A Land Rover to the Dakar ... sort of?

[JayBoRover]

Some of you may know I am entering the Dakar Rally, scheduled to start in Argentina on January 5'th and finish in Chile on January 18'th after passing through Bolivia also. I am in the process of sorting out logistics, including a vehicle for my service crew. I have been planning on hiring a 4x4 in South America but someone asked me tonight why not take my D90? Now there's an idea!:cool:
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It would be a great way to tie my two passions - rally racing motorcycles and my Land Rovers. It also would be a great opportunity for Land Rover Australia to get on board an adventure and support someone passionate about their product (I only own 5 of them:eek:). I was already planning on painting the bike Zermatt Silver to match my MY12 D90:cool:.
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A nice green oval somewhere would look okay wouldn't it?

So the question is ... does anyone have an "inside line" to someone at LRA in a position to be able to take this up? It's often "who you know, not what you know" with these things;).

Ciao
John B

[Disco Muppet]

Sounds like a Good idea, and if you can get LRA to come to the table all the better! :cool:
Good luck with it :thumbsup:

[carlschmid2002]

Great idea, anyone from LRA listening.

[UncleHo]

It may also be worth approaching dealers and independent Landrover parts/service companies,like those in Qld,British Off Road,& M.R.Autos,also there could well be members of the various Land/Range Rover state club that might be willing to sponsor in some way,also AULRO,and then there are the parts/accessory companies I.E. ARB.TJM,REPCO,Lightforce,NARVA,etc.

Worth a try.


cheers

[FenianEel]

Don't know them, but these are the guys at the top of the tree.


James Scrimshaw
Public Affairs Department
Land Rover Australia
Phone: +61 2 9020 1773
Email: jscrimsh@jaguarlandrover.com
Website: www.landrover.com.au (http://www.landrover.com.au)


Tim Krieger
Marketing and Public Affairs Manager
Land Rover Australia
Phone: +61 2 9020 1505
Email: tkrieger@jaguarlandrover.com
Website: www.landrover.com.au (http://www.landrover.com.au)





Need support crew? :D

[JayBoRover]

Don't know them, but these are the guys at the top of the tree.


James Scrimshaw
Public Affairs Department
Land Rover Australia
Phone: +61 2 9020 1773
Email: jscrimsh@jaguarlandrover.com
Website: www.landrover.com.au (http://www.landrover.com.au)


Tim Krieger
Marketing and Public Affairs Manager
Land Rover Australia
Phone: +61 2 9020 1505
Email: tkrieger@jaguarlandrover.com
Website: www.landrover.com.au (http://www.landrover.com.au)





Need support crew? :D
Thanks for that:). If no-one pops up with an inside line I'll definitely contact them.
Support crew? I have a team manager from Perth coming with me and my mechanic from NZ is coming. I've worked with both a few times, with my mechanic having come across to work with me on a couple of my Australasian Safari projects. That's about as much "on the ground" support as I might be able afford. The support I most need is financial;).
Cheers

[Blknight.aus]

happy to chuck in on the support crew side of things if you need the help

from camp cook through to driver/navigator/ machinist or back up greaser.

best of luck getting the support from LRA.

[bob10]

Would not hurt to talk to Dwayne at M.R. Auto, Redcliffe. His family have been involved in racing cars for some time, his Father still races classic cars, I believe. It sounds like something they might be interested in, worth a try. Bob

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