Magic of Talma 1998

10th The Magic of Talma Off Road Trial opened the 1998 Finnish off road season. There were only 35 cars participating, because Magic of Talma -competition does not have the cup-value. Group I tracks were completely new and improved a great deal from last year. On group II tracks, there was only one difficult section, track four's cliff climbing, otherwise group II tracks were driveable and had not changed from last year. Group III's last section was a killer. Only Petri Mattson drove it through without any penalty points. Excellent driving from Petri and his black Tamagotchi. Watch out for Ville Viikari with his new Toyota LJ70, they will not be easy to beat this year. In group III Team Salonen did not get their new car "Moggster" ready. Petri Mattson will also interfere the battle between Jare Salonen and Seppo "Popo" Luukkanen when they try to win group III championship.

GROUP I driver/co-driver car club 1. Marko Weckman/Asko Pajunen Volvo C202 Ita-Helsingin UA 2. Pekka Sauramo/ Artur Hodgson Toyota HJ NORT 3. Petri Altti/ Aija Vaittinen Suzuki SJ Lopen UA 4. Jari Montonen/ Mika Ohman Mitsubishi Pajero Ita-Helsingin UA 5. Timo Kasari/ Heikki Kulmala Suzuki SJ Raision UA 6. Mika Jylha/ Hannu-Pekka Selin MB G280 Lopen UA GROUP 2 1. Ville Viikari/ Kimmo Kenttinen Toyota LJ70 Mutakuonot 2. Olli-Pekka Aromaki/ Jukka Valkama Volvo C303 FJDC 3. Tommi Pispala/ Tero Uosukainen Range Rover Mutakuonot 4. Markku Aromaki/ Timo Sjoblom Volvo C303 Ita-Helsingin UA 5. Mika Mikkila/ Kari Vainio Toyota BJ40 NORT 6. Ari Ojanpera/ Jare Salonen Jeep Commando Raision UA GROUP Classic 1. Kimmo Tallqvist/ Juha Heinomaki Jeep CJ5 Mad Moose 2. Reijo Suojanen/ Pertti Lasonen UAZ Cabriolet NORT 3. Ari Hakarainen/ Jari Ilvonen Toyota BJ40 Kymen Off Road 4. Mikko Merilainen/ Jarmo Hasu Zica Lande Kotkan UA 5. Arto Taipale/ Ari-Pekka Taipale Range Rover Mad Moose only 5 finisher GROUP 3 1. Petri Matsson/ Jussi Peltonen Tamagotchi [?!] Raision UA 2. Seppo Luukkanen/ Jari Silander Jeep CJ5/ Unimog Mad Moose 3. Arto Herrala/ Jari Suominen Toyota/ Unimog Mad Moose 4. Jukka Hyttinen/ Jouni Haarala MB-Kupla Mansen MC only 4 finisher Ari Myllyla, 17/5/1998	1st in group II
	Nice and gentle, so 2nd in group II
	6th in group II

See the 1998 season, 1997 season & results, and the cross-ref' pages