Red Bull Hare Scramble 2011 – Pictures
Here you finde some pictures from the Red Bull Hare Scramble 2011 – one of the hardest singel day enduro races in the world . From 2500 Enduro enthusiasts only 500 were able to qualify for the main race – the Hare Scamble 2011 ! “This is the race who sepparates the Boys from the man”, speech_leslie , a huge enduro fan , posted on Twitter . And he is damn right . From 500 starters only 9 finished the race and wer able to complete all checkpoints !
Picture One – The Look on Eisenerz
Look on the village Eisenerz - Red Bull Hare Scramble 2011
Rainy, cloudy and the air smelled like a mix from gasoline and fear – Amazing atmosphere for an unbelievable Race . The Red Bull Hare Scramble is really one oft the hardest Enduro Races in the world . If you don’t know where Eisenerz is, take a look on google maps !
Fight for every position – at the end only 9 comboys made it
Fight for every position - Red Bull Hare Scramble 2011
They fight for every position just to survive , not to win , but the Erzberg doesn’t forgive any mistakes. Show weakness and the mountain show you his natural power.
Red Bull Hare Scramble 2011 – The enduro cemetery
Red Bull Hare Scramble 2011 - Enduro cemetry
Very often it looked like this , dead horses made of steel with riders look like zombies . It’s not a normal race its a massacre. The best way to train for this race is climbing a mountain once a week – With your horse on your back!
No Help Zone
If you made it to this point you have to be a very strong cowboy, but here ist the point where you are able to prove that you are a man of steel. No Help Zone Buddy – So start your engine !
No Help Zone - Red Bull Hare Scramble 2011
Only 9 survived
Those are the 9 Heros who survived the Erzberg – congratulation to Taddy Blazusiak who proved with his 5th victory in a row that he is not from this world – see you next year in Eisenerz on the Red Bull Hare Scramble 2012 !
1. Taddy Blazusiak (POL, KTM 250 EXC) 2:12,03 Stunden
2. Dougie Lampkin (UK, Gas Gas EC300E) 2:18,41
3. Jonny Walker (UK, KTM 300 EXC) 2:39,27
4. Ben Hemingway (UK, KTM 300 EXC) 2:49,10
5. Xavier Galindo (ESP, Husaberg) 3:02,45
6. Dan Hemingway (UK, KTM 300 EXC) 3:03,20
7. Taichi Tanaka (JPN, KTM 300 EXC) 3:14,48
8. Chris Birch (NZL, KTM 300 EXC) 3:22,23
9. Lars Enöckl (AUT, KTM 250 EXC) 3:52,10
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