Did we at least come CLOSE? lol.
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Thanks to Rick, Warren and Damien for keeping the pressure on tonight, had some scary moments here and there but overall happy with my performance, Rick did not give an inch on the stages were he clearly had a clean run, with Warren and Damien right there in the fight too. Sorry to hear Warren you had some issues early on, a repeat of our last club rally battle would have been great!
The first few stages were not as good as i had hoped, the first run of Tanner and Chirdonhead giving me the most trouble. Can't complain though no CFH or DNF's so very happy with were i ended up in the OC session at least, lot of fun watching the splits.
SS1: Kept it clean, no risk taking, trying to settle in and get a feel for the car and track again, tried not to push to hard. Rick was making me work for my stage times.
SS5: Chirdonhead, there are a couple of nasty bumps to avoid in this one, and getting airborne will punish you if you are not setup for the landing, good fun! lost 10secs though, pushed to hard going into a easy left uphill and spun-out, lucky no damage.
SS7: Falstone, lost time on this one too, another spin and trying to drive out of a ditch, made it bk in one piece. 4th fastest i think.
The rest of the stages were kind of clean, a mix of luck and cautious driving kept me away from the red ink, felt a lot more relaxed after SS8 so started to push a bit more.
However as i was not attacking at my max for the first 6 or 7 stages and loosing a bit of time i don't think it will be enough to match Seb & Jakub etc if they were pushing from the start, i think i could be 30sec + of the pace??, looking forward to the results.
Any points in this round(if any?) will make up for my last 2 rallies:wink:, Thanks to the organiser's, had a great time mixing it up the guy's in the OC, next one should be good & good luck to everyone in the final standings.