Ireland 2009

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Originally Posted by young walsh

The ‘Slowly Sideways’ club hope to run ten of their iconic GpB Rally Cars on Rally Ireland. On day one they will be driving stage 2 Cavan and stage 3 Aughnasheelin between the 2 runs of the main field. The GpB cars will then stay on route to the passage control in Boyle, where they will be on display for the evening. On the Saturday and Sunday they will drive most of the repeated stages, slotting in between the main rally. :)

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That will go some way to appease the spectators watching only half the number of normal cars. Its a shame they weren't there last year when I was there!

Well, it's that time of the year again when I would normally start asking about snow in Monte Carlo.

What's the weather like in Ireland? :D

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Originally Posted by cosmicpanda

Well, it's that time of the year again when I would normally start asking about snow in Monte Carlo.

What's the weather like in Ireland? :D

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Wet and windy, a balmy 6c today.......the frost and ice has gone but a lot can happen in 2 weeks, especially on the Atlantic coast. Personally I don't think it'll be too bad, more likely just wet and windy as per normal.

No snow here sorry, wet and windy :( . Hopefully the roads wont be as mucky this year compared to last time. The tyres dont have the mousse system in them any more so the drivers wont be cutting the corners as much. Plus there will only be half the amount of cars going through :mad:

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Originally Posted by young walsh

No snow here sorry, wet and windy :( . Hopefully the roads wont be as mucky this year compared to last time. The tyres dont have the mousse system in them any more so the drivers wont be cutting the corners as much. Plus there will only be half the amount of cars going through :mad:

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Yeah I doubt we'll see a repeat of the recent cold weather but we'll see I guess.

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Originally Posted by urabus-denoS2000

Wilson #5????????? :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

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Not anymore:
http://www.rallyireland.org/pdfs/200...-%28GMA%29.pdf
5.Aava
6.Henning
7.Atkinson
8.Rautenbach
11.Ogier
16.Wilson

Thanks for the weather info.

What is the route like? My impression last time was of fast, narrow and bumpy tarmac farm lanes and lots of mud, which was fantastic. Am I right, or are there twisty mountain passes and the like as well?

Stages are almost identical to last year. Only big difference is there is a street stage on Sunday which is in Donegal town. Looking forward to that one

At which time do they close the stages?

Loeb out playing today
http://www.rally.ie/article.php?arti...=090112/182639