Articles for Dakar Rally Racing
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
KTM’s rally racing ace, Cyril Despres, conquered all comers in the Egyption sand for the 2009 Pharaons Ralley aboard his KTM 690 rally dirt bike.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
KTM has decided to send an official service truck to the coming Dakar Rally in order to continue to provide service for privateer KTM riders, but the decision to withdraw the KTM Factory Team remains final.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Following many requests for a customer service for the upcoming Africa Race, KTM will be present with its Customer Truck to take care of the company's participating customers.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
The limiting of motorcycles with a displacement of 450 cc forces the long term dominator of the Dakar Rally to withdraw.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The 2009 Dakar saw 23 ATVs start with only 13 finishing. Of that 13, three were members of Team Polaris.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Terminal Velocity Processing is happy to announce the adding of Dakar Rally stand-out, Jonah Street, to their list of athletes they will support.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Pirelli’s debut in the Dakar was nothing short of dominating, with the new Scorpion Rally tire capturing the 1st and 2nd positions on the podium with riders Marc Coma and Cyril Despres.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Marc Coma claimed his second career Dakar victory. The Spaniard played it cool in the final stage to take an easy win at the first Dakar held in South America.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Another day of the 2009 Dakar and another stage in the books as Cyril Despres takes his fifth stage win of the rally with Marc Coma right on his tail, followed by David Frétigné to round out the top three of Stage 13.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Stage 12 has been completed as scheduled, minor course adjustment but an over all "normal" stage for the Dakar, with Despres and Coma taking the top two spots as they work closer to the finish line.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
As mentioned in the Stage 10 results, Stage 11 was canceled due to Heavy Fog. This cancellation will make it difficult for riders, leaving only three stages to battle for top spots.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Stage 10 began with a delay/course modification and ended with Jordi Viladoms running away with the stage win after the early leaders went in the wrong direction.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Another stage of the 2009 Dakar has come to a close and Stage 9 proved to be anything but average.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Cyril Despres won Stage 8 as racing gets back underway in Chile for the 2009 Dakar Rally.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Today brings a well needed day of rest for the rally riders marking the half way point though the stage. This is the perfect time to catch up on what has occured so far if you are just joining the rally.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Stage 7 marked the crossing of borders from Argentina to Chile and what better way to mark that occasion than with Chilean rider Francisco Lopez winning the stage, his career first on the Dakar.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Stage 6 began with a course reduction, with unclear signs and some tricky dunes costing Jonah Street the lead and allowing Despres take the Stage 6 win.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Stage 5 proved to be all about the tires. Coma and Depres had punctures reletively early in the stage allowing Street to breeze by and take the lead.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
The first tragic news of the 2009 Dakar Rally has finally broken with the announcement that Pascal Terry was found dead after going missing during Stage 2.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Marc Coma continues his winning ways, but American Jonah Street has moved into the second overall position.
