The Dakar starts 6th Jan 2018

[RANDLOVER]

SBS ONE will start showing the highlights from Sun Jan 7th 5-30 to 6-00 pm.

[powerband]

GREAT [bigsmile]

[RANDLOVER]

"WATCH the highlights of DAKAR 2019 FREE and in HD on SBS daily at 6pm from Tuesday 8th January or streamed live via SBS Sport and SBS On Demand. Stage replay also available on SBS VICELAND."

Hopefully there won't be trouble finding it in the EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) as SBS hasn't updated their's for this week yet, here's hoping for next week, nothing like a Govt run enterprise!

PS. Mods please change the thread title to something more suitable "The Dakar is starting" perhaps?

Cheers,
Randy

[Robmacca]

I see that theres a couple of Aussies in it again this year.... one will be interesting - A Holden Commodore Ute (modified) - interesting to see how long it lasts :)

[Homestar]

I see that theres a couple of Aussies in it again this year.... one will be interesting - A Holden Commodore Ute (modified) - interesting to see how long it lasts :)

At least 100km... 😉

[travelrover]

Watching Dakar highlights today and I saw this in the background...

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190113/05ed0c6464d9179c3c17d78e5b90b43b.jpg

[weeds]

Good to see the hi-lux leading....just like my work issued one, unstoppable.

[Robmacca]

The commodore didn’t to half way.... stopped at stage 4 I think....
The hiluxes haven’t performed that well either... I think the leader is the last one in the top 10.
The 200’s is leading the T2 class though

[RobMichelle]

Good to see the hi-lux leading....just like my work issued one, unstoppable.Mmmhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190114/a8b828c08765dc0b4c0b2a765a5477fe.jpg

[p38arover]

See Dakar sighting (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/90-110-130-defender-county/267939-dakar-sighting.html)

[trog]

And tighter turning circle.

[LRT]

Mmmhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190114/a8b828c08765dc0b4c0b2a765a5477fe.jpg

A Hilux probably has more flex than a few of Land Rovers current lineup [emoji51][emoji38]

[Arch]

A Hilux probably has more flex than a few of Land Rovers current lineup [emoji51][emoji38]

Yep and more flex than a 70 series. I'd be happy to own one of those IRS Dakar hiluxes.

A good race this year. I'd love to go see it one year.

[dickyjoe]

Really though..

What do you expect? If it was a race to Toorak then they would win!

[weeds]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190115/89631dfae5316bd3d5920261c499a2df.jpg

I think, bigger if I can find any other pics.

There was only a glimpse in tonight’s coverage.

[Reads90]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190115/89631dfae5316bd3d5920261c499a2df.jpg

I think, bigger if I can find any other pics.

There was only a glimpse in tonight’s coverage.

It’s a Wildcat from Paul and Mark Round brothers in the UK.

[weeds]

It’s a Wildcat from Paul and Mark Round brothers in the UK.

There ya go.....

[ozscott]

From memory about the only thing Defender might bonnet and chassis...their best asset is the Land Rover V8 with their own (Bowler) reworked heads.

Cheers

[67hardtop]

Last year

[Reads90]

From memory about the only thing Defender might bonnet and chassis...their best asset is the Land Rover V8 with their own (Bowler) reworked heads.

Cheers

Not really about the only thing it shares with a Defender is the head lights. The bonnet is fibreglass and the Chassis is a D2 Chassis along with D2 axels.

[strangy]

I think they’re racing the wrong vehicles.
Based on what I’ve seen recently, a typical SUV fitted with child seat and driven buy a princess with a coffee appointment, might just take it out.[emoji41]

[weeds]

The mighty hi-lux is still kickin arse

[discojools]

Most Bowler Wildcats were built on a tubular chassis and used Discovery 2 axles, transfer box and Defender gearbox. Allot were 4.0 ltr V8s with about 300bhp but there were some running 300tdi. One 300tdi finished 11th on the Dakar a while ago. At one time Bowlers were the most prolific finishers of any manufacturer on the Dakar.
Compared to others they were relatively inexpensive and easy to maintain. I raced a non Dakar spec one(pics below) in the UK for a few years and apart from an R380 letting go it was reliable. I was running a 5.2 John Eales Rover motor.
Sadly Drew Bowler died unexpectedly a few years ago but the company still carries on and now makes the Bowler Bulldog pictured below. It runs mostly standard RRS/Discovery 5 suspension and other LR running gear. A mate of mine just won the Moroccan Rally in one last year. I think they plan to do the Dakar at some point.

Paul Round made his own version of the Wildcat that used a BMW 6 cylinder diesel.

[trog]

Hilux in appearance, how many parts on it are original?

[Arch]

The Hilux and Toyota badges. Maybe the headlights, front panels, windshield etc... nothing else as every other vehicle racing in that class.

[weeds]

The badge on the front is good enough for me.....all from the same stable.

[RANDLOVER]

We pro'ly don't see as many Land-rovers in the Dakar since Drew Bowler's passing Bowler Offroad - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowler_Offroad). I remember being very impressed by them in the Dakar few years ago, there was a hole that a lot of cars were falling into and the spectators were helping them get out, this also happened to a Bowler, although it too needed help onto it's wheels, it then just drove out. Drew was a nice guy, I rang him once about the twin fuel pumps fitted to his TD5's, he was very helpful saying he didn't know the type off hand, but gave me his mechanic's number, so I could source one.

[weeds]

Spotted a defer in support

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190117/3e0197c7509c94e8e60b3562a3a1e210.jpg

[numpty]

And Toby Price has done it again.

[DiscoMick]

Doesn't LR support a team of ex-military disabled drivers? I have read about them, but can't remember the details.

[weeds]

I hear Toyota are going to release a Dakar hi-lux

[pop058]

Hilux in appearance, how many parts on it are original?

Did a few control points for the early "Wynns Safaris" in the 80's when Andrew Cowan was driving a Ralliart "Pajero". Paj in name only, those things were basically a 4WD Formula One.

[Don 130]

There are only two that resemble Land Rovers. One of those is a Bowler (367) The other is 394, Described as a Disco, but looking like a Bowler as well (Ne ratez pas une soiree exceptionnelle : le jeudi 22 Novembre au soir ..... - Un Dakar pour les enfants hospitalises (http://www.defidakar.com/2018/10/ne-ratez-pas-une-soiree-exceptionnelle-le-jeudi-22-novembre-au-soir.html))

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hideEntry list — Cars
Brand No. Driver Co-driver
Mini 300 Carlos Sainz Spain Lucas Cruz Spain
Toyota 301 Nasser Al-Attiyah Qatar Mathieu Baumel France
Toyota 302 Giniel de Villiers South Africa Dirk von Zitzewitz Germany
Mini 303 Jakub Przygonski Poland Tom Colsoul Belgium
Mini 304 Stéphane Peterhansel France Jean Paul Cottret France
Ford 305 Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Czech Republic
Peugeot 306 Sébastien Loeb France Daniel Elena Monaco
Mini 307 Nani Roma Spain Alex Haro Bravo Spain
Mini 308 Cyril Despres France Jean Paul Cottret France
Toyota 309 Bernhard ten Brinke Netherlands Xavier Panseri France
Mini 310 Orlando Terranova Argentina Bernado Graue Argentina
Toyota 311 Vladimir Vasilyev Russia Konstantin Zhilstov Russia
Peugeot 312 Harry Hunt Great Britain Wouter Rosegaar Netherlands
Mini 314 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Saudi Arabia Timo Gottschalk Germany
Toyota 315 Antanas Juknevicius Lithuania Darius Vaiciulis Lithuania
Arctic Cat 316 Robby Gordon United States Kellon Walch United States
Toyota 317 Erik van Loon Netherlands Harmen Scholtalbers Netherlands
Geely 318 Wei Lan China Min Liao China
Toyota 319 Ronan Chabot France Gilles Pillot France
Buggy (LCR 30) 320 Mathieu Serradori France Fabian Lurquin Belgium
Mini All4 Racing 321 Boris Garafulic Chile Filipe Palmeiro Portugal
Buggy 322 Nicolas Fuchs Peru Fernando Adrian Mussano Argentina
BMW 324 Isidre Esteve Pujol Spain Txema Villalobos Spain
Peugeot 325 Pierre Lachaume France Jean Michel Polato France
Geely 326 Philippe Gache France Stephane Prevot Belgium
Toyota 327 Aron Domzala Poland Maciej Marton Poland
Toyota 328 Yasir Seaidan Saudi Arabia Alexey Kuzmich Russia
Nissan 329 Jürgen Schröder Germany Daniel Schröder Germany
Toyota 330 Benediktas Vanagas Lithuania Sebastian Rozwadowski Poland
Ford 332 Tomas Ouředníček Czech Republic David Křípal Czech Republic
Peugeot 333 Jean-Pascal Besson France Jean Brucy France
Mercedes-Benz 334 Martin Maldonado Argentina Tomislav Glavic Croatia
Ssangyong 335 Oscar Fuertes Aldanondo Spain Diego Vallejo Spain
Borgward 336 Erik Wevers Netherlands Ashley Garcia Chavez Peru
Toyota 337 Vaidotas Zala Lithuania Saulius Jurgelenas Lithuania
Toyota 338 Jesus Calleja Spain Eduardo Blanco Spain
Toyota 339 Maik Willems Netherlands Robert Van Pelt Netherlands
Arctic Cat 346 Cole Potts United States Max Eddy United States
Buggy (Jefferies) 347 Tim Coronel Netherlands Tom Coronel Netherlands
Toyota 348 Akira Miura Japan Laurent Lichtleuchter France
Toyota 350 Christian Lavielle France Jean-Pierre Garcin France
Mitsubishi 351 Cristina Gutierrez Herrero Spain Pablo Moreno Huete Spain
Toyota 352 Xavier Foj Spain Ignacio Santamaria Argentina
Buggy (Dunbee) 353 Stephane Henrard Belgium Gatien du Bois Belgium
Buggy (MDQ2) 354 Omar Eliseo Gandara Argentina Ramiro Corvalan Argentina
Buggy (Sodicars) 355 Philippe Boutron France Mayeul Barbet France
Buggy (LCR30) 356 Michael Pisano France Valentin Sarreaud France
Volkswagen 357 Alberto Rodrigo Gutierrez Fleig Bolivia Sebastian Cesana Argentina
Buggy (Optimus MD) 363 Remy Vauthier Switzerland Pascal Larroque France
Peugeot 364 Pierre Lafay France Sebastian Delaunay France
Volkswagen 365 Mauricio Salazar Velasquez Colombia Mauricio Salazar Sierra Colombia
Bowler 367 Blade Hildebrand United States Bill Conger United States
Can-Am 368 Joan Font Spain Juan Felix Bravo Aguilar Spain
Can-Am 369 Vincent Guindani France Stephane Nguyen Quac Vinh France
Buggy (Mitjet Offroad) 370 Michiel Becx Netherlands Edwin Kuijpers Netherlands
Yamaha 371 Camelia Liparoti Italy Rosa Romero Font Spain
Mini 374 Denis Krotov Russia Dmytro Tsyro Ukraine
Can-Am 375 Adrien Goguet France Gregory Gilson France
Yamaha 377 Ahmed Alkuwari Fahad Qatar Angelo Montico Italy
Toyota 380 Marco Piana France Steven Griener Switzerland
Buggy (Predator) 381 Xavier Lormand France Guillaume Jorda France
Can-Am 382 Daniel Saskin Croatia Sasa Bitterman Croatia
Opel 383 Balazs Szalay Hungary Laszló Bunkoczi Hungary
Volkswagen 384 Fernando Ferrrand Malatesta Peru Fernando Ferrand del Busto Peru
Toyota 386 Yuxiang Liang China Hongtao Kou China
Mitsubishi 387 Francisco Leon Peru Tomas Hirahoka Peru
Toyota 389 He Zhitao China Kai Zhao China
Buggy (Century CR6) 390 David Bensadoun Canada Patrick Beaulé Canada
Toyota 391 Jeromé Renaud France Max Delfino France
Toyota 392 Diego Weber Peru Juan Jose Ponce Aylwin Ecuador
Renault 393 Sergio Samaniego Peru Carlos Manuel Saavedra Curi Peru
Land Rover 394 Gerard Tramoni France Dominique Totain France
Buggy (Herrator) 395 Luis Fernando Barbery Paz Bolivia Hernan Daza Jimenez Bolivia
Can-Am 396 Thierry Pitavy France Gilles Colombet France
Chevrolet 399 Sebastian Guayasamin Ecuador Mauro Esteban Lipez Argentina
Can-Am 402 Emilio Ferrando Spain Guillermo Gomez de Las Heras Spain
Polaris 403 Anibal Aliaga Peru Gustavo Medina Luna Peru
Toyota 404 Alex Aguirregavria Spain Jordi Comallonga Spain
Toyota 405 Miguel Angel Alvarez Pineda Peru Ricardo Mendiola Peru
Buggy (Raitec RA02) 406 Gianpaolo Bedin Italy Guido Toni Italy
Can-Am 408 Fabio Del Punta Italy Stefano Sinibaldi Italy
Holden 409 Stephen Riley Australia Trevor Hanks Australia
Toyota 411 Fernanda Kanno Peru Alonso Carrillo Peru
Can-Am 413 Byambatsogt Udiikhuu Mongolia Byambadelger Udiikhuu Mongolia
Can-Am 415 Dani Sola Spain Pedro Lopez Chaves Spain
Nissan 419 Thomas Bell Great Britain Patrick McMurren Great Britain
Toyota 420 Nicolas Falloux France Florian Gonzales France
Can-Am 422 Bruno Afonso Martins Portugal Rui Jorge Pereira Ferreira Portugal
Ford 423 Andrea Schiumarini Italy Andrea Succi Italy
Buggy (Henrard Dunbee) 424 Philippe Lambilliotte Belgium Maxime Lambilliotte Belgium
Polaris 425 Jean Remy Bergounhe France Patrick Sireyjol France
Toyota 426 Andrea Patricia Lafarja Bittar Paraguay Eugenio Arrieta Argentina
Toyota 428 Ramón Nuñez Argentina Fernando Matias Acosta Argentina
Nissan 429 Shammer Variawa South Africa Zaheer Bodhanya South Africa
Polaris 432 Nicolas Ricardo Zingoni Argentina Pedro Usandizaga Argentina
Polaris 433 Jacques Barron Mifflin Peru Lucas Barron Peru
Can-Am 434 Adrian Santos Argentina Oriol Vidal Spain
Can-Am 436 Jose Luis Alvarez Spain Joel Alvarez Moreno Spain
Can-Am 439 Bernd Hanns Hoffman Germany Juan Carlos Carignani Germany
Toyota 440 luis Alayza Peru Ive Bromberg Peru

[RANDLOVER]

About Bowler (https://www.bowlermotorsport.com/about-us/)

The Bowler, Tomcat, Wildcat & Bulldog look like Defenders, the Nemesis and EXR look like Range Rover Sports. I'm not sure they did a Disco based version, maybe a one off as they do custom cars.