International Indian Rally Norway 2023

International Indian Rally Norway 2023 – Results



Thanks to everyone for a great weekend 03 – 06 august!

The Norwegian Indian Club would like to thank every participant on our rally, for making it a memorable weekend. It started out with disturbing weather forecasts, rain and wind. But fortunatly these storms did not arrive in a major scale. Just a few showers on Saturday morning and the sun peeped through again in the afternoon.

The formal opening was on Friday evening, with speeches, folk music and even the mayor of Kviteseid present. Later in the evening we had a talented musician Ray Larsen, on guitar, playing outside on the MC parking. On Saturday the three different rideouts, to Eidsborg, Lunde and Treungen, was ridden in rain showers and sun. And in the evening there was a rally dinner with awards and a hillarious auction. The latter presented by Petter and Torkel.

After an introduction by Arvid Munthe, a very special two men band followed up with delta blues on their home buildt instruments. They were called “Two good neighbours”, simply because they are neighbours back home. The instruments were buildt from spades and showels, and even a Jägermeister bottle. On stage also two well aged Indians.

Results and statistics:

Statistics International Indian Rally Norway 2023:

Total number of participants:                     279

Nations:                                                              17

Norway77
Sweden45
Denmark15
Finland18
Germany56
Belgium7
Nederland27
Estonia2
Italy1
Austria1
Polen5
United Kingdom15
Ireland1
Switzerland2
Portugal3
Japan1
Czech Republic3

Motorcycles, Indians:

Vindian1
IndianChief82
IndianScout25
Indian741B12
IndianHedstrøm1
IndianMotoplane1
IndianPrince1
IndianPowerplus5
IndianSport Scout5
IndianFour7
IndianRetro (1953-)8
Total: 148

Other motorcycles:                                       9

Total participating motorcycles:              157

Results:

1)  Longest distance on an Indian to the rally:

Winner:  Jess Bambford, United Kingdom –     2470 Km

2) Bad Luck prize 2023:

Winner: Hennie Willems, Netherland. Serious clutch and gearbox trouble.

3) Best Indian bikes in different classes:

Jury:  

Jørgen Sundberg, Sweden

Wolfgang Schaelte, Germany

Halvor Midtvik, Norway

Results – competition:

Class I: 1901 – 1915      Marius Laukholm, NorwayIndian Hedstrøm 1913
Class II: 1916 – 1925Rolf Vold, NorwayIndian Powerplus 1916 v/sc
Class III: 1926 – 1935Uno Andersen, NorwayIndian Chief 1930
Class IV: 1936 – 1945    Gert-Arne Dickson, SwedenIndian Four 1939
Class V: 1946-1953      Per Gillebo, NorwayIndian Chief 1947
Class VI: Retro 1953+   John Wright, United KingdomBMW
Best modified:              Hans Georg Schelttzke, GermanyVindian (Vincent/Indian)
Best sidecar combination:         Alf Berland , Norway     Indian Powerplus 1921 v/sc
Best original, unrestored:          Clas Pallin, SwedenIndian Scout 1927
Jury,s free choice:       Arild Åsen, NorwayIndian Motoplane 1933

4) HILL CLIMB:

Hill Climb distance:     3,8 km.

Speed:                                 36 km/h.

Time:                                   6 minutes, 20 seconds.

HILLCLIMB PODIUM 2023:  

No. 1                     Thomas Treder, Netherlands      km/h:  36,00

No. 2                     Åke Eklund, Sweden                      km/h:  36,29

No. 3                     Reiner Simon, Germany                km/h:  34,29


Hill Climb – competitors list – RESULTS:

StartNameCountry:MC:Km/h
252Gaje TorgnySwedenArielDisqualified
1Rafael RienksGermanyChief10,70
278Ivor MundelEstoniaScout26,31
263Bjørn SynnergrenSwedenChief30,88
262Katarina SynnergrenSwedenChief31,96
145Peter Ettrup PetersenDenmarkChief31,96
264Herman LiensbergerItalyChief32,19
116Fred SmeuldersNetherlandChief33,45
251Gary JohanssonSwedenChief33,78
106Reiner SimonGermany741B34,29
201Thomas TrederNederlandScout36,00
81Åke EklundSwedenChief36,29
35Roland MüllerSwitzerlandChief38,17
255RICHARD JOHANSSONSwedenScout40,84
253Set EklundSwedenHonda41,45
212Cornlelia GehlertGermany 43,02
276Sønke MartinGermanyHD46,53

5. Best rider.

Oldest bike to complete one of the three Rideouts.

Winner: Rolf Vold, Indian Powerplus 1916, Ride out 3, Treungen.Trophy awarded by Kviteseid kommune.

Some pictures from the rally: