Today AUG12 LEG 3
Since the 9th when the FEDERAL-FLEX ASIA CROSS COUNTRY RALLY 2014 started today is the middle of the rally event. Today’s section is very exciting one because we are entering Cambodia crossing Thailand border.
At 6:30am from aranyaprathet as all everyone gather together and going toward the border and cross into the Cambodia Poipet. Today’s objective is to get to Siem Reap. Siem Reap is the part of the city of Angkor Wat, and also the stage for the LEG3 and SS3. This is the stage where the goal is located.
In the event of the moving out from Thailand, takes very much time, so the media, crew, team member, sponsors, organizers, rally cars, and rally bikes all cross the border enjoying the time off from the rally taking pictures at the border. As for the Japanese challengers all having a great experience going crossing the border. Because Japan has no border (Japan is Island technically).
When, we enter Cambodia the ambiance of the city changes very differently, so as the road condition will be very different as well. The road of the Cambodia is some constructed roads are there but most of the road condition is red sanded road. Which means that road will be having very dramatic characteristic depends on the weather condition. When it rains the road condition changing into a pool of mud, and the red san getting in to the treed of the tire, it is very hard to get the mud off and takes away the grips from the tire so makes it even harder to drive. Also the course has many wholes to avoid.
If you enter this wholes with high speed, you can’t avoid not damaging your vehicle everyone need caution of those sections. Also, the drivers from Thailand and Japanese driver has to be aware of the road directions. Thailand and Japan goes on the right side of the road but at Cambodia will goes to the left side of the road. Therefore, everyone has to get used to the situation during the rally. The drivers are saying it is very hard to get used to when passing other motorist or through the villages.
In the condition of the rally LEG 3 266.32km SS3 were 171.67km was held.
At this SS3 all through the course will be the high speed section, not going through the jungle, but going through some villages and one mishandling or one any mistakes will be disaster. The challengers are worrying about the time lost or making up the lost time by going fast, the challenger must maintain their “A GAME” going through the course of SS3.
In the course of the rally, the bikes and cars are having tough challenges, and made it through.
The result of the SS3 bike division the first place went to #107 Yoshio IKEMACHI time was 1hour and 29min 05sec, despise the accident of engine failure yesterday but he pick up the lost time and became first. Second place goes to #116 Chea LYKHEANG time was 4min and 31sec behind 1hour and 33min 36sec. The Third place went to #118 Koun PHANDARA time was 1hour and 36min 08sec, 7min behind from the top. At until 5th places is 10min behind from to top rider. It is very noticeable that from the top 3 places and up to 5th places and the rest of the rider, how Mr. Ikemachi #107 made up his lost time even thought he was carrying engine trouble.
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As for the result for 4WD
First place goes to 、#1 Paitoon THAMMASIRIKUL / Thanyapat MEENILL Team time was 1hour and 23min 01sec. The Second place went to #11 Muttapon ANGRITTHANON / Somklat / NOICHAD Team time was tie of 1hour and 23min 01sec. The Third place went to #6 Chamnan ON-SRI / Chonlanat PHOPIPAT・Chakkaphop thepyuhin Team time was 7min and 56sec behind 1hour and 30min 57sec. The Japanese top place is total over all 4th place #4 Takuma AOKI / lttipon asimaraks / Katsuhiko SHIINE Team took 4th with time of 10min and 23sec behind 1hour and 33min 24sec and finished SS3.
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Since the start of the rally from LEG 1 to LEG 3 the overall first place went to #107 Yoshio IKEMACHI time of 5hours and 34min 18 sec. The 2nd place went to #110 Keisuke MAEDA total time 5hours and 7min 37sec. The Third place went to #102 Tadao EZURE total time of 5hours and 447min 58 sec. The time differences from the first place to the last place are13min and 40sec.
The 4WD total overall result and first place went to #11 Muttapon ANGRITTHANON / Somklat / NOICHAD Team time of 6hours and 31min 22sec. The Second place went to #1 Paitoon THAMMASIRIKUL / Thanyapat MEENILL Team time of 6hours and 37min 46sec. The Third place went to #8 Wichawat CHOTIRAVEE / Athikif SRIMONGKOL Team time of 7hours and 4min 29sec.
Japanese overall top is #4 Takuma AOKI / lttipon asimaraks / Katsuhiko SHIINE Team time of 7hours and 18min 31sec.
The attention goes to the #14 FLEX SHOW AIKAWA Racing HIROMI / Masami NAKATA / Kinya MIYAMOTO Team currently in a 14th place 1hours and 47min 19sec then finished the SS3 overall 15th place, also the #9 Takatsugu AOKI / Wuttichai THRITARA Team running a Mitsubishi Hybrid OUTLANDER finishing SS3 with the time of 1hours and 39min 10sec currently overall 11th place.
Up until today there is no single rain has fall, in the heated weather FEDERAL-FLEX ASIA CROSS COUNTRY RALLY 2014 has entered the final stages of the rally.
