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LNG [ENG]  [JPN]

ETAP-6　17 AUG. 2018
BAYANHONGOR⇒BAYANGOBI
L:11.00km SS-1:230.00km L:8.61km SS-2:273.98km L:24.42km TOTAL:548.01km

Reports

SUPER GOOD WEATHER BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE UP ON SUGAWARA PASS!

Operation units were sent out on rescue missions the previous day, however all checkpoints (CP) were put on standby last night, and today we are now just waiting for the start. Along SS-1, the river just before a town on our schedule going towards the hot-spring resort Sharugen Joto on the way to Sugawara Pass had reached flood level and the water level of the river on SS-2 has also topped the water level of the day before.

These facts forced us to give up challenging the Sugawara pass again this year.

Weather conditions are unstable all over the world and over this 24 year period this time has been especially tough. Cross-country rallies all over the world must now also deal with this type of heavy rain damage.

Tomorrow we will again challenge a full-scale, full-size SS in the climax moments of the latter half of the rally.

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Route Information

「GOING THROUGH THE BLUE SKIESOF SUGAWARA PASS」

Sugawara Pass is a name given by SSER to a mountain pass that had no previous name. Yoshimasa Sugawara said, “This place is terrific!” after traveling through the pass on his first rally here. At 3000 meters above sea level this is truly the high latitudes and seeing the ultramarine blue sky at 5000 meters or higher is enough to make you shiver. Besides Sugawara Pass, today’s SS-2 takes us toward a beautiful river and sand dunes amidst the greenery. Today is a long distance run with a rather low average time. It really pushed our caution button to the limit.

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LNG [ENG]  [JPN]

ETAP-5　16 AUG. 2018
BAYANHONGOR⇒BAYANHONGOR
L:18.03km SS-1:245.25km L:2.22km SS-2:270.07km L:6.80km TOTAL:542.37km

Reports

THE HIDDEN TRAP WAITING IN THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE GOBI!

A tremendously strong Siberian high pressure area has covered the Mongolian highlands. It brings a deep ultramarine blue sky stretching to the horizon. This deep blue color called the ‘Mongolian Blue’ certainly seems like something special.
The rally is now in the last half. Up until now the liaisons were long and the SS were short but from this day onwards we will be challenging the full-scale, full-size version of the vast grassy plains of the Gobi. Just counting the SS alone, one day’s driving distance is more than 500 kilometers.

Also, a special feature here is that most of the route was high-speed driving where it can be tough to keep your self-control during road dual. The rain that fell on Khangai several days before, has seriously pummeled the dry great plains so that now a number of small streams have transformed into large rivers. You could say that this is a big trap appearing right in the middle of the great plains of the Gobi!

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Route Information

「REACHING THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE GOBI DESERT AND PLAYING ON THE GREAT PLAINS」

Today is a loop course and we proceed carefully by navigation to the east and then to the south. The grassy plains gradually give way to the Gobi Desert and you can see a shimmering heat haze. A strange and surprising lake appears in the Gobi and the SS-1 goal is nearby. We next head to the west. We cross a river with a village nearby, proceed through a valley and once through it, drive along a high-speed piste. We keep steadily going north along the great plains heading for the finish line. Our machine is running superbly. This was definitely a super-fine day.

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LNG [ENG]  [JPN]

■ETAP-4　15 AUG. 2018
KHAR NUUR⇒BAYANHONGOR
L:158.09km SS-1:247.56km L:4.59km SS-2:256.25km L:6.77km TOTAL:673.26km

Reports

START OF A FULL‑ON LONG DISTANCE STAGE! BOLDBAATAR IS TOTALLY STRONG!

At last the start of consecutive SS of more than 500 kilometers in Rally Mongolia where the harsh driving in these stages is beginning to take a heavy toll on the racing machines. In this stage, the Boldbattar Can‑am is proving a strong winner in SS-2 overall with a 20 minute lead over Erdenesuren in 2ND place.

Today the rally starts amid ancient burial grounds dating back before the age of Genghis Khan that still have not been dug up. The rally machines gradually make their way downwards from the high altitude area toward the Gobi desert, driving through the outskirts of Khangai (also Hangai).

SS-2 takes place along the great grassy plains of the Gobi. The machines reach the checkpoint (CP) in a narrow area enclosed by strange lakes where the water level can drastically change in a single day. We are now back in the Gobi where a shimmering heat haze is starting to appear.

None of the Japanese rally participants have quit yet (first time ever!) and the real battle will start in the latter half of the rally from tomorrow onwards.

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Route Information

「THE RALLY GETS FULL-SCALE AND SERIOUS FROM HEREON!」

After leaving Khar Nuur we continue on the liason route to the city of Uliastai once a flourishing trading center up until the early days of the 20th Century and also the regional governor’s office during the Quing Dynasty rule of Mongolia. Passing right alongside the wooden bridge there called the Azure Dragon Bridge from the days of the Quing Dynasty makes us want to imagine what it was like in those times.
The rally now shifts to a full-scale course. This is two SS of more than 500 kilometers and a total distance of nearly 700 kilometers. This middle stage of the rally takes both caution and fighting spirit. We have to somehow get through this stage.

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RM2018 ETAP-4

LNG [ENG]  [JPN]

■ETAP-3　14 AUG. 2018
KHAR NUUR⇒KHAR NUUR
SS-1：114.03km L：1.27km SS-2：87.07km TOTAL：202.37km

Reports

DUNES & CAN-AM 1-2-3!

The dunes of Uliastay also called Uliastai now a recent part of the rally after a gap of a few years are not only difficult to navigate but also have treacherous soft sand. However the recent rain lasting a number of days has made for easily drivable road conditions. This second SS around Khar Nuur makes a loop route and also the scene of brief victory by the Can-am group! The bivouac is an open air restaurant setup along the beautiful lakeside. Everyone feels the giddy pull of this special time that only those in the rally can know. Tomorrow will be the long-awaited start of a full-size, full-on SS.

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Route Information

「RING WANDERING IN THE SAND DUNES」

Khar Nuur is both the start and goal. It is a one day trip only a slight distance across the sand dunes. It starts with a fun group of small sand dunes along a lake side and then transitions to a mountain area where a second small lake can be seen. The route then lures you into a large dune area. The sand there is soft and staying with the route is difficult. If you are careful and get past that point you eventually encounter a strange and surprising spring gushing up from the sand. The route then winds to the left and if you can cross the mountain a village next appears. This is the SS-1 goal. Next, the SS2 course takes you along a sandy piste, and if you keep trying and make it through a rocky area where the driving is tough, you will find yourself back at Khar Nuur which for some reason looks much more appealing on the way back. There you can enjoy a small party at the lake side under the vast expanse of outer space where the boundary between the heavens and the starry sky reflecting from the lake seem to blend into each other.

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LNG [ENG]  [JPN]

ETAP-2　13 AUG. 2018
IHTAMIR⇒KHAR NUUR
L：437.89km S：96.71km TOTAL：534.60km

Reports

A COURSE JUST LIKE A DREAM!

The rally now heads westward. The valleys and rivers are beautiful enough to make you rub your eyes and wonder if this is really Mongolia as the Taiga or pine tree forest region seems to flow past. Today’s long liason and short SS of not quite 100 kilometers take us to the bivouac of Khar Nuur, the current highlight of the course. The top time is held by Toyota Tacoma #107 which still leads over the Can-am group that has shown nearly overwhelming performance since the first day of the rally. However, the Can-am group #108, #105 are in first and second place overall. Boldbaatar who is driver #105, has continually entered this race since 17 years of age, He had a mere 30 second time gap at the SS finish in this 2 day battle. Weather conditions are unstable but the beauty of Khar Nuur off in the distance is something out of this world.

Results
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Route Information

「REALLY ENJOYABLE VIEWS, FORESTS AND LAKES, AND AN UNEXPECTED SWEDISH-TYPE MONGOLIA!」

Though still only the initial phase of the rally, this is a tour route like none ever seen before including valleys covered by beautiful forests of pine trees and magnificent lakes. This is a mostly paved route extending straight through the heart of Siberia. You might almost think of it as a liason route made for enjoying the scenery. The SS or special stage prepared for ETAP-2 is not very long. After next finally reaching beautiful Khar Nuur, the scenery shifts to a lakeside bivouac at the lake reflecting a spectacular starry sky.

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LNG [ENG]  [JPN]

ETAP-1 12 AUG. 2018
ULAANBAATAR⇒IHTAMIR
L：295.11km S：198.80km L：8.48km TOTAL：502.39km

Reports

A SCENIC MASTERPIECE ETAP-1

 Finally the rally starts and we all head west.

The heavy rain from the last several days has cut deep cracks in the grassy plains. However this also makes the beautiful deep green of the pasture land even more intense and some kind of deep feeling seems to swell up inside the rally participants.

The iron man, Yoshimasa Sugawara (77) already holds a record for taking part in this rally 20 times and is now driving with Chiho Maruyama as his new navigator.

Driving the Jimny after such a long time is deep-down fun, the navigation work is superb and the scenery a perfect sight to admire.

Today all vehicles made it to the finish before sunset. The atmosphere on arriving at the Ihtamir camp seems almost like a public festival.

The course will probably look even more appealing tomorrow. The liason will seem like a white road extending up into the sky and after running along a short SS we will reach beautiful Khar Nuur.

To find the results see the scheduled announcement given later on.

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Route Information

「A 1000 DAYS AND NIGHTS」

This could be the road that Genghis Khan took driven by his dreams when heading westward on his campaign to capture Samarkand and later far-away Europe hundreds of years ago! Now after those 1000 nights and days, the rally once again the rally heads westward crossing this land. That’s right, the rally heads westward. We chase the sun sinking lower over the grass prairies aiming for the farthest reaches of the Eurasian continent.
On Day 1 of the rally, we leave Ulaanbaatar and head along a paved road section of the liason, The SS or special stage crosses the great grasslands and takes us over a bridge. We then drive through a village. Finally we come upon a tree-lined road spanning tranquil mountains ahead of us along with a river flowing along this beautiful land. Our goal lies just ahead of the town. We finish refueling and take the liason to the nice looking camp just in time to catch a beautiful sunset.

LNG [ENG]  [JPN]

■ETAP-1　12 AUG. 2018　ULAANBAATAR⇒IHTAMIR
L：295.11km S：198.80km L：8.48km TOTAL：502.39km
「A 1000 DAYS AND NIGHTS」

This could be the road that Genghis Khan took driven by his dreams when heading westward on his campaign to capture Samarkand and later far-away Europe hundreds of years ago! Now after those 1000 nights and days, the rally once again the rally heads westward crossing this land. That’s right, the rally heads westward. We chase the sun sinking lower over the grass prairies aiming for the farthest reaches of the Eurasian continent.
On Day 1 of the rally, we leave Ulaanbaatar and head along a paved road section of the liason, The SS or special stage crosses the great grasslands and takes us over a bridge. We then drive through a village. Finally we come upon a tree-lined road spanning tranquil mountains ahead of us along with a river flowing along this beautiful land. Our goal lies just ahead of the town. We finish refueling and take the liason to the nice looking camp just in time to catch a beautiful sunset.

LNG [ENG]  [JPN]

Rally will be held from tomorrow
It is a picture of a briefing on the day before the start.

■ETAP-1　12 AUG. 2018　ULAANBAATAR⇒IHTAMIR

L：295.11km S：198.80km L：8.48km TOTAL：502.39km

「A 1000 DAYS AND NIGHTS」

This could be the road that Genghis Khan took driven by his dreams when heading westward on his campaign to capture Samarkand and later far-away Europe hundreds of years ago! Now after those 1000 nights and days, the rally once again the rally heads westward crossing this land. That’s right, the rally heads westward. We chase the sun sinking lower over the grass prairies aiming for the farthest reaches of the Eurasian continent.
On Day 1 of the rally, we leave Ulaanbaatar and head along a paved road section of the liason, The SS or special stage crosses the great grasslands and takes us over a bridge. We then drive through a village. Finally we come upon a tree-lined road spanning tranquil mountains ahead of us along with a river flowing along this beautiful land. Our goal lies just ahead of the town. We finish refueling and take the liason to the nice looking camp just in time to catch a beautiful sunset.

■ETAP-2　13 AUG. 2018　 IHTAMIR⇒KHAR NUUR

L：437.89km S：96.71km TOTAL：534.60km

「REALLY ENJOYABLE VIEWS, FORESTS AND LAKES, AND AN UNEXPECTED SWEDISH-TYPE MONGOLIA!」

Though still only the initial phase of the rally, this is a tour route like none ever seen before including valleys covered by beautiful forests of pine trees and magnificent lakes. This is a mostly paved route extending straight through the heart of Siberia. You might almost think of it as a liason route made for enjoying the scenery. The SS or special stage prepared for ETAP-2 is not very long. After next finally reaching beautiful Khar Nuur, the scenery shifts to a lakeside bivouac at the lake reflecting a spectacular starry sky.

■ETAP-3　14 AUG. 2018　KHAR NUUR⇒KHAR NUUR

SS-1：114.03km L：1.27km SS-2：87.07km TOTAL：202.37km

「RING WANDERING IN THE SAND DUNES」

Khar Nuur is both the start and goal. It is a one day trip only a slight distance across the sand dunes. It starts with a fun group of small sand dunes along a lake side and then transitions to a mountain area where a second small lake can be seen. The route then lures you into a large dune area. The sand there is soft and staying with the route is difficult. If you are careful and get past that point you eventually encounter a strange and surprising spring gushing up from the sand. The route then winds to the left and if you can cross the mountain a village next appears. This is the SS-1 goal. Next, the SS2 course takes you along a sandy piste, and if you keep trying and make it through a rocky area where the driving is tough, you will find yourself back at Khar Nuur which for some reason looks much more appealing on the way back. There you can enjoy a small party at the lake side under the vast expanse of outer space where the boundary between the heavens and the starry sky reflecting from the lake seem to blend into each other.

■ETAP-4　15 AUG. 2018　KHAR NUUR⇒BAYANHONGOR

L：158.09km SS-1：247.56km L：4.59km SS-2：256.25km L：6.77km TOTAL：673.26km

「THE RALLY GETS FULL-SCALE AND SERIOUS FROM HEREON!」

After leaving Khar Nuur we continue on the liason route to the city of Uliastai once a flourishing trading center up until the early days of the 20th Century and also the regional governor’s office during the Quing Dynasty rule of Mongolia. Passing right alongside the wooden bridge there called the Azure Dragon Bridge from the days of the Quing Dynasty makes us want to imagine what it was like in those times.
The rally now shifts to a full-scale course. This is two SS of more than 500 kilometers and a total distance of nearly 700 kilometers. This middle stage of the rally takes both caution and fighting spirit. We have to somehow get through this stage.

■ETAP-5　16 AUG. 2018　 BAYANHONGOR⇒BAYANHONGOR

L：18.03km SS-1：245.25km L：2.22km SS-2：270.07km L：6.80km TOTAL：542.37km

「REACHING THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE GOBI DESERT AND PLAYING ON THE GREAT PLAINS」

Today is a loop course and we proceed carefully by navigation to the east and then to the south. The grassy plains gradually give way to the Gobi Desert and you can see a shimmering heat haze. A strange and surprising lake appears in the Gobi and the SS-1 goal is nearby. We next head to the west. We cross a river with a village nearby, proceed through a valley and once through it, drive along a high-speed piste. We keep steadily going north along the great plains heading for the finish line. Our machine is running superbly. This was definitely a super-fine day.

■ETAP-6　17 AUG. 2018　 BAYANHONGOR⇒BAYANGOBI

L：11.00km SS-1：230.00km L：8.61km SS-2：273.98km L：24.42km TOTAL：548.01km

「GOING THROUGH THE BLUE SKIESOF SUGAWARA PASS」

Sugawara Pass is a name given by SSER to a mountain pass that had no previous name. Yoshimasa Sugawara said, “This place is terrific!” after traveling through the pass on his first rally here. At 3000 meters above sea level this is truly the high latitudes and seeing the ultramarine blue sky at 5000 meters or higher is enough to make you shiver. Besides Sugawara Pass, today’s SS-2 takes us toward a beautiful river and sand dunes amidst the greenery. Today is a long distance run with a rather low average time. It really pushed our caution button to the limit.

■ETAP-7　18 AUG. 2018　BAYANGOBI⇒SAYHAN OVOO

SS-1：246.00km L：3.36km SS-2：249.30km L：18.28km TOTAL：516.94km

「REMAINS OF A CITY OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM」

Leaving the bivouac we start out on the SS heading towards the dunes. The goal of today’s course was once a city of Tibetan Buddhist learning that was formerly sacred religious grounds. Over the past several years the rally has always headed to this area and is within easy walking distance yet it seems impossible to find the time to go see it. These remains are a stark reminder of religious oppression in the times since the Russian revolution. Today we face the ever-changing Gobi Desert route. This is the final phase of the rally.

■ETAP-8　19 AUG. 2018　 SAYHAN OVOO⇒ULAANBAATAR

L：24.38km S：210.00km L：309.43km P：17.88km TOTAL：561.69km

「DAY OF OUR TRIUMPHANT RETURN—A DEEP AND REMAINING MEMORY」

Today is a mass group start. We race towards the shimmering heat of the great plains where our happy goal awaits! Do our lives up to now, our course up to now, and all kinds of objects and things, all add up to some kind of special feeling? On these grassy plains we probably sense and experience our own lives under the perfect starry skies of the desert.

日本語での情報はこちら

 [NEWS] We posted a route information. (Aug 11, 2018)

[NEWS] We posted an entry list. (July 30, 2018) 

 Go Beyond – TAKING THE ROAD TO ULIASTAY AND KHAR NUUR

Sand dunes appear extending west of Uliastay. There you find a lake so beautiful that it doesn’t even seem to belong to this world. This is truly a strange and wonderful spectacle. Are the sand dunes sinking into the lake or are they rising from the lake?
The view seems to change from moment to moment. Seen from far away it glistens with the color of an emerald but seen from close up it shines like platinum that is transparent enough to make you gasp in surprise.
There you will find gushing water purified by the sand dunes and this wonderful Khar Nuur is also the place that the SSER chose as the rally bivouac.
Khar Nuur will now play the role of the Zoumod start point set up in 2017.
The ETAP-5 stage will cross these mysterious sand dunes.
In earlier times, people like Gaston Rahier and Loiseau crossed these sand dunes in what was the early forerunner to Rally Mongolia.
Rally riders and drivers will likely be surprised at the sight of water gushing from the sand.
SSER also thinks that this place along with Zoumod is an area most likely to win your heart with its beauty and mystery.
The upcoming “Go Beyond” 2018 will also head for this other sacred place.

Summary

NAME OF EVENT

FA-coat RALLY MONGOLIA 2018
INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RALLY

DATE OF EVENT

Aug 12,2018（sun）- Aug 19,2018（sun）8etaps

ORGANISATION

SSER ORGANISATION

URL http://www.sser.org 　E-Mail　support@sser.org

OFFICE

SSER ORGANISATION
1992-4 Minamikata, Toon, Ehime, 791-0301 Japan
Tel +81-89-960-6905 / Fax +81-89-960-6906
E-Mail:  support@sser.org

TOKYO OFFICE

JAPAN RACING MANAGEMENT
2-29-6, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0013 Japan
Tel +81-3-3440-5581 / Fax +81-3-3440-5583
E-Mail:  teru@j-r-m.co.jp

MONGOLIA

MONGOLIA AUTO MOTO FEDERATION

Correspondent

Schedule

*The cruising distance is 280km

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