Marcel Butuza – Brasov,
Marcel is a motorcycle pilot for over 30 years.He learned to ride a motorcycle at the age of 14 at the Torpedo Club in Zarnesti , then he rode for the Steaua Club in Bucharest, but now he sees his dream realized – to have his own Motorcycling Club, called Vectra.
All this time he competed in different branches of motor sport and he obtained many titles. At first, he competed in the Motocross Races, winning a lot of local competitions and being multiple national vice‐champion at 80 cc class and at 125 cc class. As the years passed, his interest was caught by Enduro and Supermoto races. He loved it and he was good at it. In the last years he turned his attention to Cross-Country Rallies. Marcel became the first Romanian enduro champion, but after a few seasons of hard work and training he decided to participate in the international competitions. Red Bull Romaniacs has been the hardest enduro competition he took part in for two editions. In 2006, he became the first Romanian rider to finish one edition of the Cross-Country Rallies World Championship ‐ UAE Desert Challenge. Next year, in 2007, he participated at four stage of the World Championship. He managed to finish the season in top 10, being the 6th overall. In 2008, he took part in the Central Europe Rally, Pharaoh’s Rally and Dubai Rally. Because in 2007 and 2009 he was forced to abandon the race due to technical problems at his motorcycle and in 2008 the rally was canceled, finishing the Dakar Rally became the main target of the 30 years career in motor sport for one of the most famous motorcycle riders in Romania.