TurboTwin leads at halfway stage
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• At the halfway stage of this year's Paris/Dakar rally the leading truck i9 the TurboTwin II entered by Daf and driven by Jan de Rooy. When he . arrived at the Agadez rest spot earlier this week, de Rooy's truck was an amazing 12 hours ahead of the next truck. This performance has put the TurboTwin II in seventh place in the race as a whole, six-and-a-half hours behind race leader An Vatanen, driving a Peugeot. . There have not been any major problems with the TurboTwin H, says Dafs Sandy Law. "It has been going like a
• dream," she says, "de Rooy had one puncture, but he is very happy with the way things are going."
In the truck classifications, a Czechoslovakian-built Tatra driven by Loprias lies second, with a Mercedes driven by Groine in third place.
UK-entrant Ted Toleman pulled out of the rally at Tamanrasset, when repairs to broken axles on the Range Rover failed to be completed.