At Dakar Rally first start of the Poland National Team.

USPA NEWS - On 5th of January 2013, at the capitol of Peru, for the 34 time starts the Dakar Rally. At this occasion the Polish Motor Organization gave green light to the concept to form for the first time in his history, a Polish cross-country rally team ““ under the name “Poland National Team“

On 5th of January 2013, at the capitol of Peru, for the 34 time starts the Dakar Rally (before well known under the name of “Paris-Dakar“). At this occasion the Polish Motor Organization gave green light to the concept to form for the first time in his history, a Polish cross-country rally team ““ under the name “Poland National Team“ (short cut: PNT). The initiators were Maciej Kaczmarski (businessman - also a former cross-country driver), RafaÅ‚ Sonik (one of the top world leader in the category of quad) and Piotr Beaupre (a active driver in national and international cross-country rally´s). Thanks to the expose of the idea of PNT, the polish competitors will be more recognized at their starts outside Poland. Therefore at the start of the Dakar Rally the polish participants for the first time on their breast and on their equipment (car-jeep-truck-quad-motorcycle) will carry the Polish Eagle together with the sign of the Polish National Team. However each member of PNT is still starting under the name of his factory team or his own individual name. Also the PNT members are declaring to promote the sport of cross-country rally, but however the most important is that they will train young new talents ““ so in short their successors ! Team members of the Poland National Team starting at the Dakar Rally: RafaÅ‚ Sonik (quad ““ Yamaha Raptor 700); Krzysztof HoÅ‚owczyc i Filipe Palmeiro (POR) (car - Mini All 4 Racing); Piotr Beaupré i Jacek Lisicki (car ““ BMW X5 CC); Adam MaÅ‚ysz i RafaÅ‚ Marton (car ““ Toyota Hilux); Dariusz Å»yÅ‚a i Pierre Calmon (FRA) (car ““ Mitsubishi Pajero); Grzegorz Baran, Bartosz Boba, Robert Jachacy (truck ““ MAN TG 4×4); Robert Jan Szustkowski Jr., JarosÅ‚aw Kazberuk, Wojciech BiaÅ‚owÄ…s (truck ““ Mercedes Unimog U400 Rally) .

Special attention and great aspiration is directed to Martin Kaczmarski, who will attend the Dakar Rally as a observer. This young man is the raising polish hope for the next generations in cross-country rally. In the last year 2012 he started for the first time in cross-country with his pilot Bartosz Boba in a Bowler Nemesis Dakar, and already with a big success ““ vice polish champion ! The coming year 2013, will be for Martin Kaczmarski his big change to break trough with starts at the FIA World Cup Championship and European Championship CEZ, but also starts at the two most know long distance cross-country rally´s: Silk Way 2013 and the next edition of the Dakar Rally in the January of 2014. Martin Kaczmarski together with his pilot Bartosz Boba, probable will start with their new car - a Toyota Hilux ““ also under the shield of Poland National Team.