http://www.wrc.com/page/News/BreakingNewsDetail/0,,10111~819768,00.html

I'm there :luxhello:

Yep, us too :)

Anybody know what he's driving?

Where and when?

What about it... i cant see anything from the link as you need to login or register, whos driving in the pirelli rally.

The pirelli int rally is in kielder forest, starts at carlisle and up to kielder for foest action.

Im there again camping overnight to get the night stage and the following days action.(MAYBE NOT, NO NIGHT STAGE THIS YEAR....WHY... LOVE NIGHT STAGES)

McRAE IN THE MK 2 SCORT HA HA GET IN, LIKING IT A LOT

http://www.pirelliinternationalrally.co.uk/

Thanks Sal, just couldn't be bothered to search for myself.

We've got an entry on the Trophy rally on the Sunday:D

We've got an entry on the Trophy rally on the Sunday:D

Us too. Out in the fiesta again for this one .. Just need to align the shell after one of the front strut towers has decided to Move 8mm..

Not good for the camber of Keilder ..

Right who's going up in a spectating capacity? Gonna marshal on saturday and speccy on sunday.

Once again my car will turn into a camper car..mmmm neck ache :)

anyone know any forest car parks to sleep in? dont wanna park on a public road after I return post beverage!!

who went then and was it a good weekend?


i got my dates wrong and missed it, well sick


john

who went then and was it a good weekend?

i got my dates wrong and missed it, well sick

john

Ouch! I went, but didn't see McCrae as his car broke on Sage 1. :-( The Grp N cars are a bit quiet after WRC's, but they were still being pushed good and hard :-)

Slowly Sideways at the P-Zero stage were cool too, that Quattro sounded fantastic!

Some pics & vids here (http://www.giveitfish.co.uk/rally/0605_pirelli/index.html).

http://www.giveitfish.co.uk/rally/0605_pirelli/DSCF0082.JPG
http://www.giveitfish.co.uk/rally/0605_pirelli/DSCF0088.JPG
http://www.giveitfish.co.uk/rally/0605_pirelli/DSCF0138.JPG
http://www.giveitfish.co.uk/rally/0605_pirelli/DSCF0149.JPG
http://www.giveitfish.co.uk/rally/0605_pirelli/DSCF0164.JPG

Anyone with more skills than me who can tell me how to stop all my pics of white cars being overexposed when the backgorund is spot-on? Would a polarizing filter help?

Cheers,

Steve

We were there and had a cracking weekend :thumb: We didn't see McRae either despite us being out on Bower 1 bright and early - he'd retired before he got to us. We did however see Nicky Grist in the service park during scrutineering on Friday ;)

I didn't miss the WRC cars as the top GpN runners supplied us with plenty of entertainment although having said that we did wait to see the RallyMasters through on a couple of stages. At the point where we saw them Will Nicholls and Nick Broom seemed to be giving it plenty of beans :)

We also watched the Trophy Rally on Sunday so we could wave to Mark - did you see us? ;) :D

We were out on Kershope on Saturday evening when a Disco pulled up and some blokes got out. I said to my Dad that one of them was a dead ringer for Robert Reid, then as he walked past me I realised that it actually was Robert Reid :lol1:

All in all it was an excellent weekend and the bonus was that the rain held off until it was all over :thumb:

Sorry Sal, I didn't see you. I was a bit preoccupied! Where were you watching?

For the first time in ages, things actually went our way yesterday. Despite struggling with very inconsistent pacenotes, we set some really good times and had a very enjoyable day out. The first stage was a bit slippy under the dense trees but went well for a nice settler. Stage 2 Kershope, was fast! The last 3 miles was basically a combination of very fast left and right corners over small crests.
Stage 3 was rough in places, Really rough! In a comment to the Motorsport News reporter at the end, I told him we'd have been better using a tractor through some of the stage as the ruts were about a foot deep This nearly ripped the exhaust off the car and Peter and I had to put up with the extra noise and some fumes in the car for the rest of the event.
In this stage was a flat out section through a big dip, about half a mile long. The lead into it was flat out and by the time we had got to the bottom, the car was on the limiter in 5th gear. At 130mph-ish the car went light over a slight crest and got a little sideways moment on! Peter just kept the right foot buried and squared us up. He later admitted he was "anxious"!

After a very brief visit to service, we went and tackled the last two forest stages. On the start line of stage 4, an Escort WRC cut in front of us as he had had problems and was late on the road. No real worries as you would expect a WRC car couuld outrun a group N car! About half way through the stage, we started catching dust, a sure sign we were catching him up. Then a s we rounded a bend in to a dip, we caught sight of debris lying in the road and saw Surefire (who was marshalling) running across the moorland to the remains of the Escort! Both crew were out of the car and OK.
The last stage was 12 miles through Chirdonhead. We had nop real problems in here only a minor overshoot that cost us about 10 seconds, although lots of other cars were going off like the Evo that was in 2nd place. That had gone off over a fast left hand crest and was lying upside down in the ditch on the right.
After surviving the forests, we went to do the P-Zero super special stage at Crosby, near Carlisle. This was a blast round a purpose made course in Andrew Tinkler's front garden! It looks quite spectacular with the jumps and watersplash but we'd rather have done another 12 miler in Kielder.
The result was 6th overall in the Trophy rally and first in class.
Anyway, this was our best result yet and i'd like to thank Roger, Dave W and Ian for servicing for us and Peter for keeping us on the road!

Mark, we were on Bewshaugh fairly near the start where a right hander goes into an uphill bit, we were on the uphill bit. You did look a bit busy ;) Bob has some pics for you :)

You looked to be going really, really well where we saw you so congrats on the 6th overall and first in class :thumb:

You looked to be going really, really well where we saw you so congrats on the 6th overall and first in class :thumb:

Thanks Sal. It was the first time in ages that Peter actually had confidence in the car and himself. Just a pity we couldn't recce it to sort out those inconsistant notes!

Mark, some pics of you, I have some more in between these two. Feel free to nick em or give me a shout if you want the originals! :thumb:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/scoobychick/Mark2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/scoobychick/Mark1.jpg

And a bonus one of the course car with it's wheel falling off! :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/scoobychick/Coursecar.jpg

:cool:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/scoobychick/Mark2.jpg

Well Done Mark, bout time you two came good !! :p

Looks like you were on it by the above pic that Bob took.

You got an entry for the Jim Clark in ??

Cracking pics Bob and write up (s) Sal too !!

Wish I could have nmade it up there but too much on in one weekend to fit it in.

1st time since the foot and mouth that I've missed it :(

Speak to you soon,

Ste

1st time since the foot and mouth that I've missed it

Yeah, at least you've got the all clear from the vet now though :)

I forgot earlier, well done Mark! :thumb:

And Millband, see if you can under expose your pics a little, what camera do you use? :Suspiciou

a Cracking rally!! Champion is Champion!

Col McRae got going again on sheperdshield but couldn't re join so we signed him and nicky on as the safety car ...

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/greatnorth/mcrae.jpg

Me and the Stalker were out in force..here she is getting close up to the action

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/greatnorth/stalker.jpg

Has some good criak with si mooney (the boy behind pacenotes mag) who was out doing some promo

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/greatnorth/mooney.jpg

Just about to pack up when the ba$tard landys came thru and one went off

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/greatnorth/landyoff.jpg

he got pulled out eventually and still made it before the time out

finished with the stalker meeting a new friend...awwwww (for the girls)

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e114/greatnorth/kid.jpg

who's camping for the 3 days up in Kelso for the Clark?....rally sessions 2006!!! :luxhello:

And Millband, see if you can under expose your pics a little, what camera do you use? :Suspiciou

It's a Fuji S9500, just got it. Tried underexposing a little using the exposure lock, but not quite there yet. Seemed to get most of the cars and background OK but got a lot of glare from surfaces catching the light. Do you use any filters at all Bob? Or do you underexpose by any particualar amounts?

Cheers for any advice,

Steve

Nice pics Bob.:thumb:

Ste, you're slacking! Fancy the Rally Manager missing an event!:rolleyes:

some good pics there guys n gals


gonna have to start getting to grips with this camera


john

Nice pics Bob.:thumb:

Ste, you're slacking! Fancy the Rally Manager missing an event!:rolleyes:
:D

I know, it was quite depressing knowing you lot were up their and I wasnt.

Still, I'll make up for it on the Jim Clark and might go to see all the bling this weekend at Scoobynet Live.

I think I could get right into this ride pimping scene :rolleyes: now the cruise wagons slammed on chrome 22's by West Coast Audo's :p (not)