The Ales Loprais crew during the 9th Stage had an accident with serious consequences, which prevented the team to continue.  Until then, Loprais was successful, won the eighth stage after two second places, held the second place overall in the truck category as well as in 9th Stage and was ready for  an enormous battle with Gerard de Rooy and other rivals.
 
Unfortunately, the competition ended cruelly for Ales’s crew in the neutralised zone, where they did not measure the time between the 340th and 460 mile, asphalt on a flat section in the neutralization zone.

“On the 374th kilometer stage we unfortunately had a fatal accident. After the tense part of the first stage, I let Peter Almášiho (mechanic) control the truck, who unfortunately dozed away. Me and navigator Michael Ernst unfortunately had fallen asleep ae well. I woke up in the moment when the car started hurtling into a huge ravine. I yelled at Almiho, but he did not respond. Shock was crazy. He immediately ripped off both front wheels and the car flipped over several times over the front axle. At the moment it was over, “said Ales accident.
 
Priority immediately became completely different things. Initially it seemed that the crew of InstaForex Loprais Team was just bruised, but eventually had to organizing intervention helicopters. “The main thing was to transport us all to treatment. The entire transportation was tiring and lasted three hours, for the helicopter we waited over an hour. We are currently in hospital in Iquiqe. I have broken two vertebras and Peter has a concussion. Michael escaped fortunately without consequences, “says Alex.
 
After a year-long preparation of a new, very competitive car and the whole crew, as well as the precision-built interim results for Ales who enjoyed the respect of people not only in the competition, he came harsh and abrupt end: “For this year’s Dakar we have a whole team and I did our best, including winning the Silk Way Rally and etapových existing range, we were poised to great results. I would encourage Peter Almášiho. I know it will be a long read, but mikrospánek overcome for many people. We are still a great team, and after recovery, we would like once again to fight for the Dakar title. I thank all partners and fans for their feedback, they are incredibly numerous and very pleased of their support. Thank you very much from the Hospital de Iquiqe, “says Alex.
 
The whole team for the rest of the day focused on the repatriation of the crashed truck at the accident site and should be noted that the contest remains a second car, Bonver Dakar Team Thomas Porter, whose crew finished the stage. In the bivouac after the arrival of her background helped logistically and other Czech teams, for which they deserve great thanks.
 
InstaForex Loprais Team

Dakar 2012 begins: the first stage Ales finishes 10th.
   
Initial stage of the Mar del Plata in Santa Rosa offered a light menu in the form of 57 km long special on the sea shore, which, however, going into slightly inland to small dunes.  Ales started with the number 501 as the second order in the Russian Eduard Nikolaev. Throughout the test he did not go quite fully utilized and specialwith his new crew.  The slowing down of the first two leading crews took advantage of riders starting behind them. Fast cars and Dutch teams took the first rangs of the total order. Marcel Van Vliet won the Gerard de Rooy, Franz Echter and Miki Biasionem. We have long seen the Dakar stage without Kamaz in the first five, the fifth place was also netovární of Kazakh team Astana.

How to get a T 815 home on five wheels? Move your load to the right and avoid left bends!

http://www.telegraaf.nl/incoming/10718197/__De_kiepwagen__.html?p=16,2

With the days getting shorter and shorter, the Tatra meeting season is nearing its end. We found two Tatra meetings in September for you though, so if you are interested, please contact the organisers.

The 10-11 September Tatra Treffen Seehausen is a wonderful truck event.

To give you an impression:

http://www.tatraclub.de/index.html

http://www.tatraclub.de/html/tatra-korso.html

http://www.tatraclub.de/html/7_tatratreffen.html

Another event held a weekend later, is the Tatra Register Nederland 25 year Jubilee meeting.  The event will be in the western part of Holland, some 25km north of Amsterdam.  Participants from Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands have subscribed.

http://www.tatraregister.nl/index.php?page=home

Contact co-organiser Marcel Tillemans for details: Tillemansmarcel@hotmail.com

Last weekend´s TRUK rally near Avebury seemed to be doomed by a biblical weather forecast, but became a success. It attracted several Tatra models. Watch yourself at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davydutchy/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davydutchy/page1/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davydutchy/page2/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davydutchy/page3/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davydutchy/page4/

Rally Prague Motorshow 1930:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V04M2VhsLQ&NR=1

Wikov cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhHQy9Tp5U&feature=related

T 77 in “The transatlantic tunnel”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIen-2765LU

Nesselsdorf Praesident and newer Tatras in Prague 1936

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0evxUfS4×4&NR=1

Tatra stand at 1936 Prague Motorshow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyGkSgvVp6o&NR=1

Tatra T 24, T 111

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbywtML2PP4&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Tatra T87 ing. Zikmund a ing. Hanzelka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHCWtXkPEJg

A ride in an American Tatraplan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-DUIFJ8WOk

Sleeping Tatra beauties

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd5b3lbRh9c&feature=related

Tatra 613 – Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3hH83BeojQ

T613 burns tyres

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOgylwagyI&feature=related

Dvorak’s Tatra tractor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WdeAni7jOU