The trouble came over suddenly.

In October, 1999,

I started smoothly from a town of Darwin.

It was punctured in a gravel path of the first day and increased distance smoothly.

I passed the MEDIAS top of intermediate point of race with around 14th.

It was the time that I was blessed with weather, and was going to finish traveling of the fourth day by cruising speed of 70km / h.

Because a battery residual quantity was uneasy, I saved speed during morning.

It was afternoon, and it was the arrowhead which regained original performance of me.

Yamamoto driving me did not overlook that a motor had a coughing fit in suddenly.

Because it was a moment, it was the sign which it seemed to just overlook.

Fortunately, I finished traveling of 1st without scandalousness afterwards.

Yamamoto felt uneasiness in abnormality of a motor without what I experienced once till now.

He prepared for traveling of the next day and piled up a spare motor in to a bed of a support car.

And the next morning,

He gave instructions to Wakamatsu(Nao) of No.1 driver of this day.

"Even if abnormality fits a motor by any chance, I am upset"

In fact, We should have changed a motor during the nights.

However, bearing gave off a sound of a spare motor already.

It was the state that this motor could never say if smooth.

One year ago, a notice to finish maintenance from the manufacturer where he checked it and depended on of a motor reached it.

Thus this motor is the end if we broke it.

Yamamoto felt loneliness in the future of this EPSON motor which used bought.

A trouble occurred before 30 minutes that arrived at Tenantcreak.

"A motor seems to stop!!"

Report from Wakamatsu was reached from radio machine.

"Cut it off, and reset it,,,!!"

"We can exchange at the MEDIAS top if you kept it for 30 minutes more."

"Understood,,! I'll try it....!"

Just for several minutes,

Wakamatsu fought against a trouble of a EPSON motor.

"It is still no use."

"It is not any more effective for reset, too."

"It was stoped...."

The motor stopped at last at 1999km spot since it started in Darwin.

We changed both controller and motor.

I returned to a race after having 30 minutes for exchange.

Fortunately,

There was not a trouble and arrived at a goal line of Adelaide after this.

I shortened the last record for 20 hours.

I ran for 3000km in 55 hours.