Jan de Rooy's lorry was running third overall, beating the Peugeot 405 T16's on speed, when DAF's other lorry, driven by Theo van de Rijt, was involved in a crash. His co driver Kees Van Loevezijn was fatally injured, and the other two occupants of …

Nov 2, 2023 · The DAF FAV3600 95X2 driven by van de Rijt-Ross-van Loevezijn was the same machine in which veteran Jan De Rooy had won the truck class in the previous edition of the Dakar Rally. After the fatal accident, team DAF immediately withdrew its entries from the rally and some days later the squad decided to stop definitively their racing activities.

Since 1979, 79 people are known to have died as a result of the Dakar rally. Among the 33 competitor fatalities, 24 were motorcycle related, 6 car related, 1 truck related, and 2 competitors died as a result of local rebel conflict. Up to 1992, collision was the most common cause of death among competitors.

Theo van de Rijt, driver, Kees van Loevezijn, engineer, and Chris Ross from Scotland, were in a factory-entered DAF which had won its class the previous year. They hit a sand dune at about 180...

A Daf research group has gone to Niger to undertake a technical enquiry. The second fatality was Frenchman Patrick Canado, whose Range Rover hit the back of a Yamaha backup vehicle during the tenth stage of the race, in Niger.

Paris-Dakar Rally1988Stage 7van Loevezijn AftermathNote: van Loevezijn was fatally injured in this crash

Sep 11, 2015 · Dakar 1988 Daf X2 Turbotwin Crash. Search. Log in Sign up. Watch fullscreen. Dakar 1988 Daf X2 Turbotwin Crash. Denton Lulla. Follow. Like. Comments. Bookmark Share. ... Porsche Sprint Challenge Iberica Portimao 2023 FP2 Areia Brake Failure Huge Crash Grandstands. Motorsports56. 1:44. Dakar 2024 Stage 10 Loeb Very Angry Repair Car ...

Jan 7, 2019 · Jan De Rooy, a wealthy Dutch businessman, owner of the largest transport company in his country, caught the fever of the moment and started nurturing a very particular dream: to defeat a Dakar car with a truck. He enrolled in the Dakar in 1982 for the first time with an ordinary 200hp DAF.

Dutch TV Avro Sportpanorama Interview Jan de Rooy

Dopo poche ore il camion DAF del team De Rooy, a seguito di una carambola a oltre 180km/h, esplode letteralmente scaraventando il navigatore Van Loewezij, che muore sul colpo, a oltre 50 metri di distanza ancorato al seggiolino. Il resto dell’equipaggio, con Van De Rijt e Ross, viene estratto in gravissime condizioni.