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  1. 9th April 2010, 05:27 #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by WRCfan
    f2.8 is the only way to go! Better get on the phone to the boss and do some convincing! Might be able to see you on the stages!
    Absolutely, have to find a nice corner for some sidewyas action! I'm not sure on the tours itenary just yet but ill post it in here..

    If anyone out there has a website out there that would like me to email them a few photos during the rally let me know
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  2. 9th April 2010, 10:45 #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Budd
    I've already convinced my editor of the need to cover the event and will be on the stages. I'll be doing a piece featuring the habits of the Kiwi rally spectator, can anyone tell me were to find the hardest core spectators to embed with???
    Haha then you might want to come out with the guys I tour with.
    Since 1993 7 guys have gone on tour with 2 large jars of home-brewed pickled onions. Special jar and holder with cheese and crackers attached to the side.

    Possum Bourne has sampled the onions and gave his approval, Tommi Makinen only laughed, he was not game enough to give one of them a try.

    What started out as a joke has turned into a tradition. Have found packed spectator areas soon make room once the great scent of pickled onions wafts through the air, no worries securing a spot once the jar is opened up.

    Probably an odd 'habit' but the F.F.A.R.T (Foul Fumed Admirers Rally Tour) team is out on the stages every year!
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    I'm heading to NZ in a couple of weeks for a tour of south island with my wife and the boys before I head up to Auckland to join the Rallytours official tour. I've taken the cheapskate option, staying in the All Seasons.
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    wil Dave Strong get a S2000 Wild Card?
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  5. 9th April 2010, 17:20 #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by WRCfan
    Haha then you might want to come out with the guys I tour with.
    Since 1993 7 guys have gone on tour with 2 large jars of home-brewed pickled onions. Special jar and holder with cheese and crackers attached to the side.

    Probably an odd 'habit' but the F.F.A.R.T (Foul Fumed Admirers Rally Tour) team is out on the stages every year!
    Brilliant! Sounds like it would make a great story, how do I find these guys?
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    not the pickled onions!

    i can actually make it over for that weekend... flights are pretty cheap at AU$700 return to Auckland.... soooo hrmmm......
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  7. 10th April 2010, 00:51 #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Budd
    Brilliant! Sounds like it would make a great story, how do I find these guys?
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    Quote Originally Posted by WRCfan

    Probably an odd 'habit' but the F.F.A.R.T (Foul Fumed Admirers Rally Tour) team is out on the stages every year!
    Hey, don't you Kiwis should that not bet be WHart, according to that stupid NZ spelling practice. Who the hell decided that WH makes an F sound?





    Quote Originally Posted by Budd
    I've already convinced my editor of the need to cover the event and will be on the stages. I'll be doing a piece featuring the habits of the Kiwi rally spectator, can anyone tell me were to find the hardest core spectators to embed with???

    As for crazy hardcore Kiwi rally fans, here is a pic of a group I was spectating with in 2007 with Hanninens rear bumber after they helped him back onto 4 wheels after his second roll on the same stage. They were fully keen and dyed in the wool rally fans. A great bunch of guys.



    The most entertaining and ecclectic group of fans I came across in NZ in 2007 were a bunch of 15 backpackers from all over the world who had crammed into one van. None of them had met before that morning in a hostel but most of them with out transport to on to the stages. Until a Czech tourist said he was going. They all shared in waving the Czech flag despite coming from all over the place, especially a tiny Japanese man. Few of them could speak each other's language but it was brilliant to see them all come together for the rally. Plus the spectator marshals at the Waitomo stage we were on were American ski instructors who had never seen a rally who joined in on the multi-cultural fun.
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    Has anyone else noticed that the Super Special Stage and Shakedown venue in the Auckland Domain finishes in Lovers Lane!

    That could mean we might have some extra special intimate moments between some driver / co-driver pairings at the Stop line.
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  10. 10th April 2010, 14:22 #20
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    Blame the natives for their way of speaking haha.

    The infamous (and possibly deadly) pickled onions complete with the 'warning corrosive material' sticker....

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