The Deus Swank Rally - The Reunion

May 24, 2017

"The speed ring of the Monza National Autodrome, also known as "the Monza Bowl" for its shape with the outer edges higher than the inner ones, it's an oval speedway with two semicircular curves with a 320 meters radius and two 857 meters long parallel straight. In this part of the circuit the "Gran Premio di Italia" took place from 1922 to 1955; It's worldwide known because it has been one of the first high speed ring specially built for car races". It's a world famous speed temple, where it's hard if not impossible to access ... but, the Deus Swank Rally has managed to let 60 wild racers put their knobbed rubber on its sacred asphalt. They were the riders of the second epic stop of our "friendly championship" held during "the Reunion" event. "Mamma mia ! " has been the most common comment at the end of each lap - self timed lap , as usual. Those two days will be hard to forget, with saturday dedicated to free practice, and the most part of the sunday for the race, speeding in the mud next to the "Serraglio", the "Roggia" variant and under and on the "sopraelevata", the infamous parabolic curve. The track was kind of idyllic, nearly 5 km long, funny and challenging at the same time both for proven pilots of the kind of Alesandro Botturi ( Paris-Dakar Yamaha Official Team) and other relatively unknown folks that have joined the race. the usual 3 on the podium : Sandro Tramelli, Adelio Lorenzin e Roberto Ungaro And this is the official ranking :

Ranking	Name	Points
1	Sandro Tramelli	43
2	Roberto Ungaro	40
3	Adelio Lorenzin	33
4	Federico Corbari, Beppe Macchion	14
5	Paolo Bergamaschi, Mario Mangano	12
6	Alessandro Citterio	10
7	Claudio Terruzzi, Beppe Petitti	8
8	Andrea Tronconi	6
9	Gilberto Citterio	4
10	Marco Troiano	2

Now, the Deus Swank Rally moves to Varano De' Melegari, next saturday, for the Wildays event, to see if the 45 km off road path that will move the circus to Montescirone track, and the three special challenges will shake the ranking for the september Gran Fiinale. After a bit of mystery, the final stop has been revealed in Monza, it will be on September the 17th ( but the date was already known), along with the new "knobbed" edition of "Bread and Salam", the "motorized fest" organized by our friend Roby Ungaro, in a new spectacular location ... but this is still a military secret ...stay tuned! Photo: Marco Campelli, Marco Renieri, Francesco Ferrari ------------------------------------------------------- "L’anello alta velocità dell'Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, conosciuto anche come “il catino di Monza” a causa della sua forma a bordi esterni in rilievo rispetto a quelli interni, è un circuito ovale composto da due curve semicircolari con raggio di 320 metri unite da due rettilinei paralleli di 857 metri ciascuno. In questa parte del circuito si è disputato il Gran premio d'Italia dal 1922 al 1955; è conosciuto in tutto il mondo perché è stato uno dei primi anelli di alta velocità costruiti appositamente per permettere lo svolgimento di corse automobilistiche." Un Tempio della velocità mondiale, dove è difficile se non impossibile anche solo avvicinarsi ... ma il Deus Swank Rally è riuscito a farci saltare addirittura sopra i 60 scatenati partecipanti della seconda epocale tappa durante la manifestazione The Reunion! "Mamma mia! che emozione!" è stato il commento più ricorrente a fine giro che come da tradizione Swank è stato autocronometrato. Una due giorni che tutti i partecipanti ricorderanno a lungo , con il sabato dedicato alle prove libere e domenica, per gran parte della giornata a sfrecciare nel parco accanto al Serraglio, alla variante della Roggia, sotto e in particolare sopra l'emozionante Soprelevata. Un fettucciato bellissimo di quasi 5 km, che ha fatto divertire e impegnare anche manici del livello si Alessandro Botturi (pilota ufficiale Dakar Yamaha), e i soliti agguerriti pilotoni che iniziano a guardare la classifica con interesse ...

Ranking Name Points

1 Sandro Tramelli 43

2 Roberto Ungaro 40

3 Adelio Lorenzin 33

4 Federico Corbari, Beppe Macchion 14

5 Paolo Bergamaschi, Mario Mangano 12

6 Alessandro Citterio 10

7 Claudio Terruzzi, Beppe Petitti 8

8 Andrea Tronconi 6

9 Gilberto Citterio 4

10 Marco Troiano 2

Questo Sabato il Deus Swank Rally si muove all'autodromo di Varano De' Melegari per il Wildays, per vedere se i 45km di fuoristrada che ci porteranno a Monte Scirone e le 3 prove speciali previste, muoveranno la classifica generale in vista della prova finale di settembre, che dopo tanto mistero è stata svelata durante la premiazione finale di domenica a Monza. Quindi, la quarta e ultima prova di questa prima edizione del Deus Swank Rally sarà il 17 settembre (e questo lo avevamo già detto) durante la nuova versione “tassellata” del Bread and Salam del nostro amico Roby Ungaro. Sarà sempre in zona Salice Terme, in una nuova, super location dal sapore militare… ma qui vogliamo tenervi ancora sulle spine e non vi sveliamo oltre. Stay tuned! Foto: Marco Campelli, Marco Renieri, Francesco Ferrari

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Sabtu pagi, 17 Juni 2023, menjadi hari yang ditunggu-tunggu oleh 250 peserta reli sepeda motor dan 80 kontestan flat track race di Bali. Itu merupakan acara Rally & Camp Tasik Adventure keempat yang diselenggarakan oleh komunitas pecinta motor trail vintage yang lebih dari sekadar menggemari motor dual purpose era 80-90-an. Dikenal sebagai Trail Asik Adventurer, AKA… Tasik Adventure yang telah menunggu setahun untuk merencanakan dan mengerjakan nya demi tidak mengecewakan siapapun yang ikut berpartisipasi.

Coba kamu bayangkan , ada dua sisi koin berbeda pada event kali ini. Yang pertama adalah Reli. Mereka memberi nama Challenge "Tantangan", menjadikan setiap peserta sebagai "Penantang" Challenger. Jadi, di tempat parkir Sangeh Monkey Forest, sambil menikmati keteduhan pohon jati raksasa yang awet muda, 250 Penantang parkir untuk menerima kode QR untuk etape pertama rute reli. Seluruh perjalanan adalah 3 etape dengan 3 titik pemberhentian. 4 jika Anda menghitung tujuan.

Ada beberapa motor keren di sana, Honda XR, Yamaha DT, Suzuki TS, Suzuki DR, dan beberapa custom modern, motocross dan scrambler. Sekitar sepuluh atau lebih, mereka berbaris di titik start dan memulai rally dari sana. Misi setiap orang adalah menyelesaikan setiap tahap dan berhenti di 3 titik pemberhentian untuk mendapatkan kode QR untuk bagian berikutnya. Keindahan Bali selalu menjadi pendamping, saat kami terbang di sepanjang kombinasi jalan aspal, jalan pedesaan, dan jalan tanah di daerah Tabanan. Kami perlahan-lahan terbang tinggi dan semakin tinggi ke perbukitan dan pemandangan sawah dan hutan akhirnya habis, sebenarnya lebih seperti perlahan menjadi satu ketika kami sampai di tujuan. Bali Outbound Farmstay (BOF) yang juga menjadi tempat berkemah semalam. Jika Anda mengumpulkan semua kode QR Anda, Anda mendapat medali Rally sebagai bentuk penghargaan.

Sisi lain dari koin yang disebutkan sebelumnya, atau event kedua, adalah balap jalur datar (flat track). Atau dalam hal ini jalur dengan landasan yang tidak rata karena tempat mereka membangun jalur itu berada di atas tempat yang dulunya terdapat dua sawah terasering. Jadi titik start finish lebih tinggi dari jalur lurus pertama dengan penurunan pada tikungan pertama dan sedikit menanjak pada tikungan kedua. Saat kami masuk ke BOF, kami sudah bisa mendengar suara motor flat track dan sorakan penonton yang berkumpul. Kami parkir dan membuat jalur jalur seperti lebah.

Keseruan seutuhnya pada acara, disaat tingkat kesulitan tambahan dimasukkan ke dalam jadwal sore hari menarik perhatian yang sangat luar biasa. Mereka berhasil menarik sekitar delapan puluh peserta, terbagi dalam 4 kelas: Kelas Mesin Horizontal, Kelas FFA 4T Max 250cc, Kelas FFA 2T Max 250cc Flat Track, dan Kelas FFA Big Bore.

Antusiasme untuk balapan flat track sangat terasa. Kegembiraan tumbuh saat kami melewati babak penyisihan dan membangun sesuatu yang luar biasa untuk final setiap kelas. Tidak ada kata menahan, mereka hadir untuk memenangkannya. Pembalap dari setiap komunitas bersaing sengit di setiap kelas. Nama-nama seperti Maulana Sandi, Dewa Dimas, Harris Manasi Ride, Nova Rider Sing Mebekel, Ferry Rider Sing Mebekel, Bontok Giga MX, dan lain-lain tak main-main, sebagian besar dari memamerkan skill mereka tanpa mengesampingkan sportifitas dan keselamatan.

Trek dengan permukaan tanah liat merah keras yang kering memberikan tantangan. Di awal, para pembalap disuguhkan dengan bagian menurun pada tikungan pertama, setelah itu mereka memeras gas di bagian trek lurus sebelum berputar ke kiri lagi tapi kali ini menjadi bagian menanjak pada tikungan kedua. Itu memaksa mereka untuk menggabungkan keterampilan balap trek datar mereka dengan banyak teknik motocross. Pada akhirnya, semua pembalap bersenang-senang dengan debu tanah liat merah yang menutupi segalanya dan semua orang.

Saat matahari terbenam ke arah cakrawala, saudara dan sahabat motoran kami meraih pecahan cahaya terakhir untuk mendirikan tenda mereka dan dalam persiapan untuk berkemah malam. Matahari menghilang di balik Gunung Batukaru memberi semua orang pemandangan yang menakjubkan, tetapi segera menyelimuti kami dengan udara yang jauh lebih sejuk dari dataran tinggi di Baturiti Tabanan ini.

Percakapan tentang rute reli dan balapan flat track mengalir dari pintu tenda semua orang yang berkemah, yang lain membaringkan tubuh mereka yang lelah untuk mengantisipasi perjalanan keesokan harinya, perjalanan yang relatif santai ke Pantai Pasut.

Dengan begitu, acara Rally & Camp Tasik Adventure 2023 pun berakhir. Sampai bertemu lagi tahun depan, salam untuk semua penantang, pengalaman yang luar biasa.

Berikut daftar pemenang Kelas Flat Track:

Flat Rack Horizontal Engine Class Winners:
1. Chiko GTT Bali
2. Panduk Pisaga Delodan
3. Andika Monkey Brothers

Flat Rack FFA 4T Max 250cc Class Winners:
1. Nova Rider Sing Mebekel
2. Ferry Rider Sing Mebekel
3. Bontok Giga MX

Flat Rack FFA 2T Max 250cc Class Winners:
1. Sandi Maulana
2. Dewa Dita
3. Eponk Road Country

Flat Rack FFA Big Bore Class Winners:
1. Dewa Dimas
2. Haris Manasi Ride
3. Sandi Maulana

Saturday morning, June 17, 2023, was a highly anticipated day for 250 motorcycle rally participants and 80 flat track race contestants in Bali. It was the Fourth Rally & Camp Tasik Adventure event organized by a community of vintage trail motorcycle enthusiasts who love more than fanging about on their dual-purpose motorcycles from the 80s and 90s. Known as the Trail Asik Adventure Community, AKA… Tasik Adventure people had waited a year for the follow up and none were disappointed.

Just so you can get it straight in your head, there’s two very different sides to this coin. The first one was the Rally. They hung it under the banner of “Challenge”, making each partaker a “Challenger”. So, in the carpark of Sangeh Monkey Forest, which enjoys the shade of giant ageless teak trees, 250 Challengers parked up to receive the QR code for the first leg of the rally route. The entire ride was 3 stages with 3 stop points. 4 if you count the destination.

There were some amazing bikes there, Honda XR’s, Yamaha DT’s, Suzuki TS’s, Suzuki DR’s, and some custom modern motocross and scrambler bikes. In lots of ten or so, they lined up at the starting point then let them out for the event. Everyone’s mission was to complete each stage and stop at the 3 stop points to get the QR code for the next bit. Bali’s beauty was the constant companion, as we flew along a combination of asphalt roads, rural roads and dirt tracks in the Tabanan area. We slowly winded up high and higher into the hills and the views of rice fields and forests finally ran out, actually, it was more like blurred into one when we reached our destination. Bali Outbound Farmstay (BOF), which was also to be the overnight camping spot. If you collected all your QR codes you got a Rally medal as a form of appreciation.

The other side of the aforementioned coin, or second event, was the flat track. Or in this case staggered track because where they had built the track it was over a spot that had once held two rice terraces. So the Start finish straight sat higher than the return straight with a drop on the first turn and an uphill bit on the second. As we were pulling into BOF we could already hear the flat track bikes and the assembled crowd cheering. We parked up and made a bee line track side.

What an absolute corker of an event, the added degree of difficulty jammed into the afternoons schedule made for the most marvelous distraction. They’d managed to attract around eighty participants, split over 4 classes: Horizontal Engine Class, FFA 4T Max 250cc Class, Flat Track FFA 2T Max 250cc Class, and FFA Big Bore Class.

The enthusiasm for the flat track races was palpable. The excitement growing as we whittled down through the heats and building to something of a crescendo for the finals of each class. There was no holding back, they were in it to win it. Racers from each community fiercely competed in each class. Names like Maulana Sandi, Dewa Dimas, Harris Manasi Ride, Nova Rider Sing Mebekel, Ferry Rider Sing Mebekel, Bontok Giga MX, and others were letting nothing slip, flaunting their skills without compromising sportsmanship and safety. Mostly.

The track, with its dry hard red clay surface, presented challenges. Off the start, the racers were presented with a downhill section on the first turn, they hit the gas on the bottom straight before spinning left again but this time into an uphill section on the second turn. It forced them to combine their flat track racing skills with a slew of motocross techniques. In the end, all the racers had fun with the red clay dust lay across everything and everyone.

As the sun dipped towards the horizon, our compadres and accomplices grabbed the last shards of light to set up their tents in readiness for a night of camping. The sun disappeared behind Mount Batukaru affording everyone a magnificent view, but immediately enveloping us in the much cooler air of these high grounds here in Baturiti Tabanan.

Conversations about the rally route and the flat track race flowed out of the tent flaps of all those who camped others bedded their weary bodies down in anticipation for the next day's ride, a comparatively leisurely meander down to Pasut Beach.

With that, the Rally & Camp Tasik Adventure 2023 event came to an end. Until we meet again next year, greetings to all challengers, what an amazing time.

Here is the list of the days winners:

Flat Rack Horizontal Engine Class Winners:
1. Chiko GTT Bali
2. Panduk Pisaga Delodan
3. Andika Monkey Brothers

Flat Rack FFA 4T Max 250cc Class Winners:
1. Nova Rider Sing Mebekel
2. Ferry Rider Sing Mebekel
3. Bontok Giga MX

Flat Rack FFA 2T Max 250cc Class Winners:
1. Sandi Maulana
2. Dewa Dita
3. Eponk Road Country

Flat Rack FFA Big Bore Class Winners:
1. Dewa Dimas
2. Haris Manasi Ride
3. Sandi Maulana