September 6, 2011
this is a new venue for everyone as its the first time it has ever been used for rallying, when we arrived we were chauffeured in by army services then set up our service area next to a few s1000 micra's. A hour before ss1 we got to do a recce of the area to take vital notes down ready for the first stage.
After ss1 the set a very good pace and wanted to continue this pace all day but by watching the adults i found out how aggressive i can be when attacking the chicanes and places i can take flat out. After trying this we noticed we were able to take 3-5 seconds of our stage times.
By halfway we were 12th which was not one of by best results i am to be honest but it all comes down to thr stage times after halfway my main goal was to either push for 11th or keep 12th but going into the last stage and 15sec to gain on 11th i decided to go all out and give it everything trying to take everything flat out and as fast as possible and at the end of the day u took 10sec out of 11th which was not bad at all.
Posted by Charlie stephens.
August 20, 2011
this was just a trial,and for me to get back into rythm ready for my next rally at RAF Cottesmore, once arrived i had a breifing with the organiser as this was the first time they had let a junior out on a track day, after the breifing,i jumped in the car got all buckled and i was ready to hit the track and get a few miles on the clock.after a few runs and getting used to the car again we scrubbed a few old tyres so that they can be used during the next event. during the day i managed to do ... Continue reading...
Posted by Charlie stephens.
August 13, 2011
This
is one of the most hardest events of the year with a huge amount of
Miles to cover each stage. we drove down on saturday afternoon and
scruiteneerd in the evening so we were all ready for the next day. on
the day of the rally we met up with some on my navigators freinds and
they asked us if we'd like to service with them.
as we
lined up for the first stage we noticed that only a few of the adults
had returned back to the service area.We were then told that ss1 was
cancelled due ...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
August 13, 2011
This is my local event so wanted to push as hard as possible.
when we
arrved in the aftenoon and passed scruiteneering and had a walk of the
stages which were more flowing which is unusual for blyton. the day of
the rally we first set up service and signed on and only had a few hours
to wait until the first stage. when first stage arrived i wanted to
have a great first stage which will place me in the top 10. after i
arrived back to service and had a look at the results i saw i was ly...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
August 13, 2011
This was probably the best stage event i had ever entered as the stages were fast with some twisty sections.
when we arrived and set
up service my navigator found some of his freinds who he had co-driven
before down ampley who told me places to watch out for and places that i
could take flat.
as i started ss1 i found
out that all the braking was at the front which ment i kept locking up
whilst left foot braking so once i was back in service we changed the
brake bias so that we had equ...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
August 13, 2011
This was the second event held at a race circuit and was one of the faster circuits.We drove down saturday night and scruitineerd and met up with my navigator and had a look through the stage diagrams. When
we arrived the weather was just right not to hot and not to cold and
had a walk through the stages in the morning to take notes and to work
out the racing line. When we lined up for
the first stage i noticed that we had the tyre pressures were just abit
to high which ment that grip ...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
August 13, 2011
This this the first rally of the 2011 championship at three sisters race track wigan.
We arrived at 6:30 and were due for scruitineering from 7:00 to 7:30.The
first stage was a nervous one as it was raining and was the first
proper time using the new pirreli tyres, but after the first stage we
got into a rythum and were able to push the tyres to there limit during
the day as the stages started to dry out. at halfway we were 6th overall
and 5th was just a couple of seconds away but as ...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
