klaus
April 20th, 2008, 10:06
4/20/2008 06:01:08
Dabas, Hungary
El Chinero
SPECIAL STAGE ONE
SS1
DAY 1
NOTES #3
Start order was per the Dakar finish in 2007.
First ten cars start one very 2 minutes
Others stare one every minute
(Bikes defaulted to one every half-minute after the second group of ten.)
The route was on sandy soil through the forest: think “Ojos Pine Forest”, i.e., do not go off the course.
Sunny, slight breeze = ultra swank.
Loads of (non-bitting*) flies
*not necessarily to be construed as a slag on Jon Bitting, necessarily, maybe.
BIKE STUFF (IF YOU HATE ‘EM, SKIP AHEAD)
The “1” bike made it to our spot in 27 minutes ... estimating one-mile-per-minute suggests 27 miles or 43 KM on the 63 KM loop. We did not know where we were on the course cuz no one does. This semi-fact became useful to estimate the cars’ ETA.
#1 Cyril Despres won the ’07 Dakar and it easy to see why … railing the sand berms in the heavy KTM. At that point he had a minute elapsed time on the third starting bike, was obviously was third in Dakar.
Jonah Street, The Pride of Ellensburg, Washington, started 17th and was down 2.5 minutes down on `Despres, while still looking good. Earlier asked if he still lived in E-burg he replied that he couldn’t sell the farm, “too many bodies buried in the back yard”. His PamAm Racing logo: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” Indeed.
The quads with IRS looked surprisingly good … for quads.
The Rhinos were really slow! (Joe King)
One, and only one, quad carried a spare on the back.
A POINTIETEE VIGNETE
Yamaha rider stumbles to a stop, out of fuel in his aux tank.
Klaus rushes over.
Klaus supports bike as rider fills Coke bottle.
Rider pours petrol into tank.
Klaus holds bike.
Rider leaves.
Klaus is hero.
The first car, #200, of Stephan Peterhansel (not elated to Petergretel) was through 27 minutes after his start, as fast the lead MC in bike terrain.
STAGE START TIMES
BIKES : 09:45
CARS: 11:50
TRUCKS: 13:13 (How lucky!)
Peterhansel is one serious race dude:
Won Dakar six ties o a Yamaha
Won Dakar 3 times in a car
World Enduro Champs twice on a 250 Yamaha 2-stroker
French skateboard champ in 1977
Etc., etc.
The other starters fell in line, losing about 1 minute to each other as Peterhansel split the program. The tight tree section musta appealed to the Mitsu.
Then through the dappled silence of the primeval forest one could hear the siren call of an LS powerplant at full song and the teeth- rattling ‘crunch’ of the sequential dogs of war.”: the crowd really perked up.
A little boy said to his dad: “Robbie Gorda?”
The 205 Repsol Mitsu of the X-Raid BMW from Qatar (odd word, no U after the Q).
Then 207 … Mitsu of Matsuoka .. winner of the 2002 and 2003 Dakar.
But no 206 of Mark “Molinero” Miller. Not good.
FUN BREAK:
Go o the “Red Baron” profile … a good read.
BACK TO SS1:
Robbie’s ETA for a 60-per was 12:47; he came through at 12:56.
The ex-White Lightning Daring Darren Skelton-babied cladded buggy was looking strong … then with B. J. Baldwin right on the tail of some belabored ATV rider. Looked really spooky … the local Hungs were freaked.
RHETROICAL REST STOP
Would it be ultra-unPC to suggest that BJ was the stronger of the two?
The MDR-ish Nissan and Toyota 4-door mini-trucks looked quite good .. . maybe a “1450” class in the offing? Some of the other units looked like Bronco IIs. There was some good racing in the lower classes but with the dense lumber and NO CONTACT = no passing. WTFWT?
The late, way late, was the #206 of Miller and Pitchford who apparently had pitched forward, losing the hood, fender corners, and shattering the windscreen.
Odd wed site for “KS TOOLS”: www.kstools.cm (http://www.kstools.cm/)
On the road to Romania … on the highway … fans with cell phone cameras were lined to watch alongside the road.
M.A.N-o-man
TRUCK TALES
GINAF – Netherlands
1,000 horsepowers, OOF!
3,500 Newton-meters torque
18 liters
The pistons are as big as BIG coffee cans
9,000 kg = 19,800 pounds
Twin turbos, intercooled
6 in-line
Restricted to about 60% power ..so that 1,000 bhp is about 1,610 horses
GINAF makes it all but the use DAF “cabins”.
The run three 2-axled rigs plus an entered chase/service truck … which can support any GINF trucks.
They have their own independent hydraulic suspension system.
They go WAY WAY quicker than YOU think they do. Awesome is not an overused phrase. They shake the ground. They sweep the trees. Awesome!
Info per “Big Willum”: If the turbos are unrestricted they can go 200 kph (125 mph) but ASO limits them to 150 kph via mandated pop-off valves.
“One cannot raise a mounted tire if it is laying on its side.”
“Robby Gordon must buy some!”
Perhaps we left before (if) Tom Geviss showed in the Monster Trophy M.A.N.
OFF TO ROMANIA
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Dabas, Hungary
El Chinero
SPECIAL STAGE ONE
SS1
DAY 1
NOTES #3
Start order was per the Dakar finish in 2007.
First ten cars start one very 2 minutes
Others stare one every minute
(Bikes defaulted to one every half-minute after the second group of ten.)
The route was on sandy soil through the forest: think “Ojos Pine Forest”, i.e., do not go off the course.
Sunny, slight breeze = ultra swank.
Loads of (non-bitting*) flies
*not necessarily to be construed as a slag on Jon Bitting, necessarily, maybe.
BIKE STUFF (IF YOU HATE ‘EM, SKIP AHEAD)
The “1” bike made it to our spot in 27 minutes ... estimating one-mile-per-minute suggests 27 miles or 43 KM on the 63 KM loop. We did not know where we were on the course cuz no one does. This semi-fact became useful to estimate the cars’ ETA.
#1 Cyril Despres won the ’07 Dakar and it easy to see why … railing the sand berms in the heavy KTM. At that point he had a minute elapsed time on the third starting bike, was obviously was third in Dakar.
Jonah Street, The Pride of Ellensburg, Washington, started 17th and was down 2.5 minutes down on `Despres, while still looking good. Earlier asked if he still lived in E-burg he replied that he couldn’t sell the farm, “too many bodies buried in the back yard”. His PamAm Racing logo: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” Indeed.
The quads with IRS looked surprisingly good … for quads.
The Rhinos were really slow! (Joe King)
One, and only one, quad carried a spare on the back.
A POINTIETEE VIGNETE
Yamaha rider stumbles to a stop, out of fuel in his aux tank.
Klaus rushes over.
Klaus supports bike as rider fills Coke bottle.
Rider pours petrol into tank.
Klaus holds bike.
Rider leaves.
Klaus is hero.
The first car, #200, of Stephan Peterhansel (not elated to Petergretel) was through 27 minutes after his start, as fast the lead MC in bike terrain.
STAGE START TIMES
BIKES : 09:45
CARS: 11:50
TRUCKS: 13:13 (How lucky!)
Peterhansel is one serious race dude:
Won Dakar six ties o a Yamaha
Won Dakar 3 times in a car
World Enduro Champs twice on a 250 Yamaha 2-stroker
French skateboard champ in 1977
Etc., etc.
The other starters fell in line, losing about 1 minute to each other as Peterhansel split the program. The tight tree section musta appealed to the Mitsu.
Then through the dappled silence of the primeval forest one could hear the siren call of an LS powerplant at full song and the teeth- rattling ‘crunch’ of the sequential dogs of war.”: the crowd really perked up.
A little boy said to his dad: “Robbie Gorda?”
The 205 Repsol Mitsu of the X-Raid BMW from Qatar (odd word, no U after the Q).
Then 207 … Mitsu of Matsuoka .. winner of the 2002 and 2003 Dakar.
But no 206 of Mark “Molinero” Miller. Not good.
FUN BREAK:
Go o the “Red Baron” profile … a good read.
BACK TO SS1:
Robbie’s ETA for a 60-per was 12:47; he came through at 12:56.
The ex-White Lightning Daring Darren Skelton-babied cladded buggy was looking strong … then with B. J. Baldwin right on the tail of some belabored ATV rider. Looked really spooky … the local Hungs were freaked.
RHETROICAL REST STOP
Would it be ultra-unPC to suggest that BJ was the stronger of the two?
The MDR-ish Nissan and Toyota 4-door mini-trucks looked quite good .. . maybe a “1450” class in the offing? Some of the other units looked like Bronco IIs. There was some good racing in the lower classes but with the dense lumber and NO CONTACT = no passing. WTFWT?
The late, way late, was the #206 of Miller and Pitchford who apparently had pitched forward, losing the hood, fender corners, and shattering the windscreen.
Odd wed site for “KS TOOLS”: www.kstools.cm (http://www.kstools.cm/)
On the road to Romania … on the highway … fans with cell phone cameras were lined to watch alongside the road.
M.A.N-o-man
TRUCK TALES
GINAF – Netherlands
1,000 horsepowers, OOF!
3,500 Newton-meters torque
18 liters
The pistons are as big as BIG coffee cans
9,000 kg = 19,800 pounds
Twin turbos, intercooled
6 in-line
Restricted to about 60% power ..so that 1,000 bhp is about 1,610 horses
GINAF makes it all but the use DAF “cabins”.
The run three 2-axled rigs plus an entered chase/service truck … which can support any GINF trucks.
They have their own independent hydraulic suspension system.
They go WAY WAY quicker than YOU think they do. Awesome is not an overused phrase. They shake the ground. They sweep the trees. Awesome!
Info per “Big Willum”: If the turbos are unrestricted they can go 200 kph (125 mph) but ASO limits them to 150 kph via mandated pop-off valves.
“One cannot raise a mounted tire if it is laying on its side.”
“Robby Gordon must buy some!”
Perhaps we left before (if) Tom Geviss showed in the Monster Trophy M.A.N.
OFF TO ROMANIA
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