CMR2 Rally New Zealand

[I am evil Homer]

Sent my times in.

Very happy with the rally, we went well and set PBs on two stages. I think they key was playing about with the set up. Last time out the suspension was just too soft and the car rolled too much when trying to change direction quickly.

Also knocked the brakes back from being default -1 towards the back to avoid a few lock ups we had last time. The PBs however were mianly due to the fact we didn't get any rain and whenever I try and practice the stages I always seemed to! I went back and checked the Finland times and indeed myself and Marcel were close some stages but he had an edge on others - if I can close that gap slightly then who knows we could challenge for the win.

And I hope you feel better Marcel - bad necks are never much fun

[jso1985]

as requested by NOR, deadline extended to Thursday 15:59 GMT.

deadline comes handy to me also as I'm yet to complete day 2

[Rat]

Thank you thank you I'll be doing the Rally today!

[NOR]

Thanks a lot for the extension. I have just done the rally. Heavy rain on stages 1 and 2. The rest of stages was better, but I'm not satisfied at all. I made few bad mistakes and the feeling from nervous handling car on mirrored track was confusing. Hope for some points, but podium should be far ahead me.

[tannat]

Just submitted out times. Found some tricks on a few stages-you can REALLY ride the walls on some corners, most notably SS5. Good times on the night stage by simply being cautious...

NOR-sorry to hear about the rain. My rallies were dry (thankfully).

[Rat]

Hard Rally, crashed everywhere and the blloody trees got in the way!
DAy 1
we crashed heavily while getting used to the manual steering, destroyed the gearbox. A bid endo just about finished the car. Struggled through stage 6 and rolled twice over one of the humps.
Day 2
faster, but still ill handling again. Stage 3, into the trees again and jammed between 2 trees, lost time. Hit a big rock and off teh track again. Stage 6 & 7 we saw rain and we WD'd lost time again due to the screen smashed and lost our way.

A real hard rally. We lost our power steering(wheel) before the Rally and had to make do with the manual steering(keyboard). The mechanics just shook their heads when we finally made it to the over night halt. Thanks guys for keeping us going.

[jso1985]

haven't received your timecard Rat!

[jso1985]

now I have them, results in a few minutes

[jso1985]

congrats to Homer

1.- I am evil Homer	  Red Bull Citroën Total Sport	36:07,56
2.- Marcel Haenen	ML Motorsports Citroën	36:18,22
3.- Tannat	Suzuki Motorsport	38:10,79
4.- NOR	             Two Basses Team Ford Europe	38:14,30
5.- Jso1985	Red Bull Citroën Total Sport	38:53,03
6.- Kabouter	Curtans RallyBase Motorsports	39:33,40
7.- JTLarsen	Two Basses Team Ford Europe	40:27,68
8.- Zes	             Peugeot Sport Finland	40:27,86
9.- Rat	             Red Bull Toyota 	46:10,54

Drivers Standings
1.- Marcel Haenen	94(7 wins)
2.- I Am Evil Homer	94(4 wins)
3.- Tannat	51
4.-NOR	             42
5.- Steve0302	29
6.- Juha	             24
7.- Jso1985	18
8.- Cyborg_hun	17
9.- Ramore	17
10.- J.Lindstroem	15
11.- Kabouter	13
12.- Zes	              9
13.- JTLarsen	5
14.- PetterSolberg29	1

Teams Standings
1.- Red Bull Citroën Total Sport	112
2.- ML Motorsports Citroën	111
3.- Suzuki Motorsport	75
4.- Two Basses Team Ford Europe	47
5.- ARB Racers	             29
6.- Subaru World Rally Team	17
7.- Frozz Motors Europe	15
8.- Curtans RallyBase Motorsports	13
9.- Peugeot Sport Finland	9
10.- Expert Sport WRT	1

stage-by-stage results will be available as soon as possible

[tannat]

1.- I am evil Homer Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 36:07,56
2.- Marcel Haenen ML Motorsports Citroën 36:18,22
3.- Tannat Suzuki Motorsport 38:10,79
4.- NOR Two Basses Team Ford Europe 38:14,30

And NOR had two wet stages? Boy-we were lucky. This one should have been yours, friend

I worry about the upcoming BRC round (Finland)

Less than 2/10ths between JTL and Zes-good rally

Really tight in the teams championship...

Our numbers are getting smaller

See everyone on tarmac for the next round..