Loading Systems Takes its Knowledge into the Desert

With a record number of Dutch drivers participating in the Dakar 2009, Loading Systems is also present as one of the Dutch team sponsors.

Loading Systems supplies the durable mud flaps for the Bowler Nemesis team. The extreme influences, sand and stones form an excellent test to indicate which forces the Loading Systems products are – internationally – to withstand. The intensive use will prove that the material which is used for the flap shelters is also an excellent product for this extreme race.

The basis for the Bowler Nemesis mud flaps is the patented customised PowerShelter material. This shelter material performs daily at temperatures ranging from -50 tot +60 degrees Celsius at Loading Systems customers‘ locations. Loading Systems has been able to utilize its years of experience in PVC technique to the mud flaps for the cars participating in the Dakar race.

Apart from the extreme durability of the (shelter) flaps, these patented techniques also allow a representation in full colour. This is why the Dutch Bowler mud flaps, when compared to the other teams, are extra noticeable.

These customised mud flaps have first been used are the Pre-Proloog in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, on the 8th of November 2008. On the 3rd of January 2009 the Dakar race will start in Buenos Aires where the Bowlers and other participants can be seen.

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