Hard day in the office
Posted by buerckner
Andrew Buerckner Mod Moderator Location: Canberra, Australia Join Date: 10/22/2011 Posts: 120 Rally Car: Daihatsu Charade GTti DOHC Turbo, and Mazda MX-5(miata) Turbo(bent) |
My last navigating gig didn't end too well. Just wanted to share with those that know how it is, and didn't want to post up on local forum. Everything was going fine till the driver misread a rh bend, I looked up and thought "this isn't good", then the swearing started.. then the crash/rolls. We were in the top of fourth or fifth so somewhere around 130kph or more. Car is done, doesn't look to bad but a-pillars and front legs have come down a couple of inches and the driver was planning to retire the car shortly... just not in this type of style! Another competitor kindly gave the car a tap with her LHR quarter and moved it into the ditch an further off line. Anyhoo both A-ok, but time for a new helmet probably another Stilo DES but carbon this time and I'll get a Simpson hybrid neck restraint too. I know it's pricey but at this level I'm not likely to be in small/slow crashes anymore. We were running 7th outright after a slow start and judging by our increase in pace and commitment in this stage(which was probably too much) we would have won this stage outright. My normal friends look at me funny when I say I still had a good time, and wasn't bothered by the crash just pissed we didn't finish! |
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Andrew Buerckner Mod Moderator Location: Canberra, Australia Join Date: 10/22/2011 Posts: 120 Rally Car: Daihatsu Charade GTti DOHC Turbo, and Mazda MX-5(miata) Turbo(bent) |
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John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
man hard audience tonight..
Poor Bruckie!  John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Andrew Buerckner Mod Moderator Location: Canberra, Australia Join Date: 10/22/2011 Posts: 120 Rally Car: Daihatsu Charade GTti DOHC Turbo, and Mazda MX-5(miata) Turbo(bent) |
Boom, Tish! I just got this one! I'm no suby fan, this was my first time in one, but this did haul the milk. 6 Speed, unrestricted, autronic sm4, 50mm remote canister MCA shocks etc etc. Replacement will be something like this 
160kg lighter to start with and similar running gear. |
Banned Elite Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Grant Hughes Ultra Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Don Kennedy Elite Moderator Location: Reading, PA Join Date: 10/05/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 227 Rally Car: Impreza |
Banned Elite Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Andrew Buerckner Mod Moderator Location: Canberra, Australia Join Date: 10/22/2011 Posts: 120 Rally Car: Daihatsu Charade GTti DOHC Turbo, and Mazda MX-5(miata) Turbo(bent) |
John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Andrew Buerckner Mod Moderator Location: Canberra, Australia Join Date: 10/22/2011 Posts: 120 Rally Car: Daihatsu Charade GTti DOHC Turbo, and Mazda MX-5(miata) Turbo(bent) |
The last 2 years we have allowed noob junior males (<4 events, under 25yo) but if any male(however much of a cow they are) entered in a 4wd turbo I'd refuse their entry.
It's not in the spirit of the event. They let noobs out in the tarmac events with 2 motorkhana under there belt in true firebreathing monsters with substandard safety gear and not suprisingly they tend to get themselves killed on a regular basis. 
It fosters a bit of an us and them repoire with the gravel guys as the media doesn't differenciate and we get lumped in with them. Very few cross over between the two disiplines. |
starion887 Elite Moderator Join Date: 09/06/2006 Posts: 798 |
I can't respond to the poll because my response is missing: 'All of the above'.
And when you use the word 'fosters' above, do you mean the verb or the beer? Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2013 08:23AM by starion887. |
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