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another race, but not on four wheels!! last week end we competed in the multisportevent over two days in switzerland called Gigathlon: in french:
Qu’est-ce que le Gigathlon ?
Bienvenue dans l’aventure sportive du Gigathlon
Le Gigathlon est à la fois une manifestation sportive, un voyage d’aventures, une expérience en groupe et une occasion de découvrir ses propres limites. Lors de chaque édition, les participants, supporters et organisateurs doivent relever bien des défis. Que vous fassiez partie de la catégorie Single, Couple ou Team of Five, vous devrez venir à bout de montagnes, de gorges, de lacs et de plaines dans les cinq disciplines suivantes : patin en ligne, course à pied, natation, VTT et vélo, et ce, par tous les temps.
our team of sandra, pascal, marco,gabi and myself finished on the 16th place out of 1000 teams! we were very happy with this result.
sorry, no pic of marco on inline skates yet!
we are back from another round of the swiss championship where our friend gerald secured his title with a third consecutive win beating a very fast ivan rusca back on his green ascona after a disappointing season on the fiat ritmo and former european champion michael stoschek on the ex works porsche 911 who just beats galfetti on the manta. roberto palma was very unlucky with his 128, off the road in SS 1 !! enjoy the pics. pictures courtesy of project-diffusion.ch
here something totally different: with friends we took part this week end in a team-multisport event at lake of bienne in switzerland, marco on inline skating, myself in the swim, martin on mountainbike and bea von Känel on the run; i am proud to say that we finished 7 th team of 180!!
had a nice rallye du chablais this week end, first time out with the straight cut gearbox, great experience!!; on friday only one SS due to cancellations after accidents. then a good race without exceptional results on saturday. crew and car still in good shape.
SEASON HAS BEGUN IN THE CRITéRIUM JURASSIEN WITH A NICE 2ND PLACE AND 660 KM OF DRIVING FUN!!
Almost ready for the rally season 2010, next rendez vous is san remo with the upgraded 124 abarth rally, now twith the Group 4 extensions and carrera RS front brakes, now up to me to brake later!!
we are back from the rallye monte carlo 2010..first time with marco as copilote who was willing to share that adventure.it was an excellent edition as far as conditions are concerned. beautiful first stage with a lot of snow after the start in torino, as soon as we drove up to sestriere,it started swowing and we were in RMC mode. however we had to work severalk times on the lancia beta we were using this year due to temperature problems, not too hot but too cold!! there fore freezing carb and several time automatic starter on. but we always managed to continue and finally the car worked very well. as usual, the last night in the turini region was very exciting and coming domw to the port of monaco a 3.am. was a thrilling experience, already looking forward to 2011!!
YUPPEE,have been accepted to enter the 2010 edition of the RMCH with my Lancia Beta Coup?..car is almost ready, we will start from turin with 6 other swiss teams, this time under the banner of SCUDERIA CENTO S.
with Marco, we did another round of the swiss championship, this time in southern switzerland, the Rally del Ticino. it went quite well and we finished Third overall VHC. which puts us in second position in the championship standing
OKAY, CAR IS ALMOST READY FOR NEXT YEARS MONTE; FIA HTP GRP4 SHOULD COME IN THIS WEEK. EVERYTHING WENT FINE, DID NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES AS LAST YEAR WITH MY FIAT 131.
another heat of the swiss championship for historical rallye cars. very fast and nice special stages; i drove with another copilot, Joel Grand from Valais, 21 years old and normally sitting in modern rally cars (s2000 among others) who did a great job and enjoyed himself in a older car.
we finish 5th, taking advantage of some retirements and still hold 3rd in the championship standings.
another heat of the swiss championship for historic rally cars. with a lot more participants. fantastic special stages in the alps...we finish 5th and are now holding 3rd place in the standings.
on invitation i had the opportunity to race my RM 1000 on the Anneau du Rhin a few weeks ago.the event was the trofeo slalom abarth organized by abarth switzerland. felt really good to put that former champion back on a racetrack!
we have been having a lot of fun this week end in competing in the second manche of the swiss historic rally cup held in the jura; 550 kms with 12 Special stages, even some gravel!. car went well this time. result is satisfying.
weekend of 6 and 7th of december, we went to Cannes to takle part in the Rallye Soleil Cannes which was hel in the Alpes Maritimes around the city of Grasse on some special stages of the Monte Carlo Rallye. Fantastic event with a lot of nice cars. we competed in the regularity class which was this time very fast as the averages were between 60, 65 and 70 km/h on small alpine roads with ice and snow at some sections. it was the first rallye as copilot for friend marco zimmermann..
HERE WE HAVE THE NEXT PROJECT!! I WILL TRY TO BE READY FOR THE OLLON VILLAR 2009 WITH THIS CAT FORMULA 1 (FORMER FJ) WITH ALFA 1300 CC ENGINE.
just started a new project...could not let this little 1300GT rust away in the neighborhood. it is getting ready soon and will make a nice and easy rallycar.
My latest project, a Gp2 FIAT 131 Racing made good progress these last weeks. it seems that the FIA papers are on the way after the car has been inspected. bought the car in south italy with low mileage and prepared it for Rallying.
WE DID AGAIN THE TRIP TO SAN REMO THIS YEAR..NICE START INTO THE NEW SEASON. UNFORTUNATELY THE ABARTH 124 HAD TO GET BACK TO SAN REMO ON THE TRAILER ON THE SECOND DAY WITH SOME IGNITION TROUBLE. PASCAL ON THE OTHER HAND HAD A VERY GOOD RACE AND ENJOYED HIMSELF A LOT ON THE CLOSED SPECIAL STAGES WITH HIS gROUP 4 1600 S.
first rollout for my bialbero and first serious hill climb action on slicks for pascals group 4 alpine 1600 S at the Hillclimb in le landeron switzerland. also first race for my son chester with the 850 TC. (one spin and one off the track!!) but no damage.
We are back and happy to have finished on Monte Carlo harbour after a very difficult race. detailed report will follow.
ITS IS FINALLY GOING FORWARD, THE \\\"CARROSSIER\\\" PHILIPPE FOUND MOTIVATION AND DID GOOD PROGRESS THIS WEEK
SUPER! NOUS VENONS DE FORMER L\' ECURIE AKITA RACING POUR ETRE CLASS? DANS LA CATEGORIE EQUIPES ET POUR PARTAGER CETTE AVENTURE ET S\'ENTRAIDER S\'IL FAUT. FONT PARTIE DE L\'ECURIE
DOMINIQUE HOLVOET (BELGIQUE) SUR UNE TOYOTA CELICA ST SP?CIALEMENT PR?PARE POUR L\'OCCASION,
JEAN-PIERRE DREYFUS AVEC SA LANCIA ZAGATO HF QUI ROULERA AVEC SON PETIT FILS,
ERNST H?NNI EN PORSCHE 912 QUI PARTAGE LE COCKPIT AVEC LE PR?PARATEUR 356 BIEN CONNU CHRISTOPHE TANNER,
ALBERT VICENTINI QUI VIENT DE MONTER UNE FIAT 850 COUP? ET MOI MEME AVEC MA FIAT 2300 S.
fantastic week end in republic of san marino. we had the chance to see the rallylegend 2007, not as participants, (maybe next year), but as spectators. especially the first stage held at night with hundreds of fans burning fireworks when miki biasion did his 360 or 720 in the middle of the stage with the lancia integrale!! great ambience!
On the way back from rallylegend in san marino, we stopped in torino to checki out the new OFFICINE ABARTH on corso marche!! by chance it was not only open on that saturday afternoon, but it was actualloy the first day open to the public. was very nice to see and to buy some souvenirs...
akita racing did the trip to the historic hillclimb in september 2007 with two entrys, pascals alpine 1600S Gp3 and peter with his ABARTH 850 TC Nurburgring from 1962.It was a fantastic event with a lot of beautiful cars and nice and interesting people. 4 runs of 8.2 km each on two days. a whole village as paddock, very nice weather, what else to do want?
i found and bought the ex pete ettmueller bialbero that won the swiss championship in 1961. i am currently restoring it.
could this be the new abarth 595 SS ?
thanks fred rul who designed it for peter...
could this be the new ALPINE BERLINETTE ?
thanks fred rul who designed it for pascal...
pascal is about to finalize his nice 1600 S. however he could not resist when he had the opportunity to purchase this nice original 1600 s with its first paint and nice patina. he will compete in the san remo storico in april 2007.
Here are the first pictures of this years MONTE CARLO HISTORIQUE....we started again in torino, home of our FIAT 2300 S Coup?. after expecting very dry and sunny conditions everywhere, we finally found scandinavian conditions after entering the Ardeche Departement. very nice driving on snowcovered roads til we reached St Etienne where the Parc Ferm? was in the hall des expositions, but after 17 hours of driving almost too tired to go and have a look at all the cars there...except for the stratos and blue A 112
then business as usual, many spectators in St. Jean de Royans and some snow and ice again. then down towards south with a nice climb of the Col du Galibier right around sunset before arriving at the Ice Circuit de serre chevallier for a little special stage . over night in Briancon and next day crossing the Alpes Maritimes towards MONACO.as last year, from here on we start having brake problems!! arrival on the harbor and some rest before the final stage that saw some severe damage on the icy roads around col de turini...now I think we are all looking for some Group B cars as michel ferry stated at his speech at the Gala Dinner, that next year, the rally will be open for cars til 1986 ???!? that means that we all have to look for the group B cars this summerjoke or new concept ?
fantastique...nous avons ?t? retenu pour faire le rallye monte carlo historique 10?me edition...
This summer we participated for the first time in the coupe des alpes rally, which traditionally sets off from
EVIAN,was making a stopover in CHAMONIX for the first time in its history, at the foot of the Mont Blanc where a dinner was held in a traditional restaurant called ?La Cal?che?. The rally then continued down to VARS in the heart of the Haute-Alpes region. Finally, we were welcomed like stars on the Croisette boulevard in CANNES.
occasion.
the itinerary including two new stopovers, one much further to the south, took us along the Cup?s historical routes, unused to this day, notably in the Haute-Savoie and Provence regions.
We drove over 1000 km in three days, with
33 949 m of ups and downs and over 20 mountain passes, including the highest in the Alpine range (the Iseran which reaches a height of 2,770 m) and the Provence region?s giant, Mount
Ventoux.
From Thursday 5th October 2006 in the afternoon to Monday 9th in the morning, at the continental departure and arrival (Toulon), we went to spend three full days of driving in Corsica with our FIAT ABARTH 124 CSA that really felt at home on these roads and went extremely well, to discover or rediscover the isle of beauty, following in the steps of a half-century of ?Tour de Corse?, in an off-season when the weather is still mild,
the roadbook led us to a full tour of Corsica, alternating between the seaside and the mountains, in little-known areas of the Cap Corse, the Castagniccia region, the Nebbio and Golo valleys and the Alta Rocca.
Each stage has been carefully selected to guarantee a great diversity of scenery; the citadel of CALVI located in a beutifull gulf discovered by Christopher Colombus, or at BONIFACIO, the island?s southernmost port, with a view of Sardinia and the spectacular limestone cliffs, not forgetting the gastronomic stopovers and the island?s delightful land. Open to post-war sports cars, the TROPHEE RALLYSTORY EN CORSE maintains a limited GT category for recent rally and GT cars, which gave us the opportunity to see some very wide ferraris on the narrow mountain roads.
akita racing was happy to make the trip to san remo. team member pascal ducrot took pascal songo from guadelupe in his alpine renault as navigator on the trip and they enjoyed themselves a lot. pascal followed a maximum attack strategy and did SS times that looked good even compared to those in the FIA speed category. peter naegeli tried to manage the average challenge and finished 13th overall in the targa riviera dei fiori with, as highlight a ex aequo first place in the first stage. on the other hand, peter did not perform well in the so called pressostat tests..
just cvame back from the 9th Historic Monte carlo Rally...we made it! i will not talk about results and points and penalties. after losing the brakes (the part i spent the most money on to be sure to be cool) i just made sure to get to the last night and to the final passage of the ramp down in Monaco.
as michel ferry stated in the final speech at the Gala, we experienced the quintessence of the last 30 years of monte carlo rallying!!what an adventure. here are a few images (the ones from Col de turini are missing, will follow later)to share some impressions....enjoy
after being accepted to participate in the 9th edition of the Monte Carlo historic rally that is takinG place from january 26 til february 1, we have been working hard to get the chosen car, FIAT 2300 S Coup?, ready for the race. additional lights are fitted, instruments are installed, everything else is checked, nokian hakkapelita tyres with ice studs have been delivered and can\\\'t wait until they touch the ground of the famous special stages of the monte.
more news later.
Not exactly two or four wheels, but some sort of motorsports...this is our friend\'s rainier fully restored yak! more planes to come.
for once, this text comes in french: it is taken from a pressrelease..
Deux Suisses au Sharmrock Desert Rally
Claude Amman et Peter Naegeli du Team Akita Racing ont particip? au AMV Desert Shamrock Rally dans le Sahara Occidental du 1 ? 10 novembre. La course ?tait compos? d?un prologue et de sept ?tappes avec un total de 1780 km. Au d?part 124 motos, 35 Voitures et 12 Quads. La course avait le statut FIA/FIM mais ne comptait pas pour la Coupe du Monde qui avait ?t? termin? au Dubai Desert Challenge deux semaines plus t?t. Au d?part entre autres Cyril Despres, vainqueur de la dite Coupe du Monde, qui abandonna au troisi?me jour apr?s avoir ?t? penalis? de deux heures pour avoir loup? un contr?le de passage. Vainqueur incontest? etait pour la deuxi?me ann?e cons?cutive David Fr?tign? sur la >amaha 450 2X2. Claude Ammann finit malgr? beaucoup de probl?mes avec son GPS ? une excellente 9 place au g?n?ral. Peter Naegeli ?tait un peu moins chanceux : apr?s une panne d?essence il a recu de l?eesence impure et avoait des probl?mes de carburateur qui l?ont contraint d?abandonner lors d?une ?tappe ce qu?il l?a fait tomber d?une 13?me place au g?n?ral ? la 43?me. Les deux pilotes ?tait ravis du parcours et enviosagent une nouvelle participation.
Oninvitation and encouragement of guy moerenhout, akita racing went to spa to compete in the demo section of the new boucles de spa. have a look at the images and you may understand why we enjoy rallying so much...
akita team member pasci just started a new project. which is normal as his 1300 is now perfect! he found a very nice ( ?!) 1600 S that will be restored over the nextfew (or more) months... will keep you updated.
here you can see the handymen wale rawyler (fulvia HF) and rainier bietry (yak fighter plane pilot, check out the yak section!) giving a hand carrying the shell and chassis to his new home.
this is my friend pascal ducrot racing at the slalom in Bi?re Switzerland. he won also a concours d\\\'elegance at the raid suisse paris with his lovely alpine 1300 S.
It was totally exciting to be able to compete in the first edition of the Altb?ron Classic hillclimb.
For this event, I prepared my streetlegal Fiat 850 TC N?rburgring.
Here is the link to the organizers website
In November 2000 I had the great opportunity to take part in the longest non stop race in the desert with a Racing team from Denver., the ?still willing Team?.The Baja 2000 started in Ensenada on Sunday, November 12, and came to its conclusion on Wednesday, November 15, in Cabo San Lucas, at the southern tip of the peninsula, with 70 percent of the 262 starters in 30 categories completing the 1,679.54-mile course. No, not exactly 2,000 miles long?but close enough.
The race drew competitors from 31 states, and countries as far-flung as Mexico, Australia, England, Japan, the Bahamas, France, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Sweden. To place, they would each have to reach the finish line in Cabo within an 80-hour time limit. No problem, right? How hard could it be? The answer to that would come shortly.
At the start near Ensenada, the course headed east along a large section of the classic Score Baja 500 route. A huge sand wash and mudhole right out of Ensenada gave competitors trouble from the beginning, and by the time they?d reached the village of Ojos Negros, a few miles east of the start, it was hard to distinguish one vehicle from the next due to their muddy appearance. The first wave consisted of motorcycles, with Johnny Campbell, of San Clemente, California, in the lead. Along with his co-riders Tim Staab, Craig Smith, and Steve Hengeveld, they made it to the finish in Cabo with the fastest recorded time of 30 hours, 54 minutes, and 12 seconds.
From Ojos Negros, the course turned south to meander through the treacherous San Pedro Martir Mountains near the legendary Mike?s Sky Rancho. The roar of the Trophy Trucks led the way for the four-wheel vehicles, with Robby Gordon in his Ford F-150 in the lead at mile 109.97, just east of Cerro Colorado. Not far behind came defending Baja champion Larry Ragland in his Chevy Trailblazer, off-road legend Ivan Stewart in the PPI Toyota Tundra, and Dan Smith in his F-150 Trophy Truck. Smith and co-driver David Ashley went on to win the race in their Ford F-150 Duralast truck with the best four-wheel-vehicle time of 32 hours, 15 minutes, and 39 seconds. Folks, that?s an average speed of 52.061 mph across some very rough country.
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finally had the opportunity to give my 850 tc a decent run. had the chance to participate to in the heat of swiss slalom championship. the course was 4400 metres long, more like a rally stage than a traditional slalom, the 850 tc went very well, the clutch suffered somehow at the start. result ? don\'t know, i was alone in my category, so i won i guess!