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 Ken on March 28, 2013 at 11:01am

Sounds like Yazeed crashed the Hummer in the dunes on the final stage. DNF. Yazeed and navigator air-lifted for back pains.

Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on March 28, 2013 at 12:49pm

NO WAY!!! The little vids I saw showed he's fearless!!

Permalink Reply by WJM on March 28, 2013 at 12:46pm

Yazeed and Winocq crash out. The crashed heavily in the sand dune 50 kms into the stage. The Hummer landed on all four wheels with a hard impact and moved a few meters before stopping. Via his Twitter account in King Khalid Hospital Ha’il, Al-Rajhi declared that both he and his co-driver, Frenchman Alex Winocq, had each suffered one broken vertebrae following the impact.

Permalink Reply by robbyfansinceimsa on March 28, 2013 at 12:50pm

Hope everyone is OK, but didn't they have a huge lead like 1 1/2 hours?

matt

Permalink Reply by Davin Wilson on March 28, 2013 at 12:56pm

Ouch.....that must have been quite a landing if each suffered a broken vertebrae while landing on the wheels in the Hummer...

Permalink Reply by Rob Waldrip on March 30, 2013 at 2:28am

Yah, WTF.. I can't imagine what it would have taken for such a hard landing on all 4 wheels. I mean we're talking Big Time Suspension. Was it dropped 5 stories from a helicopter? I bet Robby is scratching his head.

Permalink Reply by WJM on March 28, 2013 at 1:07pm

Racers race.

Permalink Reply by Bricoop on March 28, 2013 at 1:10pm

I don't get going "all out" like they did. Bummer for them. Speedy recovery.

Permalink Reply by WJM on March 28, 2013 at 1:29pm

If he wanted to find the limits of the Hummer, I think he found it.

Permalink Reply by kurt kern on March 28, 2013 at 7:10pm

He found the limits of the human spine.....not the Hummmer. Hummer looks OK.
Hang in there Yaz.....you were jammin'. Rest up and get well soon!

Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on March 28, 2013 at 1:43pm

when it lands on 4 it hurts pretty bad,. it's not the same when it lands front or rear first, have experienced that,.i hate when my truck lands on 4 at the same time, for this to happen, doesn't have to be a huge drop,. not even speed comes into play,. 2 to 3 mts with the weight of the hummer,. but well, i'm not an expert, just saying,.

Permalink Reply by WJM on March 28, 2013 at 1:52pm

I posted a aftermath photo. Obviously Yazeed and Alex clearly hurt. The Hummer "looks" okay. I wonder if they didn't "g-out" (a la Nasser) or a nose first somersault and landed right side up. Either would definitely cause a hell of an amount of stress on your spine.

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