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Monday, July 27, 2009
The 1,500 contestants of the previous day turned the track into a nightmare. Toughest conditions for the riders as well as for the bikes - not to mention the dust that got even worse.
![HP motor racing, Iron Road Prolog, 2](http://www.bmw-motorrad2.com/bmwmr_crm_net_news/content/images/meldung002334pic13_1.jpg)
Would the King´s Class winner Giovanni Sala be able to strike back and defeat the young Fin Simo Kirssi in today´s 2nd run? Or would the young generation take over? All three HP2 Endurists had splendid runs - skillfully powerdrifting the bikes through the hairpins and up the hill.
Giovanni Sala (ITA) vs. Simo Kirssi (FIN)
Everybody waited excitedly for the official results. In the meantime the top-riders of the event showed their best tricks to the gathered crowd.
![Jimmy Lewis HP motor racing](http://www.bmw-motorrad2.com/bmwmr_crm_net_news/content/images/meldung002334pic14_1.jpg)
Jimmy Lewis
For Stunt-Champion Chris Pfeiffer the laws of gravity didn´t even seem to apply any longer, performing breathtaking wheelies during an extremely steep hillclimb.
![Simo Kirssi HP motor racing](http://www.bmw-motorrad2.com/bmwmr_crm_net_news/content/images/meldung002334pic14_2.jpg)
Simo Kirssi
No wonder that there were numerous requests for autographs afterwards! Again, the BMW Motorrad Instructor Team took part in the event as well - with a lot of fun - and also highly successful: In the Desert Bomber category for 2-cylinder-bikes 2 instructors made the Top-Ten. On their 100 % production R 1200 GS Enduros!
Responsible for the best news of the day was again the young Fin Simo Kirssi. Despite the tough conditions he reached a fabulous 9:02,67 min. - even two seconds faster than his time in the first run.
![Simo Kirssi winner Iron Road Prologue](http://www.bmw-motorrad2.com/bmwmr_crm_net_news/content/images/meldung002334pic17_1.jpg)
![Erzberg-Legend Werner Müller HP](http://www.bmw-motorrad2.com/bmwmr_crm_net_news/content/images/meldung002334pic17_2.jpg)
![Chris Pfeiffer HP motor racing](http://www.bmw-motorrad2.com/bmwmr_crm_net_news/content/images/meldung002334pic18_1.jpg)
![BMW HP motor racing champion](http://www.bmw-motorrad2.com/bmwmr_crm_net_news/content/images/meldung002334pic18_2.jpg)