2008 Rallye des Femmes

[raybak]

Yes folks it's here again, the 2008 Rallye Des Femmes to be held in Canberra on Saturday the 6th December.

The event is only for female drivers is run over 7 Special Stages comprising of 87km competitive. Famous stages such as Greenhills, Bluetts and East West are being used.

The Service park and main spectator point is at Deeks Forest Carpark on the corner of Cotter Rd and Uriarra Rd.

Clerk of Course is forum regular TKM and I'm doing event secretary and Zero car codriver.

We still need quite a few officials so if you are in Canberra or Sydney and could spare a Saturday to some girls having fun in the forest let me know.

I will be lending my WRC Charade to local Radio host Lisa Ridgley who will be codriven by my regular codriver Andrew Buerckner.

Should be a great compact event, hoping for a field of over 20 cars.


Ray :)

[raybak]

Seeded entry list

1 Cathy Donohue Kate Bowler Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 8
2 Molly Taylor Samantha Stevens Mazda 2
3 Jenny Austin Mark Forbes Mazda RX7
4 Kelly Caruana Mel McMinn Holden Commodore
5 Kirrilee Gentleman Zoe Butler Mitsubishi Lancer LC
6 Caroline Passlow Evan Vale Toyota Corolla
7 Wendy Weller Chad Vowles Datsun 180B SSS
8 Julie Boorman Langdon Patrick Daihatsu Charade DeTomaso
9 Renee Jeffrey Ian Jeffrey Mazda Familia 323
10 Linda Walker Angela Currie Chrysler Lancer LA
11 Cheryl Holberton Sue Hellyer Holden Camira
12 Amy Stevens Frank Brookhouse Honda Civic
13 Anna Ritson Matt Boorman Datsun 180B
14 Donna Moran Matt Harriott Mazda 323
15 Jo-Ann Pass Ken Albery Mazda RX2
16 Lisa Ridgley Andrew Buerckner WRC Daihatsu Charade GTti
17 Hayley White Mike Behnke Honda Civic

Quite a good field, with a Factory entry from Mazda for Molly Taylor.

The Charade is all ready to go, Lisa is going to have a lesson with Rick Bates tomorrow afternoon then bring the car home and clean it all ready for the scrutineers on Saturday.

I'll post some photos up from tomorrows lesson.

Ray

[raybak]

Here's some footage

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=zjJslHyDVTk

And some photos located at http://www.bakermotorsport.net

Ray

[raybak]

The event has been run adn won, with Cathy Donohue and Kate Bowler winning in a Lancer Evo 8. Molly Taylor was 2nd in the Mazda 2 with Kelly Caruana 3rd in a Commodore V8.

The Charade decided that it didn't want to play after stage 4 with Crank pulley bolt snapping. Hopefully the engine will be ok. Lisa was driving well and improving on each stage up until the car stopped.

Was a great event with plenty of smiles all round.

There are plenty of photos up already.

Here's some of the photo links:-

http://flickr.com/photos/subygal/sets/72157610793763606/

http://alliancemotorsport.org/gallery/v/Marcus/Motorsport/2008/rallydefemmes/?g2_page=1

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidfulton/sets/72157610726065337/

I was in Zero car codriving for Tristan Kent.

There were a few crashes including a rollover by 000 on the first stage and a rollover by Cheryl in the Camira on the last stage, but she managed to finish the stage and not finish last.

There will be a full report on radio station Mix 106.3 in Canberra on Monday morning after 8.30am

Ray

[raybak]

Some more photos here:-

http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa221/MATNES/RDF%2008/

Ray

[urabus-denoS2000]

The Mazda 2 looks very nice!
What spec is it

[raybak]

The Mazda 2 is showroom spec, basically a standard car with a cage and underbody protection.

Molly was saying she needed more power!!

Ray

[raybak]

If you want to hear the rally report log onto http://www.mix106.com.au and listen to the live feed after 8.30am Monday Australian Eastern Daylight Saving time.

Ray

[Livewireshock]

Sounds like it was alot of fun yet again Ray.

Still trying to work on obtaining that rallying harem?

Too bad the Daihatsu WRC car (cough, cough, splutter, cough) failed to make it all the way through.