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Doesn’t necessarily have to be a rally car either, just competitive motorsport.
MX5 was MOTed today actually, although the new rules aren’t in place yet.
‘Hi Ford, I’d love to be chosen to have one of your really rare special edition Focuses please’
‘Who are you?’
‘MarkCup’
‘Didn’t you make a load of videos detailing all the issues and problems with your current Focus?’
‘Ermmmmm....’
*click*
:tongueout:
Rallytravel.com, thoroughly recommended. The bloke who did our trip has done Rally Sweden 21 times and we had an absolute demon of a coach driver, drove that bus on snow quicker than most would drive on tarmac, and wasn’t afraid to push past the marshals to get to the best parking spots too. Was...
Wasn’t bad at all, was always around 0, usually a couple of degrees over. At Colin’s Crest I was in a T shirt, although one of the pissup groups there was run by a bloke in a full suit, lol.
Absolutely, and it works too. Just look at Breen’s car on Hof-finnskog, they hoover up absolutely...
It's a proper motorsport. Even though it's safer than the old days, there's still no margin for error and the drivers are still utterly, utterly mental. As for which rally to go for, As Shiftspark says, Spain is a great rally to go to, Portugal is too. I really do recommend Sweden though...
Seriously dude, it's so worth going to at least one. Wales isn't the easiest but even so it's still completely worth it. F1 keeps you miles away from the action and the stars, whereas you couldn't get closer with the WRC, sometimes a bit too close! (Seeing Hayden Paddon take a piss at the side...
Wrap up - Sweden
Wanted to share some of my more general shots of Sweden, it's an amazing place with awesome views everywhere. The place is VERY expensive to live in, but at the same time, everybody has houses which are twice the size of the UK average. The place usually seems completely...
Sunday - POWERSTAGE
The final stage of the rally, and right outside Torsby airport and the finish podium. I had the choice of either the stage or the podium, and I chose to get the last bit of action for the rally, which turned out to be a good call since someone with a very enthusiastic trigger...
Sunday - Likenas
Yep, the stage with the amusing name. Sat through both runs of this stage, it's a rallycross track so you get reasonably close. Weather wasn't great and it was still fairly dark but a great atmosphere again.
Saturday-HAGFORS
With Colin's Crest done, we moved on to the next big jump - Hagfors now finishes on a ski slope, and there's a nice big jump at the top of it. I managed to score the absolute perfect position and despite plenty of smoke from yet more bonfires (there's a bit of a theme here), I'm...
Saturday - COLIN'S CREST
Saturday was a big one, two stages and they were both the big jumps of the rally. Colin's Crest barely needs an introduction - The legendary jump is now one of the biggest spectator areas of the whole rally and I was lucky to get somewhere near the front. The atmosphere...
Friday - Svullyra 1, Hof-Finnskog 2 and Service 'C'
With the rally now fully underway it was time for the first 'proper' stages. I didn't get a great view of Svullyra, but at Hof-Finnskog I got a proper win - a local Norweigan kid rocked up on an ATV with a very dodgy looking sled behind it, and...
Thursday - SERVICE AND SUPERSPECIAL
Moving on from Shakedown we chased the cars back to Torsby Airport to see the shakedown service at lunchtime. For those who haven't seen Hyundai's garage, it's massive, a proper F1 spec effort and puts the other teams' hospitality to shame. After that it was...
So this year, I was given a frankly excellent opportunity to go to Rally Sweden, for the whole event. It was an escorted tour which was well worth the money as I highly doubt I'd have seen half the stages I saw if I was doing it myself.
I took over 2000 pictures over the course of the weekend...