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Dakar Stage 9: Price & Al-Attiyah Stay On Top
There was a fair amount of chaos in the Peruvian dunes on the penultimate stage of the 2019 Dakar Rally. For many it was a final chance to claw back some serious time on their rivals. The soft sands of Pisco ended up biting hard and took the Dakar’s most successful ever competitor out of …
FEATURE: THE DARK KNIGHT 79 SERIES BUILD: PT2
In Edition 48 we were introduced to the Dark Knight, a ground up 79 Series Super Tourer build by the team at ARB Coopers Plains for it’s owner Perry to tackle the best of Australia’s wide open spaces. The foundations of the project were laid with a GVM upgrade, OME BP-51 suspension and ARB barwork, …
Dakar Stage 3 : Marcona to Arequipa
The gruelling route of the 2019 Dakar Rally showed its teeth on stage three as it removed race leaders from the contest. A heady mix of dunes, mountain plateaus and roadbook confusion was too much to take for some of rally-raids biggest names as leaderboards across all categories suffered a major shakeup. In the car …
DAKAR Stage 2 : Pisco to San Juan de Marcona
After Monday’s quick taste of the dunes, things got serious on stage two of the 2019 Dakar Rally with a race route of 350 kilometres laid out for the competitors. The challenging route created drama all the way as former winners were caught out by the shifting sands and newcomers pounced to take advantage of …
Riley’s Dream: A Holden Ute at Dakar
The Holden Ute of Steve Riley and Trev Hanks are currently living their dream of racing at Dakar in their Aussie built Holden Ute. Steve Riley a former off road motorcycle racer and three times auto winner of the Australian safari rally along with co/driver and friend Trev Hanks are competing in 2019 Dakar Rally. …
Dakar Stage 1 : Lima to Pisco
The glorious day that all desert racers have been waiting for finally arrived as the 2019 Dakar Rally got started today. All the months of preparation were put into practice on the dunes around Pisco as stage one as the world’s toughest rally got underway. The opening special stage took place after a 247-kilometre liaison …
DIRTCOMP SUBSCRIBER REFUND INFORMATION
Edition 50 of Dirtcomp Magazine has now been mailed to our subscribers. After much deliberation we have decided that Edition 50 will be the final print magazine of Dirtcomp and we will evolve to a FREE digital web based format during 2019. As advised on delivery of Edition 50, if you have any magazines remaining …
WORKHORSE: YAMAHA WOLVERINE X2
The new generation Yamaha Wolverine X2 is the hard working sibling of the Yamaha YXZ 1000R. While the YXZ is at home carving up the motorcross track, the Wolverine X2 arrives with it’s sleeves rolled up, ready to get the job done no matter what terrain lies ahead. The Wolverine X2 features a comfortable …
Sébastien Loeb back to Dakar 2019
Nine-time World Rally Champion and recent Rally Catalunya winner Sébastien Loeb will sensationally return to the Dakar Rally next year as a privateer, backed by Red Bull. The 44-year-old Frenchman, who won his 79th WRC rally in Spain last weekend, will drive a Peugeot 3008DKR navigated by Daniel Elena. This is similar to the car …
McClue Wins the Round, Evans Takes the Championship
The battle for the 2018 DEWALT SXS Australian Championship went right down to the wire at the Broadford State Motorcycle Sports Complexon the weekend. The first five rounds had produced five different winners and with the championship up for grabs, the gloves were off at the season’s grand finale. The heats were a slippery affair, with the heavens opening …
‘King of the West’ Battle Primed to Reignite in Kal
The battle for the the ‘King of the West’ Title is primed to reignite at the Black Diamond Kalgoorlie Desert Race on October 26-28, 2018 as offroaders converge on the famous gold mining town for Round 6 of the Carnarvon Motel Western Australia Off Road Championship. 2017 saw the inaugural KDR, coming off the back of …
CROCKER NAILS NOWRA
Cody Crocker returned to the winners circle for Polaris at round 5 of the DEWALT SXS Australian Championship held at the Nowra Motoplex, south of Sydney on the weekend. A new addition to the championship in 2018, Nowra served up a high energy track peppered with big table top jumps and tight switchbacks. Crocker quickly settled into the …