2009 CMR2 IRC Practice Round

Hello rallyists :D

I'm runing this prcatice round to prepare you for how the 2009 CMR2 IRC will be organized.

In a following post you will find the time card for the event.

NOTE: I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRINT THIS CARD AND HAVE IT AS A REFERENCE FOR WHEN YOU DO THE RALLY

It will contain stage details (location, number, weather) as well as any applicable tire restrcitions.

It goes without saying that unless everyone adheres to the route, route details and restrictions that this wil all fall flat.

Do your part as a driver and accept the obligation to your fellow competitors and responsibility as a participant to follow and adhere to the guidelines for each rally. Let's make it a great season for everyone....

Forum name:
IRC Class: S2000 or S1600
Manufacturer:

*THIS RALLY IS TO BE COMPLETED IN SINGLE RALLY MODE

*Stages are to be completed in the following order with no repeats


Route--------------Weather--------------Tires----------Time

SS1----- Italy SS1-------Bright----------Dry tarmac
SS2----- Italy SS3-------Drizzle----------Dry tarmac
SS3----- Italy SS6-------Storm----------Dry tarmac
SS4----- Italy SS7-------Storm----------Dry tarmac
SS5----- Sweden SS8----Blizzard--------Wet tarmac
SS6----- Italy SS8-------Storm----------Dry tarmac
SS7----- Sweden SS9----Blizzard---------Wet tarmac
SS8----- Italy SS9-------Storm----------Dry tarmac


I agree that I have complied with the above route, weather and tire limitations.

Driver ___________________

REMEMBER:
S2000-Puma ONLY!!!
S1600- all CMR2 WRCs with either 100% front drive or 100% rear drive


-Times due Sunday, January 4, midnight
-Shakedown Italy SS2, dry tires, sunny skies

These sites can help you with declaring what car you drive, manufacturers

IRC info:
http://www.ircseries.com/html/

A fab S2000 site:

http://www.s2000rally.com/index.php

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Originally Posted by tannat

Forum name:
IRC Class: S2000 or S1600
Manufacturer:

*THIS RALLY IS TO BE COMPLETED IN SINGLE RALLY MODE

*Stages are to be completed in the following order with no repeats


Route--------------Weather--------------Tires----------Time

SS1----- Italy SS1-------Bright----------Dry tarmac
SS2----- Italy SS3-------Drizzle----------Dry tarmac
SS3----- Italy SS6-------Storm----------Dry tarmac
SS4----- Italy SS7-------Storm----------Dry tarmac
SS5----- Sweden SS8----Blizzard--------Wet tarmac
SS6----- Italy SS8-------Storm----------Dry tarmac
SS7----- Sweden SS9----Blizzard---------Wet tarmac
SS8----- Italy SS9-------Storm----------Dry tarmac


I agree that I have complied with the above route, weather and tire limitations.

Driver ___________________

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Just one question. In single rally mode, we will have to race Italy and Sweden stages 1-10 inclusive. Should it not be rallied in single stage mode?

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Originally Posted by Paddy Cummins

Just one question. In single rally mode, we will have to race Italy and Sweden stages 1-10 inclusive. Should it not be rallied in single stage mode?

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OOPS-yes, SINGLE STAGE MODE :D

Paddy Cummins has completed the Shakedown

1. 2:57.05 (standard setup)
2. 2:50.56 (fully stiff suspension, PB)
3. 2:50.32 (steering +2, PB)
4. 2:55.38 (same setup but 2 major crashes)
5. 2:51.35 (power ration -3)

I've gotten hold of a Peugeot 306 Maxi for this event. Its definitely competent enough to keep up with todays S2000 machinery. The shakedown went ok. The tarmac stages most certainly call for a fully stiff suspension and I find that the twisty nature of them require a more sensitive steering setup. On the final run, I put the power ratio towards the rear because I was getting lots of understeer on the exit of long corners. It helped but I think I put it back too far.

Paddy Cummins has completed the IRC test Rally

The data we obtained during the shakedown didn't really become as relevant as I'd expected on the actual rally run. The conditions and tyre limits we had to abide by meant that the car took on a completely new persona, admittedly one that took a lot of taming and something that I never quite settled into all rally long.

Out of the blocks in the early morning, the dry first stage with dry tarmac tyres was pretty damn good! I set a new PB by about a second and felt very confident in the car. But that was all to change. The rest of the mornings stages (SS2-4) were all very wet and I was still using dry tyres. I first witnessed woeful understeer on SS2 so for SS3 I tampered with the steering and brake setup (strengthening both.) The car did feel better on the next, albeit short, test. For SS4 I delved into a new power ratio setup to try and make things better. This didn't work very well however and the last of the mornings stages saw me almost roll the car and, before that, lose time with a spin.

The afternoon would deliver 2 snow stages, the first of which was very difficult on the wet tarmac tyres. The second one (SS7) wasn't any easier and I was way off the pace of my personal best times. The two tarmac stages which split the afternoons snow tests proved as difficult as the earlier ones. The constant switching of surfaces and setups (i.e snow to tarmac) put me out of rhythm with the car and I was never really settled at all during the days rallying. It was a completely new experience driving with these limitations.

I don't expect that I will be a main contender for the top positions because other more skilled drivers here will take to these awful conditions a lot better. I'm a newbie to this. Still, it was definitely a good rally to give me a flavour of what is to come and what I can expect for the rest of the year. Even though I will certainly have to put a lot more thought and strategy into it if following rallies are as demanding as this one was.

Happy new Year :beer:

oh bugger I forgot about this rally. I'll get onto it asap

This was really fun to drive. I did it with fwd punto and I was happy to notice that I was able to get quite good times compared to 4wd WRC's. I also tested 4wd in same conditions and in some stages I was even faster with fwd. Maybe those slippery conditions made it possible. Thanks Tannat, this was very interesting :up: I hope there will be more races like this!

I'm campaigning an S1600 (Toyota Corolla)

2 54 71
2 52 94
2 52 35 rolled
2 46 70

Lots of understeer, but my best was only 2 seconds off my PB


Hope everone has a fun time :up: