Some Race & Training Reports
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UAE Desert Challenge 2004: The race is over & I managed to finish the rallye in 40th position. Just one place ahead of Marc Coma, who struggled with a broken rear wheel. I picked an 8 hour penalty for being to late on day 3, by 2 minutes. The Race Marshals didn't care, that this happened, due to staying 2 1/2 hours with an injured rider, who was taken off by helicopter. ... that's tuff luck and is part of rallying it seems!!! Still, I'm proud of having finished the rallye and the Team slogan proofed again: Old Man Racing and lots of the strong kid's didn't finish! ...... more |
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UAE Desert Challenge 2004 - News Report:
Report from German newspaper ' Haller Tagblatt' ( in german language ==> translation coming soon )! |
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Red Bull SX in the City - 2003 ( Nico ): Nico has been waiting for a Super Cross race in UAE, for so many years. Now it was up and a winners cheque of 15.000,-AED ( ... 3.200,-Euro ). Head over heals, the training program was doubled and he was fully committed to make it to the final. 30 riders from different nations had show very exciting races and Nico managed, to get clean through the pre heats. Only 3rd from start, he had shown an amazing race and 3 laps from the end passed the leading South African Graham Hill, to take the victory! ....... more |
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UAE Desert Challenge 2001: Finally I managed to finish a full World Cup rallye. An impressive start had pushed my into the top 7 riders, but an unlucky crash and a broken clutch, have taken all my hopes of a top 15 finish. At the end, I was happy, just to finish the rally, handicapped by a broken clutch and a dislocated collarbone, which I had picked up on a fall on second day. Under this circumstances, I was lucky having finished and was ranked in 30th position overall, in a field of 100 starters. ...... more |
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Practice - UAE --> Close to Heaven!!!: To prepare for a rallye, you need to do a lot of practice, as it is vital, to get used to the heat, the sand and the open environment of th desert. During the past 4 years, I have done 1000's of Km's on different bikes in the desert. Bernd had ridden from UAE to Germany on a BMW .... without a partner. Frank had crossed the Sahara several times before. Dick has done several rallies in the past and Joe is more then seriouse, when going to the desert. This training in UAE turned all our experience into a nightmare and the desert mad us look, like newcomers! No joke, .....this was close to heaven! ...... more |
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UAE Desert Challenge 2000: Finally the race is over & I managed to finish the rallye in 40th position. Just one place ahead of Marc Coma, who struggled with a broken rear wheel. I picked an 8 hour penalty for being to late on day 3, by 2 minutes. The Race Marshalls didn't care, that this happened, due to staying 2 1/2 hours with an injured rider, who was taken off by helicopter. ... that's tuff luck and is part of rallying it seems!!! Still, I'm proud of having finished the rallye and the Team slogan proofed again: Old Man Racing and lots of the strong kid's didn't finish! ...... more |
OMR - Old Man Racing
