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Manych Trophy

One of the most promising wellsprings for Stavropol's economic develpment is its surfeit of resources for tourism and recreation. The ecological resort region of ) Kavkazkie Mineralnye Vody (KMV) is not the only place, where developing tourism is possible. One of the newer f “growth zones" is Apanasenovskiy County, which seduces visitors with its variety of flora and fauna. When formulating the concept of creating an ecological steppe park within the county, the regional authorities identified good prospects for active and extreme tourism as well as ecological driving competition attracted !than 1500 spectators to the villa Divnoe, Apanasenovskiy County. Nineteen in off-road vehicles took part in the Manych Troph contest, in which they had to follow the organisers ro steep and potholed track built in a local ravine as quickly as possible.

Modified Russian Nivas and UAZes performed best on the difficult course, and most of the teams had indeed come to Divnoe in them. The competitors took part in the Trophy in several Cute, depending on the fit-out of their off-roaders. It is worthy of note that in the most prestigious category, where real victories an had, the winning teams navigator was a woman. Only two nineteen teams were of mixed gender.

Since the first Manych Trophy competition was held in 2008, the Strizhament jeep club, which had been founded earlier in Stavropol, has gained a rival: the Steppe Wolves, whose members, having perfected their craft, this time took first place in one of the three categories.

No unfortunate incidents were recorded as having caused any injuries among the participants, although one of the off-roaders did actually flip on the dangerous track. Apart from watching the extreme sportsmen enjoy the ride, Manych Trophy 2010 spectators were able to enjoy an active recreation programme featuring balloon and light aircraft flights.