Colin McRae wins the final special stage, Yoshio Ikemachi and his Nissan Patrol are victorious in the Production category
Stage 17
Dakar - Dakar

2004/01/18
Colin McRae claims his second Dakar success by winning the final special stage of this 26th edition. Yoshio Ikemachi, partnered by Thierry Delli Zotti, with a Patrol, gives Nissan the overall victory in the Production category. Giniel de Villiers finishes 7th in the overall classification.
REPORT : Stage 17
Colin McRae wins the final special stage, Yoshio Ikemachi and his Nissan Patrol are victorious in the Production category

2004/01/21
TODAY'S ROOKIE
Direct, informal interviews with Ikemachi and Mihashi. Read their own words.
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Sunday 18 January 2004
Stage 17: Dakar - Dakar
Senegal

Liaison: 42 km - SS: 27 km - Liaison: 37 km Total: 106 km

Stage 17 : Dakar - Dakar
Pos. Dos. PILOT / CO PILOT Make Time
1 203 PETERHANSEL / COTTRET MITSUBISHI 53h 47' 37"
2 201 MASUOKA / PICARD MITSUBISHI +49' 24"
3 200 SCHLESSER / LURQUIN SCHLES-FORD +3h 00' 33"
4 207 ALPHAND / MAGNE BMW +3h 55' 58"
5 211 MAYER / SCHULZ MITSUBISHI +5h 46' 17"
7 208 DE VILLIERS / JORDAAN NISSAN +8h 06' 11"
20 202 MC RAE / THORNER NISSAN +24h 25' 47"
22 247 IKEMACHI / DELLI - ZOTTI NISSAN +27h 09' 32"
the time for 2nd and below are the gap from the 1st  
last update : 2004/01/22
Welcome to Dakar 2004/01/17
January 17
I slept in and missed my flight from Nouakchott where I was staying, but somehow got to Dakar...


Maxima's Column "Special Edition"
2004/01/19
This time, I will relate my experiences in this year's Dakar Rally with excerpts from my diary, and show you how my appearance changed during the rally...


last update : 2004/01/22
Giniel de Villiers / Driver of Nissan Pickup No. 208
For this final team interview we chat with Giniel de Villiers. His name sounds French and the French pronounce it in the French way, but Giniel is actually a South African so his name is pronounced in the English way...


last update : 2004/01/21
Congratulations!
Yoshio Ikemachi has won the Unmodified T1 Production Car class in the 26th Dakar Rally.

After completing the final leg, I interviewed Ikemachi, who was waiting to climb the finish ramp...
2004/01/18

Because I didn't drive the whole course, I have been officially retired or disqualified. I guess this is just part of the Paris-Dakar...
2004/01/12


last update : 2004/01/16
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