Team Rally Raid Canada > Rally Racer Don Hatton

Don made it through a hot, and longer than expected day, in good spirits and ready to go for tomorrow.

After a very early start, Don realized after riding 89km that he’d forgotten to pick up a time card. He rode back to retrieve it, where he was told he wasn’t going to be able to continue. Arguing he could still get to the special for his alloted start time, he plead his case, eventually getting the officials to make a call to their superiors. Eventually, Don was allowed to continue and head back out on the liaison.

Arriving just in time to start the special, Don didn’t have a chance to get the instructions on setting his road book 50km ahead. Obviously, this lead to some confusion, essentially having to ride without the road book, but at the first checkpoint, he was able to get it sorted and continue on the rest of the stage.

As with today’s special, tomorrow’s run will put the bikes and cars on a separate, parallel course, allowing bikes to race without the ever-looming threat of overtaking cars. This removes a huge source of stress to the riders. From the stage description, the beginning of the rally is going to have some blind jumps early in the stage, and more open, but rocky sections in the latter half.

Good luck Don!