

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O local de partida:

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[luisinho]

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[pagani]

My favorite car is the hummer h3 of robby gorden that thing is fast.
I hope he beats the factory vw's and the factory mitsubishi's with his beast.
Here the tech specs of the hummer

Material: 4130 steel alloy space frame construction
Wheelbase: 120 inches
Track: 88 inches front and rear
Overall Length: 174 inches
Overall height: 65 inches
Weight: 4,500 pounds

Front Suspension: Double “A” arms with coil-over springs and specially calibrated, four position-sensitive by-pass shocks by King. Total vertical wheel travel 20 inches.

Rear Suspension: Semi-trailing lower arm with integral hubs, 934 series CV joints and stub axles by Kartek Manufacturing. King coil-over four-position shocks and springs. Total vertical wheel travel 20 inches.

Brakes: Four wheel disc ProAm brakes by Kartek Manufacturing. A special hand-operated “splitter” brake in the cockpit enables the driver to make tighter and faster turns by isolating the right and left rear brake systems

Steering: Robby Gordon Motorsports power-assisted rack and pinion. One turn lock to lock (37 degrees)

Fuel System: Twin fuel tanks, with Fuel-Safe fuel-cells carry 100 gallons of Regular Grade ASO mandated pump gas. Mileage varies according to conditions, but under the worst-case scenario the Hummer H3 can cover 500 miles without refueling

Jacking System: Twin Howe integral chassis mounted hydraulic rams can lift either side of the car to facilitate a change of tires or extracting from sand and/or mud

TIRES & WHEELS

Tires: Toyo Open Country M/T 37 x 14.50R15 (two spares are carried on board)

Wheels: Robby Gordon 15 x 6.5 alloy racing wheels with integral bead locks.

NAVIGATION

Navigation Aids: Twin Terra-Trip odometers with KVH digital compass, twin GPS, with ASO supplied Iritrac team navigation/locator units. Note: ASO GPS units are purposely limited in accuracy by the organizers to place a premium on the team’s navigation skills. By ASO regulation no communication systems of any type are allowed. The Iritrac system will allow viewers to follow the progress of the race in real time on the team’s website, Robby Gordon.com The Hummer is also equipped with an ASO required Belize satellite tracking emergency, homing beacon which, if activated, immediately disqualifies the entry.


BODY & INTERIOR


Body: Carbon fiber replica of the Hummer H3 made by Menards Engineering Limited in Oxfordshire, England. The two-place cockpit for driver and navigator is completely sealed, filtered by UNI and cooled by an engine driven-air conditioning system.
Seating: Twin Custom built MasterCraft buckets with Simpson five point harnesses. Driver and navigator also wear custom made Simpson fire suits
Electrical and Lighting Systems: Twin Pro-Comp batteries power a Milspec type, custom wired RayChem harness designed and fabricated by James Lin. Lighting by three Hella HIDs units on roof and two high beam/low beam Hella HID units on the front bumper with 55 watt street legal lamps.
Custom fabricated RGM/RacePak digital instrument panel allows monitoring of all vital systems.


ENGINE

Rear mounted, GM designed, fuel injected, normally aspirated, with alloy block and heads, 6.0 liter LS2 series V8, built by Russ Oblenes at GM Racing and specially tuned and mapped for desert racing by Scott Urshell of UMI in Phoenix Arizona.

The engine build specifications, with the exception of compression ratio and its wet sump, are almost identical to those used by GM Racing’s factory Corvettes to win the GT1 Class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, France, on three different occasions.
ASO regulations limit power by use of a sealed induction system using a 37mm inlet anulus. A four-gallon plenum feeds double filtered air to the engine. Bassani Headers with a single Magnaflow muffler keeps the engine within FIA mandated noise limits.
Cooling: Seven-gallon re-circulating through a Ron Davis radiator with two integral heat exchangers for engine and transmission coolant. Ten gallons of emergency coolant/drinking water are carried on board in two five-gallon containers.
The Hummer also uses UMI Racing Technology Mefi 4 engine management system and software along with UMI dash and data logger system
Motor dyno tuned by Todd Peterson and Scott Urshell
TRANSMISSION

5-Speed sequential Albins/Weddel manual shift transaxle. Power is fed through a multi-plate Tilton Engineering clutch assembly
http://www.robbygordon.com/Imagefolio31_file/gallery/03_OFF-ROAD/05_RALLY_RACING/DAKAR_2006/001_HUMMER_MEDIA_DAY/HUMMER_MEDIA_DAY_25.jpg

[luisinho]

do you like PORTUGAL?

[pagani]

I have never been to lisboa but my perants have been there so i can't comment on that.
:D :) :o

[luisinho]

so what have they said?

[pagani]

I think they liked lisbao.
:D :o

[luisinho]

pagani, lisbao?no men


Lisboa...if you are from netherlands the manager of S.L. Benfica is koemen...


my club is F.C.PORTO with Co Adriannse from Az alkmar

[luisinho]

:| hi ronin ta td és o ronin do clube bmw portugal?

[TT]

I think it's about time to rename this topic and let it become the Dakar 2006 official topic ;)

BTW, I am watching it every day on several TV channels. In France they do some very good coverage :) and that Hummer, well, I love to see it in action! Too bad it is already out of the game for the top places :bah: but what a machine!

[pagani]

Go gorden i think he will be in the top 10 in the end of rally if have keeps it together and i think he is one to watch for the coming years.
Anyone kown some horsepower and torque figures for his ls2 6 liter v8 engine??
The good drivers of this rally are robby gorden carlos sainz and the x raid bmw team sucks(fast but fragile).
Best dutch is truckteam is the man of hans stacy i think he is one for the top 3 for the end of the rally maby for victory if he stays out of trouble.
:D :o

[Nick6]

Stages 1 to 5 are up on Isohunt.com. Just do a search for "dakar".

[pagani]

Here are the full results from stage 6
Stage 6 Results: Tan Tan > Zouérat




RANKING STAGE CAR Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 315 MAGNALDI (FRA)
DEBRON (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 03:22:54 00:00:00

2 314 SCHLESSER (FRA)
BORSOTTO (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 03:25:49 00:02:55

3 305 DE VILLIERS (AFS)
THORNER (SUE) VOLKSWAGEN 03:26:40 00:03:46

4 303 KLEINSCHMIDT (ALL)
PONS (ITA) VOLKSWAGEN 03:28:07 00:05:13

5 302 ALPHAND (FRA)
PICARD (FRA) MITSUBISHI 03:28:56 00:06:02

6 300 PETERHANSEL (FRA)
COTTRET (FRA) MITSUBISHI 03:29:13 00:06:19

7 307 SAINZ (ESP)
SCHULZ (ALL) VOLKSWAGEN 03:29:23 00:06:29

8 301 SABY (FRA)
PERIN (FRA) VOLKSWAGEN 03:30:17 00:07:23

9 322 CHICHERIT (FRA)
BAUMEL (FRA) BMW 03:32:47 00:09:53

10 309 MILLER (USA)
VON ZITZEWITZ (ALL) VOLKSWAGEN 03:33:59 00:11:05

11 335 GORDON (USA)
SKILTON (USA) HUMMER 03:36:35 00:13:41

12 304 ROMA (ESP)
MAGNE (FRA) MITSUBISHI 03:36:42 00:13:48

13 345 PESCAROLO (FRA)
LE GAL (FRA) BUGGY 03:39:58 00:17:04

14 308 AL ATTIYAH (QAT)
GUEHENNEC (FRA) BMW 03:40:39 00:17:45

15 317 GACHE (FRA)
GARCIN (FRA) BUGGY 03:41:52 00:18:58

16 313 COX (AFS)
PITCHFORD (AFS) BMW 03:42:23 00:19:29

17 316 SERVIA (ESP)
ALCARAZ (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 03:43:00 00:20:06

18 311 SOUSA (POR)
LURQUIN (BEL) NISSAN 03:46:54 00:24:00

19 415 KAHLE (ALL)
SCHUENEMANN (ALL) HONDA 03:53:54 00:31:00

20 310 HENRARD (BEL)
DE ROISSARD (FRA) VOLKSWAGEN 03:56:06 00:33:12


RANKING OVERALL CAR Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 305 DE VILLIERS (AFS)
THORNER (SUE) VOLKSWAGEN 16:33:58 00:00:00

2 307 SAINZ (ESP)
SCHULZ (ALL) VOLKSWAGEN 16:34:20 00:00:22

3 303 KLEINSCHMIDT (ALL)
PONS (ITA) VOLKSWAGEN 16:34:32 00:00:34

4 314 SCHLESSER (FRA)
BORSOTTO (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 16:35:00 00:01:02

5 302 ALPHAND (FRA)
PICARD (FRA) MITSUBISHI 16:36:00 00:02:02

6 301 SABY (FRA)
PERIN (FRA) VOLKSWAGEN 16:37:55 00:03:57

7 309 MILLER (USA)
VON ZITZEWITZ (ALL) VOLKSWAGEN 16:41:12 00:07:14

8 315 MAGNALDI (FRA)
DEBRON (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 16:42:08 00:08:10

9 300 PETERHANSEL (FRA)
COTTRET (FRA) MITSUBISHI 16:43:35 00:09:37

10 304 ROMA (ESP)
MAGNE (FRA) MITSUBISHI 16:45:24 00:11:26

11 322 CHICHERIT (FRA)
BAUMEL (FRA) BMW 17:14:27 00:40:29

12 313 COX (AFS)
PITCHFORD (AFS) BMW 17:34:35 01:00:37

13 311 SOUSA (POR)
LURQUIN (BEL) NISSAN 17:49:48 01:15:50

14 316 SERVIA (ESP)
ALCARAZ (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 17:52:31 01:18:33

15 317 GACHE (FRA)
GARCIN (FRA) BUGGY 18:12:48 01:38:50

16 345 PESCAROLO (FRA)
LE GAL (FRA) BUGGY 18:40:27 02:06:29

17 415 KAHLE (ALL)
SCHUENEMANN (ALL) HONDA 18:45:24 02:11:26

18 386 BLAZQUEZ ROURA (ESP)
SALVADOR IBANEZ (ESP) NISSAN 18:45:52 02:11:54

19 334 GUINOT (FRA)
KROISS (FRA) VOLKSWAGEN 19:25:03 02:51:05

20 310 HENRARD (BEL)
DE ROISSARD (FRA) VOLKSWAGEN 19:31:51 02:57:53

21 342 KOLBERG (BRE)
BAMPI (BRE) MITSUBISHI 19:38:35 03:04:37

22 340 DE LAVERGNE (FRA)
SANCHEZ (FRA) RENAULT 19:41:47 03:07:49

23 420 SAUKANS (LET)
DAMBIS (LET) OSC 20:13:07 03:39:09

24 362 BERKUT (RUS)
NIKOLAEV (RUS) MITSUBISHI 20:38:48 04:04:50

25 319 KIS (HON)
CZEGLEDI (HON) NISSAN 20:51:22 04:17:24

26 333 LOIX (BEL)
VERHOEF (HOL) BOWLER 20:52:41 04:18:43

27 335 GORDON (USA)
SKILTON (USA) HUMMER 21:02:34 04:28:36

28 320 LOHR (ALL)
RUF (ALL) MERCEDES 21:17:34 04:43:36

29 408 GIBON (FRA)
GIBON (FRA) BOWLER 21:20:41 04:46:43

30 308 AL ATTIYAH (QAT)
GUEHENNEC (FRA) BMW 21:26:13 04:52:15 30:00
Robby gorden is overall 27 now bad for a first whit a new car.

And good new for fans of hans stacy has picking up time
he was fourth yesterday
4 524 STACEY (HOL)
GOTLIB (BEL)
DER KINDEREN (HOL) MAN 22:08:46 02:11:26
I anyone can beat vladimir chagin it's hans stacy.
:D :o :D [/img]

[GT-R_R34]

Stages 1 to 5 are up on Isohunt.com. Just do a search for "dakar".

thanks for the find. US television sucks. Dish network removed OLN because there were asking for too much money

[pagani]

The best coverage for me is rtl 7 eurosport is to short and to boring
And the most important thing they keep you update whit the drivers/riders from the netherlands.
:D :o

[pagani]

Hand stacy is third in the t4 cross country truck class and second on today stage
(truck results)
1 508 CHAGIN (RUS)
YAKUBOV (RUS)
SAVOSTIN (RUS) KAMAZ 35:47:23 00:00:00
2 500 KABIROV (RUS)
BELYAEV (RUS)
MOKEEV (RUS) KAMAZ 36:17:55 00:30:32
3 524 STACEY (HOL)
GOTLIB (BEL)
DER KINDEREN (HOL) MAN 36:32:17 00:44:54
4 509 LOPRAIS (CZE)
GILAR (CZE)
LOPRAIS (CZE) TATRA 38:01:15 02:13:52

Car results

300 PETERHANSEL (FRA)
COTTRET (FRA) MITSUBISHI 27:43:41 00:00:00
2 302 ALPHAND (FRA)
PICARD (FRA) MITSUBISHI 27:44:13 00:00:32
3 305 DE VILLIERS (AFS)
THORNER (SUE) VOLKSWAGEN 28:09:57 00:26:16
4 304 ROMA (ESP)
MAGNE (FRA) MITSUBISHI 28:27:16 00:43:35
5 303 KLEINSCHMIDT (ALL)
PONS (ITA) VOLKSWAGEN 28:50:07 01:06:26
6 315 MAGNALDI (FRA)
DEBRON (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 29:17:21 01:33:40
7 314 SCHLESSER (FRA)
BORSOTTO (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 29:29:02 01:45:21
8 309 MILLER (USA)
VON ZITZEWITZ (ALL) VOLKSWAGEN 29:55:54 02:12:13
9 311 SOUSA (POR)
LURQUIN (BEL) NISSAN 30:53:53 03:10:12
10 301 SABY (FRA)
PERIN (FRA) VOLKSWAGEN 34:59:58 07:16:17
11 342 KOLBERG (BRE)
BAMPI (BRE) MITSUBISHI 35:17:09 07:33:28
12 310 HENRARD (BEL)
DE ROISSARD (FRA) VOLKSWAGEN 35:23:47 07:40:06
13 316 SERVIA (ESP)
ALCARAZ (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 35:29:53 07:46:12
14 408 GIBON (FRA)
GIBON (FRA) BOWLER 36:03:46 08:20:05
15 420 SAUKANS (LET)
DAMBIS (LET) OSC 36:10:48 08:27:07
16 351 RATET (FRA)
CATTARELLI (FRA) TOYOTA 37:50:47 10:07:06
17 353 SIREYJOL (FRA)
VIDAL (FRA) BOWLER 39:56:37 12:12:56
18 459 VISY (FRA)
BOURQUIN (FRA) BOWLER 43:26:02 15:42:21
19 413 LOCATELLI (FRA)
HAQUETTE (FRA) BOWLER 46:20:26 18:36:45 04:26:00
20 354 BAILEY (USA)
COTEL (FRA) BUGGY 70:05:28 42:21:47 01:00:00

:D :)

[gucom]

so...a question fro ma dakar-noob...are cars like the peugeot 206 and the renault megane just purpose-built dakar cars with a bodykit to resemble road cars, or are they actually somewhat based on the road cars?? i'm assuming the mitsu and VW's etc are based on real cars??

[pagani]

The t1 class are cars mostly cars whit mostly stock and the things they need for the rally like modfied suspension setup bigger fuel tanks etc.
And the t2 class cars are purpose build cars for cross country rally's
highly modefied engines supension setup lightend etc.
Most cars in the t2 are losely based on production cars but have things like carbon bodyshell lighters doors

I believe this the street version for mitsubishi pajero evo rally version
perfect car for the is something like the pajero evo or other cars



Here are few links of the techinal regs for the t1 and t2 class


The bowler wildcat as used in the rally.
http://www.baja-aragon.com/bowler.jpg
:D :o

[leo_26782]

Carlos Sainz out! I couldn't find much more info, apart from the fact that he didn't go well with the team. Anyone have more info?

[jakaracman]

Andy Caldecott has died after a fall:

The organisers of the 28th edition of the Dakar have learnt today, Monday the 9th of January 2006, the death of KTM rider n°10 Andy Caldecott.

At km 250 of stage 9 between Nouakchott and Kiffa, on a fast portion, the Australian biker suffered a bad crash. and died.

Aware of the accident at 11:31AM, the rally headquarters immediately sent a medical helicopter that landed at 11:55 AM on the scene of the accident. The doctors unfortunately could only note the death of the biker that according to them struck immediately.

Andy Caldecott, 41 years of age, was competing in his third Dakar. He had finished 6th of the 2005 edition and was currently 10th overall of this edition after having won stage 5 between Nador and Er-Rachidia in Morocco.

To his family that was immediately contacted, the Dakar wishes to express its sincere condolences.

RIP ...

[chest3r]

Very sad to hear that :( RIP

[redbaron]

^^^
that's very sad news, RIP

[dingo]

Really sad news, the Dakar doesn't get much coverage in Australia but this is definately in the news today. :(

Anyone aware of how many other Aussies are in the race, if any?

[jakaracman]

Check www.dakar.com

[TT]

So sorry to find out tonight about this new sad Dakar day :(

RIP

[nthfinity]

this is the least Dakar coverage ive ever seen in the US... they usually re-broadcast it at some time...

definately some sad news today :(

RIP

[chest3r]

My pictures: http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?p=588707#588707

[pagani]

Hans stacey beats the kamaz trucks again
Stage results of the stage 10 kiffa > kayes.
That men has some fithing spirit go stacy.
1 524 STACEY (HOL)
GOTLIB (BEL)
DER KINDEREN (HOL) MAN 04:31:00 00:00:00
2 500 KABIROV (RUS)
BELYAEV (RUS)
MOKEEV (RUS) KAMAZ 04:32:44 00:01:44
3 508 CHAGIN (RUS)
YAKUBOV (RUS)
SAVOSTIN (RUS) KAMAZ 04:54:42 00:23:42
4 513 DE AZEVEDO (BRE)
MARTINEC (CZE)
JUSTO (BRE)

Overall standings
1 508 CHAGIN (RUS)
YAKUBOV (RUS)
SAVOSTIN (RUS) KAMAZ 50:49:46 00:00:00
2 500 KABIROV (RUS)
BELYAEV (RUS)
MOKEEV (RUS) KAMAZ 54:08:38 03:18:52
3 524 STACEY (HOL)
GOTLIB (BEL)
DER KINDEREN (HOL) MAN 54:20:30 03:30:44
4 513 DE AZEVEDO (BRE)
MARTINEC (CZE)
JUSTO (BRE) TATRA 55:52:14 05:02:28
5 533 LEIHENER (ALL)
BAUMANN (ALL)
GOLDBERG (ALL) MAN 64:37:38 13:47:52

[taygunho]

yester day night i turned on tv and changed channel to eurosport and commenter said " .... after this tragic loss news some stages cancelled". then i loged in to internet and i searched what happened. Then I read that sad news.
RIP Andy Caldecott
It is veery sad news and this is 3rd lost in this rally in two years. Race managers should make some changes in rally rules to stop this accidents.

[SamuraiGti]

Who broke the back wheel yesterday in a VW? Jutta?

[pagani]

Yes yuta is out of the rally but really don't care about her.
I am glad she out of the rally.

[SamuraiGti]

I think that tomorrow's stage will define the overall classification because of the prohibition to fix cars.

Go Carlos Sousa!

[Nick6]

This hasnt been a good rallye for the X-Raid team this year. :?


RIP Andy :(

[03200165]

Thanks for the pics Ronin!