Motorsport is gaining increasing popularity inworld. And every race has its own numerous audience. In addition, the types of competitions are quite different from each other, here and ring races, trophy raids and much more. There is also a kind of racing, like rallying on trucks.
Thanks to races on difficult places -rally-raid Paris-Dakar, which is held annually, famous and very popular among the people became a rally in trucks. The list of similar autocrosses has recently replenished also with the "Silk Road" rally.
For the first time such a race was held in2009, passing through the territory of Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Then the route changed several times. The rally started both from Red Square in Moscow, and from the Palace Square in St. Petersburg. "Silk Road" collects a large number of stars of world motorsport, performing at the race Paris-Dakar in the rally category on trucks. Here is the Russian team Kamaz-Master, French De Rooj, as well as Tatra, Man, Ginaf. In the rally, only all-wheel drive trucks should participate, this is an obligatory endurance from the technical regulations. Its implementation must be strictly observed. Any deviation from the rules is punishable by strict sanctions: from the removal of a certain number of points or the addition of a penalty time, up to the withdrawal from the race route.
The race is always attended bymodernized trucks, on an unreconfigured car it is not possible to overcome the whole site, so the serial cars undergo serious modernization. But all this is a professional motor sport, where there are factory teams, well sponsored by the manufacturer of these cars.
In addition, there are also amateur ralliestrucks. Here, most often, serial samples are used, which, although slightly upgraded, but for the most part remain the same serial machines. There are different categories. In the competitions involved, as onboard trucks, and tractors. Trucks compete among themselves in various races, for example in driving on dirt.
Russia increasingly began to participate and wincompetitions of international level. The WRC rally is already supported by the Russian team and the issue of holding one of the stages of these races in Russia is being decided. In "Dakar" our business is the best. But the participation in the ring races, we only "pull up".
In 2010, for the first time in our history,stage of the international competition for ring races on trucks "Track Battle". The race was timed to the opening of a new highway "Smolensk Ring." Most of the racing trucks were represented by MAN. By itself, the truck driving along the highway looks massive, and racing along the track racing version looks much more impressive, which fascinates many. These competitions collect a considerable number of spectators. The Russian stage was visited by 18 thousand spectators. Race on large-scale - the spectacle is exciting. He will not leave indifferent people. Therefore, even at a well-known track in Le Mans, there are competitions of this kind.
This subject is devoted to a large numbercomputer games and simulators. You can participate in the ring races or work as a long-distance driver, earning money, later opening your business in cargo transportation. There are also games where the race and the trucker's profession are merged together, these are races on trucks with a trailer. Having received the task to deliver the goods, you must deliver it as soon as possible than your competitors. But all this is virtual, it is better to feel all the hardships and delights of this truly masculine kind of motor sport.
