russian runner Anastasia Nifontova told that she was unable to complete the second stage of the Silk Way rally raid due to numerous all-terrain vehicle breakdowns.
The second stage of the race took place in Astrakhan. The finish of the rally will take place on July 16 in Moscow.
– First, the gimbal fork broke. We removed the front part of the gimbal, went to the rear wheel drive. After 10 miles the wheel drive failed and we ended up on a drive wheel. Decided to stop and rearrange the drive from front to back. Removing the drive is not a quick undertaking, we fiddled around for a long time and unfortunately the drive got stuck inside the gearbox and we didn’t have a special puller with us. As soon as we tried to remove it, we couldn’t. I also took out the CV joint…
As a result, we decided to saw off, choke and stick with one wheel. Everything took a long time, it was hard for us in the heat. We understood that we were out of time and drove on the asphalt to the finish line. 13 minutes was not enough to fit in the control time, so we collected all possible fines,” Nifontova told .
Source : MatchTV
