Raptors in the Dakar

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Jan 3, 2011 | 10:58 PM

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Raptors in the Dakar

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2011/01...-sue-mead.html

so far Sue Mead is in 126th place..lets keep our fingers crossed for her and the other Raptor team (Tamarugal XC Rally Team, They also ran in 2010)

Here is a vid walk around of the XC rally raptor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbQXMDd9qgo

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Jan 3, 2011 | 11:05 PM

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Hoping they do well. Had a chuckle reading the SFA vs. IFS posts after the article. Must be a Ford thing.

Jan 4, 2011 | 08:37 AM

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Love that truck, good luck to 'em.

Jan 4, 2011 | 02:52 PM

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My question is, why isn't Gary there running his Raptor?

Jan 5, 2011 | 09:09 PM

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Was watching a recap of day 3 just now and saw this...
I believe it's Sue Mead helping out a fellow racer. Class act that girl is.

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Jan 5, 2011 | 09:14 PM

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My question is, why isn't Gary there running his Raptor?

Stupid day job!

Jan 5, 2011 | 09:20 PM

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My question is, why isn't Gary there running his Raptor?

Because you have to drive it off the pavement to compete in that.

Jan 6, 2011 | 01:39 AM

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Stupid day job!

Gary check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D293JE35vPE

Jan 6, 2011 | 08:20 AM

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Gary check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D293JE35vPE

That is cool. Give me a few more years for the whole new $50k truck thing to wear off first. I'm not quite the baller Lee says I am.

I wonder what his VIN is?

Jan 6, 2011 | 10:46 AM

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Man I hear ya! That guys got some serious cohones to be driving his truck like that. But more power to him and his wallet, that trucks earning its rep.

Were there any other raptor teams in dakar?

Jan 6, 2011 | 02:10 PM

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just the two teams in the Dakar this year. One team last year

Jan 6, 2011 | 05:56 PM

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Day 4 shot of Sue Mead cruising past a broken buggy.

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Jan 6, 2011 | 09:00 PM

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Would be interesting to throw a warmed-over EB V6 in a Raptor chassis next time around, you know, for "research purposes".

Jan 14, 2011 | 09:45 AM

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I am friends with the SVT Cheif Engineer on facebook and he posted this morning this about the Raptors in Dakar.

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Dakar Rally Update: Through the end of Stage 11 (2 more to go!) the USA Raptor is 37th overall (1st in Open Class for SCORE based vehicles) and the Chilean Raptor is 51st overall.

Jan 14, 2011 | 09:50 AM

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Aweome!

Heres is the Raptor in Arica during the presidential visit.

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Jan 15, 2011 | 08:19 PM

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update from cheif engineer at svt. posted on facebook shortly ago.

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Team USA Dakar Raptor finishes the 2011 Dakar Rally!!! The world's most grueling race lasting 16 days and 9500 km it looks like they finished 40th overall and WON the OP class making them the first American team to ever win a class in the Dakar Rally. Unbelievable. Production vehicles don't really even enter this race let alone finish it let alone win their class...so proud of them and the truck!

Congrats to the team!