The fourth and last round of the Icelandic Championship and the fifth round of the World Cup in Formula Off Road is at Hella in south Iceland. The competition starts as early as possible since the weather forecast looks ugly for the afternoon.
A total of 6 tracks that will be driven in each class. The first are up and down some steep sandbanks and the last two are timed courses with the river as the last one.
Leo Víðar Björnsson in Ironmaiden going down the first sandbank. This is probably more scary for the driver than how the viewers see it. The danger is in rolling over forward and the driver doesn't see what is in front.
Even though he finishes many tracks with a full house of points, Leo ends up in fifth place overall.
Bjarki Reynisson in the Animal in the Modified Street class gets second place in his class and 11th overall.
Daniel G. Ingimundarson in the Green Thunder.
Sigurður Þór Jónsson in the Troll does reasonably well in the first six tracks and is not far from the top. In the last timed track, the river, he breaks a steering drive belt and is unable to finish.
Eyjólfur Skúlason in the Leopard jumping through the end gate in one of the tracks...
...and giving the river a run over.
Geir Haug in Trollet.
Here Geir is getting prepared to tackle the river with a specially built "snorkel". Unfortunately he starts to slowly and drowns the engine.
Hans Mäki is driving Insane and does well until the fourth track.
Karl V. Jónsson in Frosty has problems in the first track and is not able to gain on the leaders.
Erlingur Klemenzson in the Raven has similar problems and could have done better in the timed tracks.
Same can be said about Gulli Helga in Magic Yellow, except he is unable to start the river track.
Gunnar Gunnarsson in the Clown. Gunnar gets a full house of points for the first four tracks.
In the 5th track, the first timed track, he is fourth...
...and he flies over the river with the winning time of 25:46 and wins the overall and Unlimited Class with ease. His time is almost 9 seconds faster than second place!
Ólafur B. Jónsson driving the Fox. Ólafur drives well and is the fastest in the first timed track...
...and the second fastest in the river track. He gets a well deserved second place.
Ragnar Róbertsson in his N1 Willys. He finishes way ahead of the other Modified Class vehicles.
Ingvar A. Arason is also competing in Ragnars Willys. He is trying out the truck so he drives only in the last three tracks.
Finn Erik Løberg in his RaceRunner has a fairly good chance of winning the World Cup in the Unlimited Class. He gets the third place today even after not finishing the river timed track.
Sigurjón Leifsson driving the Punisher is doing fine until the 5th track where he has some breakdowns and is unable to start in the last track.
Vignir Vignisson is driving Ragnar's other Willys. It has just been rebuilt with an engine overhaul and axle work.
The Hella Rescue Unit is the organizer for the event. They have some impressive equipment to "play" with. The big Unimog is sporting tires with the size markings of 475/80 R30 witch equals 60 inches in diameter!
Benedikt Eiríksson driving Ha gets the most cheering from the audience. After this jump in the river track his rear axle breaks and falls off along with the wheel and tire!
Still he continues to finish the track on only three wheels!
Unfortunately he misses the second gate and only gets 25 points for the track.
Christian Austad in 2 Eloaded is also competing in the Modified Street Class and gets third place.
Sofia Schollin-Borg in her Affe has the engine break down after the first track and is unable to continue today. Hopefully she can get the right spare for tomorrow.
The street legal class is developing nicely.
Steingrímur Bjarnason on his 1964 Jeep CJ 5 has his front right tire fall off the rim two times during the competition.
The Street legal trucks drive similar but slightly easier tracks than the open class vehicles. Here is Steingrímur in the river and even though he gives it plenty of gas is unable to get it to float.
Hlynur B. Sigðurðsson uses his 6 cylinders well and gets second place.
Páll Pálsson in his Jeep CJ 5 the clear winner of the Street Legal Class.
Páll Pálsson winner in the street legal class on the left in the center with second place Hlynur B. Sigurðsson in the center and third place Steingrimur Bjarnason on the right.
Ragnar Róbertsson winner in the modified street class in the center with second place Bjarki Reynisson on the left and third place Christian Austad on the right.
Ragnar also secures the Icelandic national championship title in the Modified Street Class for the season.
Gunnar Gunnarsson winner in the unlimited class in on the left with second place Olafur Bragi Jonsson on the left and third place Finn Erik Løberg on the right.
Gunnar also secures the Icelandic national championship title in the Unlimited Class for the season.
1. Gunnar Gunnarsson The Clown 2088 2. Ólafur Bragi Jónsson The Fox 1973 3. Ragnar Róbertsson N1 Willys 1892 4. Finn Erik Løberg RaceRunner 1765 5. Leó Viðar Björnsson Ironmaiden 1725 6. Benedikt Eiríksson Ha 1724 7. Sigurður Þór Jónsson The Troll 1684 8. Erlingur Reyr Klemenzon The Raven 1611 9. Karl V. Jónsson Frosti 1585 10. Bjarki Reynisson The Animal 1564 11. Guðlaugur S. Helgason Magic Yellow 1538 12. Hans Mäki Insane 1464 13. Sigurjón Leifsson The Punisher 1145 14. Vignir R. Vignisson N1 Willys 1082 15. Eyjólfur Skúlason The Leopard 985 16. Daníel G. Ingimundarson Green Thunder 940 17. Geir Haug Trollet 768 11. Christian Austad 2 Eloaded 690 18. Ingvar A. Arason N1 Willys 545 19. Sofia Schollin-Borg Affe 230 20. Benedikt Sigfússon Rapper 110
1. Ragnar Róbertsson N1 Willys 1892 2. Bjarki Reynisson The Animal 1564 3. Christian Austad 2 Eloaded 690 4. Ingvar A. Arason N1 Willys 545 5. Sofia Schollin-Borg Affe 230
1. Gunnar Gunnarsson The Clown 2088 2. Ólafur Bragi Jónsson The Fox 1973 3. Finn Erik Løberg RaceRunner 1765 4. Leó Viðar Björnsson Ironmaiden 1725 5. Benedikt Eiríksson Ha 1724 6. Sigurður Þór Jónsson The Troll 1684 7. Erlingur Reyr Klemenzon The Raven 1611 8. Karl V. Jónsson Frosti 1585 9. Guðlaugur S. Helgason Magic Yellow 1538 10. Hans Mäki Insane 1464 11. Sigurjón Leifsson The Punisher 1145 12. Vignir R. Vignisson N1 Willys 1082 13. Eyjólfur Skúlason The Leopard 985 14. Daníel G. Ingimundarson Green Thunder 940 15. Geir Haug Trollet 768 16. Benedikt Sigfússon Rapper 110
1. Páll Pálsson Willys CJ 5 - 1966 3. Hlynur B. Sigurðsson Toyota Hilux - 1991 2. Steingrímur Bjarnason Jeep CJ 5 - 1964
Thanks to all the competitors and organizers!
