So other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?
Well another Thunderbird Rally is over!!! Great roads and good friends there as usual.
R.Dale and I placed 3rd overall (about 37 cars entered).
Paul and Kala took 2nd in Calc class, narrowly missing 1st by 2 points.
R.Dale and I will drive up to Barnes Lake (near Ashcroft BC) for some Ice Racing practice in the morning, and then back home to re-prep the car for Alcan.
We both feel good, all the mental cobwebs blown out and ready to rally through the Alcan. The Forester went very well, and the Cooper tires were stellar (plug plug). Paul and I tested radios so that is all good. The punch list got a little bigger, but should be no problem to sort out before next weekend.
Funniest moment of the weekend was R.Dale saying "and then at 32.08km we will hit the bridge" and I said "what do you mean HIT the bridge!?". So sure enough we come down an icy, snowy hill to try to turn right onto the bridge and while I am nicely on time, it isn't clear we'll make the bridge without hitting the scenery.
No matter which way I turn the wheel or tap the gas and brake we are heading for the guard rail. I almost closed my eyes waiting for the "crunch", but luckily we hit the soft snow bank and sort of ricocheted across the bridge, scoring a nice zero in the process, because we were being timed at the beginning of the bridge, which we "hit" right on time.
Maps! Maps!
Here is my first test using my WinTec WBT201 GPS logger (geek alert!!), to post our travels from Saturday and Sunday, if you click on the "view larger map" link you should be able to take a closer look with Google Maps.
Thunderbird 2008 Day 1 GPS Log:
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Thunderbird 2008 Day 2 GPS Log:
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Some Huge Photos
Some random pictures from the weekend.
Steven gets his Pacific Coast Challenge driver's award at the Thunderbird driver's meeting:
R.Dale and Gary Webb (Team Atlantic, who is in Car #1 on Alcan) share a story:
Cars line up for one of the night stages:
Beautiful British Columbia:
Greg Hightower (Car #1 on Alcan and also my co-driver on Alcan 2004) and his navigator Steve get ready for another stage:
I just liked this shot:
Glenn
R.Dale and I placed 3rd overall (about 37 cars entered).
Paul and Kala took 2nd in Calc class, narrowly missing 1st by 2 points.
R.Dale and I will drive up to Barnes Lake (near Ashcroft BC) for some Ice Racing practice in the morning, and then back home to re-prep the car for Alcan.
We both feel good, all the mental cobwebs blown out and ready to rally through the Alcan. The Forester went very well, and the Cooper tires were stellar (plug plug). Paul and I tested radios so that is all good. The punch list got a little bigger, but should be no problem to sort out before next weekend.
Funniest moment of the weekend was R.Dale saying "and then at 32.08km we will hit the bridge" and I said "what do you mean HIT the bridge!?". So sure enough we come down an icy, snowy hill to try to turn right onto the bridge and while I am nicely on time, it isn't clear we'll make the bridge without hitting the scenery.
No matter which way I turn the wheel or tap the gas and brake we are heading for the guard rail. I almost closed my eyes waiting for the "crunch", but luckily we hit the soft snow bank and sort of ricocheted across the bridge, scoring a nice zero in the process, because we were being timed at the beginning of the bridge, which we "hit" right on time.
Maps! Maps!
Here is my first test using my WinTec WBT201 GPS logger (geek alert!!), to post our travels from Saturday and Sunday, if you click on the "view larger map" link you should be able to take a closer look with Google Maps.
Thunderbird 2008 Day 1 GPS Log:
View Larger Map
Thunderbird 2008 Day 2 GPS Log:
View Larger Map
Some Huge Photos
Some random pictures from the weekend.
Steven gets his Pacific Coast Challenge driver's award at the Thunderbird driver's meeting:
R.Dale and Gary Webb (Team Atlantic, who is in Car #1 on Alcan) share a story:
Cars line up for one of the night stages:
Beautiful British Columbia:
Greg Hightower (Car #1 on Alcan and also my co-driver on Alcan 2004) and his navigator Steve get ready for another stage:
I just liked this shot:
Glenn
Nice, dad! You are a great blog writer! Why didn't you share more about the people in your photos?
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Nice Road route. Were the turnarounds needed for check points, or were you headed in the wrong direction at times?? Good Luck!!!
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Well, on some of the transit (non scored) sections we may have taken a wrong turn or two while chatting too much. Also some of the lunch/gas breaks require turnarounds.
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Nice Glenn!
Way to go at Tbird! Nicely done!
Tell me more about "Steven gets his Pacific Coast Challenge driver's award"
What's that all about!
and....I'll be checking in often
Be smart and be safe in the Alcan
Jamie
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The Pacific Coast Challenge is a TSD championship made up of TSD rallies in Oregon, Washington and BC.
Check out more info at: http://www.teamhightower.com/pcc/
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So what's the big deal? A little water on the ice? (yikes!) Hey the car looks pretty tail heavy in a couple of those photos - what do you have back there?
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Yeah, just the "sinking feeling" is a little scary. Tail heavy: we did have our full load of gear, but the main reason is the picture was taken with the car under full throttle and the springs are soft enough to transfer the weight all the way back hence the stance. Not a big deal.
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