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  1. Justa Jim

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    #2 Justa Jim, Dec 22, 2010
    At least they kept the engine in the BMW family. The driver was wearing a strange looking helmet.

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    #3 Mr. Jim, Dec 22, 2010
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtCylxJTn6k]YouTube - Mini Dakar 2011 X Raid Team[/ame]
     
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    #4 ScottinBend, Dec 22, 2010
    It is basically the same car they ran last few years.....diesel X3 with a different body.
     
  4. Nathan

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    #5 Nathan, Dec 30, 2010
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    Press Release: All members of the Monster Energy X-raid rally team has safely arrived in Buenos Aires to begin final preparations for the official start of the 33rd Personal Dakar Argentina-Chile on New Year’s Day.
    Six BMW X3CCs, the brand new Mini All4 Racing and the team’s fleet of race trucks, service trucks and support vehicles have been removed from the dock area in Buenos Aires and are being prepared by Sven Quandt’s army of mechanics and engineers.
    Guerlain Chicherit and co-driver Michel Périn managed to carry out a short pre-event test in the Mini All4 Racing about 50km from Buenos Aires at a nearby motorcross circuit on Wednesday afternoon. Chicherit’s Mini has been developed in record time and the Frenchman will be hoping to improve on the fifth position he obtained with a BMW X3CC last year.

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    The entire X-raid team will attend pre-rally administration and scrutineering formalities at La Rural conference centre in Buenos Aires on Friday morning, before the competition cars are placed in a Parc Ferme area. Team members will then attend a New Year’s Eve dinner in the fashionable Puerto Madero area of the city to celebrate the start of the New Year.
    One hundred and fifty-six cars, 183 bikes, 33 quads, 68 trucks and competitors from 51 nations are expected to finalise pre-rally formalities over the next two days before the official start on New Year’s Day.
     
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    #6 Metalman, Dec 30, 2010
    Ok, maybe I missed this.....
    Is this event being broadcasted on any of the cable channels?
     
  6. Justa Jim

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    #7 Justa Jim, Dec 30, 2010
    Will this get any TV coverage on New Years?

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  7. Nathan

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    #8 Nathan, Dec 30, 2010
    Coverage in the US is not very good. Verses schedule shows they will have a 1/2 daily update show at 3:30PM ET starting on Jan 3rd.

    There is also an iPhone app that will have all the breaking news. The page is in French, the app is in English on my iPhone. Personal Dakar Rally 2011 pour iPhone, iPod touch et iPad sur l?iTunes App Store

    I'll also be scrubbing the interwebz looking for information so stay tuned to M/A and I'll be posting what I can find.