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HEDERICS &
CALDICOTT WINS
- John Hederics driving
Nissan Patrol led every leg of the Safari.
- Andy
Caldecott (KTM) won his 4th consecutive Australian Safari.
After a disasterous start on Day 1 when he lost 20 minutes, he overtook
Paul Sinderberry for overall lead after Day 6.
- CALDICOTT: "
.. It was really tight going this morning around Bathurst, and around
the back of the hill the wind was really strong. It blew me and the
bike off line at one stage which sent us off the track, and down a sheer
drop over the side of a ridge. I lost a little time getting myself and
KTM out of that predicament but eventually got going again and was able
to hold it together for the run to the line. It just goes to show how
strong these KTM machines are, my 660 has really taken a heavy battering
this week .."
FINAL
WINNERS :
- AUTO: John
Hederics, Nissan Patrol
- MOTO: Andy
Caldecott, KTM
2003
AUSTRALIAN SAFARI (AUG
23 - 31, 2003)
- 2400 km over 8
days
- Route covers: Bathurst
- Narromine - Bourke - White Cliffs - Broken Hill - Balranald - Condobolin
- Bathurst.
- 4th round of FIM
Cross Country Rallies World Championship
- Organiser: Octagon
- Drivers include
the new Holden Rodeo team:
- Peter Brock/Anne
Gigney - Holden Rodeo
- Nathan Pretty/Jon
Thomson - Holden Rodeo
- Geoff Portman/Ross
Runnalls -Holden Rodeo
SUNDAY &
MONDAY STAGES CANCELLED
- torrential rain
has forced cancellation of Day 2 and 3
CALDECOTT
AIMING FOR 4TH WIN IN A ROW
QUOTE CALDECOTT after his win last year: "
.. This year was the most satisfying of my three Safari wins, mainly
because the field was top-quality .....The course was tighter this year
and there was more emphasis on navigation ... My tactics were to ride
flat-out the first few days and we pulled a gap on the others, and then
I took things carefully toward the finish to protect my position ..
"
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AUTO
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AUTO
RESULTS: OVERALL
FINAL,
DAY 8 : SAT AUG 30, 2003;
Mudgee - Bathurst
- 1 John Hederics/Williams,
Nissan Patrol, 18hr 15m 52s
- 2 Peter Brock/Gigney,
Holden Rodeo +27m 45s
- 3 Geoff Portman/Runnalls,
Holden Rodeo +39m 55s
- 4 Conner/Conner,
Nissan
- 5 Brown/Schultz,
Holden
- 6 Owen/Cairns,
Nissan
- 7 Jones 8 Nitschke
9 Pretty 10 Lockhart 11 Glennie 12 Land 13 Riley
DAY
7: FRI AUG 29, 2003;
Condobolin - Mudgee
- 1 John Hederics,
Nissan Patrol
- 2 Peter Brock,
Holden Rodeo +25m 6s
- 3 Geoff Portman,
Holden Rodeo +38m 11s
- 4 Conner/Nissan
5 Brown/Holden 6 Pretty/Holden 7 Owen 8 Jones 9 Glennie 10 Nitschke
DAY
6: THU AUG 28, 2003;
Balranald - Condobolin (760 km)
- 1 John Hederics,
Nissan Patrol
- 2 Peter Brock,
Holden Rodeo +30m 32s
- 3 Terry Conner's
Nissan GQ Patrol +32m 23
- 4 Portman/Holden
5 Brown/Holden 6 Pretty/Holden 7 Riley 8 Owen
DAY
5: WED AUG 27, 2003;
Broken Hill - Balranald (782 km) ** longest day **
- 1 John Hederics,
Nissan Patrol
- 2 Terry Conner's
Nissan GQ Patrol +25m
- 3 Peter Brock,
Holden Rodeo +28m 38s
- 4 Portman/Holden
Rodeo 5 Brown/Holden Frontera 6 Pretty/Holden Rodeo
DAY
4 : TUE AUG 26, 2003 ; White Cliffs
- Broken Hills (630 km)
- 1 John Hederics,
Nissan Patrol
- 2 Terry Conner's
Nissan GQ Patrol +20m
- 3 Portman - Runnalls,
2003 Holden Rodeo
- DNF: Craig Fletcher,
Holden Rodeo - crashed out
DAY
3: MON AUG 25, 2003; Bourke - White Cliffs
- **
cancelled due to heavy rain **
DAY
2: SUN AUG 24, 2003; Narromine - Bourke
- **
cancelled due to heavy rain **
DAY
1: SAT AUG 23, 2003; Bathurst - Narromine;
+ PROLOGUE,
Bathurst
- 1 Denham - Denham, 1998
Mitsubishi Evolution Pajero
- 2 Conner - Conner, 1995
Nissan GQ Patrol
- 3 Portman - Runnalls, 2003
Holden Rodeo
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MOTO
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MOTO
RESULTS: OVERALL
FINAL,
DAY 8 : SAT AUG 30, 2003;
Mudgee - Bathurst
- 1 Andy
Caldecott, KTM
660 Rallye, 16hr 44m 22s
- 2
Paul Sinderberry,
Honda XR650 +2m 58s
- 3 Andrew Coaker,
Honda XR650 +44m 43s
- 4 David Schwartz,
KTM EXC 450
- 5 Carlo De Gavardo,
KTM 450 Rallye
- 6 Stuart Morgan,
Yamaha WR 450
- 7 Cunningham 8
Wallace 9 Thompson 10 Hartley 11 Campbell 12 Simons
DAY
7: FRI AUG 29, 2003;
Condobolin - Mudgee
- 1 Andy Caldecott,
KTM
- 2
Paul Sinderberry,
Honda +4m 51s
- 3 Andrew Coaker,
Honda +45m 27s
- 4 Schwartz 5 De
Gavardo 6 Morgan 7 Cunningham 8 Thompson 9 Wallace 10 Campbell
DAY
6: THU AUG 28, 2003;
Balranald - Condobolin (760 km)
- 1 Andy Caldecott,
KTM
- 2
Paul Sinderberry,
Honda +5m 23s
- 3 Andrew Coaker,
Honda +38m
- 4 Schwartz 5 Morgan
6 De Gavardo 7 Channing 8 Cunningham 9 Thompson 10 Wallace
DAY
5: WED AUG 27, 2003;
Broken Hill - Balranald (782 km) ** longest day **
- 1 Paul Sinderberry,
Honda XR650
- 2 Andy Caldecott,
KTM 660 Rallye +4m 20s
- 3 Casey McCoy (US),
Yamaha WR 450 +24m
- 4 Coaker 5 Schwartz
6 Morgan
- CALDECOTT:"
.. It would have been easy to have given up, especially when 2 days
were cancelled, but I've won this event by over half an hour before
and there was no reason to think I couldn't make that ground up .."
DAY
4 : TUE AUG 26, 2003;
White Cliffs - Broken Hills (630 km)
- 1 Paul Sinderberry,
Honda
- 2 Casey McCoy (US),
Yamaha +7m
- 3 Andy Caldecott,
KTM +10m
- DNF: Steve Blackney
(UAE), KTM - carsh - pelvis injury
DAY
3: MON AUG 25, 2003; Bourke - White Cliffs
- **
cancelled due to heavy rain **
DAY
2: SUN AUG 24, 2003; Narromine - Bourke
- **
cancelled due to heavy rain **
DAY
1: SAT AUG 23, 2003; Bathurst - Narromine;
+ PROLOGUE,
Bathurst
- 1 Andrew Coaker,
Honda
- 2 Casey McCoy,
Yamaha
- 3 Sam MacLachlan,
Yamaha
- Andy Caldecott
has lost 20 minutes due to water trouble
" ... The river crossing was verging on the ridiculous, I made
it through okay but the KTM did suck a little water through the crossing,
not enough to drown the engine but enough to badly affect the carburation
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