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

Norway	77
Sweden	45
Denmark	15
Finland	18
Germany	56
Belgium	7
Nederland	27
Estonia	2
Italy	1
Austria	1
Polen	5
United Kingdom	15
Ireland	1
Switzerland	2
Portugal	3
Japan	1
Czech Republic	3

Motorcycles, Indians:

Vindian		1
Indian	Chief	82
Indian	Scout	25
Indian	741B	12
Indian	Hedstrøm	1
Indian	Motoplane	1
Indian	Prince	1
Indian	Powerplus	5
Indian	Sport Scout	5
Indian	Four	7
Indian	Retro (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, Norway	Indian Hedstrøm 1913
Class II: 1916 – 1925	Rolf Vold, Norway	Indian Powerplus 1916 v/sc
Class III: 1926 – 1935	Uno Andersen, Norway	Indian Chief 1930
Class IV: 1936 – 1945	Gert-Arne Dickson, Sweden	Indian Four 1939
Class V: 1946-1953	Per Gillebo, Norway	Indian Chief 1947
Class VI: Retro 1953+	John Wright, United Kingdom	BMW
Best modified:	Hans Georg Schelttzke, Germany	Vindian (Vincent/Indian)
Best sidecar combination:	Alf Berland , Norway	Indian Powerplus 1921 v/sc
Best original, unrestored:	Clas Pallin, Sweden	Indian Scout 1927
Jury,s free choice:	Arild Åsen, Norway	Indian 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:

Start	Name	Country:	MC:	Km/h
252	Gaje Torgny	Sweden	Ariel	Disqualified
1	Rafael Rienks	Germany	Chief	10,70
278	Ivor Mundel	Estonia	Scout	26,31
263	Bjørn Synnergren	Sweden	Chief	30,88
262	Katarina Synnergren	Sweden	Chief	31,96
145	Peter Ettrup Petersen	Denmark	Chief	31,96
264	Herman Liensberger	Italy	Chief	32,19
116	Fred Smeulders	Netherland	Chief	33,45
251	Gary Johansson	Sweden	Chief	33,78
106	Reiner Simon	Germany	741B	34,29
201	Thomas Treder	Nederland	Scout	36,00
81	Åke Eklund	Sweden	Chief	36,29
35	Roland Müller	Switzerland	Chief	38,17
255	RICHARD JOHANSSON	Sweden	Scout	40,84
253	Set Eklund	Sweden	Honda	41,45
212	Cornlelia Gehlert	Germany		43,02
276	Sønke Martin	Germany	HD	46,53