"Stalingrad breakthrough" easy does not happen!

March 29 in the Leninsky district of the Volgograd region, "Sheva-Niva Club Volgograd" spent the next competition in orienteering terrain vehicles under the name "Stalingrad breakthrough. Spring 2008 "It was not quite the usual competition. First, in the events of "Chevy-Niva Club" for the first time participated ATVs: they had their short-haul route (25 km) and moderate (read: good) patency. Second, in the show were not only standard machines, but also specially trained - with winches and GPS-navigators. All the cars were divided into three classes - TP1-1 TP1-2, TR-2. Machines of the first two classifications were to be held on the route map of about 70 kilometers, and noting the points. The last time we talked, it looks like: crew member aboard one hand respect the machine, and the other - plates with point number, the time fixed by the camera or camcorder. For the "younger" category - TP1-1 - the organizers made an exception: the car did not have to go down to the point, it was enough to approach her and be photographed beside. TS-2 class had the most difficult. Of course, do not forget about the level of its preparedness, but sometimes it did not help either powerful winches, no modern appliances. In general, everything was as it usually speaks for a few weeks before the race the main organizer of the Volgograd "Chevy-Niva Club" - Vahan Harutyunyan: "Stalingrad breakthrough" is not easy. Participants will not find it. " For all the participants will not speak, but reporters' Motor City 34 "who have decided to set off in pursuit of the thrill of impenetrable forests and meadows, spring college Akhtuba floodplain, really did not seem enough. Stormy thaw, incidentally, has made some changes to the intentions of the organizers: the control points were placed along the route, when there was snow. Now the permafrost bottom of each of these pools has become a treacherous quagmire of the furnace. In one of them fell and UAZ, a passenger whom I had occasion to visit the "SP". Unsuccessful attempts to get him out of captivity lasted swamp for more than an hour, when we arrived in time to help a tractor from a nearby village. But take unceremoniously viscous mud and he could not. It was then decided to build helped our trouble "UAZ", "Patriot" and a tractor chain to pull the car jammed together. No sooner said than done ... I guess it was a miracle, but suddenly broken off hook hitch "Patriot" in anybody missed: quiet buzz of a few inches above the cab of tractor driver, piece of iron plopped down in a small lake. Bogged down a car able to release only when it began to shake from side to side - the wheel finally popped out of mire, "suckers." It is difficult to say how many of these situations has been on the track that day. How many torn wires, broken rifles, burned clutches and winches - is unknown. But the fact that the race has gone right - that's for sure! Now Volgograd "Chevy-Niva Club" has big plans for the summer stage of the "Stalingrad breakthrough" and is preparing to compete in the Moscow region. We wish them good luck!