Hi All,
Midway through last weekend, I had visions of writing this with a big grin on my face, acknowledging my first BRC win, but it was cruelly taken away from me.
We were leading the rally, and feeling the most confer table I have ever felt in the car to date. The rally started really well, with four fastest stage times from six, and we were ahead by 12 seconds, to Keith Cronin, come the end of leg one. Leg two, started with a further three fastest stage times, then on SS10, Swinton, disaster struck. A terminal engine fault occured and we were forced to retire from the rally, a bitter blow. Every effort is always made to ensure the durability of the car and it's components, but occasionally things malfunction and shatter dreams, as demonstrated on Saturday. It was extremely hard for me to take on board what had happened, but I must now gather my thoughts and move on to Donegal in two weeks. In the meantime, I will be attending the Rally Show at Chatsworth this weekend, so please do come and support a great event, and hopefully my own car will be in attendance.
All the best
Craig
Monday 31 May 2010
Tuesday 4 May 2010
A good time in the lakes!
Hi All,
Back home after a really promising weekend in Killarney, for the Rally of the Lakes. The rally worked out perfect, we took Saturday steady in the tricky conditions, building confidence after the Circuit of Ireland crash, having a good go at Molls Gap, and we were 5th overall overnight. Sunday was better for us, the confidence was starting to come back. A fastest time over the famous Carragh Lake stage was a real boost for us, and with Tim McNulty exiting late in the day, we were satisfied with out 4th overall. However on the last stage, disaster struck for my good friend Alastair Fisher when he slid wide and damaged the wheel on his car, allowing us to snatch 3rd overall at the last second! Not the way we wanted to do it, but rallying can be a cruel sport at times. This result leaves us lying third in the Irish Tarmac Championship, and Alastair sitting pretty at the top of the table. It's still early days, but it's shaping up to be an exciting finish to the season!
I know have a three week break to the Jim Clark Rally in Scotland. I'm going to try and knuckle down on my fitness and try and prepare as best I can, as I feel the tarmac rally's ahead are going to be the toughest in my British Rally Championship campaign. I have my twitter set up on my Blackberry now so you should notice the tweets coming more regular!
All the best
Craig
Back home after a really promising weekend in Killarney, for the Rally of the Lakes. The rally worked out perfect, we took Saturday steady in the tricky conditions, building confidence after the Circuit of Ireland crash, having a good go at Molls Gap, and we were 5th overall overnight. Sunday was better for us, the confidence was starting to come back. A fastest time over the famous Carragh Lake stage was a real boost for us, and with Tim McNulty exiting late in the day, we were satisfied with out 4th overall. However on the last stage, disaster struck for my good friend Alastair Fisher when he slid wide and damaged the wheel on his car, allowing us to snatch 3rd overall at the last second! Not the way we wanted to do it, but rallying can be a cruel sport at times. This result leaves us lying third in the Irish Tarmac Championship, and Alastair sitting pretty at the top of the table. It's still early days, but it's shaping up to be an exciting finish to the season!
I know have a three week break to the Jim Clark Rally in Scotland. I'm going to try and knuckle down on my fitness and try and prepare as best I can, as I feel the tarmac rally's ahead are going to be the toughest in my British Rally Championship campaign. I have my twitter set up on my Blackberry now so you should notice the tweets coming more regular!
All the best
Craig
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