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Dakar 2018 Stage 6: Kolomy 2nd

January 12th, 2018
no comment Posted by smitkees

In today’s stage the remaining top six drivers finished close, within slighly more than 5 minutes.
1 501 – FEDERICO VILLAGRA (ARG) 3h22m23s
2 505 – MARTIN KOLOMY (CZE) +00:02:46
3 509 – TON VAN GENUGTEN +00:02:58
4 502 – DMITRY SOTNIKOV (RUS) +00:03:38
5 510 – MARTIN MACIK (CZE) +00:04:03
6 500 – EDUARD NIKOLAEV (RUS) +00:05:25
9 531 – JAN VAN KASTEREN +00:15:56
10 516 – MAURIK VAN DEN HEUVEL +00:16:31
13 517 – GERT HUZINK +00:23:30

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Video January 11: T 111 Kipper

January 11th, 2018
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHUackPyxXE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Ht7K_v8VU

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Dakar 2016 Stage 5

January 11th, 2018
no comment Posted by smitkees

Nikolaev (KAMAZ) won stage 5 of the Dakar, though assisted by Martin Kolomy (Buggyra Tatra) after he flipped over.  Kolomy eventually managed 6th (other sources say 7th) in the stage.  Soltys on the other Buggyra-Tatra finished 15th.  Overall, the Tatyras are way down. Soltys trails overall leader Nikolaev by over 5 hrs. He is 11th. Kolomy [...]

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Video January 10: Tatra Museum 1959, 1996, Today

January 10th, 2018
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DvWdx-XA0
1996: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvALn7MC97w
Today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI6xfN8hpEw

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Dakar 2018 Stage 4: Loprais out

January 10th, 2018
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Ales Loprais is out of the 2018 Dakar after starting down the field in stage 4. First his powersteering missed, than his turbo broke down resulting in a power loss of 40%. and he eventually crashed his truck in the dunes.

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Video: T 805 Hanzelka/ Zikmund in Japan 1954

January 10th, 2018
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CaP_VFORRE

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Dakar 2018 Stage 4: Kolomy 3rd, Soltys 7th

January 9th, 2018
no comment Posted by smitkees

POS.

EXP.
DRIVE-TEAM
MARK-MODEL
TIME
VARIATION

1
500

EDUARD NIKOLAEV
EVGENY YAKOVLEV
VLADIMIR RYBAKOV

KAMAZ – MASTER
04H 35′ 08”

2
501

FEDERICO VILLAGRA
RICARDO ADRIAN TORLASCHI
ADRIAN ARTURO YACOPINI

YPF INFINIA DIESEL TEAM DE ROOY
05H 03′ 05”
+ 00H 27′ 57”

3
505

MARTIN KOLOMY
JIRI STROSS
ROSTISLAV PLNY

TATRA BUGGYRA RACING
05H 13′ 57”
+ 00H 38′ 49”

4
511

TERUHITO SUGAWARA
MITSUGU TAKAHASHI

HINO TEAM SUGAWARA
05H 48′ 23”
+ 01H 13′ 15”

5
510

MARTIN MACIK
FRANTISEK TOMASEK
MICHAL MRKVA

BIG SHOCK RACING
05H 56′ 41”
+ 01H 21′ 33”

6
507

AIRAT MARDEEV
AYDAR BELYAEV
DMITRIY SVISTUNOV

KAMAZ [...]

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Video January 9: JK 2500

January 9th, 2018
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIg32m6AYPU&list=PLWvQ6BPnYnl5WgK2HgF2_GLYmMlAsFKhJ
More info: https://jalopnik.com/the-most-beautiful-car-youve-never-heard-of-the-tatra-1792315705

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DAKAR 2018 Stage 3. Loprais looses time due to mechanical troubles. Kolomy made it to the finish way back and can start in Stage 4

January 9th, 2018
no comment Posted by smitkees

Martin Kolomy comments: Today’s start of the stage was wonderful, but then we were hit by a technical fault on the wiring and stopped the engine for quite a long time. We could not find it, but the important thing is that we are at the finish and we can continue with a lot of [...]

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DAKAR 2018 stage 3: Kolomy still stranded

January 9th, 2018
no comment Posted by smitkees

News is scarce, but we hear that Kolomy has stranded with mechanical problems with the finish in sight, while Pavel Vrnak, on the fast assistance Buggyra Tatra, had to spend the night in the dunes with several other competitors. They were just stuck!
Video: https://www.rtlgp.nl/item/169801/dakar_deelnemers_bundelen_de_krachten_in_loodzware

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