The Road to Dakar - Robby Gordon

**klaus** · December 1st, 2005 11:29

Pictures on Robby's website:
http://www.robbygordon.com/cgi-bin/I..._ROAD_TO_DAKAR

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**picone** · December 1st, 2005 13:51

Big Tires! They did a ton of work to Cam's old car.

**SnowFarmer** · December 2nd, 2005 09:49

Maybe someone can answer this for me. How different is Dakar from say the Baja 1000? Aside from time is the actual terrain the same? Sand, rocks and such?

Speed Channel does an AMAZING job bringing that race to life on the television and I always enjoy watching it. What I get from watching is that its less a race and more of a prolonged torture.

Also I want to mention I was very sad for team KTM last year. That was horrible.

Thank you to anyone that can tell me more.

**JGOLDEN** · December 2nd, 2005 18:12

Are those 37" Toyos on 15" wheels?

**mattb** · December 2nd, 2005 20:34

I got to hang out with Jean Louis-Schlesser a couple of times, and he said Baja was MUCH rougher than Dakar racing. It is definately and endurance race with a very strong emphasis on navigation. From what I understand, the Spanish sections are the closest to any Baja racing, and from there on out, the biggest concern becomes the endless sand dune sections.