We have been informed that Dutchman Marcel Scoo and his Tatra Phoenix crashed in the 6th stage. They got lost, drove backwards and landed in a dune pan. The roll cage was damaged as is its body. The truck runs and the team has decided to head for Santiago (Chile), the finish of the Dakar. Schoo and his crew are unhurt.
Spectators watch as co-pilots Czech Republic’s Tomas Vratny, Miskolci Jaroslav and Milan Holan compete with their Tatra truck during the 3rd stage of the Dakar Rally 2013 from Pisco to Nazca, on January 7.
After stage 3, he was 14th overall, but is struggling in the 4th stage, having passed the last CP in 30th position.
Here is a small company history of the Dutch Bezuijen firm who used several Tatras.
http://www.bouwmachinesvantoen.nl/bedrijvenpagina/bezuijen/bezuijen.sjabloon.htm
Prague, Aug 23 (CTK) – U.S. Ronald Adams, head of the Czech branch of the Tatra lorry maker, admitted his words about a 20-million bribe over a supply of off-road vehicles for the Czech military but he was merely bluffing to test the situation, he said in an interview for Thursday’s issue of Lidove noviny (LN).
Martin Bartak, former Czech deputy PM and former defence minister, accused Adams of having offered a bribe in connection with the military order.
However, Bartak is himself accused of corruption in the case.
The Czech police accused Adams of corruption in state procurement on Tuesday. A court refused to remand him on custody on Wednesday.
Adams, who had so far refused to comment on details of the case referring to the ongoing investigation, described behind the scenes of the talks between Tatra and the Czech state representatives in the interview for LN.
He admitted that he really mentioned 20 million (crowns) but he said he was merely testing the situation and he did no really mean it.
In February 2008 Adams led several negotiations with influential Czech arms dealer and lobbyist Michal Smrz who allegedly conveyed to him a message from high-ranking state officials asking for a bribe that would secure a smooth completion of the supply of 588 off-road vehicles for 2.7 billion crowns, Adams told the paper.
He said he was talking to Smrz to find out who from the government had sent him to ask for money from the Tatra management.
Tatra did not want to lose the order without finding out who was behind it, he added.
Adams explained that this was why he asked what they could do for Tatra if he paid them 20 million, and whether they could arrange a meeting with the the prime minister Mirek Topolanek (Civic Democrats, ODS) for the sum. Adams thought Topolanek might be behind it, he told LN.
He was speaking so to make Smrz give him some information, Adams described the meeting in Brno’s Holiday Inn hotel that he had secretly recorded.
The recording of the conversation between Adams and Smrz is part of the investigation files, LN recalls.
Oldtimer meeting 2012 in Napajedla, Czech Republic
As a part of one of the greatest motoring events in the Czech Republic, Barum Rally Zlin, a very special oldtimer meeting is taking place on the Napajedla Chateau near Zlin, CZ on the 31st August an 1st September 2012.
There will be an exhibition and a parade-race in the city center of Zlin before the official start of Barum Rally Zlin and an exhibition of the oldtimer automobiles in the gardens of Napajedla Chateau with a formal meeting of oldtimer enthusiasts on the evening of 31st August.
Also, on the morning of 1st September an outdoor market of spare parts and automobile memorabilia takes places in selected areas of the Chateau gardens.
The pinnacle of the event is the meeting and exhibition of Bugatti automobiles and the presentation of precise copies of Bugatti T35 produced near Zlin – the Nostalgic Edition series.
The event is happening under the patronage of Samohyl Motor Holding a.s., Zlin together with a representative of one of the largest oldtimer collections in the Czech Republic – JUDr. Ing. Ladislav Samohyl.
The preliminary applications for this oldtimer meeting can be sent until the end of June 2012 on the e-mail: stt@samohyl.zlin.cz (Mrs. Valachova) – the confirmation with a precise schedule will then be sent to applicants.
(Sent by Jan Tulis)
Dear Tatra friends!
On June 15, 2012 – only a few days from today – the registration deadline for the annual meeting 2012 of the Tatra Register Deutschland in Rheingau and Taunus expires. We are attaching the invitation as well as the application form in case they didn’t arrive in your mail. We would be very happy to meet a great number of you at this event!
The application can be sent via Fax to: 06192-9223148, via e-mail to: jahrestreffen@tatra-register.de, or via regular mail to: Andrea und Thomas Haar, Feldbergstr. 23, 65830 Kriftel, Germany. The sooner the application arrives, the better, otherwise we have to change certain items on our agenda depending on the number of participants. Thank you for your cooperation!
For those of you using the application form that has been sent with the magazine: There is a mistake in the German bank code of the Tatra Register Deutschland. It should read:
Volksbank Frankfurt
BLZ: 501 900 00
The international bank code is correct. However, if you are using the German bank code, please use the corrected document attached to this e-mail.
Best regards,
Andrea and Thomas Haar
Christina and Martin Bitterlich
http://www.tatra-register.de/tatra_register_deutschland.htm
RESULTS FINAL STAGE
| Pos. | N° | Nom | Marque | Temps | écart | Pénalité |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 511 |
IVECO |
00:27:22 | - | - | ||
| 523 |
KAMAZ |
00:28:48 | 00:01:26 | - | ||
| 505 |
IVECO |
00:29:05 | 00:01:43 | - | ||
| 509 |
KAMAZ |
00:29:52 | 00:02:30 | - | ||
| 533 |
KAMAZ |
00:30:22 | 00:03:00 | - | ||
| 502 |
IVECO |
00:31:02 | 00:03:40 | - | ||
| 510 |
GINAF |
00:31:44 | 00:04:22 | - | ||
| 512 |
DAF |
00:31:54 | 00:04:32 | - | ||
| 547 |
TATRA |
00:32:02 | 00:04:40 | - | ||
| 515 |
IVECO |
00:32:12 | 00:04:50 | - |