The Slovak crew of the Taurus T3 Max buggy, Martin Benko and Marek Sýkora, have completed (almost) half of the Greek competition.
For Martin Benko, as we have previously informed you, the Hellas Rally Raid 2025 is the first competition in the Taurus T3 Max buggy. The course of the competition so far indicates that Martin’s transition from a motorcycle to four wheels was successful. Without major problems, together with navigator Marek Sýkora, they completed the first two stages, only in the third they had minor problems that cost them about half an hour of loss.
“Today, in the third stage, we got a flat tire, which is nothing unusual, but when we were changing a wheel, our brand new jack suddenly broke. Fortunately, it didn’t hurt either of us. At the moment when the blow rang out, Martin and I looked at each other with the question in our eyes, “what now?” We solved it by having to knock over a tree and use it to make a lever, lift the car and put on a new wheel. I don’t understand why the brand new jack broke. As for the competition itself, it’s really tough, we don’t avoid rocks, but also riverbeds and, of course, fords. But all of that is part of such a competition. As we declared before the competition, we don’t look at the times achieved at all. “This is specifically about Martin gaining as much experience as possible after the transition to a four-wheeled vehicle,” said Marek Sýkora after the third stage.
Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the competitors will face a so-called marathon stage, similar to the one we know from the Dakar Rally. The only difference here is that the competitors are entitled to a short service. After the marathon stage, there will be two more stages with the finish on Sunday.
We will inform you again about how the Slovak crew Martin Benko – Marek Sýkora and their Taurus T3 Max buggy fared.