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1st in class ! |
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Congratulations to
Tammy Lewis-Jones and Rachael Turgoose. |
 Congratulations to Tammy and Rachael
on a class win on the Pennine Stages at Ty-Croes in
August. The pair driving their Peugeot
106 Rallye battled with the very wet conditions to obtain their
first ever class win. |
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They were very lucky to finish the
event when they turned up at service with a stake through the
radiator! The rad was removed and 'fixed' by crimping the bottom 4
fins and melting/gluing of the bottom mount to prevent water
loss.
They gained a stage maximum but were
able to continue. no problems until the penultimate stage when they
snapped a clutch cable which was quickly replaced and out they went
again to finish the event.
Look out for them at Caerwent
at the end of September!!! |
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Carl Poscha and Ray
Hotty do Finland. |
 Carl and Ray entered the Neste
Rally Finland in their Gp N Citroen Saxo 1.6 VTS.
The crew flew out the weekend before
to recce the route. |
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We followed towing the car through
France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and finally
Finland.
The journey approx 1600 miles 8
countries and 4 ferries took 3 days!
Scrutineering on the Thursday
presented no problems and the car was now ready for the start on
Friday.
Car 159 returned to service on Friday
no major problems, beautiful weather and some very respectable stage
times.
The phone rang whilst we were waiting
for the second service, the worst news! Carl had rolled the
car into a ball on stage 5 and the rally was over. A real shame all
the effort that had gone into the pre-event preparation for nothing,
but at least he went further than some others.
Tommi M out on stage 1 !
Check out the pics
; before & after!
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Cambrian Rally 2000. |
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Congratulations to Carl
Poscha, |
 Congratulations to Carl Poscha
and Ray Hotty on their class win on the Dee Jays Cambrian
Rally. (North Wales
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The N2 Citroen Saxo had a
trouble free run the whole day, the pairing led the class from stage
one and were never challenged all day. |
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One spectator asked Carl are
you having trouble with the car? it was misfiring as you went past.
No came the reply that was the rev limiter in 5th!!!
1st. in class
on the Plains.
Poscha had a trouble free run,
all day, the only only slight problems being: - Jumping out of second gear and
a sump guard mounting which broke and needing welding into place at
service.
Not so
congratulations to Carl Poscha on the Red Dragon.
Trailered the car to scrutineering on the Friday
night only to fail for a split seam in the drivers overalls (Carls
now known as buster go..)
The problem was eventually sewn up.
The following
day he got off to a good start no car problems, it was running like
a dream, the only problem was the driver going off the road for 10
mins! No damage to the car just to the class position!
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Scottish
Rally, Dumfries.
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 Ernie Graham Peugeot 306 Gp N
Congratulations for First in Class.
He started the event running
2nd in class first service we welded up some cracks in the front crossmember.
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Each service we chased the cracks. Next service the car
was leaning to one side at the front. The proflex had pushed through
the top mount, we changed the complete strut for a Bilstein tarmac
and sent him on his way!
Next service the proflex was refitted with
a new top mount (thanks to the proflex chaps for recharging the
unit) only to find the other strut top was pushing through so this
was also replaced. No problems for the rest of the day.
Day
2 On the way to first
stage the alternator belt jumped off the start of a problem. At
first service we found the alternator bracket cracked so the battery
was changed after every stage and a power pack with long jump leads
carried in the car as a backup!
Last service only 2 stages to go the
front strut snapped in the hub! A spacer was fitted to push the
wheel out to clear the strut and a very conservative drive was
required to reach the finish.
Luckily the rest of the class had more
trouble and first in class was gained.
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