Last stage was opportunity to some changes in the order. Track was not hard. It was combination of everything except deep mud. Navigation and ability to navigation was the prime tasks. To cool a heads last 200m was swimming in the river Glina. On the end it was lot of fun and happiness. One more Croatia Trophy is over. When is the next one …. ?

Almost the end, and the willing to win is stronger than ever. Every new day is a nightmare for service teams. It is more and more harder to keep a vehicles in shape. There are many of them out of race. Today was canyons and whincing day.

Long stage. 72 km but not so hard configuration. Mostly was based on navigation. It was one bigger water crossing and few not so big. This was not a reason for to escape a swimming. Some parts of river looking easy but some of participants finish in very deep water.

Hard time. Long and hard stage. Everyone become suspicious when Igor sad – put the lights on. And he had right. Early evening and the most competitors was still on the track. Because of that it is clear that the last vehicle will be in the camp in the early morning. More than 12 hours on the  track – that is HARD. But off course, the fastest one was in camp about 15h.

This year we have a new circle stage. Competitor’s has to drive 12 circuits and they are obligated to change a 2tires from front to back and again back to front. Winner is the fastest team. It look as a nice and easy but from round to round the track was destroyed more and more.

This year we started one hour earlier because night before the last vehicle came to camp in 2 am . We started at 23 pm. Moonlight was the only light on the road- But the teams knew what they must do. The track was not so heavy if it is possible to say something like this for driving tin the forest in the middle of the night.

Trophy day was interesting as always. Four tasks for all teams. Water hole, winching and “slalom”, rope bridge, and on the end - one short and fast task. It was all kinds of stiles and ideas how to finish  this tasks. In the meantime the surrounding was more and more crowded with people. And of course – weather was perfect.

Beginning of real competition. From this day there is no room for mistakes. The drivers and co drivers had a really hard time. It was a lot off mud holes, upwhinching and on the end we sow a canyon with little water but the configuration was bad. Some rocks  become problem and the vehicles must drive on the left door . Obviously the stage was HARD because at 22h there was still 4 vehicles in the wood.  The first one was in camp at 15h. Results list will bee late.

Something totally different. Nice weather lot of happy participants and not so hard track was ideal base for a goooood day. Prolog task was  - trough mud – up winching (or not) down winching(or not) trough the creek and max. power to finish line. That was first time that we sow a vehicles on the road. It will be VERY interesting.
Photos - video - ranking

Rainy day. Raining. Lot of water. Raining. Sunshi.... no, raining again. That was the story. We were late with checking the cars because of rain. It was impossible to put stickers on the car, and we finish  just 30 vehicles’. But we saw few new interesting vehicles’. Some are with new engine, some with new co driver, some with new dog ( ordinary dog ). But they are all prepared to be the best. Tomorrow is a new day and we will see first results on the prolog.
Click on green mark video for a little video clip. Or check startlist.