Wednesday 15th July 2008 - Rally Finland

[Mark Birney]

It's just the snow, a lot of correction needed to keep the cars going, but manageable all the same.

Now, where's my glass shoe!

 

[Viking Jansson]

Sign me up (vikingx)

 

[Damien Jones]

Well, that was just shocking! :sidefrown:
Bouncing from snowbank to snowbank, plenty of offs, a roll at the start of the final stage which pretty much ruined the steering, AND my Dad called during SS1 so I missed the start of SS2.
Ah well, good fun all the same - got my best time ever on SS7 so all's not lost I s'pose!
Looking forward to the results when I get up tomorrow; good luck everyone!

 

[James Yates]

I'm sure the Celica is 4WD despite it being in a FWD class and the car description saying its FWD - it just doesn't feel at all like the other cars, feels much more like a WRC car. Also I just had a go at doing donuts and a few burnouts and I'm sure the rear wheels spun at the same time as the fronts while doing a standing start.

 

[Andrew Evans]

would explain why it's the most manageable car in the group... by about a mile....

 

[Stephen Carson]

It felt 4wd to me compared to the others which all felt deffinately fwd. At the moment the server is responding for me so hopefully I'll be able to take part

 

[Andrew Evans]

:fingerscrossedmate:

 

[David Buxton]

Been looking forward to this since last week :good:

This week should go without any clinches The game is installed :becky:
Must use the wheel this week and get that setup

:wink: just hope I do not have the same issues that .com had last week :wink:

 

[Bert Van Waes]

This will be a test for the best drivers, as probably everybody will drive the Celica...

 

[Keith Barrick]

Just ordered RBR, will have it hopefully for next week, and I can join you crazy basterds.

 

[David Buxton]

crazy?

:drool::mad-tongue::shock::silly::hypnotized:

Understatement

 

[Bert Van Waes]

Lol indeed :tremble:

 

[Stephen Carson]

This will be interesting, i've not actually rallied all these stages since rbr more or less came out, i never liked the snow surface! I detect a bad result for me

Bah forgot about TS again.

 

[Muty]

I don't know If I'm too late for this, but can I sign up for the Oceania event?

 

[James Yates]

Tried the Xsara but the FWD wheelspin bonanza got on my nerves and then I wrote the car off in the second stage. Changed to the Celica and everything seemed to get better as the stages progressed. Rolled in stage 3 and 4 but managed to finish those and then kept it the right way up from then on.

 

[David Buxton]

Another great night

Can not wait until the next one :good:

Cheers Mr E and RD

 

[Viking Jansson]

Great night indeed!

I took the lead after the first stage but from then on it went downhill and after stage 5 I think, I lost my lead and were 33 seconds after the leader mole2k. I tried to concentrate really much the 6th and 7th stage and it went better, didn't crash and took the lead again..
On the last stage I took it pretty easy because I didn't want to crash and have to retire. It went well and I won for the first time here.

Looking foreward to the next one

 

[Lewis Fergusson]

Very fun, finished 6/8 after two disastrous stages.

 

[Stephen Carson]

Great night indeed!

I took the lead after the first stage but from then on it went downhill and after stage 5 I think, I lost my lead and were 33 seconds after the leader mole2k. I tried to concentrate really much the 6th and 7th stage and it went better, didn't crash and took the lead again..
On the last stage I took it pretty easy because I didn't want to crash and have to retire. It went well and I won for the first time here.

Looking foreward to the next one

It was a good battle, we swapped the lead a couple of times. I managed to roll the car 2 seperate times on ss7 within the first km, both had to call for help. Then I rolled it 3/4 of the way through stage7 and had to call for help a 3rd time.

A fairly spectacular way to bomb out of the lead

The last stage I just went all out as I had nothing to lose and very very nearly totalled the car over the big jump near the end

 

[Andrew Evans]

quality stuffs!

only managed to drop one stage this week... gotta go for the cleep sweep next week....

managed to jam my handbrake on towards the end of ss1.... (who'da known accidentally pushing down locks the sequential in place :becky... otherwise might have just snuck me a 6th....

this rally night is quickly becoming my highlight of the racing week.... catch y'all next time... :ohyus:

results posted here:

http://forum.racedepartment.com/rbr...-15th-july-2008-rally-finland.html#post354813