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Day 0 – Prologue – Wednesday
The Prologue is to determine the starting order for the competitive stages of the event. It was run on part of the old GP circuit. It was very slippery even though it was dry and 37˚. We did a 2.22. Beat our main competition (Curnick/Winter #416 2.7 RS replica “the girls”) by a second. Also beat Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down, Hulk etc) in his 944 by a few 10ths and we end up starting right behind him. Attached image(s) ![]() |
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Day 1 – Thursday
It was good for most of the day. We were going reasonably hard but the girls took a few seconds from us until the eventful last stage of the day, the 12 km Corkscrew. About half way into the stage the clutch pedal went to the floor and stayed there. The only gear I could find was 4th, so we went as far as we could in 4th and I parked it beside the road 2km from the finish because there was no way it would go up the mountain at the end which had first gear hairpins. After watching the field go past and waiting about 2.5 hours the tilt tray arrived and took us back to the service area. Gear box then came out and we find that the clutch fork pivot has unscrewed itself from the case. It has a pull clutch in it. So we put it back together (with some locktite) ready for the next day. Meanwhile the Girls in the 911 have engine problems on Corkscrew, but manage to finish the stage. Turns out to be broken rocker, broken inlet valve and bent exhaust valve. Not pretty; see photo below. Attached image(s) ![]() |
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