Jake Lloyd Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Sounds like a tough event Glad to hear the UK teams are safe if a little tired Looking forward to seeing every ones pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lee90* Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Hi team 35 here we managed to cross the finish line yesterday really really please we made it feel's like such an achievement. We had a few problem along the way lots with punchers and other bits but we managed to over come them thanks to challenger 4x4 and the dutch for the spare we had off them to get us going agian.A very big thanks to all our sponsors in the uk for there support without you this would not have been possible. Hope the teams with casulty get better soon.The event was excellent very very extreme the days were very long and very exhusting.We had mixed weather the terrain and views were out of this world. The locals were very friendly waving and cheering as we passed throw villages in the road book.It was great to see i think 14 different nationalities and to chat with them A massive thanks to TAT for such an amazing well organised competition by far the best event we have ever competed in. Picture's will be posted soon when we get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe Santos Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Great job, very well done. Getting to the End is a very big victory. And the car that won, as a fantastic WINCH, i saw it working last year, just AMAZING!!! Filipe Santos POrtugal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j999dpt Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 well done to paul and the lads, shame to hear it was soooo dangerous. but well done for drawing the line and not getting hurt. cant wait to see the pictures and vids. dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lee90* Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 a few pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Nick Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 WoW it that Mr Gadsby's red truck along side of Zoli's ? Bless it's been let out at last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Nick Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 A Few More Picture Sent by Lee on his way home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 What a great event, It was a shame that only two cars from our team of four made to the start line. One car pulled out the morning we left, and my team mate, only made it a far a Germany with major cooling probs on the tow car, this now left me to team up with big orange truck (or big'en as the locals called it). The trip down to Deva tooks us 2 and half days and was pretty uneventful and apart from bing pulled by the fuzz round Budapest and being charged 50 euros for not having our head lights on at 2 in the afternoon, and the lorry driving becomes crazy once you cross over the border into Romanian. The Event its self is big and every one turns out to see it and it is on the national TV and radio (crews running a round doing interviews etc), lots of very well kitted out truck were waiting on the start line from all over Europe. Our First day was a long one, started at 3pm and finished at 3:30am and was only 60 ish km. The Big'en was just not at home on this type of event, apart from being too wide to fit between the trees or in some cases the track, it had some cooling issues where it was using lots of revs to try and keep up. In the end at 3am we let it hanging from a tree with a dead battery with only 1km left to go.. The next day was spend recovering the Big'en which took 6 hours to get it the last km back to camp. That evening at camp met up with Dom (the crazy frog) whos team mate was now also out due to axle failure. We were allowed to carry on as a new team but with not points and were not allowed to over take other teams still competing. so day 3 we started at the back and had a good laugh but the going was slow as we had to wait for the teams in front. one 350meter winch climb took us over 2 hours to do While waiting at the bottom of yet another winch hill Dom's truck developed some fueling issues so we called it a day and head off the mountains to find a beer and then on to camp. most of the guys that completed that days road book didn't get into camp until 1 or 2 in the morning.... That afternoon Dom learned one of his countrymen had had a nasty accident with his hand and winch rope so he rush off to help as a translator. so that was it for my event. from what little i did see, the routes were demanding and technical, weather constantly changing mean that team in front of you could drive a section which you would have to winch due to the constant thunder storms. Going back for sure... with some better nav equipment, much longer winch ropes and a support/tow car with aircon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 a few more images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3DPE Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 we return from the tat! some amazing pictures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Nick Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 "Luv it's just a week away with the lads off roading" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_wingnut Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 noice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 only 4 photos??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3DPE Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 only 4 photos??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3DPE Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 A few more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon_s Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I may have missed it, but how did the Challenger boy's get on in the placings in the end???? Nice pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lee90* Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 only 4 photos??? There was a few more than 4 took more like 400 BUT probably only 4 landrovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Nick Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Think the Challenger lads came 6th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Well we all like dirty pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Think the Challenger lads came 6th Yes thats what its looks like clicky results well done guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bok Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Team Challenger at 3.08 . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl2j7pF_ohU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jge63tvEhiE Grtz for Belgium Peter en Nicole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bok Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Trailer grtz P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyzeus Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Nice well made short vid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliholic Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 And those four blokes at the end look familiar!! Cant wait for the full length DVD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon_s Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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