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Stage 2: Petrol-Powered Engines and Electric Smiles
The Most Sustainable Energy in Motorsports Is Heart

The event ventured further into the Altai Region down incredible, winding, tree-lined roads. While the previous stage had us exploring a nothingness which was empty, untainted by civilization. Today, took us to a type of nothingness where you discover other cultures in tiny villages and residents affected most by what’s around them each day ? mostly unbothered by the world outside of their bubble. Here, we found a mix of unique, DIY structures ? the ones built when strict permits and paperwork are ignored or non-existent. And cows wandering about like stray dogs. Here we uncovered the greatest treasure of all? Something hardly anyone has seen a lot of over the last year: spectators. There was even a stage with performances of everything from cultural song and dance to pom-pom squad… Things. And of course, in good ol? oppressive fashion, a loudspeaker with someone constantly jabbering inaudibly at ear piercing volumes.
The start of Special Stage Two was something spectacular. A sanctuary none of us knew we needed. But for those who spent any significant time within this tunnel of cheers and selfies, especially the racers, quickly realized how Energy’s infectious effect spreads from smile to smile, from wave to handshake to a...