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OK, there has to be a TON of stories out there ... so let's get the ball rolling!
I had a really heave workload leading into the event, and we were running around trying to get our act together. We were lucky to have the car still in great shape after Cochrane and the test day, and we finally had our brakes sorted out. Our race pads and fresh rotors lasted all day, even as I got into the rythm and started to LFB more on the stages. I faded out the brakes at cochrane so I was more than a bit careful at the start of this event.
We were lucky again to have the guys from Tech Works Engineering as our service crew. They did a kick-hiney job of making sure we were together and ready to roll - er - run.
On the stages ...
The spectator park offered a good chance to go play in the dirt AND have a chance to do some spectating as well. - always fun.
In the porkies ...
I had no idea the roads were that fast !!
Great weather and good road conditions most of the day were definately welcome.
we had a couple of 'gas gas gas' moments on the event.
on SS5, beaver to burke, a BAD entry into the left just after the spectator area had us hugging the wall on the outside ... no body damage we just knocked the bumper cover loose.
on both beaver-heath runs Colin managed to read L3 as L5 ... which led to some spirited corrections. on taht same corner going the other direction, a bad set-up let to photog Warwick Patterson and his new Digi camera eating some gravel ... sorry.
The only other 'moment' was when Colin got lost in the book and we used a L2 after some 5 and 6 corners to find our place. We both were thinking 'TREE!!!!'
For the last leg we changed tires and picked up a ton of speed and confidence ...
It was the first time on Jemba notes for me, and once I got a feel fo the consistancy an style of the notes I was able to push a bit more. I do think that recce has HUGE advantages over jemba for sure.
It was the 47th event for the car, and it still has some 'go' left in it!
A huge thanks to the Tech Works crew, MyTires for mounting our Michelins and Silverstiones, and of course to Tracey Cryderman and Teresa Walker for helping crew for us.
I had a really heave workload leading into the event, and we were running around trying to get our act together. We were lucky to have the car still in great shape after Cochrane and the test day, and we finally had our brakes sorted out. Our race pads and fresh rotors lasted all day, even as I got into the rythm and started to LFB more on the stages. I faded out the brakes at cochrane so I was more than a bit careful at the start of this event.
We were lucky again to have the guys from Tech Works Engineering as our service crew. They did a kick-hiney job of making sure we were together and ready to roll - er - run.
On the stages ...
The spectator park offered a good chance to go play in the dirt AND have a chance to do some spectating as well. - always fun.
In the porkies ...
I had no idea the roads were that fast !!
Great weather and good road conditions most of the day were definately welcome.
we had a couple of 'gas gas gas' moments on the event.
on SS5, beaver to burke, a BAD entry into the left just after the spectator area had us hugging the wall on the outside ... no body damage we just knocked the bumper cover loose.
on both beaver-heath runs Colin managed to read L3 as L5 ... which led to some spirited corrections. on taht same corner going the other direction, a bad set-up let to photog Warwick Patterson and his new Digi camera eating some gravel ... sorry.
The only other 'moment' was when Colin got lost in the book and we used a L2 after some 5 and 6 corners to find our place. We both were thinking 'TREE!!!!'
For the last leg we changed tires and picked up a ton of speed and confidence ...
It was the first time on Jemba notes for me, and once I got a feel fo the consistancy an style of the notes I was able to push a bit more. I do think that recce has HUGE advantages over jemba for sure.
It was the 47th event for the car, and it still has some 'go' left in it!
A huge thanks to the Tech Works crew, MyTires for mounting our Michelins and Silverstiones, and of course to Tracey Cryderman and Teresa Walker for helping crew for us.