My man De Villiers was up 30 minutes on 2nd place at the end of Day 8, I figured it was all over. But by the end of Day 9 he was stuck in the desert waiting for help.
After a malfunction of the turbo set the engine of his car on fire at the 129 km mark on Monday, overall Dakar Rally leader Giniel de Villiers was stranded at the foot of the Elephants' Rock and waiting for his assistance team.
De Villiers was runner-up on last year's event and the South African had already won three of the eight special stages run so far and had been in the overall lead since Saturday.
Damn, how would you like to have an engine fire at a place called Elephants Rock? Blogging is better than long distance racing.
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