HUMMER Racing In the Ha'il International Rally

Defending champion Yazeed Al-Rajhi tops the provisional 35-car entry for this week’s "Ha’il International Rally", the Kingdom’s flagship FIA-sanctioned cross-country rally, which will run for nearly 1000 competitive kilometres through the north-central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from March 24th-28th.

Al-Rajhi, who travels to the event straight from competing in the Kuwait International Rally, has taken charge of a powerful Hummer from Robby Gordon’s team in the United States of America and teams up with the experienced Portuguese co-driver Filipe Palmeiro, as he attempts to win the event for the fourth time in five years.

“The car reached Saudi last week and we have been making our final preparations since then," enthused Al-Rajhi. "I am in Kuwait now for the round of the Middle East Rally Championship, but I am looking forward to trying to win my home event again, especially now the rally has a longer and different format."

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Permalink Reply by Xracer on March 22, 2013 at 1:27pm

I hope he does well if not win, either result would be good for RGM.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on March 22, 2013 at 1:37pm

Official Ha'il International Rally website (in English via Google translate)

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Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on March 22, 2013 at 3:36pm

That's an awesome pic of the Hummer taking off!! I don't know the inside scoop that you people do but I imagine scoring RG's equipment is the best of the best or at the least in the top 5!

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Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on March 22, 2013 at 3:45pm

Bet he's never felt power like that before!

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Permalink Reply by Allan Kent on March 22, 2013 at 5:45pm

Has the restrictor plate been removed yet :-)

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Permalink Reply by PathfinderCS on March 22, 2013 at 7:55pm

This guy can just flat out DRIVE! He won the WRC 2 class at Sweden this year on his first attempt (SNOW, don't forget), it's safe to say this guy is fast. Will love to see how this run turns out!