tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60591712011-04-21T23:50:22.391+01:00Rallying and Motorsport MusingsThoughts on motorsport today, including up-date notifications on my website. Interesting stuff from rallying and motor racing. Main interests rallying, Le Mans 24 hour race, British GTs etcKinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1094804786957860532004-09-10T09:22:00.000+01:002004-09-10T09:26:26.956+01:00Hello again, Haven't been around for a while lost password and login details and the whole thing slipped my mind for a while. Anyway back in action now. First thought - Isn't F1 and Ferrari boring - discuss. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......... What was the question? Back soon Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1077409233727907402004-02-22T00:20:00.000Z2004-02-22T00:23:17.983ZLISTER LE MANS ENTRY CONFIRMED It was confirmed at the meeting to launch the LMES last Thursday that the Lister LMP900 is one of the 20 cars that has been pre-selected to participate at the 24 Heures du Mans 2004. The reason for Lister’s invitation is our second place in the FIA GT Championship 2003 – although the team name and make of car must remain the same it is possible to change Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1077272671475686592004-02-20T10:24:00.000Z2004-02-20T10:27:13.513ZLike minded! Just had to put up this letter I read in Motorsport News this week. copied word for word but couldn't agree more. A trip to the Wyedean rally near Chepstow last weekend reaffirmed my love of the sport - but also left me with a twinge of sadness. the Wyedean is always the first motorsport event of the year for me and my sons. There is always a special "back to school" atmosphere onKinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1077271783848805782004-02-20T10:09:00.000Z2004-02-20T10:15:44.873ZUpdate Wyedean rally was an excellent day out. Well organised event with good spectating, no stupid penning in of spectators. £5 entry fee per car access all car parks, 180 car entry list including WRC cars. All the drivers showing some commitment. I've put up some pictures and video clips on my site Makes you wonder where rallying is going at the top level. Event was won by Andy Burton in Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1076275413247426902004-02-08T21:23:00.000Z2004-02-08T21:25:59.343ZNews update Well, a few things to report since last time, finished decorating hurrah!!, sebastian Loeb wins in Sweden in his citoen , a good result for him , two out of two this year. ford also looking good. Colin Mcrae could be on for a drive in the Le Mans 24hour race this year in a Ferrari. that'll be worth watching - I'll be there anyway. I myself am off to watch on the Wydean rally next Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1076244628639329132004-02-08T12:50:00.000Z2004-02-08T12:52:53.793ZBack again!! Had computer troubles for a while, new install of windows etc and lost all passwords - great!!!, back in action now tho'Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1075034382294561972004-01-25T12:39:00.000Z2004-01-25T12:42:28.390ZWRC Result Monte Carlo Rally top 6 at finish were as follows 1 S LOEB 0.0 2 M MÄRTIN +1:12.6 3 F DUVAL +1:19.6 4 M GRÖNHOLM +1:26.8 5 F LOIX +8:16.9 1 6 G PANIZZI +10:11.6 Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1074967314211844432004-01-24T18:01:00.000Z2004-01-24T18:03:59.733ZWRC Can't seem to get away from the decorating - anyway at the end of day 2 on the Monte Carlo rally, the lead is held by Loeb in the citroen who's a good minute and a half ahead of Duval in the Ford and Martin in the next Ford Focus WRC. The Focus seems to be going well on this first event of the year , following on their impressive displays towards the latter end of last year. Only four Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1074855583193851402004-01-23T10:59:00.000Z2004-01-23T11:01:46.140ZFirst Round of 2004 WRC It's back, the first round of the 2004 World rally Championship kicked off today with the Monte Carlo Rally. Wonder how much interest there will be in the UK now we have no drivers in the works teams Richard Burns off with his illness and Colin Mcrae dropped from ford and unable to get a drive. First stage was cancelled due to spectator overcrowding, and at the moment Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1074855130523797662004-01-23T10:52:00.000Z2004-01-23T10:54:13.560ZDakar ResultsKinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1074297847923971902004-01-17T00:04:00.000Z2004-01-17T00:06:02.780ZDakar After Ari Vatenen going out yesterday, we saw Colin Mcrae in troble today with a broken front propshaft. He had to wait for the support truck to turn up to repair the problem which cost him hours . I bet he was glad he didn't have to spend another night in the desert! anyway it got repaired and he arrived at the finish control about 9 hours after the leader but in 19th place overall. Only Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1074111080286212122004-01-14T20:11:00.000Z2004-01-14T20:13:12.090ZNissan 123 Congratulations to Colin Mcrae and Nissan coming first, second and third on today's stage on the Dakar. Mcrae won a Dakar stage for the first time, de Villiers second and Vatenen third. The are still well down overall (Mcrae in 20th) and perhaps the Mitsubishis weren't pushing quite as hard as they could, wanting to conserve their big lead and the cars, but still a good achievement.Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1074099237711386142004-01-14T16:53:00.000Z2004-01-14T16:55:48.763ZAll British crew for Audi at Le Mans? No Bentleys at Le Mans this year but there could be a chance of an outright win for an all British crew in one of the Audi Sport UK R8s. So far two of the drivers have been confirmed, Guy Smith (winner last year) and Jamie Davis, and they hope to get either Allan McNish or Johnny Herbert to line up alongside them. An all British crew hasn't won since Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1073946953639934602004-01-12T22:35:00.000Z2004-01-12T22:36:14.610ZThey finally got there Colin and Ari finally arrived at the stage start just 3 hours and 90 minutes before last possible time respectively.Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1073905576631235252004-01-12T11:06:00.000Z2004-01-12T11:06:37.720ZStill waiting for newsKinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1073862514001595972004-01-11T23:08:00.000Z2004-01-11T23:08:54.973ZLatest Hot off the Dakar site on Sunday late at night In the car race, the main question mark concerned the Nissan cars of Ari Vatanen (n°205) and Colin McRae (n°202). Where were they ? Well, at 12h30, they were among the nine cars that hadn't yet made it to Nema, finish of stage 9. A few hours later, at 16h30, the Scotsman had been seen on the way to Bamako after going through the Nema CP. On Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1073839619070725662004-01-11T16:46:00.000Z2004-01-11T23:09:28.100ZWhere's Colin Mcrae? Colin Mcrae seems to have gone missing from the Dakar standings after gearbox problems on the 9th stage. Apparantly he had to spend the night in the desert on Friday and since then I've not managed to find anything out as to his whereabouts. Because Saturday and Sunday's stages were cancelled due to security reasons if he gets to the next stage start by 1800 on Monday he Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1073670607359266392004-01-09T17:50:00.000Z2004-01-09T17:50:27.150ZNissan team in trouble on Dakar Both Colin Mcrae and ari Vatenen are in trouble on this day in the Dakar rally. At km 368, the two official Nissan cars were stopped with mechanical problems. Ari Vatanen (Nissan n°205) has clutch worries and McRae (Nissan n°202) has gearbox problems. Both were able to carry on but at a very slow pace. They don't seem to have reached checkpoint 2 (about halfway Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1073507402423228792004-01-07T20:30:00.000Z2004-01-07T20:30:21.956ZVideo clips and Photos If anyone has any good pics or video clips of their cars taking part in any motorsport events and would like to see them on the web on my Motorsport site let me know via email at links@kteamtrivia.co.uk If you have a site yourself and want a link also let me know. always looking for more good content cheers for now.Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1073507135663265852004-01-07T20:25:00.000Z2004-01-07T20:25:55.256ZDakar Update Colin Mcrae up to 3rd overall in his Nissan now, but over 40 minutes behind the two Mitsubushis, he got stuck on a sand dune for about 20 minutes on the stage. Vatenen climbing back up to 16th overall. Have you all seen the new Mclaren F1 car , what a different design on the front end, makes me think about some weird sea creature from pre-historic times! Rumour has it that Colin Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1073421593195614402004-01-06T20:39:00.000Z2004-01-06T20:40:12.320ZDakar update Colin Mcrae did well today and is now up to 6th overall after finishing todays stage 3rd fastest. Ari Vatenen lost about 3 hours after he got water into his engine after a river crossing and is down to 42nd overall. Colin is moaning about a time penalty imposed on him yesterday for speeding through a town. (At least he didn't get fined for it!) Dakar websiteKinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1073331568312126092004-01-05T19:39:00.000Z2004-01-05T19:39:47.160ZColin Mcrae and Ari Vatenen on Dakar Its up to day 5 of the Dakar and two of my all time favourite drivers are competing in the same Nissan team on this marathon event. Colin Mcrae at his first attempt is currently lying 8th overall with team mate Vatenen in 16th. Vatenen was stopped on the last stage (5) for quite a time to repair a broken front suspension I believe. a long way to go and shouldKinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1073324931967032652004-01-05T17:48:00.000Z2004-01-05T17:49:10.636ZHAPPY NEW YEAR Hope you all had a good break, I did!! Back into the swing of things and resolution to add to this blog more frequently. Topics to start the year off, Mcrae on the Dakar, more Escort Rally Video Clips on site, Hot motorsport events coming up and more. Back later with details of the above.Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1071572791025186392003-12-16T11:06:00.000Z2003-12-16T11:06:44.970ZColin Mcrae not for Subaru Suprised me a bit this one but Subaru Tecnica International (STI) announced today that Mikko Hirvonen will join the 555 Subaru World Rally Team in 2004. With 2003 FIA World Rally Champion Petter Solberg and co-driver Phil Mills already contracted to the team, the announcement finalises Subaru's 2004 driver line up. The 23-year-old Finn will continue his partnership Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1071225128396760362003-12-12T10:32:00.000Z2003-12-12T14:18:28.950ZAston Martin back to Le Mans in 2005 Aston Martin will be returning to Le Mans in 2005 with the DB9 Excellent news. The new program will be run with Prodrive and the first car will hopefully appear on the circuits next year, probably in the Briish Gt rounds. If Prodrive do as well with the Aston as they have with the Ferrari it should be good!Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1071224105772259092003-12-12T10:15:00.000Z2003-12-12T14:51:44.220ZPrices dropped for British Grand Prix Here's just a snippet from Motorsport news this week that may interest you. The admission prices for the Briish Grand Prix have been dropped. Well not really - only if you want a three day pass and buy well in advance, you now get a three day pass for the price of a Sunday pass. Here's some interesting comparison prices: Advance three day Grand Prix PassKinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1070282565289296172003-12-01T12:42:00.000Z2003-12-01T12:42:54.876ZMCRAE GETTING CLOSER TO SUBARU? From what I've heard it looks like Colin Mcrae is a step closer to taking the seat at Subaru left vacant by Richard Burns illness. Apparantly Ford have decided to keep with the WRC next year and hence their two drivers Martin and Duval will not be available to Subaru. Another thought that crosses my mind what about Alistair for Subaru? Back soon Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1069769812338974812003-11-25T14:16:00.000Z2003-11-25T14:18:23.970ZBeen off for a while, (setting up an on line face painting shop - Check it out here)now back in action. First of all may I just wish Richard burns all the best for a speedy recovery - and thanks to Marko Martin for being in the car with him on the M4 when he blacked out and driving him to the side of the road from the passenger seat! this raises interesting questions as to who will take Burns Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1068759642972446672003-11-13T21:40:00.000Z2003-11-13T21:40:48.010ZCheck out the pictures of the rally GB 2003 on my site. Also loads more pictures and videos . History of my Mk1 Escort rally car. Just learning how to do this and will be back soon with more. Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1068468324012966262003-11-10T12:44:00.000Z2003-11-10T12:45:28.113ZCongratulations to Petter Solberg and SubaruKinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059171.post-1068462843430375152003-11-10T11:08:00.000Z2003-11-10T11:14:07.980ZRally Wales GB 2003 Thoughts after coming back from the Rally last friday which was day one of the British round of the WRC. I thought the field passed by over quite a short period of time, and after studying the entry list realised that only 75 cars had entered. This is dire for a world class event. Spectating was OK at first venue, Trawscoed, but the second stage in the afternoon was at Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035764547196049826noreply@blogger.com