"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
09/12/2013 at 08:51 • Filed to: Rallycross, Andreas Bakkerud, ERC, Norway, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Hitchhiking, Babyblue
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"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
09/12/2013 at 08:51 • Filed to: Rallycross, Andreas Bakkerud, ERC, Norway, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Hitchhiking, Babyblue | 3
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Andreas Bakkerud, probably not known by most oppos in any way, are about to finish his debut season in the supercar class in the European Rallycross Championship (ERC). Despite having a much lower budget than other drivers in the series, he has won two rounds this year (Sweden and France), beating drivers like Petter Solberg, Sebastien Loeb and Tanner Foust.
At the start of the season the 21-year old from Bergen made a bet with the guys that broadcast the ERC, that if he won a round this year he would hitchhike from Bergen in Norway to the last round in Germany. And since he already won two, he will start the trip after this weekends round in Austria. So on Tuesday the 17th, 9 o'clock he goes from Bergen, through Norway, Sweden, Denmark and to Hamburg, where the final round is.
So, if there are any opponauts that wants to help a top-level racedriver in trouble, here's your chance! You'll also probably get on TV, because the broadcasters don't want him to cheat!
Full article in Norwegian: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
You can sign up in the comments below the original article, I guess it's not too hard to find out how.
Brian Tschiegg
> Hoccy
09/12/2013 at 08:56 |
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Great story! Rallycross is a great racing series (both ERC and GRC). Small, impossibly powerful cars on tight tracks mixing asphalt, dirt, gravel, etc. is a recipe for success.
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> Hoccy
09/12/2013 at 08:58 |
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I once set out to hitch-hike from my home in Budapest, to Bergen, a city i visited once before that, and was completely infatuated with. I didn't make it past Amsterdam though.... and you don't need to hear the rest, do you.
If he wants any advice, tell him to pack some black marker pens, and always write on a cardboard he can pick up from beside the paper garbage bin at any service station, where he's headed next. If he chooses destinations right, makes hitching a ride a doddle.
BarryDanger
> Hoccy
09/12/2013 at 10:19 |
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I don't get it. He has to hitchhike because he won a race? Seems like the bet should have been if he won, the broadcasters would have to hitchhike...
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Hoccy
> BarryDanger
09/12/2013 at 10:45 |
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He didn't believe he would win a race this season, but the broadcasters did.
It's like: "If I win a race this season, I'll hitchhike to the last round". The broadcasters didn't set it up, he just didn't expect to get so far this season.
Bakkster, touring car driver
> Hoccy
09/12/2013 at 11:18 |
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Due to similarity to my name, I am now officially following this driver :)
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BarryDanger
> Hoccy
09/12/2013 at 11:48 |
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Oh... I get it!
Dusty Ventures
> Hoccy
09/12/2013 at 13:05 |
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Bakkerud is the man! I think he's a future champion in the making
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Hoccy
> Dusty Ventures
09/12/2013 at 14:26 |
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At 21, and with the experience and talent he has, he will be a driver to watch. I sure hope he can get enough money to do a full season next year, since it's the start of a world championship. Will fight for the second place this year for sure.
SubiSanchez
> Hoccy
09/12/2013 at 14:32 |
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Hopefully he's not murdered by a lorry driver. Seriously talented racer though