MAE SOT - SUKHOTHAI 380.75 km
SS3 Tak - Sukhothai 181.35 km
Then the rally proceeded to the west side of Myanmar boarder cycling the down south side total distance ran 900km out of 2422km, LEG3 is the middle of the rally, and today rally run the East bound route.
The first half of the rally course was concentrated in the high valley, up and down, and curved road. But today, the rally is running toward the sun from the morning running through a flat land. When the participants came to the SS starting point, everyone saw was just miles of miles of white dusty flat land. Under the scorching sun, situation every time the rally car runs through the dusty land car raises the sandstorm. Also the marker on the map point out the river point, but there is no water to be seen. The condition of the road in AXCR changes at all time, and it is to be seen in an every event in AXCR.
So was it, LEG 3 was easier than the first half of the rally? But everyone didn’t think so, before the night each of the Riders and navigators were given a map to navigate, when the navigator looked over the map and notice that about few hundred meter and tenth of a meter will have the navigation section, therefore, it makes the navigators to be very busy navigating.
As we recalled, SS LEG3 where all the navigators to been asked about thoroughly preparing before entering LEG3 every 2, 3 years set by the AXCR, indeed this Leg3 had been the most difficult course to all the participants.
Especially, everyone had tough run at SS 80km point in the course. All the team had difficulty finding themselves where they are, and then try to return to where they came from but most of the team couldn’t find themselves in the map and been call lost, or can’t get back to the right tracks made it difficult.
Today, every team made a tough call of “Lost in position” while their lost on track, lost fuel, and couldn’t make it finish on time of 6 hours.
On this SS and since the rally began has the rule of 6 hour completion of its course regulation. The course regulation and rules are very tough on the competitors, and it also effecting on the place of ranks.
AUTO Class
1st #101 Nuttapon ANGRITTHANON (THA) / Peerapong SOMBUTWONG (THA)
2nd #110 Kenjiro SHINOZUKA (JPN) / Eiji CHIBA (JPN)
3rd #122 Songyos THEINTHONG (THA) / Sombut NOICHAN (THA)
MOTO Class
1st #42 Jakkrit CHAWTALE (THA)
2nd #2 Koun PHANDARA (CAM)
3rd #14 Manoch ABDULKAREE (THA)
