tmachnik Wrote:
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> Wow, he was only a few inches away from ending his
> rally several times... Pure skill, or just luck?
Ya know, when I went and watch Monte Carlo in 93 and when I've been to some Northern English BTRDA events the most striking thing I noticed about the stages, aside from how squiggly the roads were , was the narrowness of the roads.
And same thing when I went to Swedish WRC and then to a local District Championship event which was held in the general area where I used to live. The roads were often---usually just a bit wider, maybe a foot on either side, than the width of a car like a Celica or a Sierra.
I have driven probably a million miles on these skinny ass roads when i lived in Sweden, but back then I was a moto-cross guy and I was just driving down them to get to a track or a sand quarry and wasn't thinking about driving fast down them, but holy shit when 15 years later, being a rally guy I sure as hell was looking at them like "what if I was trying".
It was down right scary to contemplate.
THEN I thunk of the average MPH or km/hr that even the B licence guys were averaging, and it was like a big slap in the face.
Those skinny roads and speeds just like we average on our virtual freeways says that those guys are driving with a lot more skill.
And the Manx roads are noted as being skinnier than average.
I think they're used to it!
John Vanlandingham
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