They will be among the 3,000 young people in the 2022 edition of the solidarity adventure launched in 1997, which will leave on February 17 from Biarritz to Morocco.
The Raid 4L Trophy is a solidarity car raid intended for young people under 28, run exclusively in Renault 4, the objective being to provide school materials that facilitate access to education for children, young schoolchildren of a region where the desert advances. (site www.4ltrophy.com/)
Hélène Chantraine, 28, liberal nurse in Vic since July 2019 and who in the current health context is engaged in the vaccination center of the multimedia center.
Eliot Hocédé, 24, recently graduated mechatronic engineer, looking for a job, already with a 4L Trophy in 2018. An experience told by Eliot that made them want to live the adventure together. An adventure “intended to be even more intense and rich in personal acquisitions and learning” with the complete restoration of the 4L for the rally.
In this final stretch of 2021, already a good step forward on the roadmap!
A year and a half ago, the restoration of the vehicle began knowing, as the adventurers specify, “that for the most part we only worked on Saturdays, in a calendar interspersed with confinements”. And to specify that with the help of the bodywork mechanic Castaing in Tarbes, “an enthusiast who was able to transmit to us a know-how but also a state of mind” the vehicle was completely boned and reassembled. “We went on a restoration to new, so we changed 80% of the parts, completely redone the bodywork”.
What remains to be done? On the vehicle side, “to this day, we still have small break-ins and possible adjustments after having driven a few hundred kilometers, as well as the interior and obligatory fittings for the rally”. Today, the 4L is essentially ready even if the crew must “drive enough until the start in order to avoid possible breakdowns during the rally”.
On the stewardship side, “we need to complete our total budget for miscellaneous costs”; in this row gasoline, meals, tolls, also the last spare parts. If Hélène and Eliot simply say their gratitude, “we were able to count on the support of our families, our friends, our colleagues and their families, of the meetings made via social networks, in particular trophysts; all welcomed this project with enthusiasm and They have followed him closely. It is a chance and a real pleasure for us to have been able to share this with them “, they also agree” what we lack today is financial support “. We will come back to the terms of participation.
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