Midnight battles on new terrains near Drawsko
Day 3 of Rallye Breslau 2023 was marked by the legendary night stage, after the caravan of the race moved to the second camp in Drawsko Pomorskie. There was another separation between the lighter machines and the bigger in the CC class, and the EX drove almost the same 80 kms route, but with some big challenges like mud holes and deep river crossings.
Nerimantas Jucius (Beta) managed to be the best in the midnight battle among the bikes. The pilot from Lithuania finished 2:47 minutes in front of Bas Eikelenboom (Husqvarna) from Nederland. Daily top 3 was completed by another Dutchman - Ties Hellegers (Husqvarna), who made it to the finish with some 3 minutes and a half difference from the winner.
A quadruple daily (or nightly) triumph in the ATV class, where pilots from Polaris Polska Racing team took the best times. Fastest was Marcin Wilkolek, followed by Ireneusz Ostafin some 3 minutes behind. With almost four minutes after the winner, third place went to Rafal Jawien and the 4th was for Adam Krysiak with almost 6 minutes passive to Wilkolek.
Piotar Urbaniak (Toyota) took the stage victory in the Car Cross-Country class. The driver from Poland made it with the best time in the dark, clinched 3:41 minutes advance from Antoine Idelot (Bowler) from France. Henri Ulke (Nissan) from Germany finished third, with 5 minutes and a half passive to the winner.
Ulius Adomavicius (Can-Am) won the Lithuanian duel in the SSV class. He beat his teammate from Metruna M-Sport Tomas Zaleckas (Can-Am) with almost 5 minutes in the night stage. Third for the day (or rather – the night) was Michiel Becx (Arcane T3), loosing some 12 minutes from the winner.
Antoine Reul scored it’s second victory in the brand new Ultra4 class of Rallye Breslau. The Belgium beat the legendary extreme pilot Jim Marsden from UK with almost 5 minutes. Third for the stage was Bartosz Puchowski from Poland, with over 11 minutes passive.
In the “very Dutch” class of the cross-country trucks, Hugo Kupper (DAF) brought his behemoth to the finish with the best time. Second place for Hans Van Geest (Mercedes. +6:36 min.) and third for Richard De Groot (Iveco) 11 and a half minutes late.
Whether it is day or night, Hardo Mere (HM7 Proto) is the best in the Extreme car class. He was from three Estonian pilots, occupying the stage podium, beating his compatriots Rainer Rueuetli and Rait Maendla with respectively 8 and 21 minutes.
Steffen Braun (Unimog) from Germany was the fastest in the small EX truck class, as his compatriot Oliver Leyh (MAN KAT) took the stage win among the big trucks in the Extreme category.
Day 4 of Rallye Breslau 2023 will bring the first, but complete taste of what the Drawsko polygon can offer. There are 190 kilometers in the menu, with forest-shrouded roads, tank tracks, sandy highways and, for the Extremes, mud and water will welcome the competitors.
Source RBI / Breslau Rally
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