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Irish Team in the Dakar Rally
HI Folks
we are a small group of crack pot Irish going to have a go at the Dakar Rally. We are the first ever Irish team to do it and we are hoping to meet up with as many Irish , or Irish connected people as we can in Argentina and Chile.
we are desperately short of Cash and are trying to get a 4X4 vechicle in Buenos Aires to use as our liaison vehicle and we would even welcome a place to kip for a few nights at the start of the rally.
most important is to get as many people as we can together to cheer on the Irish team.
looking forward to hearing from anyone interested
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Surely you are not talking about the 2010 Dakar? If so, I think you will find registration closes around 1st November 2009, then you still need a 4x4! Good luck in whatever you are planning, but you appear to be leaving everything till the last minute, BTW, was there not a CCM mounted Irish team entered in the African Dakar a few years back?
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hi. we have already entered the team and have a lot of stuff in place and just a few loose ends to be tightened up.
we checked on the ccm entry and were told that it was just an individual entry not a team ... ?
we have done a good bit of work with the Charity here , Simon also
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actually the Jeep will be strictly for carrying the Guiness
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All the very best with the race, hopefully you will post the team names and riding numbers as soon as you have them so we can follow your progress via the tracking system.
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