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Argentina’s last stage action hero Start Ramp Service Park Parc Ferme

Rally of Scotland finalises 2011 plans kaNyamazane Stage: SASOL Rally BRC Jim Clark Int’l Rally review

“Its not the first (nor the last) time in 2011 that a WRC rally has been decided on the final stage. It was dominated by the French.” - WRC Rally Argentina event report, p14

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Contents Issue 185 • 03 June 2011 04 START RAMP 04 Start Ramp - News Shorts 05 FIA Vice President tests MINI’s WRC car

06 SERVICE PARK 06 One weekend only: Jon goes racing 07 Leeroy Poulter and the Toyota Aygo Crazy 08 New fans, new stage: kaNyamazane

10 PARC FERME 10 12 14 16 17 17 18

BRC Jim Clark Int’l Rally review CRC Rocky Mountain Rally review WRC Rally Argentina review SRC Reivers Rally review Rally Targa Florio preview IRC Yalta Rally preview RA STPR Rally preview

EDITORIAL INFORMATION Editor Evan Rothman

Photojournalist Eva Kovkova

Contributors Liga Stirna, Tor Andre Borresen, Patrick Vermaak, RallyBuzz, Motorpics, Newspress.

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Start Ramp Rally of Scotland route now revealed Words: Staff Writer The spectacular high speed route for this year’s RACMSA Rally of Scotland - the UK’s only round of the high profile Intercontinental Rally Challenge - has been announced with several exciting changes in place for 2011’s event.

Some of the world’s leading rally drivers and teams representing top makes such as Ford, Skoda, Proton, Peugeot and Subaru will be in action on the event that this year takes place on the weekend of 7-9 October on the undulating gravel tracks in the vast forests of Stirlingshire and Perthshire.

Again, the rolling countryside of both counties will provide a stunning backdrop for Rally of Scotland and will also show off the country in all its splendour before a potential global TV audience of millions watching leading international sport broadcaster Eurosport’s coverage of the event.

In addition, the fabulous setting plus the prestige of such a high level international rally will draw tens of thousands of motor sport fans from across Scotland and the UK. With invaluable support from volunteers, officials and marshals from the country’s motor sporting fraternity as well as expert organisational input from EventScotland, Stirlingshire and Perth & Kinross councils and Forestry Commission Scotland, it all adds up to a sporting event which carries great national pride.

During its three days (7-9 October), crews competing in this year’s Rally of Scotland will cover in excess of 1000km. More than 200 of those will be on the daunting special stages that will decide who is crowned the winner of this year’s event.

Cars will be waved off from a ceremonial start at Stirling Castle on the Friday (7 Oct) but then comes an immediate change with the first two bursts of competitive action being held on a new stage called Carron Valley near Stirling - a 9km test in the dark through the forests around Carron Reservoir.

Crews will tackle the stage twice before heading to an overnight halt at Perth Airport.

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All of Saturday’s action takes place in Perthshire and on what are some of the sport’s most revered stages: Craigvinean (near Dunkeld), Drummond Hill (nr Kenmore) and Errochty (nr Calvine). Each stage will be run twice, first in the morning and again in the afternoon. Both Craigvinean and Drummond Hill have had minor tweaks made to the end of their stages, the former now with a particularly hairraising series of high-speed crests over its final two kilometres. Furthermore, Drummond Hill will be held in the dark adding to the spectacle, atmosphere and sense of anticipation for public watching stageside.

Following another overnight halt at Perth Airport’s Service Park, Sunday’s closing action moves to Stirlingshire, starting with a third blast around Carron Valley. Crews then head towards Aberfoyle for two runs each through the Loch Chon and High Corrie stages - each incorporating sections of last year’s mammoth Loch Ard stage and split by a ‘remote’ service in Callander. Loch Chon’s flying finish is close to a Victorian aqueduct that forms a magnificent attraction in the middle of this enormous forest complex. At 27km, High Corrie is the longest stage on the event and could therefore provide a real sting in the tail.

Finally, it will be at Scone Palace where this year’s event is decided. The Palace’s magnificent grounds will host the event’s two final short stages as well as the podium celebrations - a fitting backdrop, for it was at Scone in years gone by that Scotland’s kings were crowned.

Provisional Timetable: Friday 7 October: 7.00pm Ceremonial Start, Stirling Castle 7.29pm SS1, Carron Valley 7.54pm SS2, Carron Valley 9.57pm Overnight Service, Perth Airport Saturday 8 October 8.25am Re-start, Perth Airport 9.16am SS3, Craigvinean 10.41am SS4, Drummond Hill 12.06pm SS5, Errochty 4.11pm SS6, Craigvinean 5.36pm SS7, Errochty 6.48pm SS8, Drummond Hill Sunday 9 October 9.08am SS9, Carron Valley 10.52am SS10, Loch Chon 11.10am SS11, High Corrie 12.08am Remote Service, Callender 1.37pm SS12, Loch Chon 1.55pm SS13, High Corrie 4.50pm SS14, Scone Palace 5.12pm SS15, Scone Palace H&H 5.24pm Podium, Scone Palace

Event News Breaking News

Rallyfest joins Wales Rally GB Words: Staff Writer Rallyfest is being run in conjunction with the Severn Valley National Rally, which is also based at the showground over the same weekend. The events will bring World Championship and Britishbased rally crews to mid-Wales for a day of action that will highlight the extended four day itinerary of 2011’s Wales Rally GB, which runs from 10th to 13th November.

Over the course of the day, open from 11am to 6pm, visitors to Rallyfest will be treated to live demonstrations and static displays by a variety of National, Group B, Historic and Suzuki Swift Rallycross cars, as well as a show by one of Europe’s leading stunt drivers, Terry Grant. The Severn Valley National Rally top finishers will also take to the Rallyfest demonstration area at the close of the day.

World Rally Championship teams will be supporting the event with cars and drivers - with rallying fans being given the opportunity to get autographs signed throughout the day.

Official merchandise and clothing from World Rally Championship teams and Wales Rally GB will also be on sale.

As well as the cars, there will be a wealth of entertainment for the whole family, including live music, local food and drink and face-painting. Gaming and software company, Codemasters, will be showcasing the brand new rallying game for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC - Dirt 3 (released 24th May 2011), while Virtual Eventz will be providing driving simulators and Scalextric tracks for ‘wannabe’ rally fans and racers to have a go themselves.

Rallyfest 2011, supported by the Severn Valley National Rally, Powys Council and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, is free to attend.

Wales Rally GB 2011 will be run over four days and will start with an opening test on the Great Orme on Thursday 10th November, taking in much of Wales, before finishing in Cardiff on H&H Sunday 13th November.

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FIA Vice President tests MINI’s WRC car Words: Staff Writer Picture: Tony Welam/PSWRT One of the most influential men in motorsport and FIA Vice President for Sport, Mohammed Ben Sulayem (AE), has test driven the new MINI John Cooper Works WRC and declared the new generation of rally cars to be fun to drive.

The 14-time Middle East Rally champion, who has won more international rallies than any other driver in history, experienced the new generation of World Rally Car for the first time yesterday at Prodrive’s test track in Warwickshire. The Dubai resident, who turns 50 in November, is also President of the Automobile and Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates and is the official FIA and FIM representative overseeing all motorsport events in the

UAE. Mohammed Ben Sulayem spent 30 minutes familiarising himself with the MINI John Cooper Works WRC, but with his wealth of rallying experience was soon feeling at home driving around the 1.5km adverse handling circuit.

“It’s the first time I have had a chance to drive a new World Rally Car. Now, without the clever diffs and with the smaller lower boosted engines, you have to work the cars much harder, making them much more fun to drive and more spectacular for the fans,” said Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

The MINI John Cooper Works WRC made its competitive debut in May at Rally Italy in Sardinia, where Dani Sordo (ES) brought the leading car home in a very respectable sixth place.

Sordo and Kris Meeke (GB) will return to the World Rally Championship from

28 to 30July, at the MINI WRC Team’s next outing in Finland. The team is only competing in six WRC events in 2011 in readiness for a full season in 2012.

The MINI John Cooper Works WRC has been developed by Prodrive based on the MINI Countryman. It is equipped with a 1.6-litre, four-cylinder Di turbo engine, which is also available in the MINI production models. The production engine was further developed

by BMW Motorsport for the use in various categories according to FIA Super 2000 regulations. The power transmission takes place via an Xtrac 6-speed, sequential gearbox. For its outings on the rally stages, the MINI Countryman chassis has been fitted with a roll cage developed by Prodrive, which exceeds the strict safety requirements of the International Automobile Federation (FIA). H&H

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One weekend only: Jon goes racing Words: Staff Writer Picture: Motorpics Jon Williams is swapping his Team SASOL S2000 Ford Fiesta and the dusty, rock-strewn stages of the South African Rally Championship for the more civilized environment of the Phakisa race circuit outside Welkom where he will experience the cauldron that is the Bridgestone Production Car Championship.

Jon will share Richard Pinard’s Team SASOL Subaru WRX STI in a unique two-hour endurance race, gaining a taste of the highly competitive and sometimes bruising series that thrills fans around the country.

Team SASOL Subaru’s Hennie Groenewald leads the championship with an 11-point advantage, and Richard and Jon’s role will be to get as high up the order as possible to take points away from his rivals.

The Cape Town-based rally driver is no stranger to the black stuff, having started his racing career in 100cc go-karts at the tender age of 10. By the time Jon had finished his school career he took to the tracks in a Ford Ikon, winning races in Classes C and D,

twinning his season with his gravel debut in a Class A6 Toyota Conquest.

Rallying quickly became Jon’s first choice of motorsport and he won the 2005 Western Cape Regional Rally Championship, successfully defended the following year, where he also competed in Class A7 in the national series.

2007 brought Jon into rallying’s top S2000 class, where he ended fifth overall behind the four factory crews.

With a World Rally Championship drive in prospect if he could win the African leg of the Pirelli Star Driver Challenge, Jon headed to the FIA African Rally Championship, taking star-driver victories in Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia, enough to earn a seat in selected rounds of the WRC. Two wins, two seconds and a fourth place in the tough World Rally Production Car arena saw Jon clinch the Pirelli Star Driver Championship, for which he received his national colours in 2010.

After a two-year hiatus, Jon made his comeback in 2011 behind the wheel of his Team SASOL Ford Fiesta, where he lies seventh overall after three rounds, just one point adrift of the reigning champion Enzo Kuun.

Jon had a test session in the Team SASOL Subaru on Monday ahead of the Phakisa race meeting and in seven laps was setting competitive times.

“I didn’t do anything special, just find out where the buttons are and so on.

The Subaru’s power and grip levels are astonishing and the WRX STi is easily the most powerful car I have raced. To get the best out of it, you need to be precise, choose your line and stick to it, then boot the power out of the corner”.

“The seating position is going to be a compromise between myself and Richard but we’ll work through that. I’m really looking forward to the weekend and trying not to think too much about how it will be when ten similar cars are going for the same piece of road”, Jon concluded.

Team SASOLSubaru will be in action in two-back-to-back sprint races at 13h00 and 13h30, with the feature two-hour race starting at 16h00. H&H

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Leeroy Poulter and Toyota Aygo Crazy Words: Staff Writer Picture: Quickpic Team Castrol Toyota rally driver Leeroy Poulter swopped his fourwheel drive two-litre S2000 Toyota Auris for a 1.8-litre turbo-charged Toyota Aygo Crazy and won his class in the Renault Knysna Hillclimb on the southern Cape coast last weekend.

The Aygo Crazy is a oneoff concept racing version of Toyota’s recently launched new entrant into the A-segment of the new car market.

It features a rear-mounted engine developing 150 kW and 240Nm of torque

(compared to the standard car’s 50 kW and 93 Nm) which propels the 3,5-metre 1 050 kg mini car from 0 to 100 km/h in under six seconds and can achieve a top speed of just over 200 km/h. It also has a full roll cage, racing seats and safety harness.

The 30-year-old former production car and karting champion was making his first appearance at the annual motor sport spectacular and blasted his way up the 1.9-km Simola hill in a time of 50,799 sec at an average speed of 134,647 km/h.

“It was a lot of fun,” said Poulter, one of South Africa’s most versatile racing drivers. “It was very

different to flying over yumps and sliding across gravel roads like I was doing in the Hencom Rally in Mpumalanga two weekends ago. Everyone was very impressed with the Aygo’s power, which was really surprising for a car of its size, and none of us expected it to perform as well as it did (25th fastest out of 80 cars that took on the hill).

“It attracted a lot of attention with its special bodywork and carbon fibre rear wing. It’s like a kart with doors and a roof! I really enjoyed beating a much more powerful racing version of the Renault Megane RS Cup.” H&H

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New fans, new stage: kaNyamazane Words: Evan Rothman Picture: Evan Rothman Rumbling through the foothills surrounding Nelspruit the South African Rally Championship wound its way to the township of Daantje outside kaNyamazane.

With grey clouds laden with rain and daylight fast sinking below the horizon, the thundering cars brought all to a standstill. School children, teenagers and adults alike lined the penultimate stage of the 2011 SASOL Rally for famous kaNyamazane Stage (SS16) on Saturday 15 April. What were the rally crews doing lined up and waiting to attack a 940m-long stage in the heart of Daantje?

Of the three national events that have taken place thus far in 2011, the SASOL Rally proved the best organised in this journalist’s opinion. At this stage, with its safety barriers, advertising banners, marshals, spectators, media and team members, it struck me at the complexity and nature

of this particular stage. This speed test, looking on the spectator guide, seemed out of place, but standing roadside the reasoning for its inclusion became very clear.

After a gruelling fifteen previous stages, the biggest smiling rally fans in South Africa besieged the remaining SASOL Rally competitors as they waited for their start time for the tarmac stage.

This is down to two aspects I could assess that are as intertwined as any schoolyard tongue-twister: 1) SASOL incorporated this stage into their event to bring the sport of rallying to a greater audience and to further uplift the immediate community through CSI projects; and, 2) Nelspruit and surrounds exude a car culture reaching levels of obsession I’ve not experienced anywhere else in South Africa.

“The people were very happy; they were thrilled, and it’s exciting,” said Michael Sherman, a resident of the area and a United States Peace Corp volunteer, when speaking of his first rally experience. “Cars are fun, and rallying is especially so. Its great the organisers

brought the event here. It is another big event in the area; this event is a big deal here.”

Motorsport South Africa’s (MSA) CEO Francois Pretorius commented on the relevance of the kaNyamazane Stage: “This is the best way to do it: the youth need to be exposed to this sport and to motorsport in general. We need to take it the greater South African nation, and rallying is the perfect way to achieve this.”

It is all very well to bring the sport to wider audiences, but it needs to pique their interest, and on this Pretorius added: “This sport is sexy, and we need the youth to see that. Through exposure we want to get the petrol into their veins, to give them a “petrol injection,” to grow motorsport in the next generation. This stage creates that link.”

Sherman is in a unique position to comment on the impact of the event, as he is truly an outsider looking in.

Working for the United States Peace Corp as a volunteer teacher in South Africa for the past eleven months, it was

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Sherman’s first SASOL Rally experience and his first rally in fact.

“Its great to see the gap between people and the organisers close when you see that stage,” added Sherman. “It seemed natural for the organisers to stage the course here, as the people’s interest in the event is great.”

There’s no better voice than Sherman’s. The rally action has caught his imagination (and you can read about it on his blog at: http://pcsa. michaelwsherman.com/), and he will most definitely attend more rallies. On a community level, an insider shall we say, who better to offer insight into this area than a teaching volunteer specially placed in kaNyamazane to uplift the local community? The United States Peace Corp this year celebrates their 50th anniversary, boasts a 7,000-strong force of volunteers in 70 countries of which there are 150 in South Africa. Sherman is teaching Science, Maths and offers I.T. support to the school he is assigned to, and leads various community projects set up by the United States Peace Corp.

Education is the common denominator SASOL, MSA and Sherman all share. It is at the core of SASOL’s

drive to facilitate the inclusion of this particular stage into their event.

“It was key for SASOL to expose as many people to the sport of rally,” said Ziyanda Makiwane, Community Affairs Practitioner at SASOL. “We then embarked on a journey along with MSA and various stakeholders to identify an additional township-based stage. Factors that were considered in selecting this stage were that this stage had to fit the flow of the SASOL Rally programme leading into the next stage. It also had to adhere to the high safety standards for both spectators and competitors.

Having taken these requirements into consideration, kaNyamazane became a natural fit, because the street next to Ncakini School is in a perfect location and condition to adhere to these requirements. It didn’t end there for SASOL, as this was also an opportunity for the company to make a further contribution to the upliftment of the people residing in the close proximity of the stage. We donated computer equipment to Ncakini School and also handed out hampers to the pupils.”

MSA’s Pretorius takes this education link one step further: “In a move like this, it also introduces

technology: at a technical level, it is a perfect illustration of what Maths and Science can do and where it can lead to.”

Engineers, car designers, scientists, aerodynamicists, drivers and co-drivers: the likes of M-Sport, Prodrive, McLaren, Volkswagen, Ford, Toyota and Subaru may yet have its first employee from kaNyamazane. With the exposure and effort of SASOL to reach out to the community in this way, for this one stage, the future growth and sustainability of not only the sport but also the fields of education are enriched.

Looking at the stage times, and making the kaNayamazane stage all the more poetic was that Jon Williams/ Cobus Very (Team SASOL Ford Fiesta S2000) set the fastest time. Rallying is also a sport for the people, and this initiative is one way of taking the sport and motorsport in general to newer fans, audiences and heights. H&H

Parc Ferme

Event Reports Results

Bogie/Rae win BRC’s Jim Clark Int’l Rally Words: Staff Writer Pictures: Jakob Ebrey Photography David Bogie/Kevin Rae took an emphatic victory on the Jim Clark International Rally this weekend, extending their lead at the head of the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship by five points.

The Scots’ win on home asphalt was particularly special; Bogie stating that he has wanted to win the International event for several years. It is testament to the challenge that faces crews on rounds of the BRC, that he and Rae already have two wins on the National event to their credit so the win here completes the set.

Their Mitsubishi-borne victory was not always a foregone conclusion early on though, as the Škodas of Robert Barrable and Jonny Greer set about the opening Mantis Instant Shine-sponsored Duns spectator stage with some gusto.

Barrable’s lead may have been short-

lived, the alternator expiring on SS3, but the leader’s mantle was taken up by Adam Gould/Seb Marshall on SS3.

Bogie wasn’t about to let the Subaru pair have it their own way though and by the overnight halt he had taken the lead from Gould, albeit by the merest 0.8sec. Greer settled into third place as he became more accustomed to the car on asphalt, but Day Two would bring dramas at the front for Gould.

Clipping a bank on the opening stage, Gould left the door open for Bogie to pull clear and as frustration took over aboard the Impreza, he further deranged the car’s suspension when he clouted a bridge.

From that point on it seemed Bogie was clear to do what he pleased at the front, but a charging Greer not only passed Gould but he was seemingly setting fastest times at will, as Bogie pushed just hard enough to keep him at bay.

Had there been more stages,

Pirelli Star Driver Elfyn Evans/Andrew Edwards might have been close enough to mount an attack on the ailing Gould, but the Welsh youngster was reasonably happy with his performance considering his ten miles testing time, a result of a broken gearbox.

Notable retirements in the fourwheel drive battle were Jason Pritchard, who ran fourth for much of the event, but was caught out by a slippery SS10, landing in an unyielding ditch. Round One runner-up Tom Cave’s event didn’t go according to plan from the outset, languishing in eighth place overnight. His rally was eventually to end ignominiously in the service area as the team struggled and eventually ran out of time while changing a gearbox that was stuck in third gear.

Martin McCormack/David Moynihan piloted the fabulous Citroën DS3 to top spot in the Dulux Trade MSA British Formula 2 Rally Championship. En route to the win, they not only took fifth

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place overall, a place that could easily have been fourth but for a puncture on SS10, but they posted several top five overall times including two third fastest.

Without detracting from the excellent result, their path to victory was made relatively easy on the very first stage though, when Mark Donnelly/ Barry McNulty crashed on the opening spectator stage.

Donnelly made it cleanly through the town centre, but was caught out on cold tyres and spun under high speed braking near the end of the stage, collecting a kerb and lamp post which damaged the rear suspension – game over.

Second place in Formula 2 after a potentially epic Fiesta battle were Alastair Fisher/Daniel Barritt. Fisher’s return to the BRC at this midpoint of the season put him alongside his WRC Academy rivals Craig Breen/Gareth Roberts and even with an early minute road penalty the closeness of the stage times looked like a ding-dong fight would go to the finish.

Breen, however, left the road

and holed his radiator leaving Fisher to claw back the time penalty and with it overhaul four two-wheel drive crews. He might also have needed to push hard to pass John MacCrone/Stuart Loudon, who had been the class of the Fiesta SportTrophy field, but they left the road too, ending what had been a very promising run.

It was therefore left to Peter Taylor/Andrew Roughead to take third in F2 and second R3 in their Renault Clio.

The Cumbrian had a trouble free run, although was frustrated by the car’s lack of outright speed, the gearbox final drive ration giving a top speed of just 91mph (145km/h), reckoning on one stage alone the car had been flat out on the rev limiter for nearly a minute.

Desi Henry/John Rowan managed to keep Joe McGonigle/Niall Burns at bay long enough to take a well deserved win in the Citroën one-make series. But a 23sec margin at the finish could easily have been smaller, as the gap see-sawed and the lead changed no less than five times between the two Irishmen.

The fourth nomination for the prestigious and sought after Pirelli Star Driver shootout went to Marty McCormack after such a sterling drive to fifth overall. His result will pit him against rival Donnelly, Jukka Korhonen and Siim Plangi, who already have their places from the first three events. H&H

OVERALL CLASSIFICATION 01) D. Bogie/K. Rae Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX – 02h 05m 41.9s 02) J. Greer/D. Roberts Skoda Fabia S2000 + 17.6s 03) A. Gould/S. Marshall Subaru Impreza + 01m 04.4s 04) E. Evans/A. Edwards Subaru Impreza + 01m 56.3s 05) M. McCormack/D. Moynihan Citroen DS3 R3 + 05m 14.9s 06) A. Fisher/D. Barritt Ford Fiesta R2 + 08m 23.1s 07) P. Taylor/A. Roughead Renault Clio R3 + 08m 49.3s 08) D. Mann/A. Cook Subaru Impreza + 09m 00.0s 09) M. Pajunen/J. Salo Renault Twingo R2 + 09m 32.3s 10) D. Henry/J. Rowan Citroen C2 Max + 10m 07.5s

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L’Estage wins trying Rocky Mountain Rally Words: Staff Writer Picture: Andrew Harvey Photography Antoine L’Estage/Nathalie Richard won the Subaru Calgary Rocky Mountain Rally, their second event of the 2011 Canadian Rally Championship. L’Estage/Richard triumphed after a day-long battle with the rival Subaru Rally Team Canada pairing of Pat Richard/ Leanne Junnila. The Rocky Mountain Rally is Canada’s highest altitude rally and unpredictable weather played a key role in this year’s edition.

Organizers were immediately challenged by overnight snowfall that made sections of the rally route impassible. Volunteers worked feverishly to create a new schedule, and the rally started after a three-hour delay.

L’Estage/Richard were first on the road which meant they would be sweeping the loose gravel and snow from the road surface, making the road faster for the teams behind. Teams

completed four passes of the Cox Hill stage before heading to service, where L’Estage hoped for a reseed to put someone else first on the road.

“It was really tough this morning, very bad to be first on the road,” said L’Estage. “In the time where we turned around to do the next stage, the road covered over in snow, so again I had to clear the road.”

Pat Richard struggled as well with the slippery conditions. Running Yokohama mud tyres, Richard was confident that they were the correct choice – the same tyres chosen by L’Estage.

“In the snowy sections it’s so slippery that you really have to stay on the line and stay clean,” said Richard.

“It’s tough because the camber of the road is so severe that the car will slide sideways down into a corner even if you go slow.”

Benefitting from L’Estage’s road sweeping, Richard moved into the lead and maintained a small margin heading into service. Teams made repairs and the

cars were sent back out to complete two more passes on the Cox Hill stage before heading to the final three stages at the Jumping Pound Forest Demonstration Loop. With no reseed, L’Estage would have to continue first on the road and clear the worst of the road conditions.

Leo Urlichich/Martin Brady moved into a secure third place after a fast start.

“We beat Antoine on the first stage, which shouldn’t happen,” laughed Urlichich, who had chosen a deep snow tyre that allowed him to push harder in the sloppiest conditions. “Of course, after that, he destroyed me on every stage.”

The two-wheel drive cars found the conditions particularly grueling, often struggling for grip. Jan and Jody Zedril lost control and slid off the road, losing almost 40min before continuing. Zebe Szewczyk/Shabir Haji also struggled, spinning at high speed and losing time as well. This opened the door for Eric Grochowski/Keith Morison in their Volkswagen Golf to take the lead in

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2WD. “I think we’re leading 2WD by about a minute,” said Grochowski. “It’s great, but we still have a few stages to go, and anything can happen.”

On the first pass on the Jumping Pound stage Richard/Junnila hydroplaned at a watersplash and hit a signpost, damaging the right rear corner of the car and costing 5sec of their 8.8sec lead. The next stage they lost another 5.9sec, giving up the lead for the first time in the rally with just one stage to go. Both Richard and L’Estage drove at the limit over the final stage.

L’Estage was again faster, winning the event by 5.3sec.

“The tension in the last few stages was super high,” said L’Estage after the rally. “Today had some really tough conditions, and it feels really good to fight from behind for the win, and of course to take it!”

“Antoine was definitely quicker after service,” said Richard. “When we got to the Jumping Pound stage, we had some confusion with our notes and the location of the watersplash, and damaged the car. It’s tough, but it is good to know that we’re competitive and

can lead and win a rally.”

Urlichich was satisfied with his result, a comfortable third place.

“We stuck exactly to the plan,” said Leo. “I wanted to continue to learn, and for that of course you need to stay on the road. I’ve had a lot of changes to the car, the notes, and have a new codriver, so there’s plenty to learn.”

Grochowski/Morison won 2WD though the pair had concerns over whether they would make the finish.

“We were using an old clutch and it started to slip on the final transit, so we’re happy to finish,” said Grochowski.

Szewczyk finished second in 2WD, with Jeremy Foster/Chris Kremer finishing third.

Morison also served as the event organizer, but handed over control of the event for the day so he could compete.

“I’ve worked with a really strong team of volunteers on this, and they were good enough to let me take today off to race. Everyone did a great job,” said Morison.

“We had a lot of challenges today, but everyone did their job,” said

Clerk of the Course, Peter Hill, after conditions proved so difficult that a completely new schedule had to be created. “Once we saw what we had to work with, we were able to put a plan together to run the rally.”

The 2011 season continues 01 – 02 July at the Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs, in New Richmond, Quebec. Featuring the largest fan attendance of the series, the event is characterized by some of the fastest roads in the series. H&H

OVERALL CLASSIFICATION 01) A. L’Estage/N. Richard Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X – 43m 23.6s 02) P. Richard/L. Junnila Subaru Impreza WRX STi + 05.3s 03) L. Urlichich/M. Brady Subaru Impreza + 02m 43.8s 04) H. Schmidtke/J. Hall Subaru Impreza WRX + 04m 51.0s 05) W. Haywood/J. Daly Subaru Impreza WRX + 05m 29.9s 06) G. Bruce/F. Fyrberg Subaru Impreza + 05m 54.8s 07) T. Nelson/R. Edwards Subaru Impreza WRX + 06m 39.6s 08) M. Goodwin/M. Burnley Subaru Impreza WRX STi + 07m 24.0s 09) I. Crear/D. Draper Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI + 07m 25.0s 10) E. Grochowski/K. Morison Volkswagen Golf + 08m 22.7s

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Last stage action determines Rally Argentina Words: Evan Rothman Picture: Citroën Racing, WorldRallyPics It is not the first (nor the last) time in 2011 that a WRC rally has been decided on the final stage. The WRC Rally Argentina, as rough and tough as any previous edition, was dominated by the French for what will undoubtedly not be the last time we will see in the World Rally Championship in coming seasons.

Punishing competitors with its rutted, rocky and slippery kilometres, the overall leader board shrank with each successive stage. Of the many unfortunate crews to fall victim to the demanding Rally Argentina route were the likes of Jari-Matti Latvala/Miika Anttila (Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team) who were forced to restart the event under SupeRally regulations and were then able to finish the rally strongly as more and more competitors fell by

the wayside. Petter Solberg’s (Petter Solberg World Rally Team) mechanical woes (losing power steering) were symptomatic of this event’s roads, and this same fate befell many a crew and also changed the outcome of this rally.

Going into the final day’s stages, the leader board displayed Sebastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (Citroën Total World Rally Team) to be in firm control of the rally lead. In fact, it would have been foolish to consider another possible outcome, as this young French crew held a 47.7sec advantage over their chasing teammates Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and the desperate Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen (Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team).

However, Ogier rolled his car on the first of the morning’s four stages. He managed to set the fifth fastest stage time, but his lead shrunk to 21.5sec by the end of that speed test. The true cost of that crash was not his decreased

lead, but the mechanical damage to his car. The most troubling for Ogier was the loss of his car’s power steering. And with no service for the remaining three stages of the event, Ogier would need to somehow stymie the loss of time to his rivals.

Despite Ogier’s brave attempts over the following two stages, his lead evaporated to his rivals to stand at 3.3sec over Loeb ahead of the final stage, the Power Stage. With Loeb, Hirvonen and Solberg now in full attack mode, there was little Ogier could do to hold onto his lead of the rally. The 3.90km-long stage, broadcast live to the world, had rally fans thrilled with the decisive action unfolding before them on the stage and on their TVs. Ogier needed to stem the tide of time lost to his rivals, and did so.

Setting the fastest stage time through the Power Stage was Petter Solberg (who also claimed his first Power Stage

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victory and three extra bonus points for doing so), but the Norwegian finished the event fourth overall. Hirvonen too set a blistering stage time and this resulted in him moving up a position, to claim second overall in this hard-fought rally.

“Ending the weekend with a podium is a good result but it’s not been a great event because I’ve struggled for the speed,” said Hirvonen.

Loeb set the third fastest stage time while Ogier ‘s time was only good for ninth fastest. The difference in stage times, however, was 10.6sec. As Loeb coasted to the media zone at the end of the stage he knew he’d clinched the rally win, his sixth at this event.

“This is really incredible because I never thought this would be possible after my penalty on Friday,” said Loeb in reference to the 60-second penalty he received for entering a regroup ahead of schedule. “It’s been a difficult rally and, okay, my rivals have had problems, but it’s a very good feeling now.”

M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team driver Mads Ostberg claimed fifth place on his Rally Argentina debut.

“I’m very happy because my aim was to be sixth but now I am fifth and I’ve got good experience for the next time I come here,” said the Norwegian ace.

Federico Villagra was the top Argentine, bringing his rally machine to the finish in sixth overall despite brake troubles hampering his Munchi’s Ford Fiesta RS WRC over the closing stages of the event after a strong performance on his home event.

Jari-Matti Latvala’s recovery from his retirement on Day Two netted seventh place and crucial manufacturers’ championship points for Ford. Latvala was inching closer to Matthew Wilson (M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team) at the start of Day Three, but Wilson’s Fiesta suffered an engine glitch after ingesting too much water in the water splash on SS17 (of 19 stages in total) and this was all that was needed to see Latvala overtake the young Briton.

Production Car World Rally

Championship aces Hayden Paddon and Patrik Flodin completed the top ten in ninth and tenth places respectively. H&H

OVERALL CLASSIFICATION 01) S. Loeb/D. Elena Citroën DS3 WRC - 04h 03m 56.9s 02) M. Hirvonen/J. Lehtinen Ford FIesta RS WRC + 02.4s 03) S. Ogier/J. Ingrassia Citroën DS3 WRC + 07.3s 04) P. Solberg/C. Patterson Citroën DS3 WRC + 32.6s 05) M. Ostberg/J. Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 05m 16.8s 06) F. Villagra/J. Perez Companc Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 06m 48.5s 07) J-M. Latvala/M. Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 11m 34.5s 08) M. Wilson/S. Martin Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 13m 32.7s 09) H. Paddon/J. Kennard Subaru Impreza N4 + 25m 43.8s 10) P. Flodin/M. Andersson Subaru Impreza N4 + 33m 34.1s

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Bogie/Rae take Reivers Rally win too Words: Staff Writer Defending Scottish champions David Bogie and Kevin Rae capped a perfect weekend by winning Sunday’s Jim Clark Reivers Rally for the third successive year.

It was also their third victory of the 2011 MSA Scottish Rally Championship and followed their triumph the previous day in the fourth round of the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship - which they also lead.

The Reivers win was all the more notable in that Bogie had switched from his familiar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX - used for the BRC round - to his family’s 24-year-old MG Metro 6R4, in which his father John had taken top honours on the tarmac event in 2002.

Bogie/Rae completely dominated the event from the start, finishing the seven completed stages in a total time of 47min 03sec.

Euan Thorburn/Paul Beaton, were runners-up, 01min 11sec adrift, while Jock Armstrong/Barry McNulty secured the final podium spot, another ten seconds back.

The result means that after four rounds, Bogie now has an 11 point lead over Thorburn. Mike Faulkner is a further one point behind in third.

Bogie set a blistering pace from the start on Sunday, and already had a 12sec advantage over Thorburn after the opening test. With four stages completed, Bogie’s advantage had increased to 38sec, with Thorburn rueing a spin on some loose gravel which lost him valuable seconds.

Armstrong was up to third and pushing hard after what he admitted had been a slow start, and Faulkner was 04sec back in fourth.

Robbie Head/Claire Mole were holding steady in fifth, with Andy Horne a further 04sec adrift in sixth. He returned to second service with part of a fence post jammed into the right rear wheel guard of his DAM 4100GTi, but it had apparently done little to hinder his progress.

Six stages in, and Bogie’s lead over Thorburn was now just over a minute, with a hard-charging Armstrong still third, 16sec adrift, while 04sec separated fourth-placed Faulkner from Head in fifth.

The top five held position through the final re-routed SS8, following the cancellation of SS7.

At the finish before an appreciative crowd in Duns town centre, Bogie reflected on a remarkable weekend: “To come to the Jim Clark, and win the International Rally and the Reivers is just awesome to be honest - it’s hard to put into words. When we came here at the end of last week we were targeting one event at a time. If I’d won one I’d have been delighted. To get both is really something. It also sets us up well for the Donegal Rally next month, when we’ll again be using the Metro.”

Thorburn pondered on what might have been on his home event, and admitted there had been too many unforced errors to threaten the winning duo. But given he had had to retire his Evo from the previous day’s International Rally with throttle problems, he was happy enough.

“We were a bit loose on the high speed stuff, a bit untidy in places, and we had a spin on the last stage coming onto the main road,” said Thorburn. “David [Bogie] was in a class of his own, but we held in there and it’s good points for the championship.”

Armstrong was also satisfied with his day’s work, following mixed fortunes over the first three rounds.

“We had a slow start but once into our stride things got a bit better,” said Armstrong. “If we were out doing another tarmac rally tomorrow, we might be on the pace. It’s always nice to go for the win obviously, but it wasn’t to be, and at least we’ve got our campaign back on track.”

It was Faulkner’s second successive fourth place finish, and he was satisfied with the day’s work: “Compared with previous Jim Clarks, it’s a good result for us and I would probably have settled for that at the outset. We tried as hard as we could but couldn’t quite catch Jock, but we’re equally happy to have kept Robbie behind us. It was certainly a nervewracking last stage.”

Head has now finished fifth on each of the past three rounds. Despite a scare, the Lanark competitor enjoyed his reacquaintance with the Berwickshire lanes and said Faulkner had definitely been in his sights in the final stages.

“Mike had an 08sec advantage at one point, then we took four out of him and I thought this is definitely game on. Then we had a big delay because of the stage cancellation, and because we were on medium tyres, we lost the heat in them.

That led to our massive moment, in fact I don’t know how we got away with it.

We were well off the road, and it just unsettled us completely.”

Douglas Brydon/David O’Brien showed their expertise on tarmac with a fine sixth place overall in a Subaru Impreza: “We’re very happy with sixth in such a competitive field. We had a good run through the afternoon stages. It’s been a busy weekend, having done the National event as well, where we ended up fourth.”

Seventh-placed Paul Benn/ Richard Cooke had put in a late entry - Benn taking to the wheel of his Ford Focus WRC01, which was originally scheduled to be driven by Dave Weston, before he pulled out because of work commitments.

“I think Dave would probably have done better with the car”, said Benn. “But we’ve had a great day, although as Richard and I were saying - as we get older, it all seems to get faster!”

Barry Groundwater/Neil Shanks

followed up a sixth place finish on the National Rally the previous day in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX with an eighth overall on the SRC event.

Stephen and Kevin Lockhart brought their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII home in an impressive ninth overall, mirroring their result on their previous SRC outing the Border Counties.

The first two-wheel drive car home was the historic-spec Ford Escort MkII of Steve Bannister/Louise Sutherland, who rounded off the top ten, and took a Class win.

Peter Taylor/Andrew Roughead brought his Renault Clio home first in Class, fourteenth overall, on only his third rally in the car.

Alasdair Graham/Kenny McGuire had a terrible day plagued with mechanical problems, but still managed to bring their Vauxhall Corsa back to the finish to take top honours in the 1600cc category.

Arguably one of the most remarkable recoveries of the day - on a day of remarkable recoveries - was that of David Wilson/Dave Robson in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX. The pair survived a 100mph crash on SS2, with the car landing back on the road facing the wrong way, and went on to finish 26th overall.

“There was a stunned silence for about ten minutes after we came out of the stage,” recalled Wilson. “Things started to go a bit better towards the end of the day, and our stage times were amongst the top five, but we had a bent arm from the earlier incident so the car was all over the place which made it rather uncomfortable.”

Of the 100 starters, there were 67 classified finishers. Competitors will now prepare for a return to gravel stages on the Dumfries-based RSAC Scottish Rally - the fifth round of the SRC - which takes place on Saturday 25 June. H&H

OVERALL CLASSIFICATION 01) D. Bogie/K. Rae MG Metro 6R4 - 47m 03.2s 02) E. Thorburn/P. Beaton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX - 48m 14.5s 03) J. Armstrong/B. McNulty Subaru Impreza - 48m 24.9s 04) M. Faulkner/P. Foy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI - 48m 39.2s 05) R. Head/C. Mole Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX - 48m 54.6s 06) D. Brydon/D. O’Brien Subaru Impreza - 49m 05.3s 07) P. Benn/R. Cooke Ford Focus WRC 01 - 49m 41.7s 08) B. Groundwater/N. Shanks Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX - 49m 56.9s 09) S. Lockhart/K. Lockhart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII - 50m 57.9s 10) S. Bannister/L. Sutherland Ford Escort Mk2 - 51m 07.8s

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Andreucci aims for another win on the Rally Targa Florio Words: Staff Writer There’s no better endorsement for a performance product than results.

For a tyre manufacturer, results are not only measured in wins and podiums but also in puncture-free competitive distances. The insight and data gathered in these extreme situations has proven invaluable for lab technicians when designing and engineering newer and more advanced technologies. Paolo Andreucci needs to don a white lab coat on his rallies, as this Italian Rally Championship ace not only wows the spectators but also tests the tyres to their performance limits.

A run of successes in the opening three rounds of the Italian Rally Championship, Pirelli’s official test driver is aiming to make it four wins in a row with this weekend’s Rally Targa Florio.

Piloting his Peugeot 207 S2000, this fivetime Italian Champion, with co-driver Anna Andreussi, are firm favourites for a win on this specialized event: they have dominated the past five editions!

This iconic rally takes place on the island of Sicily, and this year celebrates its 95th running. The stature of this event is not to be undermined: it has lent its name to many supercars, such as the Porsche 911 Targa.

Characterised by its mountainous asphalt roads, the Rally Targa Florio is an event of endurance as the route twists and snakes its way through a challenging 255km.

Andreucci commented: “I love the Targa Florio but it is a very intense sprint with lots of short stages, where there are some very strong local specialists. Grip is really important here as the surfaces are incredibly slippery and the speeds quite high: on the rare occasions that it rains, the roads become almost impossible.

Other top drivers competing on the Targa Florio include Alessandro Perico in a similar Peugeot 207 S2000, as well as last year’s Targa Florio winner Toto Riolo. In the two-wheel drive class, the leading Pirelli competitors are Citroen Italia DS3 R3T drivers Simone Campedelli and Andrea Crugnola. The rally also counts towards the Italian Renault Clio Trophy and the Mitsubishi Evolution Cup. The Targa Florio began at 20h00 last night in the city of Palermo outside the Piazza Castelnuovo. The drivers then completed SS1, a special stage of just 1.65km, before heading up to the mountains of Montemaggiore for the start on today’s stages at 08h15. The rally continues on Saturday and finishes at approximately 16h30 in Palermo. H&H

Yalta yumps to favour Hanninen?

Words: Staff Writer Picture: IRC Series More unchartered territory is in store for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge when the 12-round, allaction series heads to Ukraine this weekend for the Prime Yalta Rally.

Based in the country’s Crimea region the event is well established, but joins the IRC for the first time in 2011 with a demanding asphalt route.

Yalta etched its name in history when it hosted the wartime conference between the governments of the United States of America, United Kingdom and Soviet Union to agree Europe’s reorganisation following World War II in February 1945. Now, Yalta is better known for its Mediterranean climate, stunning backdrop provided by the Ai-Petri Mountains and a glamorous waterfront on the north coast of the Black Sea. The Prime Yalta Rally stages are typically fast and flowing, not uncommon with the undulating asphalt roads found in the south of France and similar in places to Tour de Corse, which hosted the IRC for the first time earlier this month. Road surfaces are generally smooth with a good line of sight into the corners that should enable drivers to push to the maximum.

Jean-Pierre Nicolas, the IRC’s Motorsport Development Manager and former top-line rally driver, has completed a reconnaissance of the route. He said: “It’s a proper driver’s rally, with the sort of roads that enable you to find a good rhythm, which is still quite fast. The corners are a lot more open than they are in Corsica, so this is a rally that should appeal to the usual asphalt specialists. But you have

to be committed and have very precise pacenotes.”

Nicolas has been to visit the Ukrainian stages twice before, but never at the time of year the rally will be held.

The weather remains a question mark, but conditions are expected to be on the whole dry and warm with ambient temperatures in the region of 22 degrees centigrade and no rain expected. The asphalt is not especially aggressive, which should minimise tyre wear.

The Crimea region of the Ukraine has a healthy tradition and interest in motorsport, which means that tens of thousands of spectators are expected to pack the stages. With the event brand new to the bulk of the IRC regulars, it’s not just the asphalt experts who will be able to make the most of this opportunity.

Unusually, the stage action begins prior to the ceremonial start overlooking Yalta’s Black Sea shoreline.

Two short stages will take place on the afternoon of Thursday 2 June prior to a spectacular waterfront start that will be attended by a number of Ukrainian VIPs and dignitaries.

Friday’s action is made up two loops of three repeated stages separated by service on Yalta’s waterfront. The longest is the 28.95-kilometre Orlinoje test located south west of the city.

Saturday’s route features three repeated stages again split by service in Yalta.

The first car is due to finish at 15:22hrs local time on 4 June following a total of 14 stages over a competitive distance of 261.87 kilometres. A closing ceremony, complete with fireworks and a party will bring proceedings to a close on Saturday evening. H&H

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STPR another win for Higgins?

Words: Staff Writer Picture: Subaru Rally Team USA With forest stage rallies disappearing from the American landscape, the 35th running of the Waste Management Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR), presented by Citizens and Northern Bank, continues to flourish. Perhaps the most important ingredient that keeps the event going is the ability of the rally organising committee – based in both Wellsboro and Rochester, New York – to change the rally to keep it fresh and relevant.

As the oldest, continuouslyrunning motorsports event in the state of Pennsylvania, the 2011 STPR event, which is Round Five of the RallyCar Championship Series, will take place this weekend in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. The rally, promoted by the Finger Lakes STPR

Motorsports LLC committee, is chaired

by Meridith Croucher, from Newark, N.Y. (Rochester area), and she reports the Committee is pleased to announce that recent format which includes racing stages at the Tioga County Fairgrounds is now being combined with both a Friday and Saturday appearance of the cars on the Green in the center of town.

“This has become a very popular family event, especially with the Fairground stages, where kids can get up close to the rally cars, meet the drivers, enjoy some refreshments, and then watch the cars battle on a closed course for competitive times and a chance to win the event,” she said, “but some local residents and merchants have missed the second appearance of the cars on the Green on Saturday.”

“We have brought that back by instituting a Parc Expose – an open exhibition of the cars – on the Green at noon on Friday for the traditional

Watch: Sebastien Ogier’s roll on the WRC Rally Argentina

viewing and ceremonial send-off into the Waste Management territory for the timed racing stages, plus a revival of the Saturday morning send-off from the Green as well,” said Ms. Croucher.

One of the other changes made several years ago – the transition of STPR to an alcohol-free event – has helped enhance the family enjoyment of the rally for everyone, and made the administration of the event, both in town and in the woods, easier.

More than 40 race cars, the infusion of millions of dollars to local area businesses rivaling a national convention, and RallyCar championship points chase all highlight the arrival of STPR to the state forests near the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon, again announcing the coming of spring in H&H Tioga County.

Highlights from the BRC Jim Clark Rally

Highlights from the WRC Rally Argentina

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