Thread: Wyedean 2011

Best rally of the season IMO (out of the ones that I go to). Good information before the event with map references to car parks and advice about stages and stage times, and then £5 for the day. Streets ahead of the Sunseeker, which treats you a bit like paying idiots rather than a rally spectator.

Originally Posted by barryfullalove

Best rally of the season IMO (out of the ones that I go to). Good information before the event with map references to car parks and advice about stages and stage times, and then £5 for the day. Streets ahead of the Sunseeker, which treats you a bit like paying idiots rather than a rally spectator.

This is the reason i have never been on the Sunseeker.

The Wyedean have so right for many reasons

Originally Posted by big_sw2000

This is the reason i have never been on the Sunseeker.

The Wyedean have so right for many reasons

The Sunseeker used to be much better, but with the increasing limits on what they're allowed to use for stages it has become a bit limp. It clashes with an Exeter home game this year (which always takes priority for me) but even if it didn't I'm not sure that I'd be willing to make the two and a half hour trip.

Unless I get tickets for the Carling Cup Final I will be doing both Wyedean and Sunseeker, and I may even pop up to Smeatharpe for a couple hours for the Kynaston Stages the weekend in between

Has anyone stumbled across some stage maps? Although I've got copies of last year's so as long as the stages are the same then I should be tickety boo.

Which are the best stages to attend at the Wyedean this year? I'd prefer to attend the stages later in the day if possible, like Mailscot, Serridge2 and Sallowvallets but if there is a very good stage early on, I might be able to make that.

What are the best car parks to use to find the right viewing location. I haven't attended the Wyedean before, therefore I've got no knowledge of the event.

Also, if anyone's got maps for this year or from previous years, please could u post them.

Thanks

Originally Posted by barryfullalove

Has anyone stumbled across some stage maps? Although I've got copies of last year's so as long as the stages are the same then I should be tickety boo.

Yes all stages are exactly the same. However Speech House, Mailscot and Chepstow Park have all been reversed, but running the same layout.

Good news about the stages, and its good to see they have put stage maps up now on the Wyedean site

http://www.wyedeanrally.com/

Originally Posted by Allyc85

Good news about the stages, and its good to see they have put stage maps up now on the Wyedean site

http://www.wyedeanrally.com/

The stage map pdf file on the Wyedean site just shows black blank squares, anyone else found this?

Worked fine for me, all downloaded and printed off. Is your Acrobat reader up to date?

Also think I asked this last year but looking to get to the stage with the bumpy bit that leads up to a sharp right. Seen it on a ferw of Luke's videos but I've never managed to get there. What stage is it and whereabouts?

Do you mean the tarmac section with speed ramps, in Serridge Carpark M

Nah, this one:



Not actually as sharp a corner as I thought but it seems to be fairly eventful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_DeW...eature=related

I was thinking of looking for that spot as well. Im aiming to get to the double right hander above where it says "beechenhurst inclosure" as it could be that and if it isnt it still looks like a fast approach to the corners

Originally Posted by Allyc85

I was thinking of looking for that spot as well. Im aiming to get to the double right hander above where it says "beechenhurst inclosure" as it could be that and if it isnt it still looks like a fast approach to the corners

If you look at the second running of Serridge, its diffrent to the morning running.
I think but im not 100% its the corner just below the u in inclosure

That 'bump' is actually run the other way this year so not as good as 2008.

What a brilliant days rallying, though I was so lucky to get there in one piece! Was overtaken by a transit carrying some building supplys and something flew off the back of it and I swerved a bit too hard towards the middle and ended up sliding and wobbling my way into the outside lane. Brown pants and lots of swearing followed!

Once we got there I have to say it was one of the best days rallying ive had in beautiful sunny weather. The marshalls were extreamly helpful and a good laugh while I got talking to a fair few different people over the day. We started off at the double right handers near car park D and saw some very committed driving with Tom Cave being very impressive in the Evo 10. Then in the afternoon I joined ranks with loads (And I mean loads!) of photographers at the up hill left hander were both Mick Jones and Joe Price both stalled and we got showered in gravel by the white Opel Ascona!

I think it was after a red C2 had passed us that either the end of a steering arm or a track control arm was found in the middle of the road on SS6, does anyone know anything more about this?

Had a good days rallying yesterday and, for the first time in ages, actually managed to get to stages as planned and at the right time.

I also watched at the double right handers in Serridge, down at the second one on the inside of the corner. Quite a good little spot and managed a half decent shot of Tom Cave mid-spin. After that we buggered off to Mailscot and watched on a really long right hander quite close to the start of the stage. Was quite a good spot and the best car through was probably one of the 1400s, car 229. Little silver Pug that was more sideways than most of the RWD stuff and really on it. Couldn't watch there for long though and we left once Tom Cave came through so we could get to see the main field through Sallowvallets. Didn't quite go smoothly as we struggled to park and ended up with a gentle jog to the stage to watch at a long right hander that opened up. Nothing spectacular but nice enough.

Sadly I broke my camera (threw the bag and seems to have screwed it) so only got a few photos from the first stage. I'll upload them at some point, plus a video of Mr Burton.

Oh and isn't modern technology great, using my phone and the brilliant tynecomp website I was able to find out who was where at any point of the day, f'rinstance able to see that Burton was 20 seconds up going into the last stage.

Because I was stood behind a tree it meant that I never really knew how the car was going to be setup when it came into my viewfinder, was a bit of a shock to see Tom Cave at this angle.


I was tempted to give that sodding Castrol arrow a good kicking, this wasn't the only pic it ruined