Rally of Turkey - i-Club

Rallychic · 02-27-2003, 12:00 PM

Since no one has started a thread yet..figured I would!

Dang I won't know what happens until the end of the weekend..I am rallying myself this weekend, so you guys need to give the updates.

They did a Super Special Stage already...so not much to say after that....

Gronholm
Solberg
Burns
McRae
Sainz
Martin
Loeb
Makinen
Duval

Top 10 with only a second difference...

More to come tomorrow!!!

02-27-2003, 01:22 PM

Way to go Solberg!! where are you racing this weekend? somewhere on the left coast i assume.
I'm sure the board will be well updated.
Have a fun and safe race!

-PJ

Rallychic · 02-27-2003, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by X1_SRT
Way to go Solberg!! where are you racing this weekend? somewhere on the left coast i assume.
I'm sure the board will be well updated.
Have a fun and safe race!

-PJ

Yep..racing in Washington....Here is my ride!!

Cheer on our boys for me! I leave tomorrow afternoon, so I might see Day 1 results!

Take care,
T

Weasel 555 · 02-27-2003, 03:09 PM

heres the times for the top 19...

1. 1 GRONHOLM-RAUTIA PEUGEOT 206 A8 01'12"100
2. 7 SOLBERG-MILLS SUBARU IMPR A8 01'12"200 + 00'00"10
3. 2 BURNS-REID PEUGEOT 206 A8 01'12"300 + 00'00"20
4. 17 McRAE-RINGER CITROEN XSA A8 01'12"400 + 00'00"30
5. 19 SAINZ-MARTI CITROEN XSA A8 01'12"400 + 00'00"30
6. 4 MARTIN-PARK FORD FOCUS A8 01'12"600 + 00'00"50
7. 18 LOEB-ELENA CITROEN XSA A8 01'12"800 + 00'00"70
8. 8 MAKINEN-LINDSTR SUBARU IMPR A8 01'12"800 + 00'00"70
9. 5 DUVAL-PREVOT FORD FOCUS A8 01'13"300 + 00'01"20
10. 3 ROVANPERA-PIETI PEUGEOT 206 A8 01'13"900 + 00'01"80
11. 10 SCHWARZ-HIEMER HYUNDAI ACC A8 01'14"100 +00'02"00
12. 15 GARDEMEISTER-LU SKODA OCTAV A8 01'14"400 +00'02"30
13. 6 HIRVONEN-LEHTIN FORD FOCUS A8 01'14"500 + 00'02"40
14. 21 PANIZZI-PANIZZI PEUGEOT 206 A8 01'14"500 + 00'02"40
15. 14 AURIOL-GIRAUDET SKODA OCTAV A8 01'15"000 + 00'02"90
16. 11 LOIX-SMEETS HYUNDAI ACC A8 01'15"500 + 00'03"40
17. 24 BENIK-RACE FORD FOCUS A8 01'17"000 + 00'04"90
18.103 GINLEY-KENNEDY FORD FOCUS A8 01'18"000 + 00'05"90
19.104 FULOP-MAJOR TOYOTA CORO A8 01'19"800 + 00'07"70

Rallychic ...wishing you good luck in your rally

"Air Volvo"

sweet

Andy...

02-28-2003, 05:34 AM

"Petter Solberg didn't seem too despondent after retiring from the Rally of Turkey, as the Norwegian claims his Impreza is perfectly set up for the next gravel round in Aprils Rally New Zealand.

Solberg was leading the event heading into SS4, but three kilometres into the stage he approached a corner, put on opposite lock and hit a small rock with the inside right wheel. It broke a trackrod.

"That's just how it is sometimes," he said. It's a shame to have such bad luck but I must say the car is feeling so good that I'm not too upset. I don't think we can set the car up much better than we did for this event, so I don't have a lot to do before New Zealand. Despite today, I'm still feeling very positive."" -WRC.com

how awful is that!?!?!? leading after stage 4, and then out! not as bad as Loeb who went the wrong way down the road, and ran out of fuel.... wooops
at least Mak is in top 3.
after finishing 4 stages.
1. H ROVANPERÄ 51:31.4
2. F DUVAL +15.8
3. T MÄKINEN +16.4
4. G PANIZZI +17.9
5. C SAINZ +18.9
6. C MCRAE +34.4
7. A SCHWARZ +36.4
8. R BURNS +40.4
9. F LOIX +41.3
10. T GARDEMEISTER
-PJ

Rallychic · 02-28-2003, 06:05 AM

Hmmm....No Gronholm....

Thanks you both for the well wishes!!

T

Weasel 555 · 02-28-2003, 11:27 AM

Rallychic ...your welcome

End of 1st day :

1 H ROVANPERÄ 0.0
2 C SAINZ +20.7
3 F DUVAL +29.5
4 T MÄKINEN +31.4
5 G PANIZZI +37.9
6 R BURNS +56.5
7 C MCRAE +1:03.3
8 A SCHWARZ +1:07.1
9 F LOIX +1:13.6
10 T GARDEMEISTER +1:20.9

p.s. marcus's power steering broke and he says he has no interest in driving in the rally anymore...
what a whiner...

Andy...

02-28-2003, 12:52 PM

annnnd then just out of the service park his P/S broke again!!!
"I'm not sure quite what's going on," he remarked with unwarranted cheerfulness at final service. "Still, with this stupid points system we have now, maybe there's still a chance we can score a point or to. So we have to keep going." -Gronholm, wrc.com
man, even Solberg doesn't complain like that, and hes only finished 1 of the last 3 rallies! just one more reason i don't like Gro(a)nholm.
o well.

-PJ

HomerJay · 02-28-2003, 07:55 PM

Hey Tommi is still in! A lot of the top drivers are still in it. Burns and McCrae can come on strong to take the lead! Hope not. GO TOMMI!

HomerJay · 03-02-2003, 12:42 AM

Yuck! Tommi had a crappy second day. Hopefully he can make up some time and get on the podium.

Weasel 555 · 03-02-2003, 04:13 AM

1. 19 SAINZ-MARTI CITROEN XSA A8 4h16'58"800 74.1 km/h
2. 2 BURNS-REID PEUGEOT 206 A8 4h18'04"000 + 01'05"20
3. 5 DUVAL-PREVOT FORD FOCUS A8 4h18'57"500 + 01'58"70
4. 17 McRAE-RINGER CITROEN XSA A8 4h19'27"100 + 02'28"30
5. 21 PANIZZI-PANIZZI PEUGEOT 206 A8 4h19'50"000 + 02'51"20

6. 4 MARTIN-PARK FORD FOCUS A8 4h20'39"100 + 03'40"30
7. 15 GARDEMEISTER-LU SKODA OCTAV A8 4h22'01"200
8. 8 MAKINEN-LINDSTR SUBARU IMPR A8 4h24'21"700

9. 1 GRONHOLM-RAUTIA PEUGEOT 206 A8 4h28'19"800
10. 11 LOIX-SMEETS HYUNDAI ACC A8 4h28'33"800

Weasel 555 · 03-02-2003, 06:04 AM

Carlos Sainz

taking his first win for Citreon and the Rally of Turkey ....also his 25th WRC win

03-02-2003, 06:12 AM

watch out for the Citroens....
very nice job by sainz. he pretty much dominated. at least makinen was in the top ten. hopefully petter will have a better time next round.

-PJ
p.s. Rallychic, how was your weekend of racing?

Rallychic · 03-02-2003, 11:05 PM

PJ...

Just got home...late and very tired.

Was a great time until we rolled three times!!! lol

The *** end of the car came loose and my driver couldn't get it back...did a 180 with my rear side hitting the ditch...projected us to the other side and boom, boom, boom..
(think it was just a bit slick in that section, but we were going around 110mph)

Sort of funny lying on the drivers side of the car...I could here spectators saying..do you want a push over...I can't see them, but I say yes!!

Rock us a bit..and I think we got righted on the fourth try. Drove a few hundred yards to see if things were good to go...figured lets go...went into service and #5 had coolant in it..so we were done for the weekend...

Dang but that was a fun roll!!

We just giggled about it!!

T

03-03-2003, 07:28 AM

haha, wow!!! i only laugh b/c no one was hurt. sounds like quite a ride!! so the fans just rolled you over, and away you went! i love it. so is the Super Volvo gonna make it?? hehe. glad to hear you had a good weekend.

-PJ