Solartec Renewables Rally Results

[JS]

Any early results as yet?

js

[Ben Wilson]

JS - Watch this space

Hopefully Paulie's mojo will kick in shortly...

[JS]

Thanks Ben!

js

[afifield]

Been watching that space....still nothing....

Any news?

[JS]

Originally Posted by afifield

Been watching that space....still nothing....

Any news?

First 2 stages times are up now

js

[afifield]

Cool. Thanks.

[raybak]

DNS for us after the WRX decided it didn't want to play today.

Was looking forward to having a run with Peter Skinner. Richard very disappointed as well.

Engine is already out of the car.

Ray

[JS]

Originally Posted by raybak

DNS for us after the WRX decided it didn't want to play today.

Was looking forward to having a run with Peter Skinner. Richard very disappointed as well.

Engine is already out of the car.

Ray

Seems like there are a few dns? what is the story?

js

[Corty]

Looks like Matt J and Rus have been Flocking about in a stage 1

[AmyS]

I don't have results (though believe they are all up now), but do have photos of most of the cars at least one run through during the day. Very average photos... lol, but if anyone is interested in seeing their car - drop me a pm with the car number and I will email them to you.

Hope everyone had a great day!

[Renee]

I have 3 HUGE thankyou's for today.

1. Charlotte Hodgkin!! Who is that I hear you ask?? She was Stuart Walker's nav who decided to share her 2nd ever nav gig with me, so I could get a feel of pace notes. She gave up 1 recce and 2 stages. What an absolute top Rallychick you are!!! Did I mention that she is 15 years and 9 months old tommorrow?? Happy Birthday!!!

2. Stuart Walker for the ride and for the laughs

3. Linda Walker - Can this wonderful lady give any more?? Thankyou for organising everything above Oh and looking after the rugrats while I went and had fun with your husband

I think I am in love with pacenotes....

Thankyou to all the organisers and officials for letting me jump in at short notice. And to all the volunteers out in the forrest. You guys ROCK!!!

PS For those that don't know, we DNS'd because Shannon was

[CoffinRX2]

Awesome day! thanks to everyone who helped out.

Rowdy & I are quite happy to have finished in 9th (and beat Spac)

Our nemesis is still water crossings though

[buzz]

Originally Posted by CoffinRX2

Awesome day! thanks to everyone who helped out.

Rowdy & I are quite happy to have finished in 9th (and beat Spac)

Still beaten by a girl though!

Nice work by Michael and John to take top 2wd - I recall they were seeded up there, but they are still relative newcomers so good on them.

[Spac]

Brendan and I had a good day, the Volvo less so...

Short version is that after the second two stages, we set out to beat Rowdy and TS (and hopefully Jen) - there was less than 30 seconds between the four crews at this point.

Beat Jen and Rowdy on SS3.

Had a big crack at SS4, and got water in the dizzy and had the car run like a bucket of pooh for the rest of the stage. Serves me right for hanging poop on Rowds for having the same thing happen in SS1...

Beat Jen and Rowdy and TS on SS5.

Then had the motor 'do something nasty' about halfway through SS6. We got it out of stage, and about 20kms toward home before it got too ugly - sounds like a dead big end or three now, although several people who know stuff reckoned it was 'something else'.

So I think Jenny & Matt beat us but 21 seconds, Rowdy & Damo beat us by a measly 9 seconds and TS & Adrian beat us by heaps.

Good, fun day nonetheless.

Big thanks to the officials for a great event, to Brendan for doing a good job, to my wife for her enduring patience, to Paulie for the harness loan, to Marty for the extinguisher loan, to Jen for the tyres, and to everyone who shared jokes, took the p155, compared times, and generally helped make it such an enjoyable day.

[Rhino]

Time to get back in the RX 7 Spac and get rid of those boats