Winter Trial Rally 2013: Day 2
- January 21, 2013
- Porsche 911 Rally, Winter Trial Rally
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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The day started on a good note with Team TwinSpark on P5 in Club class. The field of about 50 cars in our class had suffered a blow in the regularity ran in darkness yesterday. We had found the correct route and from four regularities we emerged with minimal penalties.
It was good to see Cooper and Rene in the 911 Targa had made it back last night at about 11, after 4 hours of downtime in the wilderness before they could be found back. No damage to the car and unbroken spirits for that team. Today they tried their luck again on a snowy track and ended up in a ditch. This time it happened on the main route though. Thank God the Mercedes of Fer d’ Arnaud was close behind and he managed to pull the 911 Targa 2.2S free.
The program included three regularities and two tests on closed track. We started with a test on a cart track which was very snowy and fresh, so speeds were low, but we didn’t get beached at least. The second test was awesome, being run at Most Autodrom in Czech Republic. A large facility with lots of space to sweep Silverado over the fresh snow. We suspect our team put some good times on the board. Especially the Merc 280 S is impressing everyone with its balance on the tests, but the 911s still inspire with their exhaust notes…
Our GoPro somehow failed to fire up today, so we’ll need to fix that in time to show you more test footage. Pics are from James Ewing’s blog: he is having fun in a Volvo!