Sorry for the delay in posting, the reason is explained in the posting headed “Ouch!” Anyway back to the 25th Paperclix Jersey Rally {link}. It really was a disappointment for me; we retired the Roofing Rally Team Metro 6R4 at the end of the first day after breaking the rear diff on the spectator stages.
We’d spent quite some time preparing the car for the tight lanes, including removing the front spoiler and the “pigs ears” that attach it. The nature of the stages meant we knew that the bodywork was going to take a bit of a bashing and we accepted this.
Certainly we were off the leaders pace but we were pleased to get a couple of top five stage times. Fears about the hairpins were relatively unfounded; they slowed us considerably but didn’t require any three-point turns thankfully. Unfortunately the nature of the spectator stage meant that our fully loaded rear diff was unable to take the strain and it broke off the start line of the last stage! With no spare we had to pack up at the final service and retire.
It was a disappointing end to an enjoyable event, which had seen us become a firm favourite with the spectators ~ you just can’t beat the sound of a 6R4 being driven hard!
We’d spent quite some time preparing the car for the tight lanes, including removing the front spoiler and the “pigs ears” that attach it. The nature of the stages meant we knew that the bodywork was going to take a bit of a bashing and we accepted this.
Certainly we were off the leaders pace but we were pleased to get a couple of top five stage times. Fears about the hairpins were relatively unfounded; they slowed us considerably but didn’t require any three-point turns thankfully. Unfortunately the nature of the spectator stage meant that our fully loaded rear diff was unable to take the strain and it broke off the start line of the last stage! With no spare we had to pack up at the final service and retire.
It was a disappointing end to an enjoyable event, which had seen us become a firm favourite with the spectators ~ you just can’t beat the sound of a 6R4 being driven hard!
