Introduction

Welcome to my page regarding the Paris-Dakar Rallye (now most often just called the Dakar Rallye). I've been a life-long enthusiast of this event which is the most demanding long-distance off-road motorsport race in the world. This page is a temporary page for now so please excuse the lack of content. I was afforded the chance to go on the '02 Dakar (Arras-Madrid-Dakar) as a member of the press and I'll put some of the pictures and video up here for all to see.

Most importantly though, I am planning to ride my first Dakar starting with the '05 rallye (Dec '04-Jan '05). As such these pages will chronicle my training and preparation as well as have information about the results, sponsors, and other such information. For now I've prepared a short video (2 min 30 sec) giving you a small taste of what the Dakar Rallye is all about.

I have a detailed multimedia presentation that I can give for motorsports enthusiasts called "The Dakar Rallye: Behind the Scenes, An insider's look at the world's most demanding race". I gave this presentation for the first time on 1/22/03 at California BMW/Triumph and we had over a hundred people turn out for the event. I'm next scheduled to present this at the upcoming '49er Rally but if you'd like me to do it for a club or dealership in your area simply drop me a line and we'll see if we can work it out.

Thanks to everybody who's supporting me in this challenge. Dakar '05 here I come!

Regards,

David H. Park


Sponsorship

A special thanks to all of my sponsors:

Touratech AG
www.touratech.com
Scotts Performance
www.scottsperformance.com
CycoActive & Touratech USA
www.cycoactive.com & www.touratech-usa.com
Redline Sports
www.redlinesports.com
California BMW/Triumph
www.calmoto.com
 

Also thanks to the following people who help me train:

Jimmy Lewis
www.jimmylewisoffroad.com
Andrea Mayer
www.andrea-mayer.de
Michael Griep
www.roadbooktouren.de
Eli Ohlhausen

Last but not least to the following workshops/craftsmen who help with special modifications:

Custom Metal (Belmont, CA)
650-592-6212
Weld-Tech (Redwood City, CA)
650-368-3368

Videos

Note - please download and don't stream the files. Streaming videos will come later.

DHP Dakar Rallye presentation - introductory video, (2 min, 30 sec), 5.6 Mb, 240x180, 12 fps (web quality)