Jun saw a Japanese fire truck(??) at bivouac yesterday. I was wondering that is proof of goodwill. Details are unknown.
Motorcyclist Michal Hernik dies in Stage 3. R.I.P. Michal Hernik
http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2015/us/stage-4/special-release.html
The IriTrack real time satellite tracking system which is compulsory at the Daker Rally allows online monitoring of the racing vehicles using GPS technology.
You can find out the competitors’ information in real time on the web site.
Visit the “Dakar.com（http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2015/us/）” and click the “LIVE-FOLLOW YOUR FAVOURITE” on the upper right side.
Stage4
○Chilecito → Copiapo
SS:315km
Liaison:594km
Total:909km
This year’s route will take competitors west across the Andes into Chile.
Jun’s passport is already in Chile. He will get the passport in exchange for blue ticket.
一通 says: パスポートっぽく見えない簡単な印刷物だけど、これでパスポートなんですね。面白いですね。
Today was not a long stage. Jun arrived bivouac at 2:00PM.
Dakar competitors will have their assigned meals. But he do not eat yet today. And then, He ate instant noodles for lunch.
Jun arrived early so he relaxed at hotel today.
Well, Jun will go to the Andes tomorrow. His passport is in Chile now. Jun has got a special passport stamp for Dakar competitors, with the Dakar logo on it.
Stage 3
Today’s stage was the opposite direction of the same course in 2011. It was dry riverbed with much stones, the course continues to smooth road at 1000m high. There were feshifeshi ground in the last half of the course and the road surface was different to the first half. Jun could run at high speed but the road surface undulated and his car bounced off sometime.
Jun set the air pressure of tires higher and the team mate Akira Miura / Nicolas Gibon set lower. When Jun tried to catch up and pass them, the buggy and other fast group that at low rank yesterday by trouble came from behind at that time. Jun escaped to the road side and let them pass. After that, Jun started again but he lost the team mate at all. He continued to chase the team mate with thinking the dust he saw far away must be them.
Jun’s health became better than yesterday with a help from the medicine that from the medical. However Alain the navigator said his driving was mess in the last of half. Jun stopped the car to evacuated the air of tires when he into feshifeshi ground. Many cars passed him but the low air pressure of tires made his car speed up and caught up the group that passed him. Fighting with the dust started again and he could not overtake them. He wondered later, if he kept running without stop he could came through feshifeshi ground too….
Jun finished today’s stage safely but the team mate was not there and regretted time loss. Jun’s team mate made miss course and the radiator of their car broken just after and took a time to fix it. They crossed the finish line after 2 hours Jun. Alain got a bad mood for too much gap. Jun lost the team mate after they missed the course, he did not aware that and took a lead till the end. Jun’s health was not perfect yet but he finished the race as 1st at the category.
Dakar Rally 2015 Stage 3 Result:
Liaison:258km
SS:284km
Total:542km
T2 Autos Result:1st
Overall standings:32nd
Anonymous says: がんばって！！でも無理しないで！！
ヘルニック選手のご冥福をお祈りいたします。
日野レンジャーの消防車、なぜ鏡文字でボンベロス等と書いてあるのでしょう。色々と謎で、想像すると楽しいですね。