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Tuesdau 12 Jul 2016Day 31 Maribor to Ljubljana (Slovenia) 300kms
Today was a very good day's rallying, with a couple of qualifiers..... The last of the 5 stages was cancelled, which at this stage I think was because of delays due to a competitor accident. I believe car 7, one of the old Bentleys, has gone off and the driver has gone to hospital for observation. One other section was on a racetrack, but to lower the average speed to meet requirements, we were supposed to weave around cones placed all over the track. Something like a giant motorkhana. Well, neither Mark or I are good at motorkhanas. In fact 90% of people seemed to think the whole thing was a joke. Our time will be good, we took a few shortcuts, but I don’t know what other penalties they might apply. I’m told there may be a 6 minute maximum. I will be annoyed but ……
An official ERA photo, by the event photographer, Gerard Brown |
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The first section was good gravel and the rest tarmac. The tarmac was excellent quality and ran through villages very close to houses at times.
Stage
security seemed high. Every intersection was bunted off.
They had fire trucks and ambulances at beginning and end of
sections.
All the closures and setup was done by locals, while the controls
are always ERA (Endurance Rally Association) officials.
On one
stage today Mark's phone ended up on the floor under the pedals, which
reminded me that something similar had happened the other day, except then
it was my camera, a bit bigger than the iPhone, had landed in the floor
well.
Mark complained it was under the accelerator.
I suggested it would have been better if it had stayed under the
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Results so far:
The
battle is still raging for third place.
I think the Jackson Mercedes has an overheating problem.
Gerry
and Matt in the P76 had some problems today.
I think it was a water pump, and they feared they would have to
stop many times on the way to fill the radiator.
Driving behind our GT teammates Eric and Renee, we noticed
their 240Z exhaust was starting to drop down.
We
messaged them that they had a problem! Our
other team mate, Joost is charging on with his usual enthusiasm in his
V8 Merc, on a quest to win the European Cup. All in all, an enjoyable day’s rallying, and tonight, we're in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia (right). |
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Next: Heavy weather and twisting Alpine roads make life a little difficult |
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