Rally Report:
The rally comprised of 8 special stages..All based around the Goodwood circuit..The weather was cold, but very clear and dry..We decided to go quite steady on SS1 and SS2 as it was all a very new experience to both of us..Despite this we caught an Evo during SS1 who started 1 minute ahead of us and we got held up for alot longer than we would have liked..We lost around 10 secs here..Despite taking it steady and being held up we finished SS2 in 20th position overall and 5th in class which we were very happy with..
We attacked harder during SS3 and SS4 and after these two stages we pulled back time on the 4th position car in our class and the 3rd postion car (a 205 GTi 1.6 had engine poblems and retired)..After that retirement and some good stage times after SS4 we were 4th in class and 18th overall..
We kept pushing, chasing down the car infront of us in our class, during SS5 we took 12 seconds out of the car infront and a further 15 seconds in SS6..During the last two stages we took even more time out of the car infront and we had secured 3rd in class by 25 seconds at the end and 13th overall..
We had one moment where we ran two wheels onto the grass on an exit from a chicane but this wasn't major at all and that was our only real drama of the day..
The two car's which finished ahead of us in our class were serious pieces of kit..Had we been alot quicker on our first two stages we may have been able to challenge for 2nd in class..This wasn't a prioroty though as we wanted to finish mainly..
We had 2 interviews, one with motorsport news and another with a chap who is making a DVD of the event..
Mark will be uploading all the onboard video's from all the stages this evening, there was alot of glare on the front windscreen so the footage isn't ideal..You will get the jist of what the car is like and how hard we were pushing at times though..
Thanks to all those who helped service and who have helped get us this far! Hopefully the goodluck will continue!
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