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| Rally Isle of Man: Simon & Chris win class A7! Big thanks to Nige, Julia, John, Angie, Peter & Cathy. |
| 2006-08-05 11:16:16 |
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| Rally Isle of Man: Our class rival Guy Woodcock has rolled his Escort Maxi out of the event. |
| 2006-08-05 06:07:43 |
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| Rally Isle of Man: Chris ran over Simon's foot at a stage arrival. No lasting damage. |
| 2006-08-04 14:01:01 |
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| Rally Isle of Man: Clipped a concrete gatepost with the door, on the co-driver's side. No lasting damage. |
| 2006-08-04 08:22:21 |
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| Rally Isle of Man: Gearing is too short for fast stages. On rev-limiter in 5th for ages. Oil smoke coming out near gear stick. |
| 2006-08-04 07:14:36 |
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| Rally Isle of Man: End of leg 1, 5th from last after time loss from puncture. |
| 2006-08-03 16:12:09 |
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| Rally Isle of Man: Puncture near start of stage 1 meant driving 5 miles on the rim, losing 2 minutes. |
| 2006-08-03 14:11:08 |
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| Rally Isle of Man: Chris & Simon's Honda Integra, car 54, has passed scrutineering. Rally starts at 6pm today. |
| 2006-08-03 12:10:07 |
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| Made it to end of rally. We think we finished second in class behind the MINI. Gear linkage failed on rally sprint but to crowds delight we fixed:) |
| 2005-05-29 18:36:25 |
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| Two stages done so far today, one cancelled. We are still leading our class of four. :) |
| 2005-05-29 09:38:38 |
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| Six stages done and we're leading our class! Rain just started. Jim Holder's out, mechanical. Thanks to Adrian Linton for all his help. |
| 2005-05-28 16:17:22 |
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| Car stuck in 3rd for half of stage 1, passed class fave parked up on same stage! Car locking rears under heavy braking. Three stages done. |
| 2005-05-28 12:13:22 |
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| Car and crew ready to rally at the weekend. WRC driver Didier Auriol arrives tomorrow to watch and present rally awards. |
| 2005-05-26 15:28:24 |
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| Electrical prob returned. Humidity was to blame, ok now. On second qual, spun into tyre wall. New radiator found. Car in bodyshop all night. |
| 2005-05-21 17:39:24 |
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| After 6 hours fiddling the Astra burst into life. Simon and Jo set a good qualifying time around Vaucluse international rally sprint. |
| 2005-05-21 11:28:17 |
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| Car started like a dream on arrival in Barbados but refused to start on friday for scrutineering. |
| 2005-05-21 11:24:00 |
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| Astra arrived in Barbados for rally carnival. Crew arrive on 18th May and prepare for rally sprint at weekend. |
| 2005-05-17 09:15:04 |
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| Simon and Jamie have finished the trackrod rally 36th overall. Car is in desperate need of a wash. |
| 2004-10-03 08:45:30 |
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| Wallis and Smith are 10 minutes ahead of formula 2000 rivals Leach and Gold with only 3 stages to go. |
| 2004-10-03 05:42:13 |
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| after breaking a driveshaft on the 2nd corner of the rally, the astra had to do 6 stages in 1 wheel drive. Will fix in service now. |
| 2004-10-02 09:50:50 |
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| Simon and Jamie start today!s Trackrod Rally Yorkshire seeded 36th. |
| 2004-10-02 04:42:02 |
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| Retired on first stage of day with oil loss after damaging oil filter. |
| 2004-09-04 07:37:53 |
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| still in rally. Had off on stage 1 and lost 7 mins. Farmer lost concrete fence post. Cows confused. |
| 2004-09-03 12:08:01 |
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| Ulster Rally, round 6 of the British Rally Championship starts today. Simon and Neil seeded 51 and ready for the start. |
| 2004-09-03 08:50:47 |
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| Team now awake. Drive shaft broke on last stage. Car that started stage 3s behind set time 1s slower than us. We fin 2nd in class 29th overall. :D |
| 2004-08-01 06:29:00 |
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| Another car has Accident on penultimate stage. Looks like stage might be cancelled meaning a fight for time on last stage |
| 2004-07-31 10:12:21 |
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| Another car has Accident on penultimate stage. Looks like stage might be cancelled meaning a fight for time on last stage |
| 2004-07-31 10:08:59 |
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| Coming in for final big service. Holding on to second in class by 4 seconds... |
| 2004-07-31 08:07:41 |
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| On our way into first service of the final leg. Holding on unreco in class, approx 33 overall. Pushing hard on new tyres. Weather good. |
| 2004-07-31 05:49:41 |
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| End of leg 2. Holding on to second in class. 39th overall. Team in pub.. Cheers! |
| 2004-07-30 17:58:53 |
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| Another 3 stages complete. Now second in class with over a minute until the next car. |
| 2004-07-30 09:36:24 |
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| First stage of day cancelled. Second stage lost 10 seconds overshooting junction but still second in class. Into service now. |
| 2004-07-30 06:44:27 |
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| Leg 1 complete. Overtook Impreza on last stage. 3rd in class 50th overall. Only 1.2 seconds off 2nd in class. Grille fell off on SS2 but given back! |
| 2004-07-29 19:36:57 |
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| SS2 complete. Currently 3rd in class of 6. Heavy rain coming into first service. |
| 2004-07-29 15:00:45 |
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| With the recce and scrutineering complete, the team is ready to defend Simon's 03 Manx class win. Neil wants not to defend the SpiritoftheRally |
| 2004-07-29 07:02:38 |
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| Simon and Neil await departure on the ferry for the Isle of Man. |
| 2004-07-27 09:13:03 |
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| Simon!s trailer was stolen from outside his house last night. He will have to hire one for the manx rally in 2 weeks time. |
| 2004-07-17 03:07:59 |
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| Simon and neil finish the Jim Clark rally third in class. Hooray! |
| 2004-07-05 17:14:22 |
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| ball joint holding at mo and survived puncture. Two short stages to go as last long one blocked by milners car then finish |
| 2004-07-03 12:06:54 |
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| Limping back to service with a wayward wheel. New ball joint required. Very heavy rain on road section not helping |
| 2004-07-03 05:11:28 |
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| Arrived at Parc Ferme after changing driveshaft in service. Bed. |
| 2004-07-02 19:07:00 |
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| Arrived at Parc Ferme after changing driveshaft in service. Bed. |
| 2004-07-02 19:03:46 |
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| had to limp through second half of last stage with a broken driveshaft. One short stage to go before service |
| 2004-07-02 17:30:05 |
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| Two slippery stages complete. All ok but lost wing mirror in chicane. Some cars had big offs such as Gadget Shop car |
| 2004-07-02 13:56:21 |
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| Simon and Neil start 66th in the Jim Clark Rally in Berwickshire this Friday and Saturday. |
| 2004-07-01 07:08:04 |
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| Wallis & McColl confirmed as 3rd in class, 36th overall. Spun and hit a bank at the superspecial but still won our race |
| 2004-05-31 08:22:37 |
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| Changed 2 driveshafts at service. Caught a slower car on the final stage. Phew we finished - now off to superspecial |
| 2004-05-30 16:19:43 |
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| After SS20, still 3rd in class but have reduced 28second gap to just 10 seconds |
| 2004-05-30 09:49:14 |
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| Day 1 finished, no results yet, restart is 7am sunday |
| 2004-05-29 22:42:11 |
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| 12 stages complete including 2 in the dark. Provisionally up to 2nd in class. |
| 2004-05-29 20:28:14 |
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| After stage 9 it is now 5pm, time for the lunch halt - there have been a few small delays |
| 2004-05-29 17:14:14 |
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| Going strong after 6 stages. Keeps jumping out of 5th gear but up to 3rd in class |
| 2004-05-29 14:07:34 |
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| Water temperature off the scale for stages 1 + 2. Simon and Anna are feeling the heat too - 30 degrees and dry today. |
| 2004-05-29 11:04:04 |
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| Rally Barbados 2004 starts Saturday at 9am (2pm London time) and finishes at 5pm Sunday after 32 stages. Wallis & McColl are car 89. |
| 2004-05-28 08:19:45 |
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| The Astra needed no attention after Sunday's rallysprint so the team had time to take a pirate ship cruise and a submarine trip. |
| 2004-05-27 15:26:15 |
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| Finished 3rd of 7 in class P3 at the TotalSport International RallySprint at Bushy Park Raceway |
| 2004-05-23 18:37:14 |
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| Saturdays qualifying was cancelled due to a waterlogged track. Sundays rallysprint has been moved to Bushy Park circuit. |
| 2004-05-23 18:35:34 |
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| scrutineering passed successfully. Saturdays rally sprint cancelled due to water logged track! |
| 2004-05-23 18:34:04 |
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| All 29 of the European cars entering the rally carnival are still stuck in Barbados Customs - and are due at scrutineering tomorrow. |
| 2004-05-20 18:56:08 |
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| 7 members of Team Wallis Astra have arrived in Barbados. The remainder of the service crew is due to arrive on Monday |
| 2004-05-19 19:30:16 |
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| Simon and Anna fly to the Caribbean tomorrow to compete in the Barbados Rally Carnival. |
| 2004-05-18 13:01:29 |
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Ends.
