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What are two black Hilux doing in a rally?
With the Dakar Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux car, which appeared in Rokiškis, B. Vanagas took eleventh place at the Dakar Rally in the Baltic States in 2019. B.Vanagas “Samsonas Rally Rokiškis” performs special tasks – rides with a zero crew. Athlete and co-driver Mindaugas Čepulis ride right in front of the participants of the first rally and observe whether the spectators do not violate the rules, assess the suitability of the track for the race. The crew marked with the first zero also warns viewers of the upcoming competition: just 5 minutes after its start, the race leaders will race the tracks.
Edvinas Juškauskas and Private Dakar Šarūnas Paliokas drive another Hilux.
Photo by Rytis Šeškaitis / E.Juškauskas and Š.Paliokas
In total, the Inbank Pitlane team covered 44 km on the first day of the rally. Team pilot B.Vanagas claims that the first sections of speed were not very difficult, but the challenge was created by the changing weather.
Edvinas Juškauskas, this year’s second participant in Dakar, who is also on a security mission, was much more impressed. The classic rally tracks turned out to be especially short for a multiple rally marathon participant, as if running compared to even the shorter speed sections. E.Juškauskas claims that he has not even managed to understand when the speed section begins, because in just a few minutes it will end.
Where can the tandem of B. Vanagas and E. Juškauskas take you?
15 minutes He received news that B.Vanagas would like to sell his current Hilux to E.Juškauskas, and he himself dreams of a factory car of a newer generation.
Benedict Vanag replied that there is such a theoretical possibility as the team tries to talk to Toyota and Overdrive. But dream responsibly. Even more so when the world economic situation is tense:
The Samsonas Rokiškis Rally takes place in the Rokiškis and Zarasai districts from July 31 to August 1. This competition is not only the stage of the Lithuanians, but also the Latvian rally championships and the Baltic Rally Trophy.
In the race, spectators will see both Dakar cars, Lithuania Rally Championship favorites and foreign racers: Nikolay Gryazin, WRC2 driver, two-time European Rally Cross champion, Reinis Nitišs, Finnish champion Teemu Asunmaa, Hubert, fourteen year old rally star.
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