2007 Alpine Rally

[Deano]

Provisional result Stewy and Matty 4th O/R

Well done boys

[Rallyray]

Word on the street is that Tamsey done a Sosi and put in an extra call and made Matty T beach the car....

[Deano]

Originally Posted by Rallyray

Word on the street is that Tamsey done a Sosi and put in an extra call and made Matty T beach the car....

So they were on pacenotes

[Marty]

Any news on the others?

Spac?

Fro?

Swill?

[Lyndall]

Courtesy of the Fro results service - only one capable of typing/texting at the Alpine presentation dinner tonight?

1. Darryn Snooks / Matt De Vaus, Datsun Stanza
2. Jesse Robison / Sam Robison, Datsun 240Z
3. Kari Dirickx / Tim Batten, Datsun 1600
4. Carl Stewart / Matt James, Datsun 1600
5. Jack Monkhouse / Dale Moscatt, Datsun 180B
6. Claude Murray / Lizzy Ferme, Datsun 1600
7. Brett Middleton / Andrew Benefield, Honda Civic

14. Steve Willett / Marc Kelly, Holden Commodore VK

20. Fro Horobin / Paul Marando, Datsun 180B

27. Matt Thompson / Aaron Tams, Nissan Skyline RS

Graham Thompson / Winton Brocklebank, Datsun Stanza, broke a diff.

Good ol' Datto's are where it's at.

The guesstimate gaps from Tim earlier were:

• 3-4 mins between 1st (Snooks) and 2nd (Robison's)
• ~30 secs between 2nd (Robison's) and 3rd (Kari)
• 5 secs between 3rd (Kari) and 4th (Carl)
• 4 secs between 4th (Carl) and 5th (Jack)

Jack/Dale were trying to claim back a 10 second 'timing error' (the time given by controllies on one stage was 10 secs slower than the time Dale got on his stopwatch), which - if successful - would have jumped Jack up from 5th to 3rd. Given there was no proof (only Dale's word re his stopwatch time), it appears the original times given still stand.

[Lyndall]

Apparently Spac / Dave Gallacher finished the event (kinda) - had some sort of tailshaft issue, and therefore missed a whole bunch of controls.

[Rally Angel]

Well done everyone who made it over the finish line. Great to see some really fine results there for some crews. Commiserations to those who had dramas. Thanks for the updates on here to everyone! Also, thanks Anna for the call yesterday to let us know how things were going. Wish we had of been there! Maybe next time.

[razoo]

Originally Posted by Rally Angel

Wish we had have been there!

Fixed

[SamR]

Hey Guys,

Was great to see you all again/meet some of you for the first time.

What an awesome weekend! Just a bugger everyone had problems (with the exception of Darren & Matt).

Thanks Rob heaps for the strut, it was interesting enough doing 2 stages on the bent one let alone the rest of the event. Thanks everyone who made up the make-shift exhaust, even if it did fall off again!

Does anyone have any idea about the team awards? Did any of the teams have 5 cars finish?

Cheers,

Sam.

[Ben Wilson]

I've just got to say that even though we had a lousy event, I still loved it. Spectacular scenery, great weather (at least on Saturday) awesome service areas (I still don't believe we were allowed to service on that lawn), and a really great vibe.

If Richard doesn't go back in '09, give me a call - I'll be there..

[TX3 Rally]

Just got home after a pretty exhausting weekend mostly spent in Rally HQ.

Congrats to the winners - and to everyone that finished, and comiserations to the non-finishers.

It was great to catch up again with a lot of members on here to say howdy.

Did anyone get a photo of that hideous brown suit that BDM was wearing at the presso dinner?

[Lyndall]

This is from an e-mail that Gary Hodgskiss (the Alpine scorer) has posted on the Vic Rally e-group:

I think it would be fair to say the scoring at the Alpine did not go according to plan. I had substantially modified the scoring program to accommodate the extra-large number of competitors and stages, and as any experienced competitor will tell you, it is not wise to go into a big event with untested equipment. First we lost a few gears (the program would not calculate placings), then we put a hole in the fuel tank (all data beyond Car 40 was lost), so DNF was the only possible outcome. A tech-wreck of the first order. We were able to extract enough information from the ruins to work out who won - well no one complained at the after-event function so I presume we got
that bit right.

Apologies to those competitors who did not see all their scores go up on the scoreboard. I know competitors like to see their scores for the stages they did complete even if they DNF'd or cut-and-run, but with having to calculate so much stuff manually we just didn't have time.

Thanks to Ken Cusack who drove the spreadsheet that kept us alive, and to Natasha Swan who wrote the equivalent of an entire year's worth of VCRS scores on the scoreboard in a single weekend as well as being the CRO.

Below are the points and placings of the competitors I think
completed the entire event, the rest will have to wait until I
recreate the data over the next couple of days. I will then post a
more complete Unofficial Scores. Competitors who are marked as DNF No Reason Given are invited to send their DNF reason to gzh @ wilvandee.com.au.

Gary Hodgskiss


O/R Crew Car Points

Competitors who completed the course (we think)
1 Darryn Snooks / Matt De Vaus Datsun Stanza 267:42
2 Jesse Robison / Samantha Robison Datsun 240Z 270:40
3 Kari Dirickx / Tim Batten Datsun 1600 271:22
4 Carl Stewart / Matt James Datsun 1600 271:27
5 Jack Monkhouse / Dale Moscatt Datsun 180B SSS 271:31
6 Claude Murray / Lizzy Ferme Datsun 1600 272:38
7 Brett Middleton / Andrew Benefield Honda Civic 272:47
8 Jeff David / Grant Geelan Porsche 911 273:46
9 Andrew Taylor / Robin Smalley Mazda RX7 275:43
10 David West / Robert West Proton Satria 276:15
11 Rob Devenish / Steve Kealey Datsun 260Z 278:54
12 Gerald Mammi / Geoff Sheeran Datsun Stanza 280:23
13 Darren Roberts / Peter Whiteley Toyota Sprinter AE86 282:07
14 Stephen Willett / Marc Kelly Holden Commodore VK 284:35
15 Keith Cuttle / Sandra Cuttle Holden Commodore VC 291:05
16 Glenn Cugley / Stella Plenderleith Datsun 180B 292:48
17 Steve Ashton / Ro Nixon Mitsubishi Galant 292:51
18 Rex Muldoon / Tristan Kent Datsun 260Z 293:25
19 David Officer / Kate Officer Mitsubishi Colt Galant 293:37
20 Fro Horobin / Paul Marando Datsun 180B 294:59
21 Derrick White / John Rawson Peugeot 504 295:49
22 Terry Trewern / Andrew Ormesher Toyota Corolla TE27 297:02
23 Gavin Fowler / Warren Nietz Datsun 1600 297:06
24 Greg Gibson / Jenny Cole BMW 2002 297:10
25 Adam Wilson / Daniel Willson Datsun 1600 300:01
26 Mike Welsh / Rhys Alexander Toyota T18 301:26
27 Matt Thompson / Aaron Tams Nissan Skyline RS 301:51
28 Kim Harper / Graeme Vaux Ford Escort twin cam 304:26
29 Grant Heywood / Paul Kent Datsun 1600 304:27
30 Tod Reed / Brian Reed Ford Falcon GT 306:17
31 Troy Donoghue / Sue McCready Ford Falcon 306:51
32 Simon Crane / Alison Thomas Mitsubishi Galant 307:10
33 Mark Richards / Stephen Richards Ford Escort 307:25
34 Brendan Brown / Simon Brown Datsun 180B SSS 307:55
35 David Lawrance / David Webb Datsun 1600 309:25
35 Richard Feagan / Chris Chester Datsun P510 309:25
37 John Ernst / Bronwyn Metha Hyundai Excel 309:39
38 Owen Polanski / David Prasad Nissan Stanza 310:10
39 Chris Snell / Graham McGrath Peugeot 205 GTi 310:32
40 Doug Corben / Craig Paroissien Mazda RX2 310:44
41 Zac Edwards / Mel Edwards Peugeot 505 311:24
42 Alex Kovacevic / Kate Cotter Fiat 131 312:04
43 Jeff Hawkins / David Opie Holden Gemini 312:09
44 Alan Upton / Mark Laidlay Datsun Bluebird 312:34
45 Bob Watson / Wayne Gregson Datsun 1600 313:45
46 Lucas Thorpe / Karen Brookes Datsun 180B 320:37
47 Michael Long / Vaughan Haskett Datsun 180B SSS 324:14
48 John Pinkerton / Peter Shearman Volkswagen Beetle 324:55
49 Doug Norman / Robert Knight Peugeot 504 331:58
50 Aaron Stone / Ben Philemon Datsun P510 331:58
51 Tim Reynolds / Simon Reynolds Datsun 180B 336:31
52 Geoff Hale / Rachel Hale Volkswagen Golf 350:33
53 Andrei Artamonov / Vadim Linev Hyundai Excel 353:00
54 Dan Murphy / Trevor Harvey Lada Samara 354:32
55 Ken Harper / David McAdam Ford Escort Mk1 355:56
56 David Curl / Robert Richards Mitsubishi Lancer LA 361:58
57 Rob Upstill / Carol Bellew Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 393:36

Competitors who missed controls (fairly reliable)
Brian Semmens / Daniel Parry Nissan 200SX
David Brown / Michael Foreshew Datsun Bluebird 510
Justyn Snooks / Scott Middleton Nissan Silvia S110
Neville Whittenbury / Dave Rudham Datsun 180B
Neil Cuthbert / Justin Hunt Datsun 200B
Greg Wyatt / Dale Allan Alfa Romeo Alfetta
Nathan Senior / David Gallacher Volvo 164E
John Carney / Russell Day Toyota Celica
Aiden Peart / Kimberley Woods Datsun 260Z
Terry Godde / James Clarke Datsun 1600
Paul Stephens / Niall McConchie Datsun 1600
Rian Calder / Daniel Hall Ford Escort
Ross O'Reilly / Jenna Kelley Datsun 1600
Tim Stuchbery / Nathan Paparella Holden Commodore
Penny Swan / Danielle Moorhead Toyota Corolla
Ted Perkins / Joel Perkins Ford Cortina
Peter Otzen / Paul Franklin Datsun 180B
Brian Canny / Larry Walker Peugeot 404
Gary Howard / Michael Loxton Toyota Celica TA22
Steve White / Kimberley Barson Saab 99 EMS
Chris Wallace / Chris Henning Chrysler Sigma

Did not finish the event (pretty sure of this)
Paul Batten / Mike Batten Datsun P510 Gearbox
Wayne Bell / Nicholas Vardos Fiat 131 Abarth No reason given*
Richard Leitis / Robin Mules Ford Escort Gearbox
Gerald Schofield / John Moore Ford Escort RS Blown Engine
Graham Thompson / Winton Brocklebank Datsun Stanza Differential
David Burn / Stephen Dunbar Mitsubishi Galant Rolled
Gordon Douglas / Michael Gigney Ford Escort Broke half-shaft
Glenn Bakker / Philip Rainer Datsun 1600 No reason given*
Gerry Duyvestyn / Ian Buddery Lancia 037 No reason given*
Peter Riseborough / Kaye Kilsby Datsun Stanza Bent Axle
Hilary Evans / Stephen Doughty Datsun 1600 Big End Bearing
Rob Dyer / Graham Wallis Datsun Sunny PB210 Fuel Issues
Matt Lee / Andrew Gell Holden Commodore No reason given*
Doug Fernie / Geoff Floyd Datsun Bluebird Gear Box stuck in 4th
Brett Ross / Jason Hague Holden Commodore No reason given*
Rick Hartmann / Dave Smith Datsun Bluebird Off road
Nicola Testa / Phil Nicholas Nissan Silvia RS Throttle linkage
Stephen Mitchell / Alan Hall Peugeot 404 No reason given*
Andy Crane / Dave Anderson Peugeot 504 No reason given*
Ross Allan / Scott Allan Datsun Bluebird No reason given*
Gary Kendrick / Ron Gottschalk Datsun 1600 No reason given*
Russell Woollard / Rowan Woollard Datsun Stanza No reason given*
Tony Huggins / Sarah Curry Datsun Stanza No reason given*
Robert Cranston / Karl Grealy Toyota Celica No reason given*
Gary Carruthers / Stuart Carruthers Ford Falcon XR GT No reason given*
Ben Oyler / Sam Burrell Datsun P510 No reason given*
Derek Holder / Andrew Pullar Holden Astra No reason given*
Michael Holloway / Timothy Kennon Holden Monaro Engine Misfire
David Gates / David Malley Mazda MX5 No reason given*
Aaron Van Winden / Thomas Halliday Datsun Stanza No reason given*

Did not start (this is right)
Geoff Portman / Steuart Snooks Holden Commodore
Mark Wagstaff / David Reynolds Ford Escort
Bob Moore / Roger Moore Datsun Stanza
Ian Crook / Warren Medwell Triumph 2500 PI
Joe Wilson / Scott Jennison Triumph 2500 PI

* Reason may not yet have been recorded from Incident Report

[Spac]

Originally Posted by Lyndall

Apparently Spac / Dave Gallacher finished the event (kinda) - had some sort of tailshaft issue, and therefore missed a whole bunch of controls.

Yep. About 5kms from the end of the first post-tarmac gravel stage, rubber that supports the tail-shaft centre bearing jumped out. Tail shaft then bangs around a whole lot and generally tries destroy itself and/or the rest of the car. Prior to the tarmac (where I lost heaps of time because I'm crap) we were running 42nd: had nearly halved our seeding and were on track for our hoped-for top 30 finish.

We cut and ran, bodged it for yesterday, got through 4 and a bit stages (the first three Sunday stages were < 6km blasts) before it failed again. We bodged it on the side of the road, and got back to Lakes Entrance for a finish.

I'll pad this out later, but for now, I'll just focus on the thank-yous:

Simon, Boormat and Anna for the service loving. You were all flogged half to death, but never seemed to run out of enthusiasm - even at 4:30am on Sunday morning (and never stopped with the wise-cracks!).

Dave for doing a top job in the silliest of seats. OK, maybe we had a few over-shoots on transports, but when it mattered the calls were always spot-on.

All of the officials, particularly the sweep who was not only incredibly patient while we were limping out of our last stage, but even urged us to continue.

BossHair, Frinky, and Rob for secondary service lovin' after R&R's DNF.

Richard for secondary service lovin', a dead headlight relay and fuel.

Andy Crane for the live headlight relay.

Marty H for scrutineering the car in the rain on Thursday night.

Seemore Motorsport for the tyres.

Wright Motorcycles, SOS Suspension and STA for various and assorted shock-absorber lovin'. Definitely makes the car easier to drive!

Paulie for the tyres and lights.

Hunter Valley Chicken and Game for the hat and stickers!

The rest of the competitors for making it such a good, fun, positive event. Particularly the people from cars #110 for the welder loan, and car #80 for pointing the service crew in the right direction on Sat night. And there were some friendly blokes in a red Celica...

Looking foward to 2009!

Stuff:
Fro/Paulie beat Swill/Tort on the tarmac (Hmmm.... 550hp & semi-slicks vs 160hp & rally tyres!). Funny enough in itself, but then Swill and Tort were so cranky at each other that they let the 180B beat them on the next stage too.

Great roads. Some chopped up sandy gunk, but mostly awesome stuff, esp the short ones in the Forestech complex.

Argh, the bloody safety check isn't dead in Vic.

Kari and Richard both well on the pace despite not driving their respective cars recently.

My predictions were far more right than wrong.

Seeing a deer in a stage - I thought they were supposed to be timid and flighty!? 1500kgs of Volvo lumbering towards it didn't seem to matter....

Only one 'moment' in the Volvo - and it was my fault. Mis-read a RGR after/on crest, locked up the front wheels, and then had to say on the brakes, 'cause we weren't going to get it pointing right again. Over-all, I was pretty happy with my pace - unlike 2005 when I was too conservative.

[MattSearle]

Originally Posted by Spac

Stuff:
Fro/Paulie beat Swill/Tort on the tarmac (Hmmm.... 550hp & semi-slicks vs 160hp & rally tyres!).

Swill/Tort where on rally rubber, not semi-slicks.
And the taxi absolutely destroyed them!

[Spac]

The were definitely four semi-slicks on the Commodore at the service before the tarmac stage?