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Wow
what a weekend!! Wet n Wild, 76 cars ready for the first rally of
the top half series. Luckily we were seeded 13. (unlucky for some!!)
Stage
1 - 15.98 km
Wet
very thick gravel. We struggled a bit at first, but got into the
groove from about 2 kms in. Our tyres (Yoko's 205,15 softs) were
a little wide, 185 or 195 would have been better as a narrow tyre
is better in thick gravel. Nice stage tricky start down hill. Set
13th quickest time.
Stage
2 - 10 km
Little
more open and flowing, still heavy gravel but set a better time
of 10th quickest.
Stage
3 - 5.45km
Saras
notes were wrongly numbered SS3 (special stage 3) was listed as
SS0 and we didn't click until the service break, not Sara's fault
but our time was down on our first two stages. 19th Overall.
Service
Area
Lowered
the rear ride height - 20mm
Stage
4 - 30 km
This
was the one I wanted to charge hard on. Still raining but only showers
about 15 km in we slid wide into a bank on the drivers side. Stopped
and reversed back on to the road but we had broken a CV on the passengers
side front. Work that out????? Three wheel drive ain't too much
fun, nearly spun out half a dozen times. Lost about 2 mins all up.
Stage
5 - 11.00 km
Still
three wheel drive, so we lost another 40 seconds.
Service
Area
Fixed
problem but left the service area 9 minutes late incurring a 1.30
seconds late penality.
Stages
6, 7 and 8
Tried
to catch up in stage 6, 7 and 8. Small crash in the last stage due
to a pace note error (Not Saras fault!!!) we landed on top of a
farmers fence at about 140km did a little damage but we limped to
the finish. A great performance at the beginning of the day, 8th
overall and 3rd in class, before the problems we had in Stage 4,
we thankfully finished our day in 26th overall and 6th in class.
All
and all a great day and not a bad result
considering all the bad luck!
Taranaki Preview:
Saturday
20th April 2002
The
countries best tarmac rally. 202 km of Special stage. Very twisty,
very fas,t 136 cars, wow! We are 18th and first in our class. So
that is a big complement. Watch this spot and if you are in New
Plymouth come and watch. Click
here for more info.
Thx
Sara & Dylan
Turner
Motorsport
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