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De Baar sweeps up silver in leg four of the Silk Way Rally
13.7.2016Czech truck from the MKR Technology workshop made its mark in the fourth stage of the extremely tough Silk Way Rally. The only competitor that the Dutch pilot Pascal de Baar did not manage to beat was Eduard Nikolaev on Kamaz.
Silk Way in full swing, van den Brink finishes on sixth
11.7.2016The Silk Way Rally has pulled away. After severe weather forced the organizers to cancel leg two following the opening prologue, the crews waited to tackle the first set of drudging kilometers until day three. The Monday stage suited best to Kamazes which are on the home ground here, yet Martin van den Brink and his crew, including the Roudnice mechanic Daniel Kozlovský, on the new special Renault Sherpa finished on sixth place only by a small margin. “It was not an ideal performance, we had some trouble with the temperature of the engine. We‘re still at the beginning and the race is very long and demanding, that‘s why we started out gradually. We don‘t want to push our luck. We‘re very much aware that these are the first race kilometers for the Sherpa and that‘s why preparing it for the Dakar is a priority for us. This cost us some time but it‘s not so bad. We didn‘t let anyone overtake us but in the end we arrived on sixth place,“ commented Renault Sherpa‘s chief designer Mario Kress.
Sherpa dominates the prologue at Silk Way Rally
10.7.2016A win for a start! What better way to open this year’s Silk Way Rally? Both trucks from the North Bohemia based MKR Technology seized a spot at the winners’ podium. The Dutch pilot Martin van den Brink was the fastest one in the field and his fellow countryman Pascal de Baar occupied third place.
Hard Silk Way Rally starts in a week
5.7.2016The last live testing and then a transfer to Moscow. Members of the MKR Technology racing team have been rather busy lately. It was due to the fact that one of the most difficult rallies of the world starts next week – Russian Silk Way, compared by many with the renowned Dakar. The new special from the North Bohemian technology centre is to be introduced in the racing role for the first time, and its ambitions are far from humble this time.
MKR reveals a surprise – they built a fast Sherpa
6.6.2016A great surprise! No other words better fit to describe the plan of the North Bohemia based racing team MKR Technology. In addition to the K520 truck, they are planning to start with one more truck in the prestigious Silkway Rally in Russia, which is considered a ‘dress rehearsal‘ of sorts for the famous Dakar. First tests are finished and the results are more than surprising.
MKR with Mammoet triumph in the Libya Rally
21.4.2016A dream come true! The truck constructed by the North Bohemia based MKR Technology lands at the top of the overall ranking in this year’s Libya Rally in Morocco. The crew of the Dutch pilot Martin van den Brink and MKR’s very own crew mechanic Daniel Kozlovský dominated in the last, seventh stage! Following four consecutive wins the trio made their way up to the top and are taking home a precious victory from Africa.
MKR celebrates a golden hat trick at the Libya Rally!
21.4.2016Fantastic! Already a third win in the past three stages of the Libya Rally has been collected by the MKR Technology truck. The crew including a mechanic from Roudnice dominated in the penultimate sixth stage, moving to second place in the overall ranking. Therefore, the team have boosted their chances of overall victory. Thus the last stage is going to decide everything.
The truck from North Bohemia sweeps a second win in a row
20.4.2016The MKR Technology team truck has achieved a second consecutive victory in the Moroccan Libya Rally. The pilot Martin van den Brink brought it to the finish line of stage five in the fastest time. As a result, the crew including a Roudnice crew mechanic moves up to the winners’ podium of the overall ranking two days before the rally’s end.
MKR wins stage four of the Libya Rally!
19.4.2016At last! The MKR team triumphed in the fourth stage of the Libya Rally. After three days of misfortunes the team is celebrating a fantastic win and jumps up in the overall ranking, in which the crew including a crew mechanic from Roudnice currently occupies fourth place.
Missing a waypoint brings penalty time
18.4.2016Martin van den Brink, pilot of the Dutch-Czech truck in the Libya Rally, had a stroke of bad luck again. In the third stage his crew worked their way through to the lead when suddenly they had a hard time finding the right waypoint. Because the crew did not succeed in locating it, they were penalized. As a result, they are occupying sixth place in the overall ranking.
Stage two brings three defects
18.4.2016As hard to believe as it is, a total of three defects slowed down the Dutch-Czech crew in the second sage of the Libya Rally. As a result, the truck constructed in the MKR Technology workshop finished „only“ on sixth place despite having taken the lead a few times during the race.
Libya Rally's Stage One Cancelled
17.4.2016The first stage of the Libya Rally had an unexpected ending, with the organizers forced to neutralize its outcome. Fortunately, the cause was neither a dramatic accident nor severe weather, which postponed the actual start of this year's Dakar. This time it was the technology's fault, more specifically that of the failing GPS coordinance system. Consequently, crews in the Moroccan race were going to start for real only on Saturday.
