Sertões: NWM/X Rally Team show their wild horses

26.aug - Day THREE -Catalão (GO)/PARACATU (MG)
Liason: 22,2 km
Stage: 209,86 km
Final liason: 128,39 km
Total: 360,45 km

Less than 7.5 minutes split the top-4 cars in the T1 FIA class of Brazil’s Rally dos Sertões. This Tuesday the competitors faced a 209 km stage, in a total of 360 kilometers from Catalão (in Goiás state) to the bivouac located in Paracatu, already in Minas Gerais state.

Once again, the NWM Ford Rangers 4x4 brought by the Baumgart brothers’ X Rally Team showed a staggering pace, closing the gap heading the lead of the seven-stage competition, and reaching the top speed of 179 kph in the Ford 5-litre V8 engine. Ford Ranger #316, with Cristian Baumgart/Beco Andreotti were second, just 1min18secs behind Toyota’s Reinaldo Varela/Gustavo Gugelmin. Mitsubishi’s Guilherme Spinelli/Youssef Haddad, who won yesterday’s stage, were third, 40 seconds from the #316.

The NWM/X Rally car #303 reached fourth position once more with Marcos Baumgart/Kleber Cincea - 1min16secs behind Spinelli. The quartet shows a close competition, and the gap between the top-4 cars is only 7min28secs after three stages and 836 kilometers run.

Tomorrow they move another 585 kilometers from Paracatu to São Francisco, with a 364 km stage, the longest of the Sertões so far and the one before the marathon stage.

QUOTES

P2: Cristian Baumgart, NWM Ford Ranger 4x4, #316:
"It have to tell, it was a crazy race today. The design of the track allowed the drivers to see each other several times during the stage, so we could see how we were going. Is was a little bit out of Sertões standards, but it was good fun, especially in the final kilometers, when we’ve reached a good top speed. We’ve got two long days ahead of us".

P3: Marcos Baumgart, NWM Ford Ranger 4x4, #303:
"One more day, one day less to go. Our goal is to grow more and more in this rally, and we could already feel some evolution. Tomorrow is another day and we want to get closer to our competitors. The thing is: this car is resistant, tough, and I think if I was with any other car today we would be out of the race, because I hit a hole in the stage and absolutely nothing happened to the car. It’s unbelievable".

27.aug - Day FOUR - Paracatu (MG)/São Francisco (MG)
Liason: 135,24 km
Stage: 363,85 km
Final Liason: 86,21 km
Total: 585,3 km


Day THREE results (class T1 FIA)
1-) Reinaldo Varela/Gustavo Gugelmin (Toyota Hilux) - 2h34min29s
2-) Cristian Baumgart/Beco Andreotti (Ford Ranger) - 2h35min48s (-1min18s)
3-) Guilherme Spinelli/Youssef Haddad (Mitsubishi ASX) - 2h36min30s (-2min01s)
4-) Marcos Baumgart/Kleber Cincea (Ford Ranger) - 2h37min47s (-3min17s)

OVERALL (T1 FIA):
1-) Guilherme Spinelli/Youssef Haddad (Mitsubishi ASX) - 5h17min16s
2-) Cristian Baumgart/Beco Andreotti (Ford Ranger) - 5h20min03s (-2min47s)
3-) Marcos Baumgart/Kleber Cincea (Ford Ranger) - 5h20min42s (-3min26s)
4-) Reinaldo Varela/Gustavo Gugelmin (Toyota Hilux) - 5h24min45s (-7min28s)

To download more X Rally Team/NWM pictures:
Car #303 e
Car #316
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