CMR2 BRC - Ulster International Rally 22-23 August

[JTLarsen]

Welcome to the:
CMR2 BRC - Ulster International Rally 22-23 August

The third asphalt round of the BRC, and this time we'll be rallying the tight and treacherous lanes of mid Ulster.

The battle for the BRC title is currently a two way tie as both Tannat (USA) and NOR (Czech Rep.) is at 54 points, just 3 points ahead of Steve0302 (UK).

Rally info:

In-game rally: France - Expert mode (Mirrored)
Shakedown: SS8
Deadline: Thuesday 26th at 11.59 pm (no extensions will be given)
Submit times to: jokumlarsen@gmail.com or by PM to me (JTLarsen)

This is how the timecard should look:
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Driver: JTLarsen
Nationality: Denmark
Car: Ford Focus WRC07
Rally: Ulster International Rally

02:05.02 <-- Stage 1

02:05.02 <-- Stage 2
02:05.02 <-- You get the idea
02:05.02
02:05.02
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10:25.10 <-- Total, Very important!
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Rookie Of The Year - A championship within the championship
The Rookie Of The Year Award will give the newcomers to both the sport and the championship something to fight for. The winner will be awarded with a medal equal to that of the winner of the full championship (see official homepage).

In order to compete for the award you must:

Have scored no CMR2WC points in '07[/*:m:zh9bdxvm]
Have had no CMR2BRC wins in '07[/*:m:zh9bdxvm]
Compete in at least 3 CMR2BRC events in '08[/*:m:zh9bdxvm]Do remember to visit the official homepage of the championship at:
http://www.leftovercrest.com/cmr2brc.html

[tannat]

WRC Deutschland should be a good prep for this round.

Will be a plus having the Scoobie rather than the Lancer on these stages..

Need to build a gap to NOR and Steve if we are to have any hopes of taking the title :up:

[steve0302]

rally has been completed.

i have had to do the rally early as i am off on my hols again.

good luck all and i will see the results when i am back in 11 days time

[tannat]

Completed our shakedown:

1:12.45
1:09.96
1:10.39
1:11.18
1:11.28

Think I prefer the 206 for these stages....

[JTLarsen]

Shakedown:

01:18.05
01:18.13
01:15.23
01:15.54
01:16.69

Plenty of setupchanges this morning, ended up with this one:

GB 0
SS +5
PR +1
BB +2
BP +2
ST +2

[kabouter]

I did my shakedown as well:

1.17,50 (sliding all over the place)
1.13,55
1.13,35
1.12,93
1.12,69 (new personal best time for this stage :D )

[Rat]

After a dismal shakedown (1:14.72) we went back to basics and changed the settings. Wow what a change it made! We set many PB's throughout the day. Stage 4 caught us out with a 1/2 spin into the wall and went wide on a hairpin. Stages 5 & 6 were typical Irish weather, wet and windy! Still we set a reasonable time on the slippy roads. These are my 2 favourite stages of the Rally.
Even with the wonderful co-driver opening the roof vents to slow us down and kept us out of the trees, we went well and are hoping to get some well earned points.

[tannat]

Made changes to brakes (+5) suspension (+5) and steering (+4/+3) compared with WRC Germany and the car behaved much better.

Developed a good rhythm on the left-right-lefts.

Looking forward to results.

[JTLarsen]

9 entries so far!! The most remarkable one is from the Juutilainen family, as CMR2 WRC regular Zes has entered this round along with both of his sons :D That makes me happy as an organiser!

[jso1985]

Jso1985 has finished the rally

"Just a few words, dude! that Mitsu is really hard to drive!"

[tannat]

Jso1985 has finished the rally

"Just a few words, dude! that Mitsu is really hard to drive!"

I fully agree :up:

Makinen I ain't...

[kabouter]

I also sent in my time card.

After my unexpected 7th place in the Deutschland Rallye I was encouraged to do some more recce for this event.

The first six stages of the event went well, setting a PB and some times close to my best times, I just clipped a tree on stage 5 and went too wide a few times but all in all a very satisfactory start.

Then I managed to dive into the woods just after start of stage 7, reversing back onto the stage and getting going again must have cost me about 6 seconds and the resulting damage slowed me down a little as well. After some repairs in service the car was mostly ok again for the last two stages but on the final stage I lost it big time crashing straight into an advertising board at full speed. Apart from losing time because of the impact the car was sliding all over the place and very difficult to keep on the road afterwards.

These stages are a real challenge, if you make a slight mistake they can catch you out big time...

[JTLarsen]

CMR2 BRC - Ulster International Rally 2008

Final Classification:
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01. Tannat 23:52.46
02. NOR 24:13.52
03. steve0302 24:23.76
04. Ramore 24:23.86
05. Jso1985 24:53.15
06. Kabouter 24:59.32
07. JTLarsen 25:08.71
08. Zes 25:15.05
09. Rat 25:52.32
10. Tuomo 29:17.87
11. Eetu 30:22.96

Championship Overall
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01. Tannat (USA) 74 pts
02. NOR (CZ) 72 pts
03. Steve0302 (UK) 67 pts
04. Ramore (BG) 62 pts
05. JTLarsen (DK) 49 pts
06. Kabouter (NL) 48 pts
07. Rat (AU) 43 pts
08. Zes (FI) 35 pts
09. Juha (BE) 27 pts
10. Eetu (FI) 16 pts
11. Jso1985 (BOL) 14 pts
11. pettersolberg29 14 pts
13. Tuomo (FI) 9 pts
13. Frozzy (S) 9 pts


Rookie Of The Year
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01. Kabouter (NL) 48 pts
02. Zes (FI) 35 pts

Plenty of other drivers in the BRC will be eligeble for ROTY points
if they compete in the next couple of rounds! So far Kabouter is way out in
front with a good lead.


Stage By Stage:
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Driver: Tannat
Nationality: United States
Car: Subaru Impreza

02:26.05
02:35.21
02:44.25
02:48.48
02:47.51
02:43.81
02:52.13
01:10.71
01:06.89
02:37.42
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23:52.46


Driver: NOR
Nationality: Czech Rep.
Car: Skoda Fabia S2000

02:26.54
02:32.85
02:48.68
02:48.80
02:50.50
02:47.88
02:54.95
01:14.41
01:09.19
02:39.72
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24:13.52


Driver: steve0302
Nationality: England
Car: Ford Focus

02:27.86
02:36.48
02:45.29
02:50.84
02:54.09
02:59.03
02:53.48
01:10.88
01:03.98
02:40.83
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24:23.76


Driver: Ramore
Nationality: Bulgarian
Car: Ford Focus

02:31.07
02:30.54
02:45.99
02:49.63
02:51.29
02:49.47
02:57.69
01:13.79
01:10.74
02:43.65
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24:23.86


Driver: Jso1985
Nationality: Bolivia
Car: Mitsubishi Lancer

02:33.36
02:40.29
02:54.89
02:51.37
02:55.25
02:51.07
02:57.25
01:13.31
01:11.62
02:44.74
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24:53.15


Driver: Kabouter
Nationality: Holland
Car: Peugeot 206 WRC

02:31.11
02:35.88
02:52.79
02:52.53
02:54.05
02:50.56
03:03.84
01:13.79
01:12.88
02:51.89
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24:59.32


Driver: JTLarsen
Nationality: Denmark
Car: Skoda Fabia S2000

02:38.46
02:36.86
02:53.05
02:53.26
02:53.42
02:51.97
03:00.74
01:18.20
01:14.10
02:48.71
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25:08.71


Driver: Zes
Nationality: Finland
Car: Citroen C4

02:36.93
02:40.34
02:50.11
02:55.88
02:52.26
02:56.81
03:03.12
01:17.10
01:12.75
02:49.75
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25:15.05


Driver: Rat
Nationality: Australia
Car: Toyota Corolla WRC

02:40.14
02:39.53
02:52.23
03:02.73
03:06.73
03:02.97
03:04.53
01:17.46
01:12.19
02:53.81
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25:52.32


Driver: Tuomo
Nationality: Finland
Car: Ford Focus WRC07

02:58.64
03:06.32
03:13.85
03:44.61
03:17.53
03:11.01
03:41.42
01:26.80
01:19.33
03:18.36
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29:17.87


Driver: Eetu
Nationality: Finland
Car: Ford Focus WRC07

03:14.13
03:14.56
03:22.92
03:24.89
03:18.09
03:23.74
03:54.69
01:25.56
01:36.13
03:28.20
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30:22.96

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Don't forget to visit the official homepage of the championship at:
http://www.leftovercrest.com/cmr2brc.html

[tannat]

Yes-will need this result to help us down the line.... :up:

NOR-did you have rain on stage 6?

10/100ths separating Stever and Ramore-WHOA!!!

Steve is getting up to speed on Tarmac. That ss9 time is incredible :up:

[NOR]

Congrats to Tannat. Well done, buddy .... it's going to be little bit harder for me. I hadn't any rain, just rolled over at SS3. I was a bit nervous all the rest stages and made some mistakes. But your drive was excellent, I couldn't catch you anyway.

[tannat]

Congrats to Tannat. Well done, buddy .... it's going to be little bit harder for me. I hadn't any rain, just rolled over at SS3. I was a bit nervous all the rest stages and made some mistakes. But your drive was excellent, I couldn't catch you anyway.

I was really upset with myself after Germany and practiced quite hard. The steering change helped a great deal also (I don' t know what I was thinking for Germany using steering at +1)

Good run, NOR :up:

[jso1985]

5th on that oversized whale! couldn't be happier