Micro Dakar Rally: Stage 3
Upstairs Around Every Bed.
It certainly was a spectacular leg!
Team Li-Ion is fast on the straight, and in the corners and in the technical....
However team Ni-Cd can fly...
,
,
...every time they hit an obstacle instead of reversing they lift-off over the finish line in a trail of laughter...
The marshalls weren't sure if that's legal....there's nothing in the rulebook about it...neither is entering a 4 wheel drive and then converting it to dual independent mid-event...
Reliability is still a major problem for Team Li-Ion...
Chief Spanner Monkey had this advice to give the driver: "Listen mate...it's Lego...don't hit anything!"
The highlight of the day was a tied finish...Team Ni-Cd managed to crash onto the roof of Li-Ion and piggy-backed over the finish line.
After the stage, as usual, Ni-Cd's had nothing to fix or improve and hit the town...
Jobs for the boys in team Li-Ion though!
We got another exclusive interview with the boys in pitlane!
"What are your feelings about today's happenings gents?"
"Robbed! We were robbed! We're three times the weight and on land we're outta sight!"
Ain't no flying machine though!
Listen! I'll tell you! We're not taking it lying down!
We've not only reinvented the wheel once..
...not twice...(wheels driven by tracks)
But
three times!
We're getting hit below the belt and there's only one answer to that!
Behold!
THE UNHOLY MATRIMONY of Lego
AND Junior Mechano!!
Tyres! You can't reinvent the wheel without reinventing the tyre now can you?
Most important part of an automobile.
And we still can't put all the power on the ground off the start line...
...but we can bunny hop now!!
We're running a full set for every terrain. Massive 3" off-road rubber at atmospheric pressure. Solid rubber pizza cutters for drag racing, Front skids for wood and carpet and tracks for posing for the photos.
The rears are as good as we're getting! Gearing highered by increasing the wheel diameter. If it was a fair race...it wouldn't be fair!!
Not only that but to protect the Lego Tracks we've extended Lego bar-work!
Better wheelie bars too...easier steer...
At this point in the event I don't think we're gonna win the tournament but first loser's in the bag!
The sponsors are advising we enter some drift events after this."
Team Ni-Cd responded. "Bring it! Less is more...we'll race on the rims...with 4 wheel drive!!
The competition standings may be already determined but the race isn't over.
Tomorrow 's stage is rock crawling...Team Li-Ion aren't putting the Lego tracks back on?