Thursday 30th July 2009 - Rally UK vs US

Peter Duivelaar · Jul 30, 2009

Bert Van Waes said:
Well,... That was hell!:sweat:

I won't tell you much yet but wow. I killed 4 spectators in total and heard alot of talk about the water temp, my co-driver his eyes seemed to be fix on that gauge...

But man i had fun. Full review with some vids will follow as soon as you guys finished yrs. Gl all!

Great run Peter, first time rally?

ps: watch out for fast lefts and rights...:clown:

Greets

Yes, it was the first time, and I am happy with only 3 retirements, and only 55 seconds behind you. It was a lot of fun to drive these stages.
Thanks for the event Andrew!

Andrew Evans · Jul 30, 2009

nicely done sirs... provisional results are up here:

http://forum.racedepartment.com/rbr...30th-july-2009-rally-uk-vs-us.html#post364854

let's see how you fare once the euro zone rips thru town this evening... :wink:

Bert Van Waes · Jul 30, 2009

Well you guys have a target now :fingers-crossed:

Three stages i didn't make it and three went bad too with some rolls and such.

I'm definately not dangerous today

probably more in the middle somewhere.

Tx Andrew!

Gl!

Adam Vaughan · Jul 30, 2009

Keith Barrick · Jul 30, 2009

What do you guys have set as your pacenotes settings?

I sometimes think my codriver is slightly retarded....anyone else?

Andrew Evans · Jul 30, 2009

LOL! vaughany, LOL!
i do believe last week was a fluke...

Andrew Evans · Jul 30, 2009

keith, sometimes i found him to be a little late on delivering the bad news.... you know, "into hairpin right", after i was actually eating a tree...

i bumped up his slider so he spat them out a bit sooner... but not by much... if you go to far i just don't have the mental capability to stack all the orders in my tiny little mind....

Ben Tusting · Jul 30, 2009

She's got Ginger hair

Adam Vaughan · Jul 30, 2009

Ben Tusting said:
He's got Ginger hair

SHES GOT GINGER HAIR ILL THINK YOULL FIND

Ben Tusting · Jul 30, 2009

LOL

Ginger, scouse and welsh(hehe

)

David Buxton · Jul 30, 2009

Right, I shall make a post now just incase.

I am still at work trying to sort out a failed circuit that is going to cost thousands if it is not completed tonight.

I am trying to find loopholes just incase it falls through. Basically I am barking orders etc.
Just need to keep upper management informed with all the latest updates

It will be a shame, I should be off work as of 30 minutes ago so I will not see my manager getting his butt kicked again for not doing his job properly and Buxton saves the day.

I should be back in time for the start of the event, but just a heads up if I am not. :fingers-crossed:

ray:

Mark Birney · Jul 30, 2009

They always leave it to the good guys to fix the problem. Like when someone opened a virus ridden e-mail at my dads office, and the IT guys had to stay behind through the morning to fix it.

Fingers crossed for ya man

David Buxton · Jul 30, 2009

If the problem can be resolved within the next 30 minutes then I still have 30 minutes worth of work closing everything off and modifying dates etc... :whistle:

If the problem is not resolved within 30 minutes and I am told nay, then I will be here for another hr trying to get everything in place for tomorrow (even though I will not be in, on compassionate leave).

It will then be another 30-40 minutes drive home (providing no traffic) so I will be looking to get home for 19:45 BST.

Really gutted as I have been psyching myself up for this and actually practiced for a change... with my French co-pilot

Nuno Areias · Jul 30, 2009

hi

hi Andrew sorry mate dont no if i arrive home in time to join tonight
im still at work dont no what time finish tonight ill do my best but
cant promise if u what take me out of list its ok if not if i arrive in time ill join for sure and i have dinner i the middle of stage

sorry mate:cloudy::sidefrown:

Andrew Evans · Jul 30, 2009

no worries to all my multiply-challenged rally comrades.... :eyebrows:

Mark Birney · Jul 30, 2009

Had fun on Stage 1, got the fastest time, but then at Stage 3, it went downhill. There was a rock half way through the stage, not on pacenotes, and hard to see. I hit it and veered into a tree. Bloody thing stalled and wouldn't start again. Like what happened to Loeb in Poland.

Then on 2 of the last 4 stages, I wanted to choose Dry Gravel tyres, and ofcourse the game was started with Dry Tarmac tyres. Bloody thing handled horribly. So, retired from 2 or 3 stages and had no confidence, I was tiptoeing most of the stages I didn't know

Still, the rally events are fun. Different winner every week. Thanks for setting up Andrew

Can't wait for the next one. Hopefully tarmac (the Monte Carlo idea?)

Stephen Carson · Jul 30, 2009

I have a problem with my installation, I just get an error about unable to find a physics file on any 'damp' stages.

I did a quick blip on the first two stages as testing then reached the 3rd and it didnt work so I couldnt rally

Lewis Fergusson · Jul 30, 2009

Very fun event, finished in front of eeevans which was excellent.

David Buxton · Jul 30, 2009

Sorry gents, didn't get home until just before 9. On top of everything else there was an accident on the M25

Worked over 12 hrs and out of the house for 14

Sorry again guys :good:

Andrew Evans · Jul 31, 2009

whoa! i reckon that was the toughest yet.... retired half the stages man!.... started to get a bit of consistency together before it faded entirely.... arf...

still, i managed to finish a stage with a broken gearbox jammed in 2nd... i think this may be a tactic for ze future

next week i'm predicting less adverse conditions and more surfaces :wink:

here's the results after the euro round.... can the US session steal it overnight?

http://forum.racedepartment.com/rbr...30th-july-2009-rally-uk-vs-us.html#post364854

ps. stage 11 killed everyone so far, except peter (rally debut!) :thumb: