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  1. 2nd July 2013, 11:11 PM #1
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    A Land Rover to the Dakar ... sort of?

    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!


    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). I was already planning on painting the bike Zermatt Silver to match my MY12 D90.

    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.

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    Sounds like a Good idea, and if you can get LRA to come to the table all the better!
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    Great idea, anyone from LRA listening.
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    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.


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


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    Need support crew?
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  6. 6th July 2013, 08:18 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by FenianEel View Post
    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


    Tim Krieger
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    Phone: +61 2 9020 1505
    Email: tkrieger@jaguarlandrover.com
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    Need support crew?
    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.
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    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.
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    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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