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If anyone can talk about real bad luck, it's pilot Gert Huzink. It seemed that he would finally celebrate the desired victory in the 3rd stage of the Rallye Morocco, but just six kilometers before the finish line, his truck was turned into flames. Tears of joy were replaced by tears of desperation. But the Dutch pilot of the North Bohemian Renault does not give up.
In Morocco, hardships do not end. This year's rally is definitely not a walk in the park. In the 2nd stage, the North Bohemian truck from the MKR Technology workshop had to fight with the pitfalls of the treacherous track as well. In the end, however, the Dutch pilot Gert Huzink was able to take bet silver position.
Unprecedented bad luck befell a North Bohemian truck right at the opening stage of the Morocco Rally. After Saturday's silver position in prologue, pilot Gert Huzink was leading in the Sunday's 1st stage when he had to stop his special trick because of a damaged rear axle.
The North Bohemian truck from MKR Technology with Gert Huzinek drove the opening pr of the Moroccan rally in the second fastest time. The Dutch pilot was just a few moments short of the quickest Czech racer – Martin Macík.
A North Bohemian truck from the workshop of the MKR Technology crew will start the Moroccan rally today. The racing hybrid special from Mario Kress will again be led by the Dutch pilot from Riwald Dakar Team Gert Huzink.
Dakar Rally, the most famous long-distance competition in the world, has written its 44th chapter this year. And trucks from the workshop of the North Bohemian MKR Technology team were part of it. Mario Kress and his technicians prepared two special Renault trucks for this year, as a part of Dutch team Riwald Dakar. The goal was to reach the top ten. Although this goal was not fulfilled due to accidents, the Czech-Dutch formation is satisfied with the finish line anyway.
This year's 44th Dakar Rally ended the last 12th stage with the figures one and one. Pilot Pascal de Baar passed the final stage in the 11th fastest time and successfully got his Renault to the finish line in Jeddah. In the final ranking, after all the issues, he climbed to fourteenth place.
Top ten again! The North Bohemian truck from the MKR Technology workshop in the 11th stage of Dakar made it again into the elite ten. The famous long-distance rally goes to the absolute final. After the penultimate stage of the 44th year, thanks to this, the pilot Pascal de Baar managed to jump in the overall ranking by two places.
Three days before the finish, a hybrid special from northern Bohemia of the MKR Technology team is done in Dakar. The same as Aleš Loprais' truck, Gert Huzink's crew paid for the treacherous dune in the 10th stage of the famous long-distance race. The hard and unexpected impact of the truck literally broke the chassis in two. But the crew is ok. The second of the trucks with pilot Pascal de Baar continues in the race.
A truck built in the North Bohemian workshop of the MKR Technology of Mario Kress team finished in the elite ten again. Pascal de Baar finished tenth with his Renault in the 9th stage and Gert Huzink's hybrid special finished just two places behind him.
Ups and downs. Dakar is like that. One day you thrive, the next day a cold shower comes. This is exactly how Gert Huzink's crew of the North Bohemian truck must have felt. While they were having a great time yesterday, today the crew finished the 8th stage on Monday due to a broken sensor outside top 10 in emergency mode.
Both crews of the North Bohemian Renault team of the MKR Technology workshop coped well with beginning of the second half of the 44th Dakar. Pilot Gert Huzink completed the 7th stage in the sixth fastest time, his colleague Pascal de Baar finished thirteenth.