Snowman Rally

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I-Mac

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354 posts

233 months

Wednesday 11th February 2009
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Snowman is on this weekend....looking forward to spectating this year - if i can get through to it! :S

Anyone else going/competing/servicing etc?

cc_Sledge

115 posts

217 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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Im out competing!! First time out in new car and first time driving on snow - should be an entertaining day!!

Hopefully we get a bit if a thaw in Inverness tonight/tomorrow night but dont think thats going to happen!!

dave 83

17 posts

191 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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Yeah i am heading up to the Snowman early on Saturday morning. Only thing is i missed the cut off date to get a program posted to me, so i dont have a clue how to get to the stages ! Will have to get one on the way up. Anybody got any directions ?

Cheers Dave

funnyimpreza

339 posts

199 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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See you guys there...one of the stages passes straight past my front door (and I mean at competiton speed)!!!

I-Mac

Original Poster:

354 posts

233 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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cc_Sledge said:
Im out competing!! First time out in new car and first time driving on snow - should be an entertaining day!!

Hopefully we get a bit if a thaw in Inverness tonight/tomorrow night but dont think thats going to happen!!
Car 58... I will look out for you smile

Weather is Snowing here in ABerdeenshire, but is supposed to be 4deg on sat and raining.

Have a good day out mate - best of luck smile

cc_Sledge

115 posts

217 months

Thursday 12th February 2009
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Ha ha, thats me alright! Cheers I-Mac, if you see me around at stage start or anything, come up and have a yap (hopefully not mid way through a stage though)!!!

As for where the stages are, have a read of the British Rally Forum (if you can access this?) or if you go onto the Snowman website, does it not have a link to where the stages are? Im sure there was something that directed you to the council website with the forrests and stages marked? If that doesnt work, just grab anybody in a rally car tomorrow and ask the navigator for directions!!

I-Mac

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354 posts

233 months

Friday 13th February 2009
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SOME STAGE INFO

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Due to recent heavy falls of snow it has been necessary to cancel the Spectator Parking at Stage 1 (Meallmore) and Stage 4 (Corrimony) of the Snowman Rally on Saturday 14th February. You will not be able to access the planned areas because of the volume of snow.
Spectator Car Parking at Stage 2 (Millbuie) and Stage 3 (Torrachilty) at Contin is still available.
Stage 5 (Glenurquhart) will now not run because of safety concerns about the competitor exit road.


I am heading up right now - Have a good weekend peeps wink

I-Mac

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354 posts

233 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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So did you boys find the pub you were looking for on saturday night??

We ended up taking a taxi into town later on to get a kebab and walked back to my folks....

Some of the competitors were pretty steaming later in the evening wink

cc_Sledge

115 posts

217 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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Ha ha!! i can imagine!!

Yip, ended up in Mavericks which was a good laugh!! Was absolutely heaving and Tich McCoey was playign some belters!! Getting up to get home yesterday was a bit of an effort.

Great weekend had and a big thanks to all marshals for turning up on a freezing cold day! Dont know if there'll ever be the chance to drive in those conditions again!!

john185k

2,249 posts

219 months

Tuesday 17th February 2009
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Any web links to this?

cc_Sledge

115 posts

217 months

Tuesday 17th February 2009
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If you look on youtube and type in snowman Rally 2009 im sure video clips will come up. If you put my name in the search aswell there's a clip of me slightly loosing the back end coming round a corner!!

STV did a review aswell, there's some footage on the STV website.

Lambchopski

469 posts

193 months

Wednesday 18th February 2009
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We were tempted to come and find you in Mavericks but a kebab was screaming my name as somehow i got starving even after Iain's mum fattening me up with some brilliant home cooking! biggrin

disco!!!!

717 posts

192 months

Wednesday 18th February 2009
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i went to the snowman rally and had a great day here are some pics from stage 2









I-Mac

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354 posts

233 months

Wednesday 18th February 2009
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Nice pics Disco - only a couple of those cars made it to SS3 where we were standing!

Good to see Duncan in the capri sideways as usual..... i really dont know how he can drive that on the road with a welded diff!!!

disco!!!!

717 posts

192 months

Wednesday 18th February 2009
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disco!!!!

717 posts

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Wednesday 18th February 2009
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ive got loads more pics and if you notice the guy with the big camera and the media orange top ive got a sequence of pics of him getting knocked down by a 205 at the end of stage 4 (dont worry he was alright would have felt it on sunday though)

disco!!!!

717 posts

192 months

Wednesday 18th February 2009
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disco!!!!

717 posts

192 months

Wednesday 18th February 2009
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the guy in the capri actually lost it on that corner as well as a good few others biggrin

I-Mac

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354 posts

233 months

Wednesday 18th February 2009
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disco!!!! said:
ive got loads more pics and if you notice the guy with the big camera and the media orange top ive got a sequence of pics of him getting knocked down by a 205 at the end of stage 4 (dont worry he was alright would have felt it on sunday though)
Get em posted....i love seeing the press get squashed hehehehe

The boy in the capri doesn't know what "lift off" means......

disco!!!!

717 posts

192 months

Wednesday 18th February 2009
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by this point i had to swap to the camera in my phone so the pics are a bit grainy