The latest Dakar Heroes installment is a testament to the toughness and unforgiving nature of the famous rally. For those just tuning in, these videos tend to run a day behind for editing purposes, plus Stage 06 was cancelled due to a powerful weather system that moved in and flooded the area. But even the
“…at the moment this feels more like survival than a race.” The folks at Adventure Spec received a call from their man Lyndon Poskitt. The Races to Places star may have reached folk hero status the other day when Dakar Rally editors decided to lead their daily “Dakar Heroes” video with Lyndon’s tutorial on how
Stage 05 was already cut short due to weather that came in and began to wash out the area. Anyone who has spent enough time in the desert knows why they call an empty stream of gravel a “wash.” Indeed it does. While some made the most of it, others took the brunt of it.
The ‘ol tuck n’ roll can be useful in things like skateboarding or judo, but in motorsports it usually means a yard sale of expensive parts. Carlos Sainz knows that better than any of us, but just the same he crashed out of the 2017 Dakar Rally in spectacular fashion. Fan footage appears to show
“Game over” is a continuing theme and we are not even half way through the 2017 Dakar. Up front for the bikes, Toby Price fell just a few kilometers from the finish and broke his left femur. While navigation errors yesterday made a two-in-a-row Dakar win look difficult, Price is now totally out of the
Today’s #DakarHeroes video has dropped, and as usual, Lyndon Poskitt features prominently (first 3m50sec). This Stage 03 footage shows you the tough terrain and heat they dealt with early on as they approached the mountains, then the weather that came in after the special stage. Prepare for language as foul as the weather, but the
Dakar Stage 2 2017 Stage 02, 2017 will probably be my favorite of all time in Dakar history. Not because of the main story, but because of the story behind the story. In fact, the main story was right on script. The cars gave us what we expect, with Sebastian Loeb and Peugeot gaining ground,
Dakar 2017 Stage 01 #Dakar2017 Stage 01 is always a little odd because of how short it is. The big names are still up front but seeing a Ford up front is likely not going to happen again, so enjoy that. Without Robby Gordon, we at least have Ricky Brabec if you want to cheer
The Wright Brothers December 17, 1903. With names like Wilbur and Orville, they knew they’d have to do something big to impress the ladies. Out in Kill Devil Hills, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, they waddled their powered glider into the air for that briefest of moments. With decades of glider pilots making
The marketing department at Porsche seems to be getting a bit more hip these days. Perhaps it is allowed only because of the inter-company rivalry between Audi and Porsche at LeMans, but when their four-ring sister announced their departure from WEC competition after 18 years of excitement and development, the Stuttgart boys took note. They
