The Tenth International Car Race from Zbraslav to Jíloviště was held on 5th September 1926. The start was on a busy Zbraslav square. Among the spectators we can see the famous Czech actor Vlasta Burian with his wife Nina and his friends. The race track included also dangerous bends. After finishing the race the car [...]
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Video: The Zbrazlav 1926 hill-climb, starring Burian Vlasta (comedian) Eliška Junková (Bugatti) and Josef Vermiřovský (Tatra T12)
January 23rd, 2021
René Berger passes away
January 21st, 2021
He was 81 years old and leaves his wife Jana and his two children and grandchildren.
He was one of the early western Tatra diehards, co-founded the Tatra Register Schweiz
and visited many Tatra rallies abroad like in CS, CZ, A, D, NL, the UK and of course CH.
The photo shows him with his immaculate T1-603 he [...]
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What makes the Kamaz trucks so strong in the Dakar?
January 21st, 2021
https://orsk-autogid.ru/en/zamki/kamaz-master-skolko-loshadinyh-sil-sportivnye-gruzoviki-kamaz-dlya-ralli.html
https://nashipoezda.ru/en/cultivator/oruzhie-pobedy-kak-ustroeny-dakarovskie-gruzoviki-sportivnye-gruzoviki.html
Dakar 2021 Stage 12 (Final stage) Kamaz takes complete podium, Loprais (Praga) 5th, Buggyra Tatras 9th and 10th
January 15th, 2021
Results:
1
503
(CZE) MARTIN MACIK
(CZE) FRANTISEK TOMASEK
(CZE) DAVID SVANDA
BIG SHOCK RACING
02H 32′ 27”
2
501
(RUS) ANTON SHIBALOV
(RUS) DMITRII NIKITIN
(RUS) IVAN TATARINOV
KAMAZ – MASTER
02H 33′ 27”
+ 00H 01′ 00”
3
507
(RUS) DMITRY SOTNIKOV
(RUS) RUSLAN AKHMADEEV
(RUS) ILGIZ AKHMETZIANOV
KAMAZ – MASTER
02H 34′ 31”
+ 00H 02′ 04”
00H 02′ 00”
4
505
(BLR) ALIAKSEI VISHNEUSKI
(BLR) MAKSIM NOVIKAU
(BLR) SIARHEI SACHUK
MAZ-SPORTAUTO
02H 36′ 55”
+ 00H 04′ 28”
5
509
(RUS) AIRAT MARDEEV
(RUS) DMITRIY SVISTUNOV
(RUS) AKHMET [...]
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Dakar 2021 Stage 11
January 14th, 2021
Anton Shibalov moved the counter up to 5 successes in total since his debut on the Dakar and should finish second, like last year, but this time behind Dmitry Sotnikov. Loprais lost a position overall, after managing 8th today. yesterday he complained about the team tactics od Kamaz, resuling him sandwiched between four Kamaz trucks, [...]
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Dakar 2021 Stage 10
January 13th, 2021
Result:
1
503
(CZE) MARTIN MACIK
(CZE) FRANTISEK TOMASEK
(CZE) DAVID SVANDA
BIG SHOCK RACING
03H 13′ 02”
2
507
(RUS) DMITRY SOTNIKOV
(RUS) RUSLAN AKHMADEEV
(RUS) ILGIZ AKHMETZIANOV
KAMAZ – MASTER
03H 14′ 42”
+ 00H 01′ 40”
3
509
(RUS) AIRAT MARDEEV
(RUS) DMITRIY SVISTUNOV
(RUS) AKHMET GALIAUTDINOV
KAMAZ – MASTER
03H 16′ 18”
+ 00H 03′ 16”
4
505
(BLR) ALIAKSEI VISHNEUSKI
(BLR) MAKSIM NOVIKAU
(BLR) SIARHEI SACHUK
MAZ-SPORTAUTO
03H 16′ 27”
+ 00H 03′ 25”
5
500
(RUS) ANDREY KARGINOV
(RUS) ANDREY MOKEEV
(RUS) IGOR LEONOV
KAMAZ – [...]
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DAKAR 2021 Stage 9: Martin Macik (Iveco) storms to victory
January 12th, 2021
Martin Macik pre-Dakar interview: https://www.dakar.com/en/competitor/503
RESULTS:
POS.
N°
EXP.
DRIVE-TEAM
MARK-MODEL
TIME
VARIATION
PENALITY
1
503
(CZE) MARTIN MACIK
(CZE) FRANTISEK TOMASEK
(CZE) DAVID SVANDA
BIG SHOCK RACING
05H 05′ 54”
2
509
(RUS) AIRAT MARDEEV
(RUS) DMITRIY SVISTUNOV
(RUS) AKHMET GALIAUTDINOV
KAMAZ – MASTER
05H 08′ 21”
+ 00H 02′ 27”
3
507
(RUS) DMITRY SOTNIKOV
(RUS) RUSLAN AKHMADEEV
(RUS) ILGIZ AKHMETZIANOV
KAMAZ – MASTER
05H 08′ 31”
+ 00H 02′ 37”
4
504
(CZE) ALES LOPRAIS
(CZE) PETR POKORA
(ARE) KHALID ALKENDI
INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS PRAGA
05H 09′ 35”
+ 00H 03′ 41”
5
501
(RUS) ANTON [...]
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Dakar 2021 Stage 8
January 12th, 2021
Josef Macháček handled the 2nd half of the marathon stage perfectly. The Dakar legend finished in 2nd place in the Lightweight Prototypes category, and he holds the 2nd position in the overall standings as well. Ignacio Casale set his personal best in the Truck category with 5th place.
Josef Macháček and Pavel Vyoral put on an [...]
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Meanwhile in Covid-19 dominated Europe’s winter
January 11th, 2021
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Several spots of Tatras at the Koprivnice testing grounds and their classic vehicle depot shown at Dutch TV game show.
January 11th, 2021
VIDEO: http://www.npostart.nl/wie-is-de-mol/09-01-2021/AT_2147043 The Tatra part/ Koprivnice part is the second part of the video and starts after 36,5 min.
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