Hoʻokomo ʻo Lounds i ka safari Australasian
He hapalua lā o ka holo ʻana i ke one ma waena o Craig Lounds a lanakila i kāna heihei ma waho o ke alanui. I nehinei, ua hoʻonui ka mea hoʻokele V8 Supercars i kona alakaʻi i kahi hola ma ka wāwae penultimate o kahi safari Australia ma Western Australia.
"He lā nui ko mākou," wahi āna. “Peia kaʻu i manaʻo ai i ka safari; nā alanui ākea a wikiwiki hoʻi ma waena o ka ululāʻau.
I kēia lā, ʻo Lounds a me ka mea hoʻokele kaʻa ʻo Kees Veel o ke Gold Coast e hoʻokūkū nei i ʻelua mau pae paʻakikī ma ke kahakai kahakai kokoke iā Esperanza ma ko lākou Holden Colorado. "Hoʻokahi wale nō lā i koe, akā ma waho o ka ʻāpana mua, he pōhaku, he one wale nō," wahi a Lounds.
"He ʻekolu kā mākou wahi liʻiliʻi a pono mākou e hoʻoponopono pololei a mālama i ka wikiwiki. E hele mua nā kaʻa a kau i kahi papa paʻakikī a manaʻo wau ʻo mākou nā kaʻa mua no laila ʻo ka hoʻokele ka mea nui o ka lā ʻapōpō.
“Ua nalowale mākou a loaʻa ko mākou ala hoʻi ma mua. He akamai loa o Kes i keia; ʻO kēia kāna Safari 13." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lowndes ʻaʻole ʻo ia i noʻonoʻo pehea e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka lanakila o ka lā ʻapōpō.
"E hoʻolauleʻa mākou iā ia ma ka hoʻi ʻana i ka mokulele a noʻonoʻo iā Bathurst," wahi āna. Ua ukali ʻia ʻo Lounds a me Veal e nā Victorians Darren Green a me Wayne Smith i kā lākou Nissan Patrol, a ʻo Bruce Garland lāua ʻo Harry Suzuki i kā lākou Isuzu D-Max, ke kaʻa hoʻokele diesel mua.
Ua hoʻololi ke kauoha i nehinei ma ka ʻāpana kaʻa i ka wā i huki ai ka mea hoʻokele kolu ʻo Rod Faggotter o Longreach mai ka heihei ma hope o ka haki ʻana o ka wāwae mua i kona manamana wāwae i ka hāʻule i ka lā ma mua.
Haʻalele kēia i ka mea holo ʻekolu o ka KTM me ka mea holo ʻo Bathurst ʻo Ben Grabham e hele ana i kāna lanakila ʻekolu. Ua ukali ʻia ʻo ia e Todd Smith mai Condobolin, New South Wales a me Matthew Fish mai Kineton, Victoria.
HANA
Pos Veh Crew Vehicle Cat/ SS15 SS16 SS17 SS18 Pen Huina ʻAʻohe Papa
1 100 LOWNDES - WEEL 2003 Holden Colorado A5.2 25:00 03:06 02:57 24:38 30:54:59
2 122 GREEN - SMITH 1999 nissan Patrol A2.2 30:12 03:31 03:18 27:47 32:11:38
3 102 GARLAND - SUZUKI 2010 Isuzu DMAX A5.4 23:36 02:55 02:58 23:33 32:42:42
4 105 TURLI - TILLET 1996 Nissan Patrol A5.3 25:16 04:48 02:58 25:46 33:41:13
5 101 STREAM - VAN CANN 1992 Mitsubishi Pajero A5.1 27:07 05:35 03:53 30:24 34:35:46
6 177 DI LALLO — MASI 1999 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution A1.1 30:11 03:43 03:18 31:48 38:18:38
7 106 MALDRUE - ERL 2004 Mitsubishi Pajero A1.2 31:47 03:40 03:32 36:31 39:02:37
8 112 MUIR - UOKER 1998 Mitsubishi Pajero EVO A1.1 39:44 03:42 03:17 31:26 41:52:17
9 110 KNOWLES — VILLANOVA 2008 Hummer H2 SUT A5.2 25:11 03:55 03:01 29:30 43:30:59 10 109 WALKDEN — LONG 1998 Mitsubishi Pajero EVO A2.1 28:13 03:18 03:17 27:21 43:35:31
11 137 YUAN DE - TAIGUAN 2005 Kuang Qi Chang Feng CFA2 T2.1 47:15 03:42 03:39 34:37 45:09:39
12 103 BREDL - BREDL 2000 Mitsubishi Pajero A0.2 01:01:44 05:00 04:54 MCf 01:30:00 45:44:51
13 115 OWEN - CAIRNS 2004 NISSAN GU PATROL A5.3 27:39 03:03 03:03 26:05 47:35:02
14 127 OPIO - MCBEAN 2002 Mitsubishi Pajero A1.5 52:14 03:48 03:31 32:41 47:41:33
15 136 WEI YU - MIN 2005 Guan Qi Chang Feng CFA2 T1.2 44:46 03:25 03:19 25:54 47:59:11
104 HARRINGTON - HARRINGTON 2007 Nissan Patrol A5.3 24:45 03:01 03:03 DNF DNF
107 DENHAM — DENHAM 2003 Mitsubishi Triton A5.2 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
108 OLHOLM - DOB 2004 Mitsubishi NM Pajero A5.2 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
111 DUNN — DUNN 1998 Nissan GU A5.3 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
113 WATMAN — WATMAN 1998 Mitsubishi Pajero EVO A1.1 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
129 QUINN — FEAVER 1995 Mitsubishi Pajero A5.2 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
142 HOFFMANN, Glenn 2010 Dirt-Buggies Superlite A4.4 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 150 PINSON — DENBRINKER 2002 Ford ba rtv A3.4 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
155 MONKHOUSE — MONKHOUSE 2006 suzuki vitara A5.1 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
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