LIMO To AFRICA

TEAM

Suna Taymaz, Mark Sinclair, Christian Pelletier, Brian Spector, Scottie Schneider, Cynthia Kueppers, Parin Ogrez, Steve Payonzeck

Stats

• Mark Sinclair
  Senior Limousine Strategy Manager

  Gender: Male

  Origin: Wellington, NZ & London, UK

  Presently Residing in: San Francisco - Upper Haight

  Occupation: Structural Engineer at Degenkolb Engineers

  Likes: Tequila, err. Champagne.

  Dislikes: Digging a 1988 Lincoln Limousine out of the Sahara, the San Leandro Pick 'N Pull
  
  
  

STORY

Christian suggested to Mark that they could do the Plymouth-Dakar rally in March 2007.  Mark was just dumb enough to believe him and sent the application in a month later.  Mark is apparently still learning not to trust everything his friends tell him.  

During most of the week he works at Degenkolb Engineers, where he is an Associate Principal, and is a licensed Structural Engineer in the State of California. Theoretically he can calculate the load bearing capacity of a 1988 Lincoln Town Car Limousine and should know that there isn't a snowballs chance in hell of this working out.

Born in London, raised and educated in New Zealand, and resident in San Francisco since 1993, Mark likes to consider himself something of a citizen of the world.  The truth however, is quite the opposite.  This will be his first trip to Europe and Africa. 

Fluent in Kiwi, with a smattering of Ozzie, English, South African, and more recently conversant in the western dialect of Northern American he is fortunate that his team-mates have a greater talent for foreign languages than does he.  

Marks other relevant experience for this project relates to his small fleet of fine automotive transport that he is pretending to restore.  A 1965 Triumph Spitfire, 1973 Honda CB350-4, and 1970 Honda CT-70 Scooter.  Otherwise known as small, smaller and smallest.  The subconscious need to compensate for this is what likely led him to suggest a limousine as a appropriate vehicle to drive to Africa....