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5th January 2008, 14:52 #1
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Looking for privateers affected by Dakar cancellation
I am a journalist working a story concerning the more human side of the Dakar Rally cancellation.
The big players tell us that the cancellation is unfortunate, but we all know the big name drivers and works teams will be back next year. However, I am interested in telling the story the headlines don’t tell, that of the plight suffered by the privateers, many of whom may have risked financial ruin to get themselves to the start line, only for their dream to be destroyed hours before the start of the rally.
Are you a privateer affected by the cancellation of the Dakar Rally? Perhaps you work with a privateer in a back up capacity, or maybe you sponsor a privateer. If so, I’d be interested in interviewing you for the piece. What has been the human cost to you of the Dakar cancellation?
I’m interested in hearing as many angles on this as possible, so if you feel you’ve got something to say, please feel free to drop me a pm.
Many thanks and here’s looking forward to a successful Dakar in 2009.
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5th January 2008, 15:15 #2
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There is one privateer with a very special story. Dror Cohen, a 39 year old racer from Israel who put about a half a million dollars into his effort, which he probably will not recover from his sponsors. Dror has been paralyzed from the waist down for the last 15 years, after a tragic road accident at the age of 24. he was then a promising F16 fighter jocky and flight instructor with the IAF. you can read his story here... the short of it is this guy has been going at one sport after another, winning, then moving to the next challenge. His biggest achievment was an olympic gold medal for sailing in Athens 2004.
Anyways, he was allways involved with off-road driving and many years ago set his eyes on Dakar. He tried it in 2002 in a Mitsubishi T2 which failed him, DNF.
You should try and email him I bet he'll answer gladly.באמת הלכת לגוגל לתרגם את זה? פראייר
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8th January 2008, 14:07 #3
omg that is indeed a terrible situation to be in. all the preparation, the little details, the mental anguish...simply a horrid state of affairs.
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8th January 2008, 14:19 #4
Not a privateer but I thought this shows the magnitude of losses suffered:
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You see this on the onboard, suddenly turns in more when he hits the dip, easy thing to do as you need to keep close to it to not jump off the road. ...
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