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This is the single-news section of the
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UAE Desert Challenge: Marriage romance in the Team Saluki.
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The British-Dubaian Team Saluki started yesterday in 30th place due to the incurred time penalties after the problems on Tuesday. The start was delayed due to the fog and instead of the scheduled start time of 8:27 Saluki is finally let loose at 11:27 into the heat of the day. Marc Powell and Tim Ansell arrived at a remote PC1 flying through as the 21st vehicle, the engine running perfectly due to the quality lubrications supplied by Castrol.
At PC2, the service area, the service team have been waiting for their arrival. The golden-black Saluki Land Rover flies through the PC point without even taking time out to congratulate the happy couple. Two members of the European support team, Tessa and Ard, got engaged yesterday morning enroute to the service point. On a top a sand dune Ard proposed to Tessa - who accepted his proposal of marriage. Then it was down to the serious business of getting to the service point. At least they got their priorities correct. The Team wish Tessa and Ard the very best for their future.
Back to the racing... The Saluki Land Rover came storming through PC2 in 20th position and headed out on a mission on the long stretch to PC3. The team headed for the finish at PC4 to welcome the Saluki back in force to the challenge. At the finish, the Land Rover came in 12th position with a time of 3h 23m 51s. An amazing drive and just goes to show how well the car is running.
Even in the extreme heat of the day due to the later start, the ne coloured Land Rover Defender of the Team is running cooler than previously due to the excellent cooling system provided by Serck Services. The day took it's toll on some of the other competitors inlcuding Ari Vatanen who visited the Saluki camp last night. Ari did not finish todays stage due to vehicle failure. At the end of the day, two happy occupants emerged from the Saluki, helped by Tim's dehydration problem not reoccuring.
2006/11/07 | 14:32 CET | Editor: UAE Live Team, Saluki
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