Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

[Duncan]

snowy was out on stage 1, looked like some mechanical issue since there was no obvious panel damage.

Kel and Pete made it home 8th overall, but it must have been a bad day for organisers - about half the stages skipped and a big roll on the first stage

[Targa Tom]

When those with time get a chance. Compare the time of one x 81 commodore... after 4 x stages, same time as the gentleman in second outright!!!

TT

[sav man]

quinns r35 sounds awsome. http://www.sportcom.com.au/wrestpoint/inde...8&Itemid=61

snowys car has now appeared as a macanical falure (like dunc said)

[Snowman]

Hey all,

What a start to my rally experience! 1st stage was a short non-timed warm up and all was well. 2nd stage was cancelled due to a Citroen being on it's lid which meant the massive 29km Geevston stage was to be my first timed stage. Despite all my talk of "taking it easy" etc we pretty much were cracking it from the get go. That was shown by the fact we were apparently the 2nd highest clocked speed through a speed trap early on in the stage.

Everything was going great and I felt really comfortable with the speeds and the car until around the 17km mark when I noticed the car was getting hot (water had hit 120degs) so I was forced to go up a gear and try and rely on corner speed. That was still going ok (and the temps were coming down) until the front right wheel fell off....

All 5 studs were completely sheared off - NFI why - but needless to say it brought us to a stop. Amazingly however other than the hub / rotor edge / inside of the wheel there isn't a single mark on the car. We made a couple of calls and found someone with some parts and the good news is we are back to fight another day! Fingers crossed we have a better run tomorrow.

Untill then....

[Kel]

too tired to post properly but it was an awesome

day out - even with all the stage changes

shame some of the stages downgraded or cancelled were ones better suited to the skylines

Very sad to see Snowy parked at the side of what turned out to be our first competitive stage hope you guys get back out tomorrow

Will be interesting to see how tomorrows adventures on the goat tracks go

[Duncan]

Andrew its probably too late now but most likely youv've just learned how much harder targa events are on the car than track. I would guess that the hub ring on your rotors does not match the ring on the wheels you are using.

the studs themselves are only to hold the wheel on the hub, not to hold the whole car to the tyre. the inside of the hub should be a snug fit on the lip of the rotor. If not you should sort out some hub locators for future.

all the best getting it sorted tomorrow.

Kel...go to sleep! You have a pet food car to catch

[Duncan]

BTW how bloody hard is it to get a jack under a car with no wheel on lol. we needed 4 builders on the opposite corner to get it high enough to get a jack under

[BezerkR32]

any idea on the temp issue snowy or was it a flogging car over long distance issue?

[PHaT MR30]

Thats a real shame Andrew, but glad you guys are ok.

Game on again tomorrow!

And well done Kel!!! some ripper times you and pete are doing!

[Neil]

Well done Kel!!! some ripper times you and pete are doing!

Go Kelly,,,,kick arse girl.

Neil.

[BBGTR]

At least it wasn't a $2 part - studs are about $5 each aren't they?

Great to see that you can get going again tomorrow - well done guys.

Any word on what happened to Stephen Bradford?

Regards

Andrew

Hey all,

What a start to my rally experience! 1st stage was a short non-timed warm up and all was well. 2nd stage was cancelled due to a Citroen being on it's lid which meant the massive 29km Geevston stage was to be my first timed stage. Despite all my talk of "taking it easy" etc we pretty much were cracking it from the get go. That was shown by the fact we were apparently the 2nd highest clocked speed through a speed trap early on in the stage.

Everything was going great and I felt really comfortable with the speeds and the car until around the 17km mark when I noticed the car was getting hot (water had hit 120degs) so I was forced to go up a gear and try and rely on corner speed. That was still going ok (and the temps were coming down) until the front right wheel fell off....

All 5 studs were completely sheared off - NFI why - but needless to say it brought us to a stop. Amazingly however other than the hub / rotor edge / inside of the wheel there isn't a single mark on the car. We made a couple of calls and found someone with some parts and the good news is we are back to fight another day! Fingers crossed we have a better run tomorrow.

Untill then....

[Neil]

So what is the web-site we can go and look at the results???.

Neil.

[BBGTR]

http://www.rallyresults.com.au/targa/twp2009/index.asp

Regards

Andrew

So what is the web-site we can go and look at the results???.

Neil.

[sav man]

9:55: Car 417, the Nissan Skyline GT-R Z-Tune of Andrew Richmond and James Ward, has retired from the event with mechanical problems before the first stage of the day.

[PHaT MR30]

Just saw that Snowy and James are out with mechanical problem before the start of the first stage today.

*edit* sav_man beat me to the punch *edit*

Edited January 31, 2009 by PHaT MR30

[PHaT MR30]

Kel and Pete had an off 6km's into SS13 - All ok.

Bugger Kel you guys were going so well!

[Neil]

Kel and Pete had an off 6km's into SS13 - All ok.

Bugger Kel you guys were going so well!

Thanks for the up-date mate. I was getting a bit worried about the princess.

Neil.

[Duncan]

Umm why are those marks heading off the road?

Oh...I see.

Apparently it was only a minor fire too.

Tassies finest tow trucks to the rescue

Doesn't look to bad here....but I think there might be unpleasant surprises under the bodywork.

Anyway apparently they are both

but I think probably sore tomorrow. I guess Kel should have invested in a HANS before going out in the r35.....

Apparently poor road surface and a little too fast....just a little off.

[JAS-25T]

Dang nammit!

[Neil]

Kel,,,did you say OH f**k!!!.

Neil.