2024, BRC, National and Historic discussion
Discussion
GravelBen said:
Nice day out last Saturday watching my local NZ Championship round - first time the Southland Rally has been run in 20 years so it was good to have it back in the calendar. A predictably dominant Paddon win, but the other contenders are steadily improving too.
_DSC0761-47 by Ben, on Flickr
_DSC0853-64 by Ben, on Flickr
Great pics GB _DSC0761-47 by Ben, on Flickr
_DSC0853-64 by Ben, on Flickr
That car is a long way from home.Only 29mls
STATEMENT FROM THE ARMSTRONG GALLOWAY HILLS RALLY - http://gallowayhillsrally.co.uk/statement-from-the...
Well Rali Ceredigion has now finished. All I can say is what an event with Haydn Paddon taking the ERC Win. Two rounds of the BRC plus a lot of other competitors it was one of the best events that I have attended. Plenty of spectators out on the stages including the four stages run in Aberystwyth that certainly brought people out.
Only problem for me is next year it clashes with an IOM rally.
Only problem for me is next year it clashes with an IOM rally.
Just back from the Yorkshire Hill Rally. Whilst seeing Highly modified Land Rovers and a few other makes is nice to see. I don't think hill rallies is my thing. 42 cars isn't exactly a large entry, so Strongly suspect the event will have made a loss. Which is a shame as I know how much effort went into organising it.
Drumroll said:
How did you do?
We had an few troubles with the car, the gearbox (T5) has just been rebuilt, however it was baulking 3rd -> 2nd so we did most of the stages without it.Unfortunately somewhere on the way to stage 11 (Hole-in-the-Wall) the alternator belt disappeared which left us stranded at stage start. Probably one of the most serene places though, right by the river.
On the upside, we had a good time, I managed to get most of the notes read out in the right place and time
, one half spin at a chicane - just touched the bales with the boot 
.Is great when it works. Must try it again.
PaulV said:
We had an few troubles with the car, the gearbox (T5) has just been rebuilt, however it was baulking 3rd -> 2nd so we did most of the stages without it.
Unfortunately somewhere on the way to stage 11 (Hole-in-the-Wall) the alternator belt disappeared which left us stranded at stage start. Probably one of the most serene places though, right by the river.
On the upside, we had a good time, I managed to get most of the notes read out in the right place and time, one half spin at a chicane - just touched the bales with the boot .
Is great when it works. Must try it again.
Unlucky, but provided you enjoyed the bits you did do.Unfortunately somewhere on the way to stage 11 (Hole-in-the-Wall) the alternator belt disappeared which left us stranded at stage start. Probably one of the most serene places though, right by the river.
On the upside, we had a good time, I managed to get most of the notes read out in the right place and time
, one half spin at a chicane - just touched the bales with the boot .Is great when it works. Must try it again.
In NZ news - Paddon has managed to acquire his 2016 Argentina winning WRC car, and is running it at the Ashley Forest rallysprint this weekend (and a few other events, but won't be often due to lack of spare parts).
I won't be there (other plans plus its a 7hr drive from here) but they will probably be live-streaming most of the weekend.
I won't be there (other plans plus its a 7hr drive from here) but they will probably be live-streaming most of the weekend.
Drumroll said:
Just back from the Yorkshire Hill Rally. Whilst seeing Highly modified Land Rovers and a few other makes is nice to see. I don't think hill rallies is my thing. 42 cars isn't exactly a large entry, so Strongly suspect the event will have made a loss. Which is a shame as I know how much effort went into organising it.
The events are funded by a championship entry - competitors pay for the whole year, at the start of the year, so events are managed by the organisers from a fixed 'pot' of money. The benefit is that they don't pay forestry fees - having just come back from the Trackrod that really does make a massive difference.
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