Rallying

Akademos was a great weekend... for most of us.

Whilst damp and slippery conditions caught out a few competitors during recce on saturday morning, race day on sunday turned out to be a dry day with brilliant sunshine.

Not so shiny though was Sid Loke's WRX, which bounced of the emabankment on SS1 and suffered a fair amount of panel damage. In Sid's words:

"...
I had a little rush of blood on SS1, too early too soon. 8.8k’s in SS1 coming to a downhill then into a righthander but was carrying too much speed, too much momentum resulted in a slam into the embankment and a gentle roll. It was back on its legs and no injuries resulted just damaged pride.

We were carted to the radio point at 16k’s into SS1 where we were greeted by some very hospitable officials. (Gary, Mark and a 3rd the one name alludes me – pls add if you can identify so I can send them a huge thanks for their BBQ grub and delightful stories).

After all the concern regarding tyres, it came down to a little common sense and easing into the event rather than a gungho approach – lesson learnt!
..."

Sid's GC8 WRX Sti facing the direction it came from on SS1...

Close up of the damage to the Sidney's WRX

 
PROVISIONAL RESULTS
AKADEMOS 

O/R Crew    Car     POINTS 
1   Brendan Reeves/Ben Atkinson     Subaru Spec C                1:12:20 
2   Justin Dowel(#)/Matt Lee(#)     Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9      1:12:31 
3   Nathan Reeves/Scott Spedding    Subaru Impreza STi Spec C    1:13:07 
4   Mark Fawcett/Carrie Morris      Subaru WRX STi Spec C        1:13:23 
5   Brenton Kaitler(#)/John Allen(#)     Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 1:14:36 
6   Stephen Raymond/Matt Raymond    Subaru Legacy                1:15:33 
7   Warren Lee/David Lethlean       Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2      1:16:05 
8   Derek Reynolds/Ray Baker        Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5      1:16:35 
9   Matt Swan/Paul Franklin Subaru WRX                           1:16:42 
10  Ian Martin/Roslyn Martin        Subaru Impreza WRX STi       1:18:11 
11  Paul Batten/Adam Wright Datsun P510                          1:18:16 
12  Brian Semmens(2)/David Leoncini(2)      Nissan 200SX RV S12  1:18:40 
13  Kirk Marks/Sarah Marks  Subaru WRX RA                        1:19:12 
14  Dane Berry/Nathan Berry Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4              1:19:42 
15  John Wilson/Kevin Wilson        Subaru Impreza WRX           1:22:03 
16  Brendan Brown(2)(S)/Sam Robison(2)      Datsun 180B SSS      1:22:37 
17  Darren Roberts(2)/Steve Kenway(2)       Toyota Sprinter AE86 1:23:00 
18  Keith Cuttle(#)/Tyler Cuttle(#) Holden Commodore VC          1:23:10 
19  Brad Sanders(2)/Melinda Sanders(2)      Suzuki Swift GTi     1:23:11 
20  Campbell Eastwood(2)/Darren Miller(2)   Datsun Stanza        1:23:30 
21  Justin Walker(2)/Craig Thomas(2)        Ford Escort Mk 2     1:24:22 
22  David Nutter/Catherine Taylor   Subaru WRX RA                1:24:59 
23  Rowan Woollard(2)(S)/Russell Woollard(2)        Datsun 1600  1:25:18 
24  Tony Moore(2)(S)(E)/Nikki Moore(2)(E)   Hyundai Excel        1:25:43 
25  Adam Bloomfield(#)/Brett Williams(#)    Holden Commodore VH  1:25:55 
26  Ross Allan/Scott Allan  Subaru Legacy                        1:26:01 
27  David Lawrance(2)(S)/David Webb(2)      Datsun 1600          1:27:21 
28  Peter Morrison(2)(E)/Susan Wasson(2)(E) Hyundai Excel        1:27:39 
29  Danny Hudswell(2)(E)/Ronnie Hudswell(2)(E)     Hyundai Excel 1:29:28 
30  Andrew Roseman(#)(S)/Andrew Ormesher(#) Toyota Corolla Levin 1:30:40 
31  Joe McClelland(2)(E)/Darren Davison(2)(E)      Hyundai Excel 1:31:05 
32  Kimberley Barson(2)(S)(E)/Sandra Cuttle(2)(E)  Hyundai Excel 1:31:50 
33  Fiona White(2)(E)/Michael Loxton(2)(E)  Hyundai Excel        1:32:58 
Did not finish the event 
 Geoff Portman(2)/Ross Runnalls(2)       Holden Commodore VH     DNF(SS8)   No reason given 
 Michael Conway(2)(S)/Jenny Cole(2)      Ford Escort Mk 2        DNF(SS7)   Off road 
 Simon Landrigan(2)(E)/Matthew Burns(2)(E)       Hyundai Excel   DNF(SS5)   Broken wheel 
 Craig Jarvie(2)/Silvia Jarvie(2)        Holden Commodore VN     DNF(L2)    Cooked engine 
 Ross O'Reilly(2)/Dan Lemish(2)  Nissan Bluebird 910             DNF(SS4)   Hole in block 
 Sidney Loke/Graham Moore        Subaru Impreza WRX Sti          DNF(SS1)   Rolled 
 Sam Johanson/Cathy Rainer       Mazda Familia   DNF(L1) Coil 
 
# Not nominating for VRC points 
(2) Two wheel drive 
(S) Stuckey Award 
(E) Excel Series 
 
BOG-A-DUCK 
 
O/R Crew    Car     POINTS 
1   Timothy Roberts/Graham McGrath  Subaru WRX RA                0:41:02 
2   Peter Evans/Eli Evans   Subaru Impreza                       0:41:08 
3   Steve Piggott/Craig Robinson    Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 RS   0:42:27 
4   Rohan Crouch/Troy Allott        Holden Commodore             0:43:05 
5   Nicola Testa/Ian Crook  Datsun Violet GT                     0:43:40 
6   John Carney/Stuart Diggins      Hyundai Excel                0:45:14 
7   John Roberts/Robert King        Ford Escort RS2000           0:46:00 
8   Darryn Snooks/Matt de Vaus      Datsun Stanza                1:00:50 
Did not finish the event 
 Ben Oyler/Kirsty Driscoll       Datsun P510     DNF(SS4)        Off road 

Compiled by Matt Swan, with Sid Loke & Gary Hodgkiss