At 3 minutes flat we tackled this challenging and slippery road course. Little did we know that the organisors had sprayed water in some of the corners, which had obviously frozen and caught us unawares… Despite this error we put down a competitive time and had a blast. We were interviewed for television after the finish, so perhaps you’ll see some shots from outside the car on Dutch channels…
The connecting legs and regularities were challenging due to mixed surface conditions: asphalt, wet, ice, snow, all following in rapid succession, leading to many “human ABS” footwork.
Story of the day to me was the situation Ron and Birgit Lopez Cardoso went through today in their BMW 2002. Somewhere along the line the throttle bar played u an Ron had it clean in his hands, yet managed to finish! Here’s a shot of one of Holland’s leading historic Rally couples:
- January 23, 2010
- Historic Racing 911, Porsche 911 Rally, Winter Trial Rally
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- 2 Comments
We just finished the opening dinner of the rally and the participants are beaming with optimism about what lies ahead. As most participants are true classic car enthousiast, it’s easy to connect around the table. Here’s The organizer of the rally welcoming you to this blog’s updates:
In honor of another Classic Events rally, Carrera Copacabana a band of Brazilian samba dancers performed on stage and the contrast with our winter outfits could not have been greater!
The evening started with cocktails in the bar of the hotel here in gorgeous Sankt Wolfgang. Co-driver Joost Cohen welcomes you to the event.:
Le Mans Legend Gijs van Lennep has returned to compete in the Trial Class with a Porsche 356C with co-driver Ian Tullie. Victory has eluded Gijs on earlier editions of this FIA rally, due to technical problems. Preparation by the State of Art collection has been meticulous so we all [...]
- January 23, 2010
- Historic Racing 911, Porsche 911 Rally, Winter Trial Rally
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- 2 Comments
At 4 am the alarm awoke me rudely to the first of 8 days of early 911 fun. After a nice wonderful breakfast prepared by Mrs S, I set out to pick up my co-driver Joost in Zeist. Our schedule permitted a quick espresso and we left to meet Fer and Gerard and their red 1973 2.4S Targa at the Dutch German border.
In the meanwhile we are at 1/3 of the 1.000 km track from Amsterdam to Sankt Wolfgang near Salzburg, from where the Winter Trial 2010 departs tomorrow morning. We have dodged two traffic jams already and missed a pile up by 2 minutes, judging by the limited size of the traffic jam…
Our 2.7 RS engine hums away beautifully and Joost and I discussed what a huge job it is to get everything, particularly the car, ready for a rally of this magnitude. Then again, the way our Silverado behaves, drives and [...]
