Rally - Snow Show - Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th February 2013

[Jonatan Åcerclinth]

Hopefully a little video of my rally will come out, either of all my misstakes, every stage one by one or just some highlights and lowlights like spins, rolls, nice drifts and such

To the report:

SS1 - Chirdonhead II:

Nice stage, some fast sections with killer turns every here and there. No misstakes but some close calls when I flung the rear end out a bit but was a pretty good time for being me
Think I was faster than Tapio but I'm tired after school so not sure

SS2 - New Bobs II:

Had some small offs but no real misses that cost me more than 2 seconds at a time, was faster than Tapio as I managed to finish the stage, I think I have an idea of where Tapio went off. A really nice stage to drive

SS3 - Autiovaara:

Managed to finish the stage but couldn't see the road at all (uses in-car, driver, view), was creeping around in 50-70 km/h, was over 1.30 slower than Tapio

SS4 - Sikikakama:

Just at the beginning of the stage I hit the same stone that is out in the snow in a fast tight left hander and that broke the water cooler and I soon has a overheating engine to work with. Survived until I was less than a minute away from the finish of the stage and the engine said enough and cut out, giving quite a lot of smoke steaming from the engine
Tapio was flying on these stages, was awesome to see

SS5 - Kaihuavaara:

Survived this stage and did it rather well I must say, faster than my practice run in the vid above and I was very close to Tapio if I remember correctly

SS6 - Fraizer Wells:

Somehow forgot about the 3rd gear left hander from the 5th gear straight at the beginning of the stage and hit the cars standing there..... Broke something in the rear and it ended up being everywhere in the right hand corners but managed to go pretty quick until just after the second timing split where the rear end came out on the crest of a right hander, at the speed I was going didn't have time to fix the situation and 2 trees ended my run on the stage
Tapio was flying, he was 10 seconds faster than my previous practice run

SS7 - Bisanne:

I knew this stage would be a killer and managed to finish the stage, although a lot slower than Tapio
Several misstakes, especially in the hairpins where a "no handbrake car" was killing me as I couldn't get the rear end out before I was in the middle of the corner and then I couldn't get going for 2 seconds as I couldn't get the grip
Tapio did very well on this stage

SS8 - Karlstad:

A very nice stage, I was almost happy with the stage, did 2 misstakes I wasn't happy with so my 3 seconds slower than my fastest practice time on the stage with the Volvo I was driving wasn't fun to see

Was good fun, especially to drift at almost every corner as soon as you looked at the gas pedal

 

[TTupsi]

Just to straighten some facts and show I could've been a lot faster...

SS3 - Autiovaara:

was over 1.30 slower than Tapio

Rolled, CFH and after that cautiously to finish.

SS4 - Sikikakama:

Tapio was flying on these stages, was awesome to see

I hate this stage! Rolled, CFH and rolled again later

SS5 - Kaihuavaara:

Tapio if I remember correctly

Here you did well! I spun in the very first corner (noob) and lost about 15 secs. Couldn't reach you though! Iirc I lost about 13 seconds to you here.

SS6 - Fraizer Wells:

Tapio was flying, he was 10 seconds faster than my previous practice run

I was flying... Until I rolled after about halfway through the stage and lost a lot of time.

SS7 - Bisanne:

I knew this stage would be a killer and managed to finish the stage, although a lot slower than Tapio
Tapio did very well on this stage

I've driven these cars quite a lot so I know how to take the hairpins pretty fast Nice to hear I did very well here although I CHD'd twice

 

[Jonatan Åcerclinth]

Here you did well! I spun in the very first corner (noob) and lost about 15 secs. Couldn't reach you though! Iirc I lost about 13 seconds to you here.

I've driven these cars quite a lot so I know how to take the hairpins pretty fast Nice to hear I did very well here although I CHD'd twice

Nice to hear I actually did well on one of the stages

That explains quite a bit for how slow I felt on the stage then
On the way down I was braking and trying to get the rear end out with the odd Scandinavian flick but ended up in the snow every time I thought I had done it because I went almost completely straight becuase I had to slow down for the corner and did so at the wrong time every time

Was good fun battling with you, too bad I couldn't give you a better run for your money though

EDIT: And could you give me a word list of all those 3 letter words please, I don't understand them, only my 4th RD Rally event and haven't seen any word list anywhere on the forum

 

[TTupsi]

Call For Help

 

[Jonatan Åcerclinth]

Call For Help

Ok, thank you

I had to do that on Sikikakama, lost the road completely going at 50ks so that shows how well it went for me AHAHAHHAHAHAHA xD

 

[Arwyn Jones]

nice to hear your reports as usual , ive got 10 minutes to wait until ss1 ,
do you guys find the steering really twitchy ?? its as if im going from lock to lock down the straights haha .

 

[Viesturs Priede]

Wanted to have a clean rally but obviously Im still not skilled enough handling RWD cars with keyboard. Its still pretty fun, actually.

SS1 - Went just fine, slowly but in my rythm.. when one small mistake and I rolled into a forest.. After trying to get out my self I called spectators to help me, a lot of time lost there but I wasnt really angry or anything, finished the stage without any other sh*t.

SS2 - Was going OK until again just a small mistake made me roll into a tree at not very high speed but my gearbox was broken. And with keyboard it was impossible to move the car after that.. even though that I KNOW it is possible when I can use clutch and manual gearbox.

SS3 - Seemed OK, just had a spin in 2nd split and a little off road in the 3rd split.

SS4 -

 

[Arwyn Jones]

ok here goes , i went with the corolla , under powered but hopefully more traction

ss1 - chirdonhead - went very well , some massive skandi flicks (unintentional) but got through in one piece

ss2 - newbobs - went very well , one slide backwards into tree but nothing major

ss3 -autiovaara - wow that was hard , could not see a thing with the wipers going, sure i didnt leave 3rd gear

ss4 - sikakama - this stage i made few mistakes , but little ones, good battle between Sion and Henri , sion edged ahead by only 1.37 seconds

ss5 - kaihuavaara - very embarrassing first corner spin ,5 meters into stage

ss6 - fraizer wells , all went good , massive crash over finish line,,,

ss7 - bisanne - totally f****d up the hairpins on the way up but pulled the time back on the way down to the finish

ss8 - well i made a fool of myself on that stage , im sure i spun on every corner

that was awesome to go back to use the 5 speed h-shift gearbox and RWD
cannot get better than that , thanks RD

 

[Arwyn Jones]

Here you did well! I spun in the very first corner (noob) and lost about 15 secs. Couldn't reach you though! Iirc I lost about 13 seconds to you here.


haha I did the same thing , bit too much throttle from the start line and the rear end was overtaking the front

 

[Sion Williams]

Managed to finish all the stages without a DNF and only 1 CFH, best of the year so far! Had some decent times and some massive sideways! Love the 325i BMW!

Managed a really good time on the last time (Despite a small spin) and only 1 spin on the second stage where the CFH also happened.

I'll get some pics soon, some massive sideways action through Bisanne!

THIS IS HOW WE ROLL

Thanks to all and all in the session!

Sion

 

[Senad Subasic]

Bah, won't make OC. Also won't be home till the evening, as usual. Ole, Roy, feel free to mess around with the results.

 

[Arwyn Jones]

 

[TTupsi]

Here you did well! I spun in the very first corner (noob) and lost about 15 secs. Couldn't reach you though! Iirc I lost about 13 seconds to you here.


haha I did the same thing , bit too much throttle from the start line and the rear end was overtaking the front

And I was driving the Corolla too!

 

[Michael Nelson]

Didn't do any testing for this event, asides from a brief stage on Karlstad selecting a vehicle. Was tossing up between the two BMWs and the Corolla. Eventually settled for the Corolla, thinking it'll be easier to drive.

Not really sure what to expect TBH, these cars are a handful, quite fun, but really demanding. I typically don't do very well when I haven't practiced, and this'll be compounded, but I'd like to take the most from driving this car in these conditions for preparation of the Monaco Rally.

So my goals are to finish every stage, regardless of CFHs (or pace ).


SS1 - That was fun. I was a bit scared to really put my foot down, so a wee bit off the pace, but had fun. The dusk lighting was really awesome in this stage, very cool mode. The car can really feel all the bumps in the road :x
SS2 - Well damn, the best laid plans. Heard the note - didn't register it until much too late. Slamming off the road hoping I missed the trees. I didn't...
SS3 - Eep, spun 3 times in this stage. Lost quite a bit of time on the first one getting myself out. Otherwise OK, found the car a bit hard to control on this one.
SS4 - Happy with that one, car felt much better.
SS5 - Found the car difficult again on this one, managed to roll it midway through the stage too, riding too high on a snowbank.
SS6 - Went with medium gears as I wasn't sure how the car would manage on the hills with long gears. Probably should have done long though, no problems. Car was tame on this stage.
SS7 - That was slow. Two incidents with spinning, one of which I was semi stuck but decided to drive myself out, took a good 30 seconds. Hopefully I can redeem myself at Karlstad.
SS8 - Ugh, second retirement. After the tight left before the bridge, I accelerated a bit too fast and my rear slid out, driving me to the railing of the bridge.

So all in all, a pretty bad event, really. At least, from a results point of view. Learning to be smoother with the brakes and throttle, and more importantly, highlighting the importance of concentration.

Congrats to all who finished.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Results are now UP UP UP UP!!!

 

[Arwyn Jones]

Results are now UP UP UP UP!!!

And I like it , thanks Ole
Some close times there

 

[Jonatan Åcerclinth]

The official run I had at Kaihuavaara, only 2 seconds faster than my first ever run through the stage but I was on full attack, with some 50/50 extersions

EDIT: All stages this rally was with the default setup for the Volvo

Hopefully more to come, for example Bisanne and Karlstad, maybe NewBobs where I had one CFH and 2 spins which I had forgot but saw when I watched the replays, both in intersections.....

Slightly furstrated that I could have gotten the stage win at Karlstad but oh well, well driven by all

 

[Senad Subasic]

Nice.

Sad I missed it, it's probably my favourite car

 

[Sion Williams]

2 Welshmen in the top 3, that's got to be a first!

Thanks and well done to all!

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Oh, and as you probably know, the Rally Club will take a week off now, as the RDRC-event is on!