COOL EVENT !! Great road of around 1.9km - quite twisty toward the end.
I LOVE this new car!!!
We drove down to Christchurch & back on Saturday
to pick up the car after the repairs on the gearbox (4 hours there,
5 and a half hours back). Up early next morning to be at the event
before 10am. Great to have a local club event on gravel again! 26 entries
which is pretty good for a Top of the South event.
The day ran really well and I'm so pleased with the
car! I'm getting used to the difference between rear wheel drive and
front wheel drive and loving it. Dad came with me for the practice
run and we managed 10th (although 2 of the top placings had no times
for this run) with a time of 1.51.45. Run 1 had Dad again & we got 1.47.59 which took us to
9th. Run 2 Dad elected to desert me to sit beside Colin Knapp in his Pulsar,
so I went on my own & got a 1.46.50 & in 11th (didn't like being
on my own - nobody to yell at me!). Run 3 Dad decided 4wd was much more
fun than being told to shut up by his daughter, so Chris Scott sat beside
me. He was great! Giving me some good advice. We did a 1.45.50 keeping
our 11th place. However, on the fastest times we slipped back down to
12th overall. Still a great result as I know we have so much more to learn
and improve - have I said I LOVE this car!! Oh, yes, Dad & Colin
got 2nd place.
Anyway, back to earth and a 47 page science essay to hand in the next
day, then stats assignment due the day after, then physics test..... boy
do I need Rally New Zealand.
Sara.
