The, er, Dakar Rally 2009...

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The, er, Dakar Rally 2009...

Postby C » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:41 pm

Seems the organiser are a little cheesed off with western Africa...

...as next year it's starting in Buenos Aires, being run in Argentina and Chile!
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Re: The, er, Dakar Rally 2009...

Postby expat » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:33 am

The out run the bandits and Drug Lord run...............No problem for Burt, Sally and the Trans Am.

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Re: The, er, Dakar Rally 2009...

Postby Omag 2.0 » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:49 am

It'll sure be something different! I've heared there's still going to be a replacement event later this year, driven in Bulgaria and Roumania...

Not a lot of deserts there I guess...
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Re: The, er, Dakar Rally 2009...

Postby expat » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:47 pm

Maybe it should be renamed;

The Dak.....errrrr Rally

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Re: The, er, Dakar Rally 2009...

Postby ozzy72 » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:13 am

Anti-Radar paint, turbo-charged, nobody can stop us JJ. Nobody!
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