America’s Robby Gordon took victory in the 11th stage of the Dakar Rally, which was shortened due to the poor weather conditions.
The simultaneous flooding of two rivers at the 69 and 85-km marks forced the race direction to halt the special after the first control point, just 84 km into the stage, originally 219 km long.
Gordon, driving a Hummer, was fastest when the stage was … More
Stephane Peterhansel continued to cruise in the lead of the Dakar Rally as his X-raid teammate Orlando Terranova set the pace on stage 10.
Terranova’s pace on the Cordoba to La Rioja stage made him the first Argentinian driver to take a Dakar stage win, and also the first man to set a fastest time in a BMW since 2010, the last year before X-raid switched to Minis for its main assault  … More
Nani Roma went fastest on the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally while his X-raid Mini teammate Stephane Peterhansel opened up a big lead as chief rival Nasser Al-Attiyah hit trouble.
While Peterhansel was able to set the second-best time on the 368-mile run from Tucuman to Cordoba in Argentina, Al-Attiyah’s day consistently got worse.
After losing around seven minutes to … More
Youssou N’Dour, Senegal’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, has asked the organizers of the iconic Dakar Rally to either bring the race back to its homeland of Africa or pick a different name.
The last time Dakar participants drove through Africa was in 2007. The following year, a terrorist group in Mauritania threatened to attack competitors so the race was canceled at the very last minute. It has been held in South America ever since  … More