Day 16th of August, FEDERAL-FLEX Asia Cross Country Rally, It carried out by SS6 / 202.01km out of the SS in 51.15km of the total runs that goes from Pakse to around Pakse. Above notice that truck was stock on the road so the part of the race was cancel due to that. So the official made the decision to make the maximum completion for the 4WD to 6hours of the course due to the very bad muddy condition of the road.
Due to the official's changing in rally completion time. Team number #14 Satoshi TAKENO / Naoyuki YANAGAWA (KONYUDOU-KUN with Garage MONCHI KIZUNA MRS / SUZUKI Jimny SIERA) 2 cars went through the course within time line of 6 hours. Before the official changes total ranked in 5th place team number #14 Satoshi TAKENO / Naoyuki YANAGAWA (KONYUDOU-KUN with Garage MONCHI KIZUNA MRS / SUZUKI Jimny SIERA) became the 4th place and its good work even for the Jimny the small engine. Mr. Yanagawa said gdespise the ranking went from 5th to the 4th, I really didn't think of anything even thought our team didn't win. Beside I am very happy".
Also team number #7 Yoshiro ITO / Takeshi HIRAKA (Team TAGA meets NAIRAN / ISUZU D-MAX) the team was stock in the very deep mud 60km mark point an d been rescued and rescuing other made his team lost a lots of time, and when the team arrived back to the hotel around 4:30 in the morning of 16th August.
Also team number #12 Michihiro ASAI / Teen CHOU (Kenny Wen & Mitchy ASAI World Rally Team / ISUZU D-MAX) got stock like the car number #7 and been rescued and winched by the team number #7 Yoshiro ITO / Takeshi HIRAKA (Team TAGA meets NAIRAN / ISUZU D-MAX) after been pulled by the #7 they have discovered the tie rods and the break hose. Repaired by road and when the car number #12 reached the hotel at 4:30am on the 16th of August.
Despise the extreme weather of this year's FEDERAL –FLEX ASIA CROSS COUNTRY RALL the overall winner went to car number #15 Paitoon THAMMASIRIKUL / Thanyaphat MEENIL (SITTHIPHOL GROUP ISUZU BRIDGESTONE / ISUZU D-MAX). The overall ranked 2nd place went to team number #5 Wichai WATTANAWISUTH / Somkiat NOICHAD (ISUZU MAXXIS N MOTORSPORT / ISUZU D-MAX). The overall 3rd place winner went to team number #3 Vorapot BUNCHUAYLUE / Chupong CHAIWAN (SITTHIPHOL GROUP ISUZU BRIDGESTONE / ISUZU D-MAX) Thailand members went and took overall top 3 of the rally's ranks. About Japanese team's overall ranks were overall 4th is team number #14 Satoshi TAKENO / Naoyuki YANAGAWA (KONYUDOU-KUN with Garage MONCHI KIZUNA MRS / SUZUKI Jimny SIERA) and total overall rank 6th place team number #7 Yoshiro ITO / Takeshi HIRAKA (Team TAGA meets NAIRAN / ISUZU D-MAX).
LEG6 carries out only a finish ceremony by cancellation of SS6 after all in the stay hotel of PAKSE. Although SS of the final day was canceled, the players who were bright as for the expression of the players who finished yesterday's severe SS6, and participated from four nations, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, and Sweden, appreciated the basis of the sun upon which it shines down, and the finish in Laos.
AUTO Division
Overall 1st / class_T1D 1st
#15 Paitoon THAMMASIRIKUL / Thanyaphat MEENIL
(SITTHIPHOL GROUP ISUZU BRIDGESTONE / ISUZU D-MAX)
Overall 2nd / class_T1D 2nd
#5 Wichai WATTANAWISUTH / Somkiat NOICHAD
(ISUZU MAXXIS N MOTORSPORT / ISUZU D-MAX)
Overall 3rd / class_T1D 3rd
#3 Vorapot BUNCHUAYLUE / Chupong CHAIWAN
(SITTHIPHOL GROUP ISUZU BRIDGESTONE / ISUZU D-MAX)
Overall 4th / class_T1G 1st
#14 Satoshi TAKENO / Naoyuki YANAGAWA
(KONYUDOU-KUN with Garage MONCHI KIZUNA MRS / SUZUKI Jimny SIERA)
Overall 5th
#2 Chamnan ON-SRI / Cholanat PHOPIPAT
(Team Chamnan / MITSUBISHI TRITON)
Overall 6th / class_T2D 1st
#7 Yoshiro ITO / Takeshi HIRAKA
(Team TAGA meets NAIRAN / ISUZU D-MAX)
Overall 7th
#8 Wichawat CHOTIRAVEE / Thanachok SANSAWAT
(ISUZU YOKOHAMA PTT DYNAMIC / ISUZU D-MAX)
Overall 8th
#9 Bandit PANTHITA / Pairote PONGSAPAN
(Team Bandit / ISUZU D-MAX)
Overall 11th
#11 Takuma AOKI / Ittipon SIMARAKS / Kasuhiko SHINE
(D-MAX GEOLANDAR takuma-gp / ISUZU D-MAX)
Overall 12th
#11 Mana Pornsiricherd / Wutthichai TRITHARA / Tasanai RATTANAWISAYD
(TWO & FOUR MOTORSPORTS / MITSUBISHI TRITON)
Overall 13th / class_T1G 2nd
#17 Masahiro TERADA / Jia-Ying SHEN / Hiokazu SCMEMIYA
(FLEX FEDERAL SHOW AIKAWA Racing / TOYOTA FJ CRUISER)
Overall 14th
#16 Hiromi / Sadatoshi ANDO
(FLEX FEDERAL SHOW AIKAWA Racing / TOYOTA FJ CRUISER)
Overall 15th / class_T1G 3rd
#21 Osamu MAEBASHI / Eiji CHIBA
(CLUB AXIS / SUZUKI Jimny)
Overall 16th / class_T2D 3rd
#1 Nuttapon ANGRITTHANON / Kittisak KLINCHAN
(ISUZU MAXXIS N MOTORSPORT / ISUZU D-MAX)
Overall 17th / class_T1.3G 1st
#10 Takatsugu AOKI / Kenji ISHIDA
(TWO & FOUR MOTORSPORTS / MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER PHEV)
Overall 18th
#12 Michihiro ASAI / Teen CHOU
(Kenny Wen & Mitchy ASAI World Rally Team / ISUZU D-MAX)
Overall 19th / class_T1G 3rd
#18 Masatoshi KONISHI / Masahiro OFUJI
(TEAM MANTE / ISUZU D-MAX)
Moto Division
As for the Moto Cross Division FEDERAL –FLEX ASIA CROSS COUNTRY RALL the overall winner went to team number #114 Sumaetee TRAKULCHAI (AP HONDA / HONDA CRF250L) from Thailand. The overall 2nd place winner went to team number #107 Olle OHLSSON (Rally Raid Sweden Team KTM Scandinavia / KTM 450EXC SixDays) and the third place winner went to also team number from Sweden #108 Magnus OSTERBERG (Rally Raid Sweden Team KTM Scandinavia / KTM 450EXC SixDays) took 3rd place in first competing.
As for the Japanese rider, overall 4th place winner went to team number #102 Hideyuki FUKUOKA (Team Japan / HONDA CRF450X) and the winner of overall 5th place team number #105 Tadao EZURE (Team Japan [mcc EZURE] / YAMAHA WR450). The rider who won the victory was of the rider from Honda works, the riderfrom Sweden, and Japan are players with abundant experience of rallying and races, and are the forms of riders who can cope with the road surface which was rich in the variety of yours truly the Asian Cross Country Rally, who handle the situation flexibly achieved higher rank winning. 1 st place #114 Sumaetee TRAKULCHAI (AP HONDA / HONDA CRF250L) from Thailand.
1st #114 Sumaetee TRAKULCHAI (AP HONDA / HONDA CRF250L)
2nd #107 Olle OHLSSON (Rally Raid Sweden Team KTM Scandinavia / KTM 450EXC SixDays)
3rd #108 Magnus OSTERBERG (Rally Raid Sweden Team KTM Scandinavia / KTM 450EXC SixDays)
4th #102 Hideyuki FUKUOKA (Team Japan / HONDA CRF450X)
5th #105 Tadao EZURE (Team Japan [mcc EZURE] / YAMAHA WR450)
6th #101 Manoch ABDULLKALEE (AP HONDA / HONDA CRF250L)
7th #104 Jesadang CHOTANA (AP HONDA / HONDA CB500X)
8th #119 Tawee NAENNAR (Team Thailand / YAMAHA WR450F)
9th #117 Shinichi YAMADA (Team Japan [STEHANY Racing] / YAMAHA WR450F)
10th #120 Prakob CHAWTALE (Team Thailand / YAMAHA WR450F)
11th #115 Kazuhiro TANAKA (Team Japan [Adrenaline Boosters] / SUZUKI DR-Z400S)
13th #110 Susumu ISHII (Team Japan [PROTECH SPORTS] / HUSQVANA TE250)
14th #116 Taketoshi KAJINO (Team Japan [STEHANY Racing] / HUSABERG TE250)
NEXT Rally will be held in Phnom Penh the Rally official will be making the course route with more rich in variety
*As for commendation ceremony to the NEXT
