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 J.R. Sands on March 24, 2013 at 8:06pm

Thanks for that info, I did not know that....

Permalink Reply by rene capdevielle on March 24, 2013 at 7:46pm

pretty bummed the hummer is no more :( im sure he will have a awesome new rig but man i had love for that thing. was soo looking forward to being one of the few at Qualcomm stadium playing with the my hummer slash and my homemade ramps LOL!

Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on March 24, 2013 at 8:26pm
Tog any chance you can put up the place marker on the homepage. I'm rooting pretty hard for that hummer, it's great to see her lead the pack with a great driver and thing are a little slow right now before SST.
Permalink Reply by TOG on March 24, 2013 at 8:27pm

We will post a few photos & videos of it here on main page, but I'm not going to do a daily tracker of it.

Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on March 24, 2013 at 8:48pm
Sounds good thanks for what you do, we all appreciate it
Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on March 24, 2013 at 11:36pm
One of his friends may want to buy another hummer. After they all see how bad ass they are in person
Permalink Reply by WJM on March 25, 2013 at 3:58pm

Day 2: Al Rajhi extends Ha’il International rally lead


Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al Rajhi extended his advantage in the Ha’il International Rally after crushing the opposition in the first 256km selective section through the An Nafud desert region on Monday.

The Hummer driver, partnered by French co-driver Alex Winocq, stopped the clocks in a time of 2hrs 29min 18sec to reach the stage finish 19 minutes quicker than nearest rival Sami Al Shammeri from the Saudi Isuzu team. Czech driver Miroslav Zapletal maintained second overall with the third quickest time in the second Hummer.

“I am very happy with the performance of the car,” said Al Rajhi, who is chasing his fourth victory in Ha’il. “The car is very fast and we have been really pushing hard in the stage. The only real drama was when we lost the intercom for the last 100km.”

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Permalink Reply by BajaTuner on March 25, 2013 at 6:32pm

Dame. 19 minutes with no communication with the navigator and 1st real race day in the car.

Permalink Reply by Paul Cang on March 25, 2013 at 7:00pm

TOG,
Is he renting the Hummer and the support team, or did he buy the whole team. Just wondering because I see all of the SPEED stuff and staff and a Hummer painted green

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on March 25, 2013 at 7:19pm
@Paul, page 2 of this thread answers your questons
Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on March 25, 2013 at 9:25pm
Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on March 25, 2013 at 7:01pm

100kms with no communication would be a pleasure in my world! My nagagator never shuts the #$*& up!!!

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