Rally “Silk Way-2022”: half a car and wheels “house”
- July 11, 2022
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The second leg of the Silk Way Rally 2022 was held near Astrakhan. These places host the annual Kagan’s Gold Baja, so most pilots have a good knowledge
The second leg of the Silk Way Rally 2022 was held near Astrakhan. These places host the annual Kagan’s Gold Baja, so most pilots have a good knowledge of the terrain and race conditions. They know, and for the most part they are afraid. And, as the AvtoVzglyad portal found out, they are doing the right thing…
Hard as a rock, in the potholes and ditches of which more than one sports car was buried. There are sand. Not a drop of rain has fallen, so the sand is loose. In such a dig – just spit! And the temperature started to rise: it is already 34 degrees in the shade. We had 150 miles off the highway and most of the pilots said thoughtfully before the start that “Now the job is to roll in and protect the car.” It doesn’t matter how! Everyone rushed like mustangs smelling the scent of a mare in the sweet season of the spring rut! And the inevitable losses began.
The first to start was the crew of Andrey Rudsky and Andrey Rudnitsky, they are popularly called “Rudy-Rudy”. We started spectacularly, but the boys didn’t last long. The prototype G-Force BARS began to appear immediately from the first kilometers – transmission problems. Rudskoy stopped several times, after which the driveway near the car broke down. Interfering with the sand on a monodrive G-Force BARS is sheer suicide. Overall, the sand went round, not taking a stack of points, earning a penalty time and thereby showing the fourth result, two hours behind the leader. From a rally raids point of view, the situation is not so critical – you can overtake.
“And we had problems,” said the pilot of the GAZ Raid Sport team Evgeny Sukhovenko. – They flew into the pit, tore off the front axle. But it should be noted that our sport “Gazelle NEXT” has a very large margin of safety. Even with such bad luck, they managed to cover the entire track under their own power and finish successfully. Now our technicians are working on the machine. Tomorrow we fight again!
The clear favorite of the rally, Vladimir Vasiliev, showed the best result, despite very serious breakdowns! The mood at the end of the pilot was excellent.
What is speed to me? I don’t know myself,” says Vladimir Vasiliev. – Once you try it – and that’s it, you can’t take it away. I want to go faster and faster. Today we had a normal special stage. Very tough. All the way there was “pit 2-3, 2-3”. We arrived and brought only half a car – without one drive, without 5th and 6th gear. They must have gone that way too fast. But still enjoyed…
There were also plenty of problems in the truck category. The crews of Eduard Nikolaev and Andrey Karginov got lost and lost time.
— The special stage is excellent, but to call it solonchaks is a big word, — said Eduard Nikolaev. They are more rigid, high speed, did not bear any threat. Today is a very interesting circuit, it can be called neutral. There are fast sections, there is a strong off road, where it is physically difficult – see how wet we are? Today I had to work. But the main thing is navigation. Unfortunately we lost time somewhere halfway the distance. After leaving the sand, they took the wrong course and left decently – about 2.5 miles to the side. However, this is the first day, only those who do nothing make no mistakes. As we always say, a lot depends on the navigator. Today is an example of that. Zhenya is a little upset, but Bogdan and I supported him. Everything will be fine, everything is still at the door!
Sergey Kupriyanov’s gas Kamaz broke or fell into a well – when he got to the finish, the wheels were rock solid. And Dmitry Sotnikov’s cardan shaft fell off. Overall, no KamAZ reached the finish line without losses. Two crews from the MAZ-SPORTauto team arrived at the finish line with punctured rear wheels. In addition, Alexey Vishnevsky drove the last 40 km with a broken spring. The speed in this case is not worth remembering. The best result among trucks was shown by the crew of Sergey Vyazovich.
“All three Sadko NEXT trucks successfully passed the track and finished,” said Mikhail Shklyaev, head of the freight department of the GAZ Reid Sport team. “Potential buyers look at our cars, since all GAZ sports cars are assembled from standard components and assemblies. Trucks demonstrate the highest reliability on the sports circuit, they also show themselves in ordinary – civilian – life …
Now the crews have to cover 323 km and the total mileage with liaisons is approaching 400 km. The test is serious. Will everyone make it to the finish?
Photo avtovzglyad.ru
Photo avtovzglyad.ru
Hard as a rock, in the potholes and ditches of which more than one sports car was buried. There are sand. Not a drop of rain has fallen, so the sand is loose. In such a dig – just spit! And the temperature started to rise: it is already 34 degrees in the shade. We had 150 miles off the highway and most of the pilots said thoughtfully before the start that “Now the job is to roll in and protect the car.” It doesn’t matter how! Everyone rushed like mustangs smelling the scent of a mare in the sweet season of the spring rut! And the inevitable losses began.
The first to start was the crew of Andrey Rudsky and Andrey Rudnitsky, they are popularly called “Rudy-Rudy”. We started spectacularly, but the boys didn’t last long. The prototype G-Force BARS began to appear immediately from the first kilometers – transmission problems. Rudskoy stopped several times, after which the driveway near the car broke down. Interfering with the sand on a monodrive G-Force BARS is sheer suicide. Overall, the sand went round, not taking a stack of points, earning a penalty time and thereby showing the fourth result, two hours behind the leader. From a rally raids point of view, the situation is not so critical – you can overtake.
“And we had problems,” said the pilot of the GAZ Raid Sport team Evgeny Sukhovenko. – They flew into the pit, tore off the front axle. But it should be noted that our sport “Gazelle NEXT” has a very large margin of safety. Even with such bad luck, they managed to cover the entire track under their own power and finish successfully. Now our technicians are working on the machine. Tomorrow we fight again!
The clear favorite of the rally, Vladimir Vasiliev, showed the best result, despite very serious breakdowns! The mood at the end of the pilot was excellent.
What is speed to me? I don’t know myself,” says Vladimir Vasiliev. – Once you try it – and that’s it, you can’t take it away. I want to go faster and faster. Today we had a normal special stage. Very tough. All the way there was “pit 2-3, 2-3”. We arrived and brought only half a car – without one drive, without 5th and 6th gear. They must have gone that way too fast. But still enjoyed…
There were also plenty of problems in the truck category. The crews of Eduard Nikolaev and Andrey Karginov got lost and lost time.
— The special stage is excellent, but to call it solonchaks is a big word, — said Eduard Nikolaev. They are more rigid, high speed, did not bear any threat. Today is a very interesting circuit, it can be called neutral. There are fast sections, there is a strong off road, where it is physically difficult – see how wet we are? Today I had to work. But the main thing is navigation. Unfortunately we lost time somewhere halfway the distance. After leaving the sand, they took the wrong course and left decently – about 2.5 miles to the side. However, this is the first day, only those who do nothing make no mistakes. As we always say, a lot depends on the navigator. Today is an example of that. Zhenya is a little upset, but Bogdan and I supported him. Everything will be fine, everything is still at the door!
Sergey Kupriyanov’s gas Kamaz broke or fell into a well – when he got to the finish, the wheels were rock solid. And Dmitry Sotnikov’s cardan shaft fell off. Overall, no KamAZ reached the finish line without losses. Two crews from the MAZ-SPORTauto team arrived at the finish line with punctured rear wheels. In addition, Alexey Vishnevsky drove the last 40 km with a broken spring. The speed in this case is not worth remembering. The best result among trucks was shown by the crew of Sergey Vyazovich.
“All three Sadko NEXT trucks successfully passed the track and finished,” said Mikhail Shklyaev, head of the freight department of the GAZ Reid Sport team. “Potential buyers look at our cars, since all GAZ sports cars are assembled from standard components and assemblies. Trucks demonstrate the highest reliability on the sports circuit, they also show themselves in ordinary – civilian – life …
Now the crews have to cover 323 km and the total mileage with liaisons is approaching 400 km. The test is serious. Will everyone make it to the finish?
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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