Rally Sweden 2015
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
EVEN THE SNOWMEN, WERE HAVING A BEER......
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
LATVALA IN THE VW POLO....
MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE USING REMOTE GO-PRO PHOTOGRAPHY,STICKING THE SACRIFICIAL CAMERA INCHES FROM THE TRACK,TO GET THAT IDEAL SHOT...
MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE USING REMOTE GO-PRO PHOTOGRAPHY,STICKING THE SACRIFICIAL CAMERA INCHES FROM THE TRACK,TO GET THAT IDEAL SHOT...
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
THE FIRST RUN OF THE 'WRC' COMPLETE,WE DECIDED TO WALK UP THE STAGE...TO CHANGE OUR VIEWPOINT A LITTLE....?
SOME KM FURTHER ON,UPHILL...
WE CAME ACROSS A LARGE CROWD,SPREAD OVER A WIDE AREA,AT THE END OF A LONG OPEN UNDULATING STRAIGHT,SITUATED SOME METRES FROM THE TRACK......
IT WOULD SEEM MOST OF THEM ALSO ARRIVED ON SOME CONTEMPORARY VEHICLES....
SOME KM FURTHER ON,UPHILL...
WE CAME ACROSS A LARGE CROWD,SPREAD OVER A WIDE AREA,AT THE END OF A LONG OPEN UNDULATING STRAIGHT,SITUATED SOME METRES FROM THE TRACK......
IT WOULD SEEM MOST OF THEM ALSO ARRIVED ON SOME CONTEMPORARY VEHICLES....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
WHILST WE WAITED FOR THE 'HISTORICS' TO COME THROUGH,AN EMERGENCY BROKE OUT....
SOME OF THE SPECTATORS, WERE RUNNING OUT OF WOOD,FOR THE MANY FIRES BURNING.....AND COOKING THE KORV
A SUITABLE DEAD TREE WAS FOUND....
LARGELY IRRELEVANT,THAT WAS SOMEDODY'S VIEWPOINT....
AND TWO AXE-MEN PROCEEDED......
A LARGE CHEER&APPLAUSE ENSUED FORM THE NATIVE CROWD....AS THE LOG WAS DRAGGED OVER TO THE FIRE'S AND DULY CHOPPED UP...
SOME OF THE SPECTATORS, WERE RUNNING OUT OF WOOD,FOR THE MANY FIRES BURNING.....AND COOKING THE KORV
A SUITABLE DEAD TREE WAS FOUND....
LARGELY IRRELEVANT,THAT WAS SOMEDODY'S VIEWPOINT....
AND TWO AXE-MEN PROCEEDED......
A LARGE CHEER&APPLAUSE ENSUED FORM THE NATIVE CROWD....AS THE LOG WAS DRAGGED OVER TO THE FIRE'S AND DULY CHOPPED UP...
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
WHILST WE WAITED,TIME TO MAKE A 'SNOW SEAT'....?
GOOD ENOUGH,WE HAD RUN OUT OF COFFEE HERE...SO MY SON OFFERED TO WALK THE SHORT DISTANCE TO A SMALL 'CATERING' GAZEBO,RUN BY ONE OF THE LOCAL MOTOR CLUBS.....TO GET 'DAD' A COFFEE
WE HAD BET 50 SEK,HE COULDN'T MAKE IT BACK,WITHOUT GOING FLAT ON HIS ARSE......AGAIN!
GOOD ENOUGH,WE HAD RUN OUT OF COFFEE HERE...SO MY SON OFFERED TO WALK THE SHORT DISTANCE TO A SMALL 'CATERING' GAZEBO,RUN BY ONE OF THE LOCAL MOTOR CLUBS.....TO GET 'DAD' A COFFEE
WE HAD BET 50 SEK,HE COULDN'T MAKE IT BACK,WITHOUT GOING FLAT ON HIS ARSE......AGAIN!
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
Looks like Vlad the Imapaler has been at it again....
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
OK GUYS,HERE COME THE 'HISTORICS'......
UNKNOWN TO ME,PETTER SOLBERG WAS LEADING IN THE MK2 ESCORT...
FOLLOWED BY THE 'QUATTRO'......
UNKNOWN TO ME,PETTER SOLBERG WAS LEADING IN THE MK2 ESCORT...
FOLLOWED BY THE 'QUATTRO'......
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
THE TOP TEN,THEN CONSISTED OF A LOT OF VOLVO 242,GVING IT THE BEANS...
THEN THE '99 TURBO' APPEARED,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_GQUnH ... e=youtu.be
THEN THE '99 TURBO' APPEARED,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_GQUnH ... e=youtu.be
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
AND MORE...
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
STRUGGLING WITH THE COLD CONDITIONS,THE CAMERA WAS SLOWING SOMEWHAT,WITH SHUTTER RESPONSE....
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CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
ALONG WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER.....
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
QUITE A FEW ON THE ENTRY LIST WERE MISSING BY NOW...INCLUDING THE 16V EMS
AFTER SOME DELIBERATION,THE COURSE CLOSING CAR CAME THROUGH,SO WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO THE CAR.......SUCH THAT,WE COULD MAKE OUR WAY OVER TO THE SERVICE HALT...SOMEWHERE NEAR 'RADA'....AROUND HALF HOUR DRIVE AWAY,OR SO WE THOUGHT?
BY NOW,THE LOW WINTER AFTERNOON SUN HAD COME OUT TO PLAY,BEFORE BEING SMOTHERED BY CLOUD.......
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME,WE COULD ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN A BIT,AND ENJOY THE AWESOME SCENERY,WALKING BACK DOWN THE STAGE...
AFTER SOME DELIBERATION,THE COURSE CLOSING CAR CAME THROUGH,SO WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO THE CAR.......SUCH THAT,WE COULD MAKE OUR WAY OVER TO THE SERVICE HALT...SOMEWHERE NEAR 'RADA'....AROUND HALF HOUR DRIVE AWAY,OR SO WE THOUGHT?
BY NOW,THE LOW WINTER AFTERNOON SUN HAD COME OUT TO PLAY,BEFORE BEING SMOTHERED BY CLOUD.......
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME,WE COULD ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN A BIT,AND ENJOY THE AWESOME SCENERY,WALKING BACK DOWN THE STAGE...
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
ONLY NOW,WAS IT TRULY BEGINNING TO SINK IN,WE HAD ACTUALLY GOT HERE.....
A FRANTICALLY PLANNED EXCURSION,IN JUST A FEW WEEKS,MEANT THAT A LOT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG......?
WONDERING AIMLESSLY DOWN THE STAGE,IN PLACES...THE SLUSHY SNOW HAD IN PLACES,WORN THROUGH TO THE MUD UNDERNEATH.....
THE FIRST PHOTO HERE,IS ONE OF MANY A RALLY DRIVER'S NIGHTMARES........AN OPEN CREST,WHICH HAS DECEPTIVE TREE LINE'S BEYOND,SO YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHICH WAY THE ROAD IS GOING TO GO,ONCE YOU REACH THE PINNACLE.....
CO-DRIVER'S HERE ARE THE SAVIOUR,FROM A HUGE ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN......
YOU KNOW? THE MUPPET THAT SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT,GET'S SWORN AT,IS A PART-TIME CRASH TEST DUMMY,AND GENERAL OFFICE WORKER IN A CRAMPED,HOT, TENSE ENVIRONMENT...? WITH OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICAL TIME SKILLS, A CARTOGRAPHY SPECIALIST.....AND WITH THE ABILITY TO HOLD IN A FULL BREAKFAST,OVER UNDULATING FOREST TRACKS,AT RIDICULOUS HOUR'S OF THE MORNING.....
I KNOW THIS,AS I HAVE SAT ON BOTH SIDE'S OF THE CAR,AND ALSO,WITH A HANDFUL OF SPANNERS, LAIN UNDERNEATH IT......
OF COURSE,MY LINGERING THOUGHT,AS WE DAWDLED ALONG.....
''WE REALLY MUST HAVE A GO,AT THIS SWEDEN RALLY LARK......''
A FRANTICALLY PLANNED EXCURSION,IN JUST A FEW WEEKS,MEANT THAT A LOT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG......?
WONDERING AIMLESSLY DOWN THE STAGE,IN PLACES...THE SLUSHY SNOW HAD IN PLACES,WORN THROUGH TO THE MUD UNDERNEATH.....
THE FIRST PHOTO HERE,IS ONE OF MANY A RALLY DRIVER'S NIGHTMARES........AN OPEN CREST,WHICH HAS DECEPTIVE TREE LINE'S BEYOND,SO YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHICH WAY THE ROAD IS GOING TO GO,ONCE YOU REACH THE PINNACLE.....
CO-DRIVER'S HERE ARE THE SAVIOUR,FROM A HUGE ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN......
YOU KNOW? THE MUPPET THAT SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT,GET'S SWORN AT,IS A PART-TIME CRASH TEST DUMMY,AND GENERAL OFFICE WORKER IN A CRAMPED,HOT, TENSE ENVIRONMENT...? WITH OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICAL TIME SKILLS, A CARTOGRAPHY SPECIALIST.....AND WITH THE ABILITY TO HOLD IN A FULL BREAKFAST,OVER UNDULATING FOREST TRACKS,AT RIDICULOUS HOUR'S OF THE MORNING.....
I KNOW THIS,AS I HAVE SAT ON BOTH SIDE'S OF THE CAR,AND ALSO,WITH A HANDFUL OF SPANNERS, LAIN UNDERNEATH IT......
OF COURSE,MY LINGERING THOUGHT,AS WE DAWDLED ALONG.....
''WE REALLY MUST HAVE A GO,AT THIS SWEDEN RALLY LARK......''
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
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Re: Rally Sweden 2015
AS SOMEBODY,HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO PROVIDE THE LATITUDE&LONGITUDE OF THE SERVICE HALT,IN THE RALLY BOOK.....MY CO-DRIVER ENTERED THE CO-ORDINATES
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