Back to the future.

Great news from Roofing Rally Team! The ever unreliable Escort Cosworths have been replaced by a bright red 2.5 MG Metro 6R4.

Having achieved some of my best results in 6R4s I'm really looking forward to rallying in one again. The new car is beautifully prepared and has been excelently maintained. The team have a few updates they'd like to do to the car before it is rallied in anger. Our main aim is to take it the 6R4 to the Jersey Rally in October and enjoy ourselves on the closed road stages of the island.

It's great to be rallying a 6R4 again, a car that the whole Roofing Rally Team know and understand well. The 6R4 suits Adrian's driving style and we're hoping for a lot more good results on coming events.

Moving time.

Sorry for the lack of updates! We have been moving at work and the decorators are stopping me updating from home. Everything is gently getting sorted and I should be back to regular posts very shortly.

Shafted, again!

Well what can I say? After working hard with Adrian to get the best result we could on the Dukeries we were let down by..... you've guessed it..... a driveshaft!
Conditions were damp to be polite and we suffered from a severe lack of traction right up to our retirement on the second running of Sherwood Pines. having said that we were pleased with our performance, especially as this was Adrian's first event on very wet gravel. The pacenotes worked OK and we were really enjoying ourselves which makes the retirement even more frustrating than any of the others this year!
The disappointment of another retirement was tempered by the knowledge that this was our last event in the Escort and that (as of today) a new car will be taking the Escort's place.
I'm looking forward to the new car and can't wait for our first test.

Dukeries Stages car 38.

The final countdown for the Dukeries is well and truly underway.
There are just a few days left before the start of the rally and I'm looking forward to it, although the weather seems to have thrown a bit of a wobbly! Having watched the safety DVD the stages look really challenging with some wonderful straights and fast sections!
I know there are a lot of people coming watch, mainly from Roofing Rally Team's sponsors although there seem to be quite a few from Adrian's son's (Tommi) school too!. The more the merrier I'm sure, my son (Mark) will be firmly wrapped up at home with his mum and Oma and Opa I'm sure.

Safety notes have arrived.

I started watching the safety note DVD for the Dukeries last night and was most impressed with the stages we'll be doing. I am really looking forward to seeing the stages at rally speed next weekend. The stages appear to be very challenging, they are quite narrow in places and very fast in others. They should suit the Escort quite well, especially after our test session last weekend.