Toyota Dakar Team Talks Sand Issues
15 Jan 2014, 17:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Racing in the desert compares with nothing else and one small error can let you stranded in the middle of nowhere. Fortunately, thanks to today’s telecommunication advancement, you won’t...
How Toyota Dakar Team Deals With the Heat
13 Jan 2014, 13:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Racecars are known for their overheating interiors. With all that insulating materials stripped out, plastic windows that don’t quite open and no air conditioning, the exhaust system running r...
How Dakar Toyota Racers Sort Out Nature’s Call
13 Jan 2014, 11:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Well, this is a question everyone is eager to ask a racing driver - “what do you do when you have to take a leak?” In a normal race, there should be no problem, anyone can hold for 10...
Jorge Lorenzo Asks, Marc Marquez Answers
17 Dec 2013, 15:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Already one of the big athletes in Spain after becoming the youngest MotoGP World Champion ever, Marc Marquez had a Q&A session with Marca magazine. Among top other sportsmen who barged in wi...
Biodiesel Toyota Land Cruiser To Run In 2014 Dakar Rally
12 Dec 2013, 16:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Apart from the two rebuilt Hilux pickups from South Africa, Toyota will have two more vehicles racing in the famous Dakar Rally in January 2014. Toyota Auto Body Co. subsidiary announced to run a...
See Toyota South Africa Testing the Dakar Hilux in Namib
10 Dec 2013, 15:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As we told you before, Toyota Racing South Africa will return in the 2014 Dakar Rally with two rebuilt Hilux pickups. After you’ve seen how the vehicles were built earlier, Toyota now shows...
Win a Toyota Hilux Dakar Edition
25 Nov 2013, 12:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota South Aftica just posted a new video advertising its campaign for the Dakar Rally 2014, in which you can win a one-of-a-kind Toyota Hilux Dakar Edition. All you need to do is to register o...
Tacita Electric Enduro Bikes Present at EICMA 2013
10 Oct 2013, 16:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember the awesomely cool electric rally-raid motorcycle Tacita T-Race? Well, news from these guys have been quite scarce during the last year, but it looks like things are one the move in their c...
Paulo Gonçalves Wins the Dos Sertões Rally
7 Aug 2013, 12:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves won the longest round of the FIM Cross-Country Rally World Championship, the Dos Sertões Rally in Brazil. Riding his Speedbrain Husqvarna machine, Goncalve...
Toyota Reveals 2014 Dakar Line-up
25 Jul 2013, 14:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Besides introducing the special edition Dakar Hilux, Toyota Motorsport South Africa has recently announced its line-up for the 2014 Dakar Rally. Dakar Rally champions Giniel de Villiers and Dirk ...
2014 Dakar: Honda Introduces Team and Machine
3 Jun 2013, 15:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda's presence at Mugello, Italy meant more than MotoGP business, as the factory introduced the 2014 Dakar riders and the new cross-country CRF450 Rally machine. HRC will start the 2014 Da...
2014 Dakar: The New Poster Is Out
20 Mar 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's been around 2 months since the end of the 2013 Dakar Rally, but this means there are only 10 months or so remaining until the next edition kicks off. At least that's the way the guys ...
2013 Dakar Ends in Full KTM Glory
21 Jan 2013, 10:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Now that the 2013 Dakar is over, after more than 8000 km (5,000 miles) across 14 stages and crossing three countries, it's time for looking back and start building strategies for the 2014 compe...
2013 Dakar: Lopez Takes Stage 13, Despres Still the Overall Leader
19 Jan 2013, 09:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With only one more stage in the 2013 Dakar, there is still room for serious racing, as things aren't yet decided. Chaleco Lopez triumphed in Stage 13 on home ground and is highly motivated for ...
2013 Dakar: Verhoeven Takes Stage 12, Injured Barreda Comes Third
18 Jan 2013, 07:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With a comfortable lead Frenchman Despres took thing easy in the 12th stage of the 2013 Dakar, preferring to rather help his team mate Ruben Faria and remain on the safe side to taking unnecessary r...
2103 Dakar: Stage 12 with Barreda Bort Still in the Race after Yesterday's Injury
17 Jan 2013, 11:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We can now confirm that Joan Barreda Bort took off in the 12th stage of the 2013 Dakar. There were serious fears that Barreda could retire from the rally after the shoulder injury he sustained yeste...
2013 Dakar: Stage 11 and the Hardships of the Fiambala Dunes
17 Jan 2013, 10:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 2013 Dakar riders have had a hard time during the Stage 11: rain kept dust and dirt to the ground making visibility no longer a problem for the competitors following in the wake of the front-ru...
2013 Dakar: Stage 11 Means Dangerous Dunes Prone to Cause Navigation Errors
16 Jan 2013, 10:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Heat is building up in the 2013 Dakar Rally with only 3 stages left in this tough competition. Stage 11 links La Rioja and Fiambala in Argentina, and brings 256 km of liaison and a short but hard 2...
2013 Dakar: Stage 10 Is About Fast Technical Riding
15 Jan 2013, 22:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Stage 10 in the 2013 Dakar was a medium-length one with alternating terrain, with the riders’ navigation skills put to rest, as riding the 37 km liaison and 357 km of special stage were more a...
2013 Dakar: Despres Takes Stage 9, Casteu Retires after Crasing Hard
15 Jan 2013, 10:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Stage 9 of the 2013 Dakar Rally was long and hard: 176 km of liaison and no less than 593 km of special stage have put both man and machine to a very brutal test. Favorite rider Cyril Despres took t...