Posted January 5, 2012 - 10:04pm by benhill
Dakar officials have cancelled Stage 6 due to bad weather conditions in the Andes.
Posted January 1, 2012 - 6:49pm by benhill
Posted August 20, 2010 - 7:33am by benhill
The Race Shop/Sunday Social Club spent the evening at the start of the Vegas to Reno race in Beatty, NV Thursday night, August 19, 2010. Energy levels were high; excitement, great. Such
Posted January 16, 2010 - 10:07am by benhill
Despres Wins, Ullevalseter Second! Stage was won by Ruben Faria, with Ullevalseter second on the stage and Helder Rodrigues third. Contardo finished tenth, but retained his third place in the overall standings. Jonah Street stands at seventh in the overall standings.
Stage Results:
Posted January 15, 2010 - 3:14pm by benhill
Ullevalseter had a fantastic day today winning the stage. His first ever stage win in a Dakar rally puts him in second place overall with a four minute and 22 second lead over Contardo. Rumors from the bivouac yesterday evening held that Despres was going to lend Pal Anders the "magic" Michelin mousse for today's stage and lead him into victory. Truth or fiction, congratulations to Pal Anders Ullevalseter for his victory,and probable second overall Dakar finish.
Posted January 14, 2010 - 3:12pm by benhill
Lopez Contardo finished the stage in first place today which moved him up to second place overall. Fretigne finished second and Ullevalseter third. Jonah Street was 10th in the stage.
Posted January 14, 2010 - 8:55am by benhill
Coma won the stage today with Fretigne and Verhoeven close behind. Jonah Street finished fourth just 5:40 behind. Ullevalseter was seventh eight minutes behind Coma. The official Dakar website shows Despres still in first by a margin of an hour and twenty four minutes and a tie for the second overall between Ullevalseter and Contardo.
Luca Manca reportedly woke up from his coma in the hospital today - Good News.
Stage Results:
Posted January 12, 2010 - 10:15am by benhill
A short special test today with some new names showing up at the top. Coma wins with Fretigne, Rodrigues, Faria, and Contardo all coming in within five minutes of his finish. Despres finished sixth with Ullevalseter in eighth.
Overall standings did not change much with Despres holding first with a 1:22 lead on Ullevalseter, and Contardo in third at 1:24 minutes back from Despres.
Posted January 11, 2010 - 7:40pm by benhill
Confusion on the Dakar site after today's stage. It shows both Despres and Coma with times of 2:12:30 but calls Coma the winner of the stage. Pal Anders Ullevalseter finished 1:14 behind which moves him into second overall. Contardo is in third with Rodriguez in fourth and only seven minutes difference between the times of Pal Anders and Rodriguez.
Posted January 10, 2010 - 6:49pm by benhill
Francisco Lopez Contardo "Chaleco" chalked up his third stage win today on the Aprilia just 42 seconds ahead of Marc Coma. Despres finished fifth, but easily maintained his lead in the overall standings despite destroying both wheels early in the stage. Ruben Faria was his savior, trading wheels with him at the 245 Km point in the stage. Pal Anders Ullevalseter finished third and moved up in the overall to second place, one hour and 20 seconds behind Despres. As a result of a 6 HOUR penalty assessed to Marc Coma on the seventh stage for
