Our good buddy Kristin Stewart makes time to post a few notes about this years race on her blog and talks about following the race and the carnage.
It makes me sad when I hear about friends having a bad day while racing but when I read the part about George and Tom having to ride in thier car on top of a trailer with 6 hours left it broke my heart. To know them is to love them and they are truly gentlemen racers.
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PS: Karl S., You're a champion rally champion, I am curious how anyone can miss an entire speed section and remain high in the overall rankings. This happened to the same car last year. Can you explain it?
Gary,
ReplyDeleteI am note sure what you are referring to. Can you be more specific with the details so I can better comment? I know first hand if you miss a speed section you are screwed unless....the section was short and all the stage times were fast. I think the penalty is slowest class time plus 10% right? So if there are not many stage miles and there were no unreasonably stage times (like someone driving 5 miles on a flat) you could in theory make it up.
The car I am referencing was a car last year that drove off the road and hit a tree and damaged some suspension and as a result he missed the rest of the speed stages that day.
ReplyDeleteThis year that same car hit something and ripped a hole in his oil pan and again missed some stages as a result.
In both cases he still remained in the top 10 overall. Even Gerie Bledsoe has told me numerous times that if you miss a stage you're pretty much done. (regarding a chance to remain in high over all.
It depends on a lot of things. If you crash out on the last stage of the day you are only getting nailed maybe a couple of minutes, that's all. If you go off early in the day, you are done. Stig lost over 5 minutes with a flat and a fuel pump problem and he is back up to 5th.
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