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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

Racing career:

2004

Czech Championship – Open 1000ccm 8‭th place

2005

Czech Championship – Open 600ccm 6‭th place

Czech Championship – SuperSport 600ccm 10th place

Road Racing Hořice 300ZGH – Open 600ccm 7th place

2006

Czech Championship – Open 600ccm 1‭st place

Czech Championship – SuperSport 600ccm 5th place

Czech Endurance Cup – 600ccm 1‭st place

Road Racing Hořice 300ZGH – Open 600ccm 5th place

2007

Czech Championship – SuperStock 600ccm 5th place

Czech Championship – 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 Championship – 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

Before Indi has began his racing career, he has raced on the mountain bikes and BMX bikes since he was twelve, but he has felt it wasn´t the sport he wants to do for rest of his life. So he started to search new directions for his life, but it was waiting for him, till he was eighteen to get his driving licence. In the main time, he finished his primary health care school and he was doing lot of different sports then.

When he was twenty, he has started working for director Agust Baldurson in TV commercials as his assistant. He has started travel around the world working with him. In the same time he felt more excitement for cars and motorcycles. First he bought the car, but it didn´t give him the right satisfaction until his good friend have showed him what means motorcycles. His first ride was as passanger with him driving trough trafic. In that moment he fell in love with motorcycles, and starting to think about his future on two wheels. First thing on his mind after the new experience on the motorbike was what bikeheI should get for himself to ride. The choice went to GS500 Suzuki, but not for long, he felt confortably on it, and sold the bike in 4 weeks, and bought a new Suzuki Bandit 600cc. This bike he had only four months, and after his first few crashes on the public roads he has sold the bike, and bought GSXR 750cc 1992, because he felt occasion for the speed and fast riding. he has kept the GSXR for one season on the public roads, and he was getting pretty fast with learning driving the motorcycles, and he was about to change bikes again. Now it was a big different, and he bought almost new Yamaha R1 2001. But after one season riding on the public roads, he didn’t felt so comfortably be in danger everyday with all the cars and pedestrians on the public roads, he only felt need for the speed. In that time he has really started to thing about going to circuits to try his abilities on the bike. But the final verdict about his racing career he has made in Horice TT race, he was a spectator on the race, and he really like what he has seen on the race track. Finaly he has found some place, where are no cars and predestrians in the way, and he has feld that is something for him as well.

Next season after that race in Horice, he was on the starting grid with the other racers, and newcoomer in Czech Road Racing Championship. It was a very hard time for him to start racing, because he was already twenty-six, and everybody have started much more earlyier then he. He had only one sponsor, and that was his boss from the work. He has asked his good friend, who was a mechanic, if he wants to join his small team, and help him with the racing career. And he become to be a one of his biggest friend even in a personal life. After they have finished their first seasson in Czech Championship on 8th place on his private R1, he has decided to change bike to 600cc, and they have got new CBR 600 RR from his sponsor. They have approve their 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 he has got Honda XR 400 enduro for his winter practice. It changed his riding style and he felt more comfortable and prepared for a new season on the roads.

After those two seasons he felt, that he can do much more better, and he has started to improve his riding and skills on the bikes for the next season 2006. He has 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 he has got engagement for Czech Endurance Championship, and he has got a new CBR 600cc 2007 to compete in Superstock Championship too. In 2007 they have started to compete in Superstock 600cc, Supersport 600cc, Endurance races, included some Road Racing courses in Czech Rep. It was a year when he has broken both his hands, but still they have finished very good in all categories. And It was a great experience to ride all those categories in one year. And he hasa started in winter to improve his riding with his new practice bike Husqvarna 510 SMR in the mud. This daily experience with enduro riding had helped him to recognize more different style of riding a motorcycle. He even went for few amateurs enduro races, allways finished better than he has expected from him. In the same year he havs got new Suzuki GSX750R for some practice in normal public roads. And he still has the bike, and he is driving on it everytime he has a chance to go somewhere on public roads. He has used this Suzuki in Horice 1000cc race, and two other road races in Czech Rep. Terlicko CZ, and Radvanice(Ostrava CZ). He won the Race in Radvanice, and finished on 4th pos. in Horice 1000cc race, both in 2008. The year 2008 was very good for him and his team, because finaly he won the Horice Supersport race, and had success in the other races as well. He dindn’t had any broken bones or any other injury on the bikes. In 2008 he also decided to focus on Road racing in public roads, and raced in Germany (Frohburg) with a international riders. And all possible road races in Czech Rep. he was in, he has finished on the podium, and that was a big success for all of them in team, and all his fans. The last season was very important in terms of his racing career, and after winning most of the Road races in Czech, he has decided to make the big step in his 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. They have got the money, but now he has to improve his quality on the Mountain Course. To prove his team, and him he has started with a physical training, and soon he will change my bicycle to a GSXR, and it improves his ride technique again. In the rain days he is improveing his knowlege of the Mountain Corse in TV with DVD’s, and reading a Rider’s guide from Ray Knight. New season 2009 will start in Horice TT races, so they hope in success, and no injury’s, to be able to get on the start of TT 2009, after that they would like to continue in Road racing in Czech Road Racing Championship and Czech Endurance Cup. Even his racing career is quite short they allready have good base for their racing in future. And they want to get more familiar in road racing all over the world, but mostly Europe.