TTRC Rally - Bronte - 23rd July 2006
Photography by Roger Lashley, Devi Nath & Gerrard Wilson
Article by TTRC

Its being said “Rally Drivers do it sideways” Well, I can assure you that they do it in airborne for sure from the spectacular photos that will appear in our partners in Motorsport Development websites “www.TriniTuner.com" & "www.Zorce.com”

The inclement weather did nothing to daunt our loyal spectators and marshals who turned up in their numbers to view and help in the Bronte to Borde Narve Stages in the South on Sunday 23 July.
Harold Morley Subaru Impreza was miraculously cleared at 8.00pm on Friday night, kudos to Roger Mckenzie for the fancy foot work (strings).

Thunder rumbled very early just before the start of the event and it was not from up above, it emanated from the exhaust of John Powell’s WRC V2 Ex Didier Auriol  Corolla, which had recently arrived from   Norway , awesome is the only way to describe the sound and sight of the corolla.

It looked like the rally was going to be a repeat of the previous event: MUD MUD MUD but the rains came and blessed the days proceeding and went on its merry way.

First car on the line was the WRC Impreza of Harold Morley / Geoffrey Goddard who posted a time of 344, they were followed by John Powell / Nick Telfer  WRC Corolla sponsored by Toyota /Stag / TT Moorings & Launch and their time of 3.32sec was pretty impressive for their first time out competitively in this Car, The Castrol/Rallymac EVO 6 of Barry Mckenzie and Temp Co Driver  Darrel Ramesar were having serious fueling problems and looked like they would not make the start  however  they did manage to  limp to the stage and the “ONE OOT” driver proved  his skills on the wet surface , he posted the best time for that run of 3.30sec , in the two wheels drive Class action was  just as keen and again reliability issue put the very fast B13 Sunny of James Harris out of the event leaving Shelford Robinson to battle with Rezan for the lead .

The stage remarkably, dried out really quickly and the grip level returned, those Spectators lucky enough to be at the Jumps and the Big Ninety  Corner were treated to some high Flying antics, look for the photos online.

The Stag/Ultra/ Josef’s EVO 6 of Ainsley Lochan & Temp Co Driver Justin Wallace (Starlet Rallycar soon come) were on the pace and posted solid times to keep them in the running and then this team decided they needed to  get pass the pace and I tell you from the Photos and Videos it is amazing that they survive their one wheeler on the Ninety, Spectators were heard screaming in anticipation of a bad accident about to unfold in front of their eyes , The Driver of the Stag/Ultra/Josef’s EVO 6 showed everyone how wings are earned and not bought , he clipped the inside of the corner and  the right wheels lost contact to such an extent that his left mirror almost touched the ground !!!!! Yet he recovered and blasted into and out of the next Corner to the applause and relief of the spectators.

THEM FELLAS NOT STAYING ON THE GROUND FOR LONG!!! 

FACT!!! The 2WD & 4WD Rallycars were flying!!!
The Stage according to the WRC Drivers was a true test of the mettle of our drivers, 6 KM of everything a Driver needs on a stage: flat out corners, tight corners, hairpin corners, Dips, Bumps, JUMPS and more Jumps with some really crazy blind flat over the hill runs, A true Drivers Paradise Route.

James Harris in the B13 was the only retirement for the day having had a puncture on Stage 2 and then Gearbox failure on the next stage.   Barry Mckenzie in the Castrol / Rallymac Evo 6 “one oot” rallied on in true Motorsport style: insufficient fuel to the engine kept this team at bay on the Bronte Rally. 

Ainsley Lochan lost the rear drive shaft on stage 5 and only gave away 2 seconds on the stages that followed whilst in FWD Hmmmmm!!

John Powell WRC Corolla is the meanest sounding machine around town for sure.

The excitement will continue in August when the rest of the Caribbean entries for our Invitational Rally to be held on August 19th & 20th arrive and we begin the graceful sideways and airborne dance all over again 

The Official results are as follows:

GROUP PLACING

4WD Category (Grp 3A)

2WD Category (Grp 1-4 & 1-3)

OVERALL

Overall WRC Class

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