Winner of Norwegian Cup 2010

Here's the proof - and also the greatest trophy so far in my racing career :-)

These are the buckets I collected through 2010. Not very impressive maybe, but considering I have started 5 races this year... Yep - I'm quite satisfied !!

My races during this year:

Norgescup #2 - 2.place
Sørlandscup #1 - 7.place
Eurotrial 2010 - 32.place
Norgescup #4 - 3.place
Norgescup #5 - 2.place.

Technically approved for the Eurotrial.

Today we was forced to make some upgrade to the body of the car in order to pass the technical control for the competition. The car is now ready, and nicely parked beside a BIG jeep for the night. Lets hope the driver also will be ready after a good nights sleep.

Almost ready

The car is slowly getting ready. Needs charging and a little more paint, and I think we get on the road to Eurotrial.

Eurotrial next

Only one participated in one more race since I qualified for the Eurotrial (check: http://www.eurotrial.se/). There's been som technical issues with the racecar, but it seems to be working ok now.

Still needs a little cosmetic work, but expecting it all to be done in a couple of days. offcourse I will update again when the car is loaded on the trailer and "ready to run."
I will bring my 1 year old son, Thomas, with me to the competition, and his grandfather will come along to take care of him when I'm busy with the competition.

Overtime

Lucky for me the first race this season was cancelled, and I have been resting too much so now it is going to be thight to reach what is going to be the first race 1.May.

I am tired of crawling under the car when changing parts, so today I tilted it when installing the transfer case.

I am getting there, but still need to install driver seat and seatbelts. Hopefully a couple of new tires and the arb.locker will be in place during the comming weekend.

7 days to go

Yeah - counting 7 days to the first race, I'm getting a little stressed. Very little has been done in the past weeks, and the "to-do list" is still a little to long. What has been done is that I have bought all the parts I will be needing; Transfer case, radiator, seats, arb.locker for the front differential and 2 new tires. Here's the new seats:

I have installed the radiator, fixed new fuel-piping and now the engine is running. I have also taken out the front differential whis presently is beeing upgraded with the arb.locker.

The transfer case has been serviced and is now ready to be installed. Hopefully during this weekend the seats and new seatbelts will be installed and I'm strickly ready for race. However I would be very happy if I also can manage to put on the 2 new tires and give the body a little paint-job.

Ready in 5 weeks?

Finally I have bits of a Suzuki to prepare to something that might become a racecar... It's not shining (yet), but hopefully it performs better than it looks as it quite likely goes from being "back-up" to the racecar for 2010. When, or if, it comes to looks, it will probably not be the greatest challenge this racer will give me.
The racer will need a radiator and change of oil and filter, a transfer case, new seats and seatbelts before it can race. However it will also desperately need better and a little bigger tires, some bodywork and not at least a paintjob. ARB locker for the front differential and beadlocks are also on the shoplist if everything seems to be working fine with the machine.

Recruiting

We did no racing activities in the team in 2009, but a little recruiting was done. Thomas was born in May and is allready showing good interrest in cars (picture from February 2010).Hopefully we'll find time for some races this year, and for now we are working to have ready a racecar for the standard-class. This will probably require less maintenance, meaning less time in the garage and more time at the tracks. First race this year is 17.April, so let's se what it all looks like in a months time... Stay tuned :-)

Team-logo 2009

Not much is going on these days. The racecar is still packed in snow, and more of it is expected.
But I have designed a new logo which will be used on new clothing and stickers. The idea is that the new design have a somewhat more international appearance as it displays my nationality.
It also includes the the new name of the racecar as it will appear when prepared for race.

Winter break

1.Novermber was the last race of the season, which went very well - with a 2.place. But now it is winter-break, and time for giving the car a facelift before season starts again in 2009. The work with the racecar will start in January, and for now it rests just as it was parked on the back of my "diesel-donkey." ...The last week it has also been added a little snow to give it the proper christmas-look :-)

Last place

Well - the first race with my Zalto is done. On the 14.September it was finally time to make use of Zalto for the first time on my own after I bought it, and a colleagua of mine even showed up to help me out from the co-driver seat. I think it was obvius to me, my co-driver and all other watching the race, that it's now been more than a year since last time I drove a racecar. I need both some training, and to familiarize myself with the car before thinking of getting serious with the racing again.Though we finished last in the competition this day, we did have a great load of fun and when the volvo-engine finally cooperated I was quite impressed with the capability of the car. Now I'm really looking forward to renewing the car a bit during the winter, and making a fresh start next year!!

A fresh start

After the racecar used in the 2007-season was sold in bits and pieces, I have bought another one for future competitions. "Kill Bil" of 2007 did not work as well as expected, and additionally the development of the Pro-mod gives doesn't give me any motivation. Therefore I am looking forwad to compete in Modified where the cars only are allowed limited modifications, but still are racing the same tracks.
The new racecar is now unfamiliare to me as I loaned it for 2 race during 2007. It is known as "Zalto," but it is to be expected that the car will be renamed and presented with new looks for the 2009-season. But first of all, I will try to familiarize myself with the car allready this season, and will start allready on the 14.September in the AOK-champion competition. I'm looking forward to finally buckle up for som real offroad-action again!

The team have also invested in a "new" cartransporter, so for future I don't need to tow a trailer with the racecar. Forunately, it also does a very good job transporting.... anything actually. Which nowdays are quite handy as I also are in the middle of a great renovatin-project with an old house by the sea. The prjoect also have it's own blogg which is updated several times a week by my dear companion, Sonja.

Something is happening

It is quiet in Stiansen Offroad Team these days. And there's still no news regarding a racecar for this season, and actually it is not bothering me. I'll probably be busy with other things with the comming competitions anyway, needless to mention invitations and start lists...
But - not having a racecar worth preparing for this season, I have used a little time with my everyday-ride - also used as towtruck whenever travelling to competitions.
Below is the "before-picture" and above is the "after picture" of the Grand Cherokee. I've mounted wind deflectors on the front door-windows, tinted all windows, and the safari grille with extra head lights. I am very happy with the result, and in a couple of months it will also be upgraded with the rear seat row :-)

New blogg

Well - my previous blog was very unstabile, so I gave it up. Here's my new one...
The timing for launching a new one should be quite ok as it still is between race-seasons, I am working to find a new racecar for the comming season, and I will probably compete in another race-category as from the 2008-season. As you may understand - there is not much that is finally in place for the season which starts in about 6 weeks, but hopefully I'll have some exiting news here very shortly!

2007 was quite an eventful season for me.
First of all I made a jump from the standard-category to Pro-modified with a new race-car (picture). However the car proved to not be very well built, and caused me both allot of maintanence and concequently some dissapointing results. Anyhow, ending up in the top-3 in the overall result in "Sørlandscupen" after 5 races, makes me quite proud. Specially concidering the very high quality and tight competition in the Pro-modified category.
...That will be nice to keep in mind, and giving me som good confidence when race-season of 2008 start up!

My latest input of the previous blogg (which was all in norwegian)
Det er blitt smått med oppdateringer på bloggen, men vi prøver et sammendrag av sesong-avslutningen. Min første sesong i pro-mod klassen har utartet seg ganske anderledes enn jeg hadde forestilt meg. Kort fortalt har det vært mye tekniske problemer, men jeg har likevel stilt i 9 løp og gjort respektable resultater. Dog har jeg kjørt 3 av løpene i lånt bil, og jeg skylder en stor takk for lånet til Janne Bronndal, og Jørgen Paulsen ! Deres generøsitet ble utslagsgivende for at jeg til slutt kjørte inn til 3.plass sammenlagt i Sørlandscupen, over all forventing i min første sesong i den tøffeste klassen i biltrial.

Årets opptur
Var definitivt 4.runde av sørlandscupen i sandtaket i Gjerstad hvor jeg fikk min første pallplassering med egen bil (Kill bil). Spesielt godt gjorde det etter at bakhjulsopphenget hadde knukket allerede i testkjøringen dagen i forveien.

Årets nedtur
Nordisk mesterskap ble triste greier. Etter at bilen hadde fungert godt på Herstua i den siste konkurransen før Nordisk og videre forbedringer var utrettet, hadde jeg faktisk forhåpninger til et godt resultat her. Tidsklemma i forkant av konkurransen medførte likevel at jeg ikke helt hadde sjekket bilens tilstand godt nok før konkurransen, og bakhjulsopphenget sviktet igjen. I den aller første banen var det allerede sluttkjørt. Når bilen skulle vinsjes ut ble hele bakakselen revet av bilen, og det hele endte med at banen ble stengt for videre kjøring i konkurransen.