Un petit résumé de Jim Mardsen :
Oh yeah here we go....
Yesterday was prologue. This is the short course that decides the start order for the real racing in the forests.
The cars attack the course in groups of 4 with the Asdventure class taking the honours and starting first.
Soon the first 50 cars from adventure class had completed their prologue and it was time for the Trophy class guys to show their stuff.
We had had already picked our start number from a hat and were very happy with 7th place. The cars leave in grouops of four and in our group
we were racing teams from Israel, France and Russia.
The flag dropped and we powered to the tree line taking the lead in front of the very fast Russian car. The course is about 2km with a nasty hill
climb slopes to catch out the unwary.
We dont want to win the prologue as i like to chase on the first the day and my ideal position is 5th to 10th. Sadly i pace it wrong and we find
ourseleves in first place depsite backing off the pace on the way back to the finish.
Its a luxury problem and i am not complaining.
The morning of the first real day of racing arrives and all the team arrive early to the start line. The Adventure class have a different start to the Trophy class
although the courses do cross later in the day.
Before the start i impart some wisdom to some British guys here for the first time and advise them to take care on the first few km as a Maltese team had rolled
there there the year before. Before long we are away and leading up the feild, but after 1km i run out of talent and drop a wheel of the edge of the track
Despite fighting it for 50m we land on our side! I need to remember to practise what i preach!
Gary works like lightening and within 2 minutes we are back on our wheels and ready to go just as the second placed car comes past. A great recovery!
I soon find my pace again and pass the Ruel brothers on a downhill descent. We then put the hammer down and soon put some distance between us. However
this is not our lucky day and our electric fans fail just after checkpoint 1. Four cars pass us as we take 20 minutes to diagnois and fix the problem.
Back on the track Gary is doing really well getting to grips with the road book. We soon start to pass the cars in front, but it takes us until race km 45
to Catch and pass Boros Csaba the superb veteran racer. We are the first Trophy class car to finsh and are over the moon considering our troubles.
As i write this there are still cars on the course and we are not certain of our time but we think we are 3rd overall after adjusted time.
A great start and we a can not wait for Trophy day tomorrow
Ils ont vraiment l'air d'avoir une machine qui surclasse tout. Il leur a juste manquer le temps de la préparer, espéront que le pont avant tienne le choc :iconfused:
: abandon de Reulsport ... Ils auraient pu bosser toute la nuit pour repartir mais ils ont réfléchi avec le team et préfèrent s'arrêter là : problèmes turbo, ventilos et embrayage ... Apparemment ça a été très difficile vu les conditions de course ! Ils reviendront très certainement 
