Joey Evans had a dream to race my motorbike in the Dakar Rally. A race considered to be the toughest off-road race in the world. His dream was shattered in 2007 during a local race, he sustained serious injuries, crushing his spinal cord and leaving him paralysed from just below my chest.
On 2nd January 2017, after 10 years of tough challenges, successes and lessons learnt, he lined up as a competitor at the start of the Dakar Rally in Asuncion, Paraguay. 13 days and a gruelling 9000km later, he achieved my dream and became the only South African to finish the 2017 Dakar Rally on a motorbike.
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