US Dakar Team Report
Editorial/Art Director
John Siebenthaler
Field Editor
Scott Cox (e-mail sign up) dakar@resmarket.com
Thanks to the following organizations for their cooperation:
www.ktm.com
www.dakar.com
www.olntv.com
www.dirtbikemagazine.com
www.dualsportnews.com
AMA District 37
Scott’s a San Diego native and lifelong MC enthusiast. His advertising agency, Resource Marketing, serves the powersports community, including clients like KTM, Harden Off-Road, Chris Haines Adventure Company, and Rick Johnson’s MX Schools.
He’s co-founder and president of North American Supermoto (NASMOTO) and the AMA sanctioned Pro/Am Supermoto series.
Rally wrap up
December 31 Racers embark from Lisbon in Stage One
January 1 Still in Spain, Stage Two to Malaga
January 2 Riders cross the Mediteranean to Morocco
January 3 Chris Blais and Andy Girder hang tough for Red Bull KTM
January 4 Bivouac in Tan Tan
January 5 Into the desert – heads up for the mine fields
January 6 Grider out – Team Red Bull KTM looks to Blais
January 7 Sand, sand, sand – lost, found, lost, found
January 8 Rest day – time for a little overdue laundry catchup
January 9 Dakar loses a champion
January 10 Segment cancelled; Dakar looms closer
January 11 The terrain changes
January 12 Five thousand miles behind them, the riders near the finish
January 13 Blais finishes 4th overall
January 14 An abreviated Dakar pauses in a final remembrance
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