RDRC S4 Round 2 - Coffs Harbour Rally (24 March - 27 March)

[Daniel Tonsberg]

Had great day even tho I had no practice at all. Started out good with the Aussie stages, but trouble hit me fast on pribram. Kinda hit a pole in the street there after trying to avoid killing a photographer.
Next stage I kinda had the needs to push to catch up lost time.... That didn't go so well, ended up sideways and hit the wall somehow, engine got damage and didn't rev very good at high revs. I managed to get to the finish but then realized I had to run the next two stages with a broken engine. I painfully got through the two USA stages and got a repaired car on the last 4 stages. Those 3 when very good! I had never previously finished a pribram R stage so this was kinda tricky. I just managed to get the pacenote on the last cornor before the end of the stage and went all "wtf is this right ????"

Thanks for the great fight Eckhart von Glan, you really made me push the last I had in the end there =)

Overall pretty pleased with my ranking, Ive always been in the middle of the pack so its good to see im not getting worse atleast hope I can finish this championship and earn some points along the way!
Grats to the winners and big thanks to the organizers.

 

[Sion Williams]

Ah well, someone had to be last! Thanks to everyone involved for putting it on, that's 2 rally's I retired from this week then!

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

Overall pretty pleased with my ranking, Ive always been in the middle of the pack so its good to see im not getting worse atleast hope I can finish this championship and earn some points along the way!
Grats to the winners and big thanks to the organizers.

that just sums up my feelings so neatly, looking forward to the next events, Daniel!

thx for putting up the result sheets so quickly, Nigel. good overall field, nice spread. dig the amount of red in Rick's group, whole stages where noone in that class got through alive, lol!

 

[Manuel De Samaniego]

Well, I can't complain, second place is still very high. Very good points that was the plan, tough I may have to change that for future rallyes. Shared some stage wins with first place I actually didn't expect to finish so high with Tiago winning, by 1 minute. Superb drive Tiago good job. Good points Fernando, we both had some bad luck but also some valuable points

Thanks for the results, we keep the lead 1-2 in the overall I think.....

Looking forward to France, see you there

 

[Viesturs Priede]

Meh, after 5th stage the gap between me and Andrew were 18 seconds.. Even with a call for help in 3rd stage and couple of other sh*t moments like spins and crashes. But then I retired and everything got screwed up, damn.

By the way, my SS9 time isnt red but it should be

 

[Manuel De Samaniego]

By the way, my SS9 time isnt red but it should be

That's honesty

 

[Pete Mull]

By the way, my SS9 time isnt red but it should be

It's only cosmetic and doesn't affect the results

 

[John Cunningham]

Congrats to the podium peeps, staggeringly good times, BUT, Man of the match for me has to be Andrew... he sure can steer!!!

Well done to all especially all the first timers!

jc

 

[Daniel Monteiro]

Speaking of Red ink, just noticed that my SS2 time is higher than the retirement time for that stage. It should not make any difference in the results, but just thought I'd point it out.

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

Speaking of Red ink, just noticed that my SS2 time is higher than the retirement time for that stage. It should not make any difference in the results, but just thought I'd point it out.

yep, happened to me as well last season, bad bad luck. one should actually have a table of the dnf times at hand to figure out whether sticking it out in first gear (for instance) or leaving is the better option. as it is, one is stuck with a result worse than bad. i know how it feels: dreadful.

 

[Viesturs Priede]

It's only cosmetic and doesn't affect the results

I know Just thought I might point it out

 

[Senad Subasic]

Speaking of Red ink, just noticed that my SS2 time is higher than the retirement time for that stage. It should not make any difference in the results, but just thought I'd point it out.

In those cases, Warren has a policy to give people default times in the rally club.
No policy here, so yeah, up to you if you want to finish or retire.

I don't think I've ever been over the default time, with 1st gear and all. Could be mistaken.

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

well, as I said, it certainly happened to me, I was in the mistaken belief it couldn't happen, but it did. If you spend like 60 secs in the wilderness trying to find your way back to the track and then crawl home (as I did then) it is certainly doable. as I said, everyone needs to decide when to call in the esc-cavalary

 

[Pete Mull]

Perhaps the stage max's should be posted along with the other stage information - they are available so why not.

 

[Roy Schroten]

Is there any change that there can be added an addational session for Round 3? That's because I couldn't make it for this weekend, and I have school tomorrow + driving lessons...

Would be very happy if something could be arranged

 

[Senad Subasic]

Is there any change that there can be added an addational session for Round 3? That's because I couldn't make it for this weekend, and I have school tomorrow + driving lessons...

Would be very happy if something could be arranged

Wrong thread, this is round 2

Anyway, I'm afraid not. Not that it's not physically possible, but it would set a precedent for 50+ other people, and that would not be physically possible.
12 sessions over 4 days should be plenty for everyone.

 

[Jeff Feaker]

Thanks Senad

 

[Senad Subasic]

Et tu Jeff . This is the Round 2 thread

 

[Mark Johnston]

out on Stage 2, having a bad season!

 

[Senad Subasic]

Sigh. This is the Round 2 thread. Looks like I'll have to lock it