2008 LMT Latvian Rally Championship

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LUKOIL WINTER RALLY IS CANCELLED because of bad weather conditions.

[Wim_Impreza]

Again, that is a pity.

[br21]

is there a website of talsi rally?!

[LP]

http://www.autorally.lv/?pid=3&lng=en

[rallyemotions]

is there a website of talsi rally?!

Nope - not a dedicated site, at least - have not been until now - all official information will be available at http://www.autorally.lv/

P.S. www.rallyemotions.net/evo9/ is hosting a gallery about the process of the rally car building for LMT RT's driver Andis Neiksans. It has to be ready for Talsi event. Gallery gets updated on a weekly basis.
There are also archived galleries on Talsi rally starting from 2005.

[br21]

maybe you can write few words about this talsi rally? i'm looking for a rally to do testing before rajd polski! how many stages will be there, stages characteristics, how many days etc.?
thanx in advance!

[rallyemotions]

To br21:
In short: it is tough rally as surface is gravel and quickly gets destroyed. If you are lucky to get high in the starting list - it's ok. Some crews with older 2WD cars decide not to participate in this stage as rutting prevents to get desired speeds. Last year organisers introduced a SSS on the city streets - so it was quite spectacular show, with high emotional energy and different surface (asphalt).
Participants: depending on their national calendars, there are few Lithuanian, Estonian and sometimes - Finnish crews participating. Some Russian drivers come with their own or rented cars.
Rally is a 2 day event (race itself) - Saturday, Sunday.
Stages are run only once (except for SSS) and the timetable allows plenty of time for spectators to move around and also - to visit service area. Some roads are wide, some go through forests and are bendy. There are few jumps (Strazde, for example, is as popular as Ouninpohja in Finland).
You can find timetables for Talsi rally of previous seasons from the official site
http://www.autorally.lv - look on the leftside menu for "Archive", choose season, then - from dropdown menu choose the rally. You'd be better off contacting some local drivers for more information. Would you, please, contact me via email or private message.
Hope this was somehow helpful description. And hope to see you and some other Polish drivers here, in Latvia.
Janis

[rallyemotions]

Here's a second partof the story about building the rally car. More to follow. Training car is close to be finished.

[rallyemotions]

This weekend is a rally weekend here, in Latvia. www.autorally.lv has details.

Update on rally car building: Part 3, 4 and 5 are available from www.rallyemotions.net. Still to come some final notes as car is rushed to be finished.

[rallyemotions]

One day and rally will begin! Mechanics have finished building the new car (the final update in the series of photos).