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Team Saluki DC2010 (Start +3) Roll over lay down. To continue from where we stopped yesterday evening - we had set off in search of finding or fabricating a replacement for the 'performance' steering pump pulley that had sheared. We eventually managed to source a pulley from fellow competitor Team ...

Team Saluki DC2010 (Start +2) Under Pressure What's that, no, I must be feeling ill. Yes, there is definitely a chill in the air this morning and thankfully it's not due to any air-conditioning. It was short lived though, two hours later and it's back to normal, 41ºC /105.7ºF. With all this talk of c ...

Good news today. Laurie actually managed get up on time today and unbelievably we set off 10 minutes ahead of planned schedule. Personally I believe the enticement of a cappuccino at the nearest and only petrol station clinched the deal. The support team had worked long into the evening until the ...

Well the 'late' start this morning at 6:45 obviously wasn't late enough for one member of Team Saluki. Everyone was there at the Saluki Motorsport workshop in time for our departure except for Laurie. We do what a good team would do in these circumstances, we left him behind. Ten calls made to his ...

Team Saluki DC2010 (D-Day -2) We're ready to rock and hopefully not to roll. Yes folks, it’s that time of the year again when Team Saluki take on the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in a 2000 Km / 1242 Miles, five day off-road event held in the Empty Quarter of the United Arab Emirates. As always, prior t ...

A small video covering an incident that we had in the dunes. We promised that we would provide it in the updates above and we've left the in-car commentary on it to let you know how the guys felt about the incident. By chance an international video crew were at the spot, two minutes into the first ...

Team Saluki - Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2009 Final writeup. http://www.teamsaluki.com/albums/album07/dust.jpg Five days of constant sandstorms – all during the race days - most unpleasant - and now we’ve had five days of constant rain in Dubai! Weather-wise we always knew what to expect when the UA ...

Team Saluki - Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge - Day 5 - Dash to the finish. We're still here and we haven't been blown away by the strong winds that destroyed our camp yesterday. The whole Team Saluki crew certainly got their priorities correct yesterday evening - the car was serviced and the detached ...

Team Saluki - DC2009 - Day 4 - I don't think we've got a bonnet anymore. A not so hot day in the Empty Quarter - the temperature barely reached above 40ºC, however the wind has picked up causing severe sand storms and the obvious issues that this causes. Items such as sleeping in your bed, inside ...

Team Saluki - Abu Dhabi DC2009 - Day 3 - The dog stretches its legs. It's been a hot day here in the Empty Quarter with temperatures outside reaching 41ºC, and as far as the race is concerned we've had transmission failures, suspension failures, vehicle fires and another failure to finish the stage. ...

Team Saluki - DC2009 D-Day Today's the official start of the Desert Challenge so it's up and out early and wheels are rolling at 5:30am. Rick, Girish and Mark are in the Duellie (the Saluki support truck), Craig and Glen take the Honda Pilot and we pick up Laurie en-route to Abu Dhabi. We arrive on ...

Team Saluki - DC2009 D-DAY -1 The Prologue The dog's out of the kennel and shows it is interested in going for a long walk in the dunes. Today was the prologue, held on a piece of very rough waste land in Abu Dhabi as shown on the map yesterday. The track was tight and twisty and in places ran ...

Team Saluki : Desert Challenge 2009 D-Day -2 - Scrutineering What I hear you cry - it can't be a year already since we last heard about the exploits of Team Saluki in the Desert Challenge. You'll be glad to know that your memory is indeed correct - it's only been six months since it last ran. The ...

UAE Desert Challenge Round Up Left or right.. http://www.teamsaluki.com/images2008/saluki001.jpg Sitting down for lunch on the Saturday after the final day with a very subdued Bowler team, Drew Bowler asked if it was always like this – the feeling of ‘flatness’. We had all just spent a hectic 5 days ...

Team Saluki : October 31st Back to civilisation. October 31 Update on the truck / car recovery that the Team Saluki guys have been assisting on. Both vehicles are now out of the desert successfully - it seems that having the correct jack that's required to change the wheel on your truck helps a lot ...

Team Saluki : October 30th - If at first you don't succeed. Following on from yesterdays communication it seems that Paul doesn't have a jinx after all. There were no blown engines when the Saluki guys returned to camp in the dark last night. There was at least progress on the recovery, however not ...

Thanks for the support guys, it certainly wasn't the best day for the Team. Remember the car that was still located in the desert last night after having blown it's engine, well there was a plan involving recovering a truck that was also stuck in the dunes and then using that to recover the car ...

Team Saluki : October 28th : The dogs been to the vets for an injection and it's not good news. We don't know how to say this so we'll just say it as it is. The dog is dead. Following on from yesterdays problem, the investigation last night by the spanner monkeys revealed that a piston had decided ...

October 27th - It's Deja Vu all over again. Well the "Oh my god" early morning was not as bad as expected with everyone up and about by 5am and on the road by 5:15. Last minute additions as always made it into the cars - some reheated coffee and a pile of scooby-snacks were considered essential to ...

Thanks Drafty! The Saluki is out and running as I type this.

If you want to keep right up to date with whats going on, theres a live tracking system running again this year, find it at:

http://tracking.iritrack.com/e-viewer/u ... allenge08/

Thanks Mr Incredible (good name!) October 26th - Back in Black It's the day of the prologue which this year instead of some scrub land is taking place on the Jebel Ali Moto-Cross track. Tight twisty turns and lots of bumps meant an interesting course - especially for something like the Saluki and it ...

D-Day -1 : Look out, Look out there's a Saluki about. Yes folks, It's been a year since you last heard about the ups, downs and roll-overs of Team Saluki in last years Desert Challenge. Well the time has come again to keep you informed on how the team performs in this years, our eleventh UAE Desert ...

The dust has settled and the pace of life in the Rub Al Khali has returned to normal. Camels can now go back to leisurely wandering the desert, the herders and farmers have to wait for another 12 months until they can once again sit on top of a dune and watch the adrenaline packed stages. http://www ...

Friday 2nd November 2007 - "Take it to the limit." Apologies for the lateness of this update but it was a very very long day yesterday and most of us didn't get into our bed until 2am this morning. Yes I know we're slacking but it's been a long week and the appeal of an ice cold drink, a nice ...

Thursday 1st November "We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's sunny and we're wearing sunglasses." Oh dear, there was almost a revolt in Camp Saluki last night. Gayle didn't take down the long hoped for treacle pudding. Turning up with a peace offering of chocolate muffins ...

Wednesday 31st October "Got Rhythm" The good news continues in the Saluki Camp. Talk of the camp last night was that Gayle was due to be bringing treacle pudding for our dessert as both she and Tracy are arriving today. Let's hope she's remembered it or the peasants will up in arms, and at this ...

OOPs got so excited nearly forgot to post todays update :oops: Tuesday 30th October "back on track" There's good news and bad news from Team Saluki today. The good news is that the Saluki is back to full health today. Roel, Rick and Leno did their spanner monkey magic last night and diagnosed and ...

Woo hoo! Nice to see the team is making the headlines

Hey Emma just a question, Where do most of your team originate from? Are you all U.A.E locals or from other countries now living in the U.A.E? Hi Ruff.. Tim and Mark are originally from Britain now living in U.A.E as are most of the crew but I think a couple of the mechanics are U.A.E locals ...

Monday 29th October 2007 . "The ups and the downs" A lovely start to the day - sitting in the garden of the Emirates Palace hotel, Tim briefing us on the origins of the word "toe rag" whilst we waited for the Ceremonial start. Little did we know at the time that the first of those words would play ...