Catlins Rally today...

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GravelBen

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15,915 posts

237 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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...and for your entertainment, a sequence of events culminating in a faceful of gravel for a certain photographer who didn't turn away quite quickly enough paperbag








Kiwi XTR2

2,693 posts

239 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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Never mind the face. Any damage to the camera? tongue out

A riot shield is a MUST to stand in a place like that hehe

Redmist336

255 posts

197 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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Fantastic shots... absolutely love the Audi.

Thank God the number plate on this car isn't readable.

GravelBen

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237 months

Sunday 2nd August 2009
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hehe

Camera copped some mud but fortunately no stones so all good. Thats the main reason I always use filters though, much cheaper to replace a filter than a lens!

GravelBen

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Sunday 2nd August 2009
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More amusing antics, result of some over-enthusiasm from Glenn Inkster 8km into the first stage:



He arrived on foot at the spectator point asking for volunteers to help push it out rofl but we did! 6 or 8 of us, a rope and some gravel thrown under the wheels eventually got it back on the road but he lost a lot of time.



Kylie

4,391 posts

264 months

Sunday 2nd August 2009
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Wow great pictures, looked like a great day! Thanks for sharing smile

GravelBen

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Monday 3rd August 2009
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A few more:








nonutsplease

4,386 posts

201 months

Monday 10th August 2009
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These might be the first set of photos that make me miss home after 10 years away. Dad is from Woodlands, Mum is from Alex, I'm from Gore, and the whole of Otago/ Southland has the best roads I have driven on biggrin

Great pics! Cheers for sharing.

kiwifraser (aka nonutsplease)


ETA: I'd be keen to know if you have come across one of my old rally cars in either the escc or oscc rallys.

This was a serious amount of fun. 170HP 1289cc (Class A Historic), fibreglass/carbon fibre/ plastic and 710kg ready for skids biggrin
Last race I drove it in was the 2000 Rally NZ, before it had a complete rebuild.
It was stored for when I moved back, but after getting married in the UK in 2004, was sold to a guy called Tim Dobier who lived in Dunedin and worked for Cooke Howlison.


Rally NZ:



Edited by nonutsplease on Monday 10th August 22:43

GravelBen

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Thursday 13th August 2009
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thumbup

I'll have a browse through the archives wink and see if it pops up.