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The Race2Recovery blog: It’s only going to get bigger
Race2Recovery is the first disabled team ever to enter the Dakar Rally, the world’s toughest motorsport event. Comprised predominantly of British and American servicemen, wounded in action, the team...
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The Race2Recovery blog: The toughest rally of them all
Today’s been true to the old cliché about the calm before the storm. With the cars in parc ferme, the team have had a day to wash some clothes, take a deep breath and prepare for the extraordinary...
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The Race2Recovery blog: Day 2 of drama
Day 2 on the Dakar brought more drama for the Race2Recovery team. The Wildcat of Tony Harris and Cathy Derousseaux suffered technical problems on the 242 km stage and was assisted by the team’s race...
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The Race2Recovery blog: Mighty dune
For seven hours the film crew following the Race2Recovery team watched cars descend a mighty dune, cross a wadi (dry river bed) and then scramble up the other side.
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The Race2Recovery blog: Driving through the night
"We’re going back-to-back, this is bad ass," yelled US Marine Mark Zambon as he and Ben Gott left for the fifth stage.
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The Race2Recovery blog: Tragic traffic accident
Late last night some distressing news reached camp about a road traffic accident involving one of the team’s support vehicles. Justin Birchall, who retired from the rally during stage 4, Lee Townsend,...
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The Race2Recovery: The retirement of a third Wildcat and others don’t give up
We’d just crested a dune and we heard this truck coming towards us,” says Gott. “He was hooting his horn but he kept coming and smacked into the back of us.”
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The Race2Recovery blog: The longest stage
Dakar the longest in this year’s event. This was an 852km epic, from Tucumán to Cordoba that included a 593km special stage. For the Race2Recovery team and their one remaining Wildcat, ‘Joy’, it would...
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The Race2Recovery blog: The Dakar Rally crossed back over the Andes to Copiapó
Yesterday the Dakar Rally crossed back over the Andes to Copiapó, Chile. The journey began with a 392km road section, which should have been a relaxing drive through some of the world’s most desolate...
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The Race2Recovery blog: Man and machine in charge of nature
On Friday we stood on top of the dune for three hours. It was 35 degrees Celsius, we could see for over 20km and we could see no-one else.
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The Race2Recovery blog: Crossing the finish line
At 6.30pm local time, Corporal Philip ‘Barney’ Gillespie crossed the finish line in Santiago de Chile to become the first amputee ever to complete the Dakar Rally.
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The Race2Recovery blog: A toast to Dakar success
After the tension and euphoria of yesterday, the celebratory parade through Santiago de Chile was a chance for the Race2Recovery team to drink in their Dakar success.
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