Valtr finished the ninth stage of the Dakar in an excellent third position Two places behind him is today's seventh placed Martin Soltys, also in a Tatra. Robert Kasak is improving steadily, he has moved up to 20th overall, while finishing 15th today. Josef Machacek stays in 11th overall, he was 22nd today. In the Dakar Classic, Radovan Kazarka in his Tatra Puma is still third in his category, finishing sixth today. Jaroslav Valtr didn't start the day in a very positive mood, but at the finish line his smile had returned. "I wasn't in a good mood at the start, but that is not something the team care about. I fought for all the guys, for the whole team. Especially for the mechanics who worked hard for two days to put the truck together. Today we had a technical, bumpy track, not even a riverbed. Again, it was a track made for Tatra. It was bumpy, even in the fast passages, and sometimes the big bumps hurt," described the driver of the Tatra Buggyra ZM Team his feelings. "I'm more mentally exhausted because the front axle was the only thing that was holding us back the whole stage. Contact Us At: https://www.buggyra.com/