November 7, 2012
This was the last event of the year and i had to go out on the stages with part worn tyres and had about 4mm of brake pad material left as i had run out of money for the season.During day one it was raining so i just tryed my hardest with awlful tyres as they were extreamly bald.
Once back into service i saw my stage times for day 1 and saw that I was 3rd overall and i was amazed with the amount of rain and awful conditons i had to drive in. On day two I saw that the conditions were alot better and i just went for it and gave it everythink i had. After the first two stages i had had gone from 3rd to joint 1st with merion evans. after ss12 i saw that i was taking around 3-5 seconds a stage out of merion. going into ss13-14 we had a 10 second lead and I was not pushing as hard as i was in the morning by shortshifting and letting off far to early just incase i hit a chicane. Going into the last 2 stages i had taken another 2 seconds out of merion evans which was amazing and I was ready for the win. As we set off the start line for ss15 we noticed the car started to missfire and later cut-out and stopped halfway around the stage, once back home we searched for why it cut-out only to be found out it was a blown fuse.
Posted by Charlie stephens.
November 7, 2012
This was an event was very technical and sometimes a challenge in the wet. Before ss1 it began to rain and I only had almost bald tyres as we could not afford to buy new tyres.I knew straight away from the first corner i knew that today was going to be a struggle and that my stage times was not going to the best they could as i was struggling to find any traction and all the car would do when on corners was spin due to ovesteer from the rear and narrowly missed a few army sized gate post. Als...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
November 7, 2012
We were now more than halfway through the 2012 championship and this event was a new venue and during the morning i went for a walk around the first stage and noticed the the stage was very twisty and technical which suited my driving style.During ss1 and ss2 we went out on the stages with to much psi in the rear tyres which meant during late braking the rear of the vehicle was starting to step out which meant during long corners the car was hard to control which cost us lots of time as i cou...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
November 7, 2012
This is one of my favourite events of the year as its a huge challenge just to finish as its a notoruious venue for breaking cars. During scruitineering it started to rain which wasn`t our best condition to start the rally on as we only had our last 4 tyres left which had about 2-3mm of tread left which isnt good in standing water. During ss1 we noticed that the suspension was not set to a good wet set-up as it was to hard which made it extreamly hard to turn in and brake.
Halfway round ss1 we...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
April 27, 2012
This is a new event to the championship so would be driving the first stage with no infomation on the stages which meant i was a bit cautious, on SS2 after the first corner i hard a loud bang and everytime i breaked the car would pull wildly to the left which meant chicanes were a bit more of a struggle but did not slow down just kept going until service where i found out we had a bent bottom arm and luckly got a seccond hand bottom arm of a fellow junior (thanks) which meant my day would not...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
April 27, 2012
This is the second event of the 2012 championship and would enter the event with a 3 point lead and wanted to gain more of a lead. On SS1 we had a nice and clear run and the car handled brilliantly which meant we set a goo stage time, On SS2,3,4 we started to notice that the car was down on power and found out during service that there was a huge split in the downpipe in the exhaust system which would mean we would be loosing 2-5hp which was being shown on the stage times. SS5,6,7 the stages ...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
April 27, 2012
This is the first event of the 2012 championship and wanted to score some good points to set a good start to the championship. We were sedeed last junior on the road which was ok as then i would not get held up on the stages and could have a clear run and set a good stage time, After SS1 we had a 3 second lead which was brilliant and wanted to keep 1st position all day, We had a few good stages not being held up or any problems with the car which meant just before halfway we had a 8 second le...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
February 18, 2012
I arrived Saturday morning at my local event at set up service and went for a ride around the stages to have a look at places of caution and places that could be taken flat or faster than i thought. After ss1 i was equal first and had many more stages to go. i kept the same pace all day and not made any mistakes so at halfway i had a 10 second lead and wanted to keep the gap so didnt want to make any mistakes or try up the pace in case i make a i tried something i hadnt all day and went off. ... Continue reading...
Posted by Charlie stephens.
February 18, 2012
this is the second time i have been to anglesey circuit and this time we had some night stages which are a bit of a challenge as the track is so wide and is a struggle to pick up turning points and braking points. during the morning stages the track was nice and dry which meant i had full grip, the chicanes we extremely narrow which meant extra care had to be taken.
halfway during day 1 i was lying in the top 10 but had the night stages to follow. on the first night stage i went out on just m...
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Posted by Charlie stephens.
February 18, 2012
Woodbridge has to be one of my favorite events of the season, as it is a nice technical event but challenging in some places. For instances there was a jump where unfortunately i overshot the first time round costing me valuable seconds in the first stage but overall I had started the day well also within these first few stages i had to quickly learn how hard i could push the tyres on the broken up tarmac, and where to take cuts. After halfway through the day i was comfortably start in the to... Continue reading...
Posted by Charlie stephens.
