Hello again,
With the 14:30 ferry at Saturday afternoon to Tallinn. On board we had Ronald together with his camera and hopefully he succeeded in taking his pictures ;-). We stayed for both nights at a holiday resort in Aegviidu, 16 km from the race track. A very nice little village and our accommodation there was very good value for money. We tried to locate the track in the evening but didn't succeed.
The next morning we met an Estonian sidecar team also searching for the track and a local resident helped us out. The track was soft sand with tons of grip. The short stroked Husaberg engine wasn't the best choice but we do not have anything else anyhow. Training was so so and Mikael wasn't satisfied. 14 teams had found their way to the event and only one line behind the gate. When the gate dropped for the first heat we crossed the starting field from behind to the inside corner. We almost made it but a team got stuck for a moment behind a pile of tires at the inside of the corner. The race itself was without brilliant highlights. Once the engine almost stalled and once we almost got of the track. Last was probably caused by the too soft rear suspension. We ended up as twelfth.
For the second heat we repeated our start trick and had a good battle for 5-6 laps with 2 Estonian teams. 3 times we almost could make the pass but the engine wasn't strong enough to finalize it. After 6 laps my energy faded and we got passed by the Estonian team that had been hunting us all the time when we were hunting the team in front of us. Maybe the double last weekend in Finland and next my trip to the Netherlands last week did start to feel. At the 11th place we crossed the finish line. Riding itself was going much better but I didn't last for the whole ride. We did almost the same lap times as in the training but the track was very rough in the second heat, not bad at all.
With the team of Aronen/Mantila, 8 and 7 with engine problems, we went back to Aegviidu where we had a relaxed evening at the terrace with a meal and some beer of course. Next weekend no time to relax, Estonian championship race in Türi and that means 25 minutes plus 2 laps.
Regards, Stephan
results (kv = sidecar)
Route Tallinn-Aegviidu-Aravete
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