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    Talking Rally New Zealand 2012

    Rally Guide 1 has been released.

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    I was desperately hoping to be going this year but am having to give it a miss
    I cling to the hope that it will go back to running every year but guess it's unlikely to do so anytime soon
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    Awesome! I'll be there from the Sunday before, its an awesome rally J4MIE, you will have to do it one day

    If anyone finds out where the PWRC testing for Monday is can they please let me know

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6789 View Post
    Awesome! I'll be there from the Sunday before, its an awesome rally J4MIE, you will have to do it one day
    It's top of my list... Can't make it this year it's just a wee bit soon for my finances. I will be at the Silver Fern in November though, WRC will have to wait until 2014
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    Will be going. Looking forward to seeing the rally again. Alternating years are a pain in the a** but can't be helped. Roll on rally time!
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    I've booked my flights, but haven't organised anything else yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WRCfan View Post
    Will be going. Looking forward to seeing the rally again. Alternating years are a pain in the a** but can't be helped. Roll on rally time!
    I would rather NZ every year or Aus and NZ 2 weeks apart
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    That's an interesting route. Shame they've not yet published an itinerary so we can see the distance. I also think it's a shame that we won't be seeing the Whaanga Coast on the final day - it's provided some drama in the past few years. I'm curious to see how well the stages near Warkworth turn out.

    Girl's High School and Mititai haven't been run in the WRC for a while - juwra has Mititai last being used in 2002, and if they've used Girl's High School Rd before it was under a different name or much further back in time. The international rally of Whangarei has used it in the past, and from what I saw of it when I spectated there it's a good stage. I recall that the spot we arrived at wasn't so good, but after some hiking through the paddocks and falling down a small cliff (yikes) we found a nice hairpin with a good view. Mititai has some fantastic spectator spots.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cosmicpanda View Post
    That's an interesting route. Shame they've not yet published an itinerary so we can see the distance. I also think it's a shame that we won't be seeing the Whaanga Coast on the final day - it's provided some drama in the past few years. I'm curious to see how well the stages near Warkworth turn out.
    Total Distance: 1542.18km No. of Stages: 22
    Stage Distance: 420.64km Stage Surface: Tarmac & Gravel
    Longest Stage: SS10/14 Mititai 32.88km Shortest Stage: SS18/19 Auckland Domain 3.00km
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    Hopefully Shakedown isn't at the Auckland Domain

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6789 View Post
    Hopefully Shakedown isn't at the Auckland Domain
    yes, using a mickey mouse tarmac stage as qualifying stage for a (mostly) gravel rally would be ......ah...unusual
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido View Post
    yes, using a mickey mouse tarmac stage as qualifying stage for a (mostly) gravel rally would be ......ah...unusual
    Especially when its the qualifying stage now as well. Did Japan use that stadium stage as Shakedown? I can't quite remember

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6789 View Post
    Especially when its the qualifying stage now as well. Did Japan use that stadium stage as Shakedown? I can't quite remember
    Is there an echo on here???..................Yes, 2010 Rally Japan used the stadium SSS for shakedown

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido View Post
    Is there an echo on here???..................Yes, 2010 Rally Japan used the stadium SSS for shakedown
    Sorry misread your post, hopefully that didn't upset you too much

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6789 View Post
    Sorry misread your post, hopefully that didn't upset you too much
    upset? moi? Slipping on ice and falling on to a jack last Friday, now that's something that did get me a little peeved...lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6789 View Post
    I would rather NZ every year or Aus and NZ 2 weeks apart
    I cant understand why they dont do this - the teams travel half way around the world to compete in NZ one year and Aus the next year....They might aswel have 2 competitions while they are there

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    upset? moi? Slipping on ice and falling on to a jack last Friday, now that's something that did get me a little peeved...lol
    Ah but what kind of jack? A trolley jack? Or a Jack black? Or maybe a bottle of Jack daniels? For your sake, I hope it was the latter
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    Hi Guys,
    I am planning to go this year from Australia, its not such a long journey.
    Do you know if the organisation will release a spectator guide with the access to the special and the best part to look like in GB?
    Or is it just anarchia as per the Monte and everybody goes everywhere?
    Im planning to rent a camper van for few days and just travel around auckland and see as many stages as possible... the thing is, I need to motivate the miss and that will be very difficult!
    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by J4MIE View Post
    It's top of my list... Can't make it this year it's just a wee bit soon for my finances. I will be at the Silver Fern in November though, WRC will have to wait until 2014
    On top of my list too...2014 then
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    Does anyone know if Ken will bring the gymkhana world tour to nz? it was a success in oz.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spiderem View Post
    Hi Guys,
    I am planning to go this year from Australia, its not such a long journey.
    Do you know if the organisation will release a spectator guide with the access to the special and the best part to look like in GB?
    Or is it just anarchia as per the Monte and everybody goes everywhere?
    Im planning to rent a camper van for few days and just travel around auckland and see as many stages as possible... the thing is, I need to motivate the miss and that will be very difficult!
    Cheers
    Normally they'll release a programme with maps/itinerary etc well in advance. In the past they have classified spectator points as being either 'prime spectator points' or just 'spectator points'. in my opinion, the word prime does not always mean it's the place to go for the best viewing, it usually means it's the easiest to access. Generally I think the best places are the lesser spectator points or the ones that are a bit more out of the way on the map and then you can often walk down the stage for a bit to find a good spot. But I don't think you can go wrong - these are NZ gravel roads, every corner is choice :-)
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    Not necessarily. One of the problems with our fantastic NZ gravel roads is they generally start on long straights and finish on long straights. And often the mid stage junctions similarly are in the middle of long straights. So if a bit of sideways is your thing, these spots are not where you want to be.
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