RBR MF Cup - S3 - Round 8 Australia

[Bruce D]

Rally Australia Event Info
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13-15 May 2011
RBR MF Cup Season 3 - Round 8

Rules
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Open to WRC, S2000, N4-N1 and A7-A5 cars
Tyre choice is free for all stages
Pacenotes - Audio only, not visual
Unlimited SuperRallys per event, you must complete 1 stage in order to be classified as a finisher.
Slowest time + 30sec for each superrally used.

Stages
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Leg 1
SS1 - Greenhills (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 6.0km
SS2 - Newbobs (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 10.1km

Leg 2
SS3 - Mineshaft (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 8.2km
SS4 - East-West (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 9.5km
SS5 - Mineshaft II (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 8.2km
SS6 - East-West II (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 9.6km

Leg 3
SS7 - Greenhills II (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 6.0km
SS8 - Newbobs II (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 10.0km

Total Distance - 67.6km

Entries
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Send your entries to BruceD by PM or by email to [email:16whhv1z]rbrmfcup@gmail.com[/email:16whhv1z] Entry info as follows: Name, Country, Team, Car.

Submitting times
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Start each stage using the "RSRBR2009" button under the "play alone" section, do your stage. The time will be recorded in the window at the bottom of RsCenter. If its not recorded, you did something wrong. Use "public sessions" tab and "Go" button for BTB stages.

Once you have completed the stages you wish to do, select the File menu and click on "Save times" The times are saved to your RBR directory under the folder "MyTimes". Once you have done all the stages, send all your html files to [email:16whhv1z]rbrmfcup@gmail.com[/email:16whhv1z] to be scored. Please note that more than 1 html file can be submitted so you don't have to do all the stages at one time.

Non-RSRBR users
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Record your time and split times and mail them to the above email address.

PAST WINNERS
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Season 1 - Bennizw - Subaru Impreza WRC 06
Season 2 - Francis44 - Citroen C4 WRC 09

Entries open immediately. Rally and entries close at midnight Tuesday 17th May 2011

[Bruce D]

Please note I won't be doing a Online side to the last 2 events as they haven't produced the quality of entries I was hoping for so it's a lot of work for nothing.

[Bruce D]

Wow big response here. Seems like canning this thing was a good idea.

[NeverKnow]

I will participate, this time I think I'll be using '11 Fiesta WRC.

[tannat]

Sorry for the delay, Bruce-I'm there! :D

Following NKnow's lead I'll hope into the 2011 Citroen, unless a MINI is available...

[lcd]

Fiesta WRC for me too. ;)

[tannat]

Maybe a PM to MacD and pettersolberg will rope them in?

[tannat]

If I have time I may run an A6K entry in addition to the above.

Fun little nipper to drive...

[pettersolberg29]

Ooh - I'll try and get this done this weekend as there are no mods needed!

[tannat]

5-that's a decent entry :up:

[NeverKnow]

I have finished my rally and it was quite interesting to say the least. Technical australian stages can be very tricky with '11 WR car. My aim for this rally was to try to reach the finish and try to be as fast as older WR cars.

Stage one went well without problems but I struggled little bit on the start section of SS2. I was too flamboyant when entering the forest and hit the cliff with right rear but luckily for me no damage.

Day two started without incidents but on SS4 I nearly rolled when I arrived to 2nd gear right hander too sideways and hit the side of the road and ended up on 2 wheels. On Mineshaft II tried to push as much as I could but I lacked the confidence in the notes and took easy on most of the stage. On SS6 I spun in a 2nd gear corner.

Day three didn't start well for me. I had a half-spin at the start of the stage and took easy the rest of the stage. And finally on the last stage I managed to stall the engine on one of the first junction.

Overall I'm happy that I finished but I wish I would have had more trust on the notes on some of the reverse stages and have gone faster there. Driving '11 WR car was quite interesting as well compared to older WR car. The car is a lot more nervous and had to be driven more aggressively. I hope I can get hang of it soon.

[Macd]

I'll get this done tomorrow hopefully

[NeverKnow]

Some media from my rally:
Gallery (http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj267/t6nns/RBR%20MF%20Cup%20-%20S3%20-%20Round%208%20Australia/)
Video from SS4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7cyUx2wsWo)

[tannat]

I'll get this done tomorrow hopefully

Hopefully tonight or tomorrow for me :D

[tannat]

Some media from my rally:
Gallery (http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj267/t6nns/RBR%20MF%20Cup%20-%20S3%20-%20Round%208%20Australia/)
Video from SS4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7cyUx2wsWo)


A neat and tidy run, NKnow. Very nice :up:

And I do like the livery!

[lcd]

It's a DNS for me due to pc problem. :(

[tannat]

Rally complete.

This car (Cit DS3 WRC 2011) feels so incredibly light compared to all previous WRC cars. I'm not as fast in it, and only about 85 comfortable with it. It feels a bit darty and is VERY quick to point (may be really nice on tarmac).

I was pleasantly surprised when I compared my East-West time with that of NeverKnow. :D

I made multiple changes to the setup throughout the rally, mostly to tame a car that was a bit tail happy. Swaybars on SS2. Rear torque on SS6.

A clean rally, but I drove at about 85-90% to make certain it was. On SS7 was crossing the ford, got it all crossed up and was luckily tossed through two trees without slowing or damage!! Picked up the pace a bit towards the end as I go more familiar with the car.

A fun rally. Thanks for hosting, Bruce!

[Bruce D]

Sadly I will not get to do my favourite event. My pc decided to fry (literally) my games hard drive so I've lost all the RBR stuff I had, which I'll have to get back. Also had lots of trouble getting the machine to work again so until I get it right I'll be out. This might be the end of my season.

[tannat]

Sadly I will not get to do my favourite event. My pc decided to fry (literally) my games hard drive so I've lost all the RBR stuff I had, which I'll have to get back. Also had lots of trouble getting the machine to work again so until I get it right I'll be out. This might be the end of my season.

Geez-really sorry to hear it Bruce....

Can I put some stuff on a flash drive and mail to you?

I can process times for this one if you need me to do so....

[Bruce D]

Oh no, running the event is no problem, thats all on my work PC so nothing lost there, I just can't compete myself.

[Macd]

Dunno if i'll be able to make this one, I've an exam tomorrow

[Macd]

I can get it done in the next hour or so if you're willing to extend the deadline till tonight ?

[Macd]

Somethings come up now and i cant get it done. Sorry guys :/

[Bruce D]

Ok so that means the grand total of 2 entries for this event. I'll try to get the results up today.

[tannat]

No ps29? :(

[Bruce D]

Nope.

Anyway, got issues with uploading the pics, so here we go manually:

NeverKnow won every stage on the rally to win easily.

FINAL RESULTS
1. NeverKnow - Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2011 - WRC2 - OMV Red Bull Rally Team - 41:25.62
2. Tannat - Citroen DS WRC 2011 - WRC2 - Equipe au Dublin - 44:05.45 (+2:39.83)

OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP
1. NeverKnow - 168
2. Tannat - 147
3. Macd - 132
4. Francis44 - 82
5. Ps29 - 69
6. BruceD - 49
7. LCD - 48
8. 52Paddy - 15

TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
1. OMV Red Bull Rally Team - 316 *
2. Equipe au Dublin - 162
3. GRACE Motorsport - 97
4. Baker Motorsport - 82

* OMV now champions

MANUFACTURERS CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Ford - 446 *
2. Citroen - 323
3. Subaru - 93
4. Peugeot - 20
5. Skoda - 18
6. Mitsubishi - 18

* Ford now champions

GRAVEL CHAMPIONSHIP

1. NeverKnow - 61
2. Tannat - 58
3. Macd - 44
4. Ps29 - 25
5. Francis44 - 21
6. BruceD - 15
7. LCD - 14

WRC1 CLASS

1. Macd - 50
1. NeverKnow - 50
3. Tannat - 39
4. Francis44 - 29
5. Ps29 - 26
6. BruceD - 14
7. 52Paddy - 3
7. LCD - 3

WRC2 CLASS

1. LCD - 10
1. NeverKnow - 10
3. Tannat - 8

S2000 CLASS

1. LCD - 10

[NeverKnow]

I'm little surprised how big my lead was at the end of the rally ( because tannat has become a very fast driver) and I'm happy that I won but it is little hollow victory because so few competitors. Anyway thanks Bruce for organising this rally!

Rally GB has always been popular event and hopefully there will be more competitors there should the rally take place.

[tannat]

This is typically how far I finish behind NKnow in each rally-I am not surprised.

Never Know your comment-you are too kind, my freind.

Will there be stage to stage results, Bruce?

Looking forward to Rally GB. Perhaps the rest can make it as well...