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Written by Keith Cronin
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Saturday, 30 October 2010 20:08 |
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Well, the Fastnet Rally did not go according to plan, for me or my uncle, Denis. I only decided to do the rally at the last minute for a bit of fun! On the very first stage, after less than 2 miles the rear of the car kicked out over a crest and as we were carrying a lot of speed I had no option but to let the car run along the dyke for a while before pulling back onto the road. Just as we were coming back onto the road the front wheel clipped a stone or rock in the grass and the wheel went flat almost immediately. If this had happened on a championship event we would drive on the rim and drop 2-3min on the stage, but as we were only out for a fun run we decided to stop and change the wheel to avoid panel damage from the flailing rubber. We dropped about 5min doing this so we were realistically out of the rally at that point.
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Written by Keith Cronin
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Saturday, 16 October 2010 21:34 |
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Well it was just one of those days for us on the Scottish I.R.C. round today. Nothing seemed to go according to plan and we did not get a clean run at any stage before we had to retire. Unfortunately our team-mates Alister McRae and Bill Hayes also had a bad day, as they retired before us.
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Written by Keith Cronin
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Friday, 15 October 2010 21:31 |
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This rally is my first time driving the Proton on gravel and we had planned a comprehensive test last Tuesday in order to acclimatise ourselves with the car. There were a number of cars using that testing area and it became quite rutted very quickly which meant that we were not able to get a real feel for the car on smooth gravel. The test area was actually so rough that we damaged the sump on our car during the test session.
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Written by Keith Cronin
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Sunday, 10 October 2010 21:17 |
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Well, here I am 12 long months after bringing the BRC to Ireland for the first time in 35 years and what do you know, I’ve done it again.
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Written by Keith Cronin
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Thursday, 23 September 2010 22:03 |
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I would be lying if I said that I was not nervous about this weekend.
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