Monster stage for Rally GB

[big_sw2000]

Just out of intreasted, how long were stages on the Saffari Rally

[Hartusvuori]

Just out of intreasted, how long were stages on the Saffari Rally

Copypasted from juwra.com, so far the last WRC Safari in 2002 looked like this

Leg 1 Friday 12-Jul-2002
CS1 Ngema 73.63 km
CS2 Seyabei 1 81.84 km
CS3 Il Damat 1 74.75 km
CS4 Ntulele 1 106.56 km
Leg 1 total: 336.78 km

Leg 2 Saturday 13-Jul-2002
CS5 Kedong 1 73.93 km
CS6 Nailongilok 74.75 km
CS7 Kedong (long) 106.59 km
CS8 Kerrerie 81.67 km 15:20
CS9 Kedong 2 73.93 km
Leg 2 total: 410.87 km

Leg 3 Sunday 14-Jul-2002
CS10 Ntulele 2 106.56 km
CS11 Il Damat 2 74.75 km
CS12 Seyabei 2 81.84 km
Leg 3 total: 263.15 km
Rally total: 1,010.80 km

[Ghostwalker]

Creative joke though...

Anyway, some 30 years ago they used to have a very famous stage in the swedish BergslagsRally (it was a snow rally normally run in january). The stage was called "Björnjägerens Minne" - translated: The Bear Hunters Memory Stage. It had different lenght every year, and the longest version I can recall was 91 kms! Stig Blomqvist used to drive the Saab 99 Turbo, and the fueltank was too small to complete the stage. So the Saab team sent in a service car with extra fuel on one of the access roads. Stig had to do a pit-stop midstage to get extra fuel, but as I remember he still completed the stage to win it. I think driving time on the stage was close to one hour!

Some swedes on the forum will certainly be able to correct me if I have remembered something wrong, but the "Bear Hunters Memory Stage" surely has to be the monster rally stage of all times (not counting Safari Rally type stages/sections).

i did find some basic info here:

http://www.motorsportivarmland.nu/kruse.html

it says that "Björnjägarens Minne" once was 100km long but later was shortened to 40m due to safety reasons.

[Josti]

Copypasted from juwra.com, so far the last WRC Safari in 2002 looked like this

Leg 1 Friday 12-Jul-2002
CS1 Ngema 73.63 km
CS2 Seyabei 1 81.84 km
CS3 Il Damat 1 74.75 km
CS4 Ntulele 1 106.56 km
Leg 1 total: 336.78 km

Leg 2 Saturday 13-Jul-2002
CS5 Kedong 1 73.93 km
CS6 Nailongilok 74.75 km
CS7 Kedong (long) 106.59 km
CS8 Kerrerie 81.67 km 15:20
CS9 Kedong 2 73.93 km
Leg 2 total: 410.87 km

Leg 3 Sunday 14-Jul-2002
CS10 Ntulele 2 106.56 km
CS11 Il Damat 2 74.75 km
CS12 Seyabei 2 81.84 km
Leg 3 total: 263.15 km
Rally total: 1,010.80 km

Comes to think that this was probably the shortest WRC edition of the Safari Rally.

The TdC always had a massive competitive stage distance (especially for a sprint event), regularly exceeding the 1000 km mark. From Jonkka's site; Liamone stage, 83.10 km. These numbers were radically reduced after 1986, for obvious reasons.

[jbmarcus21]

wrong way ... the program of Rally of Great Britain is now published http://planetemarcus.free.fr/grandebretagne10.htm