Privateers Thomas Rundle and Juan Mohr (DMack/Barden Toyota Hilux) successfully completed their first Dakar Rally, which ended in Valparaiso in Chile on Saturday afternoon, in a creditable 25th place overall. They were eighth in the T1.1 class for petrol-powered 4x4 improved cross country vehicles. Driving the ex-Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz Hilux built by Toyota Motorsport in Johannesburg that finished second in last year's Dakar, the Gauteng pair did themselves and their small team …
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Locals move up to 19th overall in Dakar Rally with 6 stages remaining
On a day that saw the petrol-engined, normally aspirated Toyota Hilux suffer more than the turbo-diesel cars on a stage that was run at an average altitude of over 3 500 metres above sea level, South African privateers Thomas Rundle and Juan Mohr (DMack/Barden Toyota Hilux) achieved their best stage result of the Dakar Rally on Sunday and improved their overall position to a high of 19. Special stage seven, a 533-kilometre loop from Salta to Salta, signalled the end of the Argentine section …
Rundle and Mohr maintain Top 20 Dakar Rally position
Thomas Rundle and Juan Mohr (DMack/Barden Toyota Hilux) enjoyed another good day on their maiden appearance in the Dakar Rally with 34th place on Thursday's special stage five between Chilecito and Tucuman in Argentina. They completed the 527-kilometre racing section of the day's 911-kilometre total route in a time of 6h 45m 20s and were 2h 18m 19s behind stage winners and new overall leaders Nani Roma of Spain and Michel Perin of France (MINI). In the process, they maintained their …
Inspired Dakar performance by Rundle and Mohr continues
An inspired performance by privateers Thomas Rundle and Juan Mohr (DMack/Barden Toyota Hilux) on their first Dakar Rally sees them in 20th place overall after the first four days of the 2014 edition of the world's premier cross country race. The South Africans are among the 117 survivors of the 154 crews who started in the car category in Rosario, Argentina, on Sunday. Not only are they still in the race, but they have improved their overall position each day and recorded their best special …
Rundle And Mohr Move Up To 33rd Overall On Dakar Rally
While some big names faltered on a tough stage three of the Dakar Rally in Argentina on Tuesday, Dakar rookies Thomas Rundle and Juan Mohr (DMack/Barden Toyota Hilux) improved their overall position by two places to 33rd after completing the 301-kilometre racing section between San Rafael and San Juan in 24th place in a time of 3h 18m 50 sec. The result, their best in the race so far, was hard earned after they experienced gearbox problems and lost the use of fifth gear for much of the stage. …
Pretoria’s Rundle and Mohr’s great start on Maiden Dakar Rally
South African privateers Thomas Rundle - ex Pretoria Boys High School Head Prefect (2001) and Juan Mohr - ex Hoërskool Paul Sauer Deputy Head Prefect (1995), competing in their first Dakar Rally after winning the Dakar Challenge in Botswana in 2013, made an immediate impression on the first day of the 9 500-kilometre 14-day race across Argentina and Chile on Sunday when they finished 49th on the 809-kilometre stage from Rosario to San Luis in Argentina after starting in 101st place. They …