Who is Indi #23 ?
Autobiografie
Name: Michal Dokoupil
Nickname: Indi (Indian)
Favorite number: 23
Birthday: 13.12.1978 (30 years old)
Birth-place: Prague, Czech Republic
Education: Grammar school of health care
Job: Commercials, assistant director
2004 Czech Chamionship – Open 1000ccm 8th place 2005 Czech Chamionship – Open 600ccm 6th place Czech Chamionship – SuperSport 600ccm 10th place Road Racing Hořice 300ZGH – Open 600ccm 7th place 2006 Czech Chamionship – Open 600ccm 1st place Czech Chamionship – SuperSport 600ccm 5th place Czech Endurance Cup – 600ccm 1st place Road Racing Hořice 300ZGH – Open 600ccm 5th place 2007 Czech Chamionship – SuperStock 600ccm 5th place Czech Chamionship – SuperSport 600ccm 3rd place Czech Endurance Cup – 600ccm 1st place Road Racing Hořice 300 ZGH – Open 600ccm 2nd place – Open 1000ccm 4th place 2008 Czech Chamionship – SuperStock 600ccm 9th place Czech Endurance Cup – 600ccm 1st place Road Racing Hořice 300 ZGH – Open 600ccm 1st place Road Racing Kyjovský okruh – Open 600ccm 1st place Road Racing Radvanice – Open 600ccm 1st place – Open 1000ccm 1st place Road Racing Těrlicko Zlatý Kahanec – Open 600ccm 2nd place – Open 1000ccm 2nd place Road Racing Frohburg (Germany) – Open 600ccm 12 th place
Indi talks about yourself :
Before I have began my racing career, I was racing on the mountain bikes and BMX bikes since I was twelve years old, but I have felt it wasn´t the sport I want to do for rest of my life. So I started to search new directions for my life, but it was waiting for me, till I was eighteen years old to get my driving licence. In the main time, I have finish my primary health care school and I was doing lot of different sports then.
When I was twenty years old, I have started working for director Agust Baldurson in TV commercials as his assistant. I have started travel around the world working with him. In the same time I felt more excitement for cars and motorcycles. First I bought the car, but it didn´t give me the right satisfaction until my good friend have showed me what means motorcycles. My first ride was as passanger with him driving trough trafic. In that moment i fell in love with motorcycles, and starting to think about my future on two wheels. First thing on my mind after the new experience on the motorbike was what bike I should get for myself to ride. The choice went to GS500 Suzuki, but not for long, I felt confortably on it, and sold the bike in 4 weeks, and bought a new Suzuki Bandit 600cc. This bike I had only four months, and after my first few crashes on the public roads I have sold the bike, and bought GSXR 750cc 1992, because I felt occasion for the speed and fast riding. I have keept the GSXR for one season on the public roads, and I was getting pretty fast with learning driving the motorcycles, and I was about to change bikes again. Now it was a big different, and I have bought almost new Yamaha R1 2001. But after one season riding on the public roads, I didn’t felt so comfortably be in danger everyday with all the cars and pedestrians on the public roads, I only felt need for the speed. In that time I have really started to thing about going to circuits to try my abilities on the bike. But the final verdict about my racing career I have made in Horice TT race, I was a spectator on the race, and I really like what I have seen on the race track. Finaly I have found some place, where are no cars and predestrians in the way, and I have feld that is something for me as well.
Next season after that race in Horice, I was on the starting grid with the other racers, and newcoomer in Czech Road Racing Championship. It was a very hard time for me to start racing, because I was already 26 years old, and everybody have started much more earlyier then me. I had only one sponsor, and that was my boss from the work. I have asked my good friend, who was a mechanic, if he wants to join my small team, and help me with the racing career. And he become to be a one of my biggest friend even in a personal life. After we have finished our first seasson in Czech Championship on 8th place on my private R1, I have decided to change bike to 600cc, and we have got new CBR 600 RR from my sponsor. We have approve our racing in the season with 6th place in Czech Open Championship, 10th pos. In Superport Championship, and 1st pos. In Czech Endurance. To get some more practice on two wheels I have got Honda XR 400 enduro for my winter practice. It changed my ride style and I felt more comfortable and prepared for a new season on the roads.
After those two seasons I felt, that I can do much more better, and I have started to improve my riding and skills on the bikes for the next season 2006. I have won the Czech Open 600cc class, in supersport 5th.place, finished 5th pos. in Horice TT, and won again Czech Endurance Championship. After year 2006 I have got engagement for Czech Endurance Championship, and I have got a new CBR 600cc 2007 to compete in Superstock Championship too. In 2007 we have started to compete in Superstock 600cc, Supersport 600cc, Endurance races, included some Road Racing corses in Czech Rep. It was a year when I have broken both my hands, but still we have finish very good in all categories. And It was a great experience to ride all those categories in one year. And I have started in winter to improve my riding with my new practice bike Husqvarna 510 SMR in the mud. This daily experience with enduro riding had helped me to recognize more different style of riding a motorcycle. I even went for few amateurs enduro races, allways finished better than I have expected from me. In the same year I have got new Suzuki GSX750R for some practice in normal public roads. And I still have the bike, and I am driving on it everytime I have a chance to go somewhere on public roads. I’m using this Suzuki in Horice 1000cc race, and two other road races in Czech Rep. Terlicko CZ, and Radvanice(Ostrava CZ). I have won the Race in Radvanice, and finished on 4th pos. in Horice 1000cc race, both in 2008. The year 2008 was very good for me and my team, because finaly I have won the Horice Supersport race, and we had success in the other races as well. I dindn’t had any broken bones or any other injury on the bikes. In 2008 we have also decided to focus on Road racing in public roads, and we have raced in Germany (Frohburg) with a international riders. And all possible road races in Czech Rep. we were in, we have finished on the podium, and that was a big success for all of us in team, and all our fans. The last season was very important in terms of my racing career, and after winning most of the Road races in Czech, I have decided to make the big step in my life, and go race to Isle of Man, and try to succeed in racing in TT races.
To make this decision on TT races was very demanding for a rider’s quality, and demanding for money budget. We have got the money, but now I have to improve my quality on the Mountain Corse. To prove my team, and me I have started with a physical training, and soon I will change my bicycle to a GSXR, and I improve my ride technique again. In the rain days I am improveing my knowlege of the Mountain Corse in TV with DVD’s, and reading a Rider’s guide from Ray Knight. Our season 2009 is starting in Horice TT races, so we hope in success, and no injury’s, to be able to get on the start of TT 2009, after that we would like to continue in Road racing in Czech Road Racing Championship and Czech Endurance Cup. Thank’s to all our sponsors we can use for this season Yamaha R6 2008, and we hope the new technique in bike will improve my racing. Even My racing career is quite short we allready have good base for our racing in future. And we want to get more familiar in road racing all over the world, but mostly europe.