As many as 121 cars, motorbikes, quads and trucks appear on the entry lists of Baja Poland 2014. Among cars there are 37 crews from 14 different countries fighting for points to the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies. 23 crews will be allowed to score points for CEZ (Central Europe Zone). Among them there are rarely seen in Poland trucks. Baja Poland constitutes also a round of Poland Cup where we could admire 21 extra cars. Besides them, Szczecin will host 40 motorbikes and quads.
Among the drivers there are no missing names from the world’s top. The entry list is opened by the current FIA World Cup classification leader, Vladimir Vasilyev. However, it is Nasser Al-Attiyah who is the most successful driver. Two weeks ago the Quatari competitor won Hungarian Baja and is one of the main contenders to take victory in the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies. Al-Attiyah has a Dakar Rally win under his belt as well as the FIA World Cup triumph. He was also very much successful in the FIA World Rally Championship winning the Production Car category. Besides that the Quatari grabbed the title in the Middle East Rally Championship on nine occasions and is a bronze medallist at the Olympic Games in London in … skeet shooting.
The Czech driver Miroslav Zapletal and the Dutchman Ten Brinke also aspire to top positions. Besides them there is also a strong pack of Polish drivers with Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Martin Kaczmarski, Adam Małysz and Marek Dąbrowski. There is also a sensational four-wheel debut from Tadeusz “Taddy” Błażusiak – the great star of the world’s enduro-cross, the five time world champion in Super Enduro.
Among the motorcycles we will see the returning from injury Kuba Przygoński, who among the Alessandro Rusou from Italy, Adrien Mare from Monaco and Alex Zanotti from San Marino is one of the main contenders for victory in the FIM Cup for Bajas. Among quad drivers the main contenders are Alexandre Giroud from France and the Poles, Kamil Wiśniewski and Zbigniew Zych.
In the heaviest category of trucks the Polish-Czech crew of Robert Szustkowski / Jarosław Kazberuk / Filip Skrobanek will be the arch rivals for the Kazakhstan crew leading by Artur Aravicius who has already won the podium spot in the Dakar marathon.
Among the rally cars there will also appear the Mini All4Racing from the famous X-raid team (Vasiliev, Hołowczyc, Kaczmarski, Schott) and Toyotas Hilux prepared by the Belgian Overdrive run by Hołowczyc’s former co-driver Jean-Marc Fortin. The Japanese cars were also chosen by Al-Attiyah, Dąbrowski, Małysz and Błażusiak.
Motorcycles and quads are represented by KTM and Yamaha brands, and trucks are represented by Man, Mercedes Unimog and powerful Tatras with engines delivering power over 1000 bhp!