- January 24, 2013
- Historic Racing 911, Porsche 911 Rally, TwinSpark Porsche Parts, Winter Trial Rally
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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Today the Winter Trial presented us with 5 Regularities, 1 Navigation Test and two speed tests. A true test of grit and concentration. We started the day in corrected 4th position, still in contention for the podium. With so many events in one day and truly icy surfaces to cover the expectation was for a shake up in the classifications. There were too many possibilities to pick up penalties and big offs.
As we got into our rhythm today we had good hopes to stay in the game. The test at Nordring in Austria was mostly covered in thick snow and presented a chance to beach oneself… We just wanted to play it a bit safe to make sure we ended up with a decent time and avoid big penalties when getting stuck in a snow wall. This strategy worked out well and it [...]
- January 24, 2013
- Porsche 911 Rally, Winter Trial Rally
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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Today the Winter Trial presented us with 5 Regularities, 1 Navigation Test and two speed tests. A true test of grit and concentration. We started the day in corrected 4th position, still in contention for the podium. With so many events in one day and truly icy surfaces to cover the expectation was for a shake up in the classifications. There were too many possibilities to pick up penalties and big offs.
As we got into our rhythm today we had good hopes to stay in the game. The test at Nordring in Austria was mostly covered in thick snow and presented a chance to beach oneself… We just wanted to play it a bit safe to make sure we ended up with a decent time and avoid big penalties when getting stuck in a snow wall. This strategy worked out well and it [...]
- January 23, 2013
- Porsche 911 Rally, Winter Trial Rally
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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Our little error on the Regularity yesterday morning cost us 3 places and we dropped to 6th in the intermediate standings. There was a silver ligning though in that the organizers have introduced a deduction of the worst regularity option. So corrected for that we are still third. Presuming we do not mess up another section we are still in podium contention!
Today we explored the Czech hill country and boy were the roads for the Regularities slippery. We could match the required pace exactly and could barely correct for lost time without risking a big off into a lake or down a hillside… In spite of the challenging tracks we managed to complete all the regularities close to the ideal time. We may have lost a 2 minute penalty when we headed in the wrong direction at a time check and missed our self [...]
