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Is Petter Solberg and Monster Energy a Good Fit?
Read more: Is Petter Solberg and Monster Energy a Good Fit?Let’s talk about the war of energy drinks and Petter Solberg this time. We start with drinks: basically in every motorsport or extreme sport discipline there’s a battle between Red Bull, Monster Energy and Rockstar. Red Bull supports more disciplined or old school athletes, usually champions with many years of experience; Monster Energy concentrates on young guns, athletes with a lot of passion and strong lifestyle. While Red Bull sends people to space, wins F1 titles, WRC, Dakar and many more, Monster is pretty much hungry for the wins, so the situation that happened at the beginning of 2015 got…
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Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Ringrada Exhibition
Read more: Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Ringrada ExhibitionIn one of the recent days I was passing by the street where the building of National Archive is situated and noticed that there is a pleasant and humble exhibition about the early years of Estonian motorcycle racing that were held in Pirita part of Tallinn. It was a six kilometre road course called Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa that hosted it’s first race in 1933. Later it became known as Kalevi suurvõistlus (Kalev Big Race) and it was Estonia’s most prestigious racing event with all the USSR competing. Expo itself consists of some photography of the past, booklets from 1930s to 1970s, medals and few…
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How hard can it be to make a “Gatebil” in Baltics?
Read more: How hard can it be to make a “Gatebil” in Baltics?Hello beautiful reader, it’s cold in the parts where I live and my camera is hidden for few months already and awaits the next racing season to start in April. Although I have ideas for visiting some winter-cold WRC events in between. Today I want to talk about one event that many people believe is the mecca for automotive pleasure. It is called Gatebil which means Street Car in Norwegian. It’s an event where 40 000 people from all over the World come to enjoy themselves, get inspired, be astonished, to feel free to express who they are and what…
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September Gatebil in the rain or the story of 10 spectators
Read more: September Gatebil in the rain or the story of 10 spectatorsEarlier in autumn, I went once more time to Norway. My main priority was the NEZ Formula Offroad final in Skien, but there was also a Gatebil event at the same time. I arrived Friday evening and based on the weather forecast, decided to go to Rudskogen, also it seemed a better place for sleep than some petrol station. Rain already passed when I arrived, but Saturday looked to be a different story – heavy rain all day long. At the moment everybody were mainly eating and preparing for some 90’s euro-disco party. Why, yes why, you don’t hear any…
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“Park wasn’t my co-driver, I was his pilot”
Read more: “Park wasn’t my co-driver, I was his pilot”Today marks 10 years from the tragic accident that took the life away from Michael “beef” Park. For me it was the period when I was following WRC closely and was cheering Markko Märtin up as a future champion. Unfortunately at the end of 2005 season their car hit a tree at close to 200km/h on SS15 of Wales Rally great Britain and the accident was fatal. After the crash, an emotional Markko said: “Park wasn’t my co-driver, I was his pilot”. Year later, on 20th of June, WRC stars from all over the world came to Tallinn for memorial opening. I believe,…
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Formula Offroad NEZ // Norway / Skien 2015
Read more: Formula Offroad NEZ // Norway / Skien 2015I’m not sure where to start with Formula Offroad. It was not only a new event for me, but a totally new discipline. I won’t bore you a lot – it was awesome, it was my highlight of the year. Hardcore nordic tattooed dudes take their driving skills to the limit, making 70° – 80° – 90° hill climbs a doddle with the little help of nitro. Closest I can compare it too is drag racing: full throttle approach, special tyres, similar engine notes and “drag” as a keyword. I remember this sport from childhood, remember watching Motors TV and…