Kel

I'm at a loss to find words good enough to capture just how much Neily meant. Luckily, Duncan found some good ones, so I'll just add a few of my favourite Neily photos.

True that! I should have added one for every time Larko stuffs up his session. Though we'd be passed out by now...

I think I'm drunk just watching the pre-race coverage Roy...

Drinking game rules.... CHECK!

I’ll co drive for you Pete- my life insurance is paid up & valid for rallies (suckers!)

Ayersie + Beno + the Just Jap R35 = Awesome!

Forget Red Bull - turns out it's the Cygnet stage that gives you wings

Back to back baby! Well done Liam & Larry - great to see

It'll be good to do the Sideling the proper way again though I think the morning run will mean an 'unclench arse cheeks' note might be needed after the flying finish We're on the boat Friday week.

Burnouts are bad kids- confirmed that we ran days 4&5 with a mostly 2wd GTR! The boys discovered a very shagged pump & suspect the damage was done by some rather 'spirited' launches early on.

Cheers to everyone for all the nice stuff said. We were just happy to get through this one given all of the carnage- the podium spot was a bloody nice bonus. Massive Congratulations to Liam & Larry - so many people were happy to see you take the top step- especially us! If there had been another stage it would have been an SAU 123 for EM. Mel was totally blitzing us at the back end of the event and for it to come down to one second in the end was just incredible. Commiserations to Ben- this can be a rough old game sometimes. It was also great to see Paul running the dirty 30- people (including the Nissan flag boys) were far more interested in that car than those (yawn) 35s! Hopefully we'll add to the dinner set tonight. We could be a good chance for the team award, I'll get my platinum plate and a little birdy has suggested Steve and the Just Jap GTR may be joining the hall of fame

There's a tricky 32 in the full Neesan racing livery running rookie (driven by Dave Thompson). Good luck everyone - catch up with you tomorrow!

Me = another one of the lucky buggers Back in with Steve in the Just Jap car as usual. Hoping to get my platinum plate this year all going well. You need to whisper in someone's ear about another 0 car gig Benny!

Well hello again SAU Tarmac Rallying thread! To say I've been a little quiet of late would be an understatement, but I'm back to talk crap with the best of you Is anyone running the new Poatina Mountain Race this weekend? I thought I spied savman & a new nav on the entry list?

It feels like Bathurst in the nineties all over again

At least I got beaten by another LEAF driver

+1 on the thanks to all who made the day possible- another great club event.

Sorry all- we had trouble updating from High Country... maybe we need an app for that And real life has gotten in the way of posting since coming back to real life! We had an AMAZING event. Finished (which was the goal) and as a bonus ended up being the first ute home! We met some interesting people... Collected some fans Had the best service crew ever (including the V8 wizard) Along with the craziest service ute ever (go the Envy Scooters V8 powah) Not to mention being completed on our good looking rear and did I mention we finished!!! Will let everyone know when the TV special airs- you might see some of those skids everyone is after

Thanks all! The plan at the moment is to follow the 'bring it home in one piece' plan... but I'm sure Datgirl's arm can be easily twisted for a few skids What may go viral is Mel and I's attempts to look cool on the Envy Scooters the guys are throwing in the back of the ute for us to play around with in our down time. Envy Scooter races down Buller anyone???!!!

As some of you may know Mel (Datgirl) and I will be teaming up together this week for Targa High Country in the Envy Scooters Holden V8 Ute (yeah, yeah, we know it's not a Skyline, but it's two SAUers running together in a cool car still!) Read all about it here: Envy Scooters get girl powered for Targa High Country We'll do our best to keep everyone up-to-date with our progress. Envy Scooters are also running a competition on their Facebook page which everyone can enter to win an awesome prize. All you have to do is answer this question: Which of the Envy Scooters racecars will finish first and why? Hint: your answer better include Mel and Kel winning p.s: I will still be flying the SAU flag thanks to the SAU logo on my race suit!

I am pretty sure they will be my size but that would be good if that suits? I need another pair for gravel rally. Happy to send some cash your mates way to hold them until Texi? Kel

ooooooh I'm interested! Do you know what standard they are? How do I buy?

Missed you on the weekend Timmy! No snow on the roads afterall but it was a bit of fun- especially the stage we did with absolutely no brakes thanks to a rock twice the size of my fist taking out a rear brake bleed nipple and all the brake fluid with it. We dropped minutes but still managed the P2 win and max 2WD points for the series thankfully.

I might end up a groupie myself Mel - I've offered to run as part of a package deal with a Just Jap car if it makes it down there so will see what happens

so those rumours were true and we are going back to CAMS...