There is a hairpin by 'Fiveways' which I deliberately avoided; being close to spectator parking it was bound to be busy.
We were about a mile and a half further up the stage by a sharp bend.

Wish we knew you were in the area, we were in the Cann Office Friday and Saturday evening, hic! Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Very nearly a big one.

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Apparently the marshal had positioned him self there to stop hordes of spectators standing there who took no notice when instructed from the "safe" side of the track, so could have been much worse.

Bill Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.

Blimey, the poor marshal almost copped it.
Bet his trousers smelt a bit. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Very lucky

Been looking for photos/footage of the Disco going off, but nothing so far  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I bet the Henry Halfwits on the Kia forums have a copy, they will be sat round their halogen heater laughing like the little men off the 'Smash' advert

Bill Turner wrote:

Thanks A6TDH,

I was informed of that last evening at our Wallasey MC meeting and was about to post the info but you must have been up before me.

Inciently where was the pic of your car taken, it appears to be on a rally. FL2's are very popular with a lot of the rally radio crews in the North West.

Bill T.

Taz & Pegleg

Did either of you get a photo of car 116?

Been asked if i caught it via Flickr by Ciaran the co-driver, i believe it was a Yellow R3 Clio, doesn't look like i did get him

I can see the name listed on the line up but can't find him in the results on Saturday, maybe Bill can confirm if he ran that day Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

haven't got that one myself...

Can see I caught all wrc cars either photo or video

Got 115 and 118 iirc no 116  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Strange, I recall waiting ages then car 122 a Renault Twingo came zooming past

Then it was ages after that the nationals came past, but according to this, there was more WRC cars


 Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

Taz & Pegleg

Did either of you get a photo of car 116?

Been asked if i caught it via Flickr by Ciaran the co-driver, i believe it was a Yellow R3 Clio, doesn't look like i did get him

I can see the name listed on the line up but can't find him in the results on Saturday, maybe Bill can confirm if he ran that day

looking at the clip I pasted above, i think they were after car 122, which then the next car was the Nationals and after we left the stage and there was a few still coming

would it be possible for them to drive after the nationals? if they were delayed? Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

NO they would have exceeded their maximum lateness but as you can see from the info in my post above which is lifted from the Official Results they did complete the stage.


Bill Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.

very strange, maybe I deleted them there and then due to been out of focus, when I photographed every single car that came past that day and they are not in it I was trying to work out why

oh well, thanks anyway Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Went to watch the GB rally in the forest by us today. One of the press team was using a hired D4 commercial only 6 weeks old on a 63 plate, unfortunately he rolled it on a corner along the rally track, it did a complete roll, the driver and passenger were ok just a few slight bruises. He might have some explaining to SHB the hire company though.