You are currently browsing the monthly archive for June, 2007.
Not another rally I hear you say. Well what else do we do out in those forests? Now shut up and read on!
That’s right, you read correctly, Commander Brass Nuts of Tugga Tassie fame was on board for the directional duties this time and what an appropriate night for him to be along. Below zero temperatures what! Yes sah!
The car had been fettled and repaired since the DNF at Bonnie Doon and TYF was raring to go. What lay ahead of them was 150km of competitive sections, with loads of dust, no wind and those narrow and winding roads with the treacherous stumps of the “Heathcote” forests.
Servicing was central and so Tired and Nath elected to sit it out at the service park and socialise between visits from out intrepid team. “A” drum of fire was conjured up but it was not “the” drum of fire and indeed Grasshopper was only briefly present on the end of the phone. The fire was pleasant enough though and kept us reasonably warm.
Soon enough the boys were back and carried plenty of evidence of the still night with a ton of dust in the car already. A check over was all that was required along with a refuel and then some chat as we waited for the 40 min service time to expire.
The Commander had no complaints about the ride and was obviously feeling relaxed and TYF was pretty laid back about it all as usual!
So off they went and we went to socialise again. Reports of DNF’s filtered in and when young Gillie and Leeham didn’t return at the expected time and road position we sympathised with Jerzy before he got the news and headed off to retrieve a busted car. Crew is all OK but the Sprinter will need some tender loving care.
Then it was the long wait for our boys (last car on the road by now). And arrive they eventually did. Car was good and straight onto the trailer. A brief post mortem with the Commander and he was off back to Melbourne. We had a qick look at the results and saw the chaps were definetly not last but couldn’t make much sense of it all beyond that. So off to Nagambie for a well earned rest before the trek home later on Sunday.
By Sunday night the provisional results were out and initially it looked like the lads had finished 19th. But by Tuesday and obviously some careful checking of results, they ended up finishing 23rd. Still not a bad result from 44 starters. The Commander is very happy as they had no navigational errors, only one minor off road excursion and I believe a couple of minor spins.
TYF is pretty chuffed as well. Only 3 more finishes until he gains that “E” grade.
A notable result to fellow club member Craig Jones and Sandra Cuttle, 7th outright.
Next event, hmmmm, not sure. Depends on whether the Begonia runs or not.
Ciao for now.
Tired
Powered by ScribeFire.
This post is a little late but needed for continuity of the story so far……
Just like in the movies! We went to Bonnie Doon (well Peppin Point actually but near enough!) for a weekend away. Oh, and there was a rally on as well and the TYF was competing.
So Andrew O came along for guidance around the course, it was a daylight event, all special stages and route charted (no maps, yippee) and Grasshopper even came along for logistical and service support. All set, what could go wrong?
Well, nothing, for nearly 3 stages. And if you ask the driver, there was nothing wrong at all!
But the service crew knew better, once they’d looked under the car! That’s an interesting sight! Where the bloody hell is the rest of that Koni shock absorber. Faark!, broken mount and half the shock missing! Oh well, you’re out boys.
It was a nice day out and the rest of the weekend was pleasant, shame about the rally.
Our accommodation was great, awesome views across what should have been water, but Lake Eildon hasn’t had much water in it for quite a while. However, the view was still pretty cool, and with the early morning fog covering the valley it was quite spectacular.
To sum up it wasn’t the most successful event, but, the car was easy to fix, no was hurt and we had a nice weekend away.
Ciao
Tired
Powered by ScribeFire.
