Car Recoveries At The Dakar Rally Look Scary As Hell
Tom Coronel's Maxxis DakarTeam buggy hit trouble on stage three of the Dakar Rally and the recovery was far from smooth either!
Coronel’s buggy hit electrical problems and then got stuck in “fesh fesh” - a type of fine dust that can sometimes act like quicksand. Stranded at the side of a narrow stretch of road, his car got hit several times as he waited for someone to stop and give him a tow.
Skip to 1min 6sec for when the trouble starts and 2 min 16sec for the terrifying recovery, after someone stopped to help. He barely had time to sit down before they got moving and was having to put on his seatbelt and helmet while steering through the clouds of sand!
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That’s crazy!
Tom coronel :D so sad he is done this year but Tim is left and that is as close as it gets haha
I feel bad for Bernhard ten Brinke, he was doing so well in his Toyota Hilux, untill it burn down to the ground…
http://www.bernhardtenbrinke.com/nl/news/detail.aspx?ID=2431
What an epic race!
I’m surprised they don’t have to wear HANS, gloves, balaclava all the time!
One word, balls
he called his car baby :)
How he drives a good car next year. This thing is a nightmare.
I was getting angry for him. It’s not like he was kicking up dust from the roadside.
The weather wasn’t nice to them either. I had the pleasure to admire them first hand and i’ve gotta say those trucks are intimidating af
Wow! Balls of steel!
If i was racing no matter what, if i’m 1’st or in the back, i always would help a fried racer, I know they want to win but, you will be happy if someone help you in that case too.
Good for the truck that help him.
same here