Mark McMillin in Dakar 2012

When five time Baja 1000 winner Mark McMillin contacted Darren Skilton to find out what the best way is to watch the Dakar Rally, the phone call ended with McMillin and his navigator, Gary Arnold, signing on to compete.  Skilton's "Baja Automotive" will be sponsoring three entries in the next rally, including Skilton, McMillin and Joaquin De Uriarte.  McMillin will be piloting the Hemi powered Jeepspeed 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee that won the Australian Safari Stock Class.  The Jeep will be competing in the Open 2 Class, which includes vehicles such as the Toyota Tundra and Ford Raptor.

Source:
http://www.dakarrallyraid.com/mark-mcmillin-goes-dakar/

Toyota prepping for Dakar

It's almost that time again!  iol Motoring reports the Toyota SA team just finished testing out a couple of the Hilux double cabs in the dunes of Namibia.  Check out the link for the rest of the news.