The Swede,, 5000 kilometer adventure rally

kenshiro · Post by **kenshiro** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:08 am

Info from the staff of the event,,

Saturday February 12th Stockholm - 14 °C

Start at “Gärdet”, Stockholm in lovely sunshine. The participants left for the longest part during the whole rally, almost 1000 km. It was easy at the beginning but between Uppsala and Gävle it became more difficult because the participants had to walk in deep snow to find the controls. Then followed a long part of transportation, about 400 km before they had to turn a bit west. They drove on narrow, snowy and winding roads through forests in the darkness just to find controls. It started even to snow so it was not that easy.
One of the controls was placed on a small mountain top. Just a few of the participants could reach it.
Many hours and lots of controls later the last car arrived at “Pite Havsbad” at 6 o´clock in the morning.
After the first day “Team Up and Under” from England and “Team Energi på Väg” from Sweden are sharing the first place.

Sunday February 13th Piteå - 28 °C

Start at ”Pite Havsbad” in lovely weather. Some of the participants just got a couple of hours sleep. The day started with some geochallenges just outside Piteå. They could not be reached by car because of too much snow. There were many people walking in snow for several hundreds of meters and even kilometers!
Then the race continued towards Pajala and before the end of the day some got stuck in the snow and some ran into a ditch. Fortunately nobody was hurt. One team has quit the rally because the vehicle was broken.

Monday February 14th Pajala - 32 °C

A cold clear morning in Pajala. Two cars were left in Pajala by start because of mechanical problems, probably caused by the cold! We think they will join us later today or tomorrow. Today´s stage was a lot of highway driving through a beautiful winter landscape in northern Finland and later Norway where you among other things could see the weather phenomena “Halo” which means three suns, a phenomena that happens when the sun shines through clouds consisted of ice crystals.
Some driving through forests with lots of snow for the bravest with a different result. Some cars got stuck in the snow and one car ran into a ditch again. Fortunately, nobody was hurt.

Tuesday February 15th Alta - 21 °C

Start from Alta. A couple of cars had to stay in Alta for maintenance. The main part of the stage today followed the coast of the Arctic Ocean. It was a long stage but beautiful. We’ve passed Karasjok today. Yesterday, they had -41 °C and the forecast for today sad - 38 °C but when we passed it was ”only” - 32 °C…One team has got problem with there rear axle and they were towed to a workshop. Hopefully, they will join us later in Finland. Two teams are still stuck in Pajala, so tomorrow only 7 teams will start from Kirkenes. After the todays stage, Team Energi På Väg from Sweden is in lead.

Wednesday February 16th Kirkenes - 20 °C

Start from Kirkenes. Only 7 teams on the start line. One team has quit the race due to engine problems. The participants went south towards Finland and drove through the wilderness where the only living beings seems to be the reindeers. In Kemijärvi, after a thrilling final due to a time limit, we met Team Rallyeladies again. They have been in Pajala and done some repairs on their car. We hope that Team Pattom will join us tonight after their mechanical problems in Alta. In that case, we will be 9 teams on the start line tomorrow.

Thursday February 17th Kemijärvi - 36 °C

This morning, some geochallenges were taken out of competition due to the extrem cold. The temperature was between -35 °C and -40 °C in some places we passed during the morning. A couple of cars had start problem but after a while they could continue. The todays stage went from Kemijärv towards Oulu to the coast. The participants passed the probably longest ice road in Gulf of Botnia, 8 km long on the sea to the island Hailuoto. A fantastic experience! The route continued towards Kajaani with tricky navigation on small roads in the forest.

Team Jeep Club Latvia have unfortunately decided to quit the race due to engine problems. Good news is that Team Pattom has fixed their rear axle in Alta and planning to join us in Stockholm on Sunday. After the todays stage Team Up and Under from England is in lead.

Friday February 18th Kajaani - 33 °C

Another cold and clear day. We have had sunny and clear weather since day one. Such a nice weather during so many days and such a distance we will probably never experience again. Unbelievable! Of course, the high pressure has pressed down the temperature to almost -40 °C sometimes, but despite that both people and cars have done it very well. Only one car has quit with mechanical problems due to the cold.

The todays stage went from Kajaani to Tampere. The teams drove on small snowy roads between thousand lakes who is caracteristic for this part of Finland. We have now left the wilderness and passing trough more populated areas, but the snow combinated with the beautiful weather still does it to a great experience. A transport stage was included in the middle. Tomorrow, the participants do the last stage in Finland before the ferry sail away to Stockholm.

Saturday February 19th Tampere - 21 °C

The last stage in Finland. Still cold and snowy but the temperature is going up. A few geochallenges before the ferry leavs towards Stockholm at 21:00 tonight.

Sunday February 20th Stockholm -8 °C

Finish in Stockholm! After a short stage in Stockholm, the participants crossed the finish line in a beautiful sunny weather after 5000km.

1st place Team Up and Under Andy and Lorna Fewtrell England Volvo XC70

2nd place Team Energi På Väg (TOK) Tomas Sundquist and Peter Knutsson Sweden Chevrolet Colorado

3rd place Team Underdog Motorsports Linus Beimo and Helena Karlsson Sweden Subaru

spike · Post by **spike** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:42 am

what wheels are you running?
it might be hidden in this post but i cant seem to find them, did you modify the rims or hubs to fit them??

kenshiro · Post by **kenshiro** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:24 pm

enzo bee, and spacers to change bolt pattern..

spike wrote:what wheels are you running?
it might be hidden in this post but i cant seem to find them, did you modify the rims or hubs to fit them??

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:40 pm

Congratulations me boy! Go the Brumby! I'm very happy for your result.

spike · Post by **spike** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:38 am

ahh ok yeah that was my next option

Apart from the nissan badge they look good.
It was interesting to see all the other competion and how well the brumby did agaist them

1111giles · Post by **1111giles** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:32 am

Great Result Linus ! The Subaru has done you proud, and you have obviously worked well to finish in a podium position !

Well done !:mrgreen:

ps I would have been happy for Sweden to beat England if it had meant a Subaru Victory !

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:53 am

Wow congratulations Linus , that's a great result , fantastic photos on your website really beautiful scenery , go the underdog !

kenshiro · Post by **kenshiro** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:57 pm

Thanks everybody,,, love the subaru.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:45 pm

congratulations!

This is one of the coolest pictures of a Subaru I have ever seen:

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:46 pm

Congratulations on a job well done. Fantastic scenery

kenshiro · Post by **kenshiro** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:00 am

Thanks guys..Cleaning out my garage to make some space for the new project..