Alpine Rally

[thommo 73]

if anyone needs an official on their entry form give me a bell, i'm going to do it anyway but if i can help one of you guys let us know.

[Mooa42]

I have an official but I could do with a service crew if you were interested?

[greasystick]

JB and I desperately need an official. We are prepared to bribe you if need be!!

[greasystick]

Big thanks to Andrew Thompson for being our official for the Alpine!!

So the excel crew I know that have an entry in are:

Tony & Nikki Moore
Jonathan Byrnes & Stuart Diggins
Dan Carney & ???
Peter & Sue

One more Excels an we'll have a team - who else is entering?

[thommo 73]

no problems guys
if i end up with some spare time i'll give you a hand tony, need to get the officiating done for next year tho.
i can help any one check over their cars over at the end of the day that wants it as well.

i would rather be racing but you can do everything in the first year ;)

[Wassa]

Add Peter and Sue to the list!!!

[michael]

Mick, Fiona and Owen will be there, but not in an excel.

[Mooa42]

I have heard that the legendary Fazz from north of the border is coming in his Excel, plus maybe Dan's dad in what I assume is an Excel??

As of Tuesday night they had received 100 electronic entries and still had to add in the paper entries so with a field limit of 110 I would imagine if you haven't sent one in then you'll be watching from the side lines.

Any other NSW or ACT crews having a go? (Excel or other)

[fro]

I'll be there in a Datsun OneHundredEightyBee.

[greasystick]

Paging Fazz and The Mayor to the red courtesy phone please...

One more Excel and we can enter as a team, which I assume means we are all even more eligible for Champagne, Glory and Gold right??

[Mooa42]

"There will be a Teams Award, the winner of which shall receive the HRA President’s Cup.

Nominations for inclusion in the Teams Award category will be accepted up until the completion of event scrutiny on Saturday 19 November.

Teams can contain 5 or 6 vehicles with the best 5 scores to count. No vehicle may be entered in more than one team."

Great idea Stu, I am not in any other team, is anyone else in? It would be good to have all Excels but maybe we should draft some Excel competitors who are driving other cars if we can't get the numbers?

[Glenn]

Hi guys,

I'm in!!!...if you'll have me.

Sorry I haven't been around for a while.

Can't wait to drag the Excel out for the Alpine.

Cheers

Fazz

[mrbyrnes]

So that's: Stu & I, Tony & Nikki, Fazz, that leaves 2 or 3 places left!

[Andrei]

is hoping to join in and finish third Alpine in a row :)
entry sent on Monday

[dan carney]

So I beleive if all of us get a run our team can consist of the following

Tony/Nikki
JB/Diggo
Fazz
Andrei
Dan/Kim
Peter/Sue

All Excel team!!!!

Any idea on team names!!!

[Andrei]

TeamEx
x3x6
HYUarethey
AlpEx

[Mooa42]

...

All Excel team!!!!

Any idea on team names!!!

Would Harassing Relic Automobiles be a bit to irreverent?

Hyundai Rally Autobots

????

[greasystick]

So we have enough numbers to have a team and try to achieve world domination...sorry, should have read 'try to win the HRA Presidents Cup'!!

The team members I will put forwards are:

Tony/Nikki
JB/Diggo
Fazz
Andrei
Dan/Kim
Peter/Sue

If you don't say 'no' to this by the time my upcoming hangovers are over (say Monday morning), I'll send an email to Gary to get us booked in as a team

Now team names....So far:

TeamEx
x3x6
HYUarethey
AlpEx
Harassing Relic Automobiles
Hyundai Rally Autobots
Team Excellent
The Excellians
Kim Jong-Il Motorsport (more North Korean I know)
Team "You all got whooped in your fancy exotic cars by 1500cc of raw throbbing Korean power"

Somebody stop me please!!

[Glenn]

Thanks Stu,

For the team registration, our crew's name is: Farrant/Taylor

Cheers

Fazz

[Mooa42]

Entry list to date posted on the HRA site early this morning.
7 Excels and one wannabee Excel :clap:

Quite a few Ex Excellers too.



As of midnight Friday entries in the Alpine Rally 2011 stood at
117. Below is a list of entries that have been received. All
entries are yet to be rigorously checked and being listed here is not
to be interpreted in any way that a start will be gained - end disclaimer.

Ross Allan/Scott Allan Nissan Bluebird PRC Modern
David Allwright/Sam Allwright Mazda RX2 PRC Pre 1981
Luke Anderson/Greg McPherson Datsun 180B Club Rally Car
Andrei Artamonov/Gleb Bonch-Osmolovskiy Hyundai Excel PRC Modern
Steve Ashton/Ro Nixon Mitsubishi Galant Historic Pre 1981
Kade Barrett/David Weldon Plymouth Fire Arrow replica Club Rally Car
Paul Batten/Glen Raymond Datsun P510 Classic Rally Car
Andrew Bell/Correne Seabrook Holden Commodore PRC Modern
Gerard Blum/Stephanie Richards Hyundai Excel PRC Modern
Aaron Bowering/Nathan Lowe Datsun 200B PRC Pre 1981
David Boyd/Sam McMahon Datsun Stanza PRC Pre 1981
Troy Brendel/Samantha Brendel Ford Escort Historic Pre 1981
Brendan Brown/Rachel Hale Datsun 180B SSS PRC Pre 1981
David Brown/David Burn Datsun 1600 Special Historic Pre 1968
Jonathan Byrnes/Stuart Diggins Hyundai Excel PRC Modern
Peter Canning/Chris Wallace Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Brian Canny/Paul Crosbie Porsche 944 PRC Modern
Daniel Carney/Kimberley Barson Hyundai Excel PRC Modern
Richard Carter/Warren Medwell Datsun Stanza Club Rally Car
Michael Conway/Jennifer Cole Ford Escort Mk 2 Club Rally Car
Robert Cranston/Karl Grealy Toyota Celica Historic Pre 1981
William Cromarty/David Cromarty Chrysler Lancer LB PRC Pre 1981
Ian Crook/Peter Ellis Rover SD1 Classic Rally Car
David Curl/Robert Richards Chrysler Lancer LA Club Rally Car
Ian Curry/Sarah Curry Datsun 1600 Historic Pre 1981
Thomas Davidson/James Davidson Mitsubishi Lancer LA PRC Pre 1981
Phillip Donohue/David Donohue BMW M3 E30 PRC Modern
Bill Dunn/Rhys Pinter Fiat 131 Rallye Classic Rally Car
Stephen Duthie/Damien Hanns Datsun 180B SSS PRC Pre 1981
James Elliott/Cathy Rainer Hyundai Lantra PRC Modern
John Ellis/Adrian Sietsma Fiat 1500 Historic Pre 1968
Glenn Farrant/Russel Taylor Hyundai Excel PRC Modern
Douglas Fernie/Geoffrey Floyd Datsun P510 Bluebird Historic Pre 1968
Bruce Field/Julia Field Mercedes-Benz 280 Classic Rally Car
Michael Foreshew/Rick Walton Ford Cortina Mk 2 Historic Pre 1968
Gavin Fowler/Warren Nietz Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Dave Gaines/Nikki Doyle Datsun 240K GT PRC Pre 1981
Gary Gibbons/George Davidson jnr Ford Escort PRC Pre 1981
Jeff Graham/Joy Graham Peugeot 404 Historic Pre 1968
Barry Grant/Terry Naish Datsun Stanza PRC Modern
Geoff Hale/Alan Baker Volkswagen Golf Historic Pre 1981
Kim Harper/David Gallacher Ford Escort TwinCam Historic Pre 1968
Dean Hasnat/Matthew Petersen Holden Commodore PRC Pre 1981
Jeff Hawkins/Kellie Pearce Lancia Beta coupe Classic Rally Car
Stephen Horobin/Paul Marando Datsun 180B PRC Pre 1981
Wayne Hoy/Lisa Dunkerton Datsun 1600 Club Rally Car
Sean Hudgson/Phil Nicholas Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Tony Huggins/Stephanie Huggins Datsun Sunny B110 PRC Pre 1981
Phil Hurle/Mahra Villis Ford Escort PRC Pre 1981
Cameron Jay/Eddie Corrales Ford Escort Mk 2 PRC Pre 1981
Andrew Kavanagh/Tom Ruessman Datsun 180B PRC Modern
Bernie Keast/Sue Thompson Holden Gemini Club Rally Car
Gary Kendrick/Ron Gottschalk Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Stuart Lawless/Darcy O'Connor Ford Escort Club Rally Car
David Lawrance/Darren Davison Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Jamie Lawson/Noel Lawson Holden Commodore PRC Modern
Joshua Leask/Suzanne Graham Datsun Stanza Classic Rally Car
Jeff Lee/Roger Lee Triumph 2.5 PI Mk 1 PRC Pre 1981
Matt Lee/Andrew Gell Holden Commodore VH PRC Modern
Richard Leitis/Robin Mules Ford Escort PRC Pre 1981
Michael Long/Vaughan Haskett Datsun 180B SSS PRC Pre 1981
Brett Middleton/Damien Long Honda Civic EK4 PRC Modern
Jack Monkhouse/Claire Ryan Datsun 180B SSS Club Rally Car
Tony Moore/Nikki Moore Hyundai Excel PRC Modern
Peter Morrison/Susan Wasson Hyundai Excel PRC Modern
Claude Murray/Matthew James Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Craig Neave/Ashleigh Staude Mitsubishi Sigma PRC Modern
Doug Norman/Robert Knight Peugeot 504 PRC Pre 1981
David Officer/Kate Officer Mitsubishi Colt Galant Historic Pre 1981
Ross O'Reilly/Tim McGill Nissan Bluebird 910 SSS PRC Pre 1981
Peter Otzen/Paul Franklin Datsun 180B SSS PRC Pre 1981
Andrew Paice/Dick Denvil Datsun Stanza PRC Pre 1981
Robert Parry/Kim Beckwith Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Graham Pate/Cale Pearce Datsun 180B PRC Pre 1981
Ted Perkins/Joel Perkins Ford Cortina GT Historic Pre 1968
Lee Peterson/Daniel Willson Nissan Sunny GTi PRC Modern
John Pinkerton/Peter Shearman Volkswagen 1500 Beetle Historic Pre 1968
Geoff Portman/Ross Runnalls Ford Escort Classic Rally Car
Tim Reynolds/Simon Reynolds Datsun 180B Classic Rally Car
Mark Richards/Cody Richards Ford Escort Mk 2 PRC Pre 1981
Stephen Richards/Larry Walker Ford Escort Mk 2 PRC Pre 1981
Jesse Robison/Eddie MacGuire Datsun 1600 Club Rally Car
Murray Rogers/Jason Selmon Toyota Sprinter PRC Modern
Brett Ross/Jason Hague Holden Commodore PRC Modern
Matt Ruggles/Guy Ruggles Triumph TR7 V8 Classic Rally Car
Neil Schey/Scott Middleton Ford Escort RS 2000 Classic Rally Car
Brian Semmens/Daniel Parry Nissan 200SX RVS12 PRC Modern
Nathan Senior/Lisi Phillips Volvo 244 GL PRC Pre 1981
Brian Shand/David Campbell Mitsubishi Starion Invited Car
Bruce Shepherd/Simon Shepherd Peugeot 505 PRC Modern
Colin Sichlau/Rick Thorpe Isuzu Gemini PF60 Club Rally Car
Damion Smith/Kylie Turner Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Harvey Smith/Heather Smith Mitsubishi Sigma PRC Pre 1981
Lachlan Smith/Karen Keene Ford Escort PRC Pre 1981
Darryn Snooks/Matt devaus Datsun Stanza Classic Rally Car
Paul Stephens/Stephen Mitchell Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Carl Stewart/Anna Ritson Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Mark Sutcliffe/Jason Milner Nissan Skyline R30 PRC Modern
Andrew Taylor/Robin Smalley Mazda RX7 PRC Modern
Phil Thomas/Ken Radnell Holden Commodore PRC Modern
Graham Thompson/Winton Brocklebank Holden Commodore PRC Modern
Matt Thompson/Aaron Tams Datsun 180B PRC Pre 1981
Richard Troup/Russell Hannah Mazda RX2 Classic Rally Car
Baden U'Ren/Colin U'Ren Ford Escort RS2000 PRC Pre 1981
Joel Wald/Tracey Dewhurst Datsun Stanza PRC Pre 1981
Michael Ward/Jenny Pollock Toyota Corolla PRC Pre 1981
Jon Waterhouse/Carolyn Wilson Mazda RX7 Club Rally Car
Bob Watson/David Johnson Datsun 1600 Historic Pre 1968
David Wellings/Scott Mitchell Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Derrick White/Dave Smith Peugeot 504 PRC Pre 1981
Neville Whittenbury/Dave Rudham Datsun 180B PRC Pre 1981
Adam Wilson/Scott Jennison Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Joe Wilson/Martin Warneke Triumph 2500 PI Classic Rally Car
Rowan Woollard/Tommy Wright Datsun 1600 PRC Pre 1981
Russell Woollard/James Thompson Datsun Bluebird PRC Modern
Greg Wyatt/Dale Allan Alfa Romeo GTV 6 PRC Modern
Garry Yeomans/Kam Baker Datsun Stanza PRC Pre 1981



Gary Hodgskiss
Alpine Rally 2011 Entries Secretary




Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:37 am

[John C]

Stonie and I intend to be in attendance with the Service Van to look after Team Hyundai

[John C]

JC and service van Stonie still hungover from Thr big Safari win!!!!!
If you know Excels and can work as part of a tr let me lnow

[mrbyrnes]

JC, I'm bringing Dean up from Motorsport Essentials. He knows excels v. well

[Andrei]

6 excel starters :clap:
Time to decide on a team name finally?

[Mooa42]

6 excel starters :clap:
Time to decide on a team name finally?


I was thinking along the the lines of The Tortoise and the Hare;

We could be team Tortoise? (If I get my car fixed in time ... )

[John C]

Servicing arrangements If you let me know who and their phone numbers and the comp phone numbers I will make up a list and laminate them for each team , will make helping each other much easier. PM or text please we will not publish the ph num on the forum

39 Glenn Farrant / Rus Taylor - Wayne Luxford

51 Tony / Nikki Moore - Andrew?

66 Ged Blum / Steph Richards ?

69 Jimbo Elliott / Cathy Rainer - Norm Henwood

86 Peter Morrison / Sue Wasson - John Carney

100 Jonothan Byrnes / Stu Diggins -

101 Andrei Artamonov / Gleb Bonch-O

[Glenn]

Thanks JC. PM sent.

....I'll have more of a think about team names too.....I suck at coming up with names.

[damian]

the magnificent seven?

[NikkiM]

some moore team name ideas!!

Excel-Y-Not!
Korean Dreamers
Running on empty -Not!
Silent but deadly
The Ego Trippers
Kamikazee Drivers
Korean Rockets

[Mooa42]

Is "Korea driven" too lame?

or Korea drivers

Driving Korea?

Koreas out of control?

(Speak them out loud and they make lame sense)

[Andrei]

Servicing arrangements If you let me know who and their phone numbers and the comp phone numbers I will make up a list and laminate them for each team , will make helping each other much easier. PM or text please we will not publish the ph num on the forum

39 Glenn Farrant / Rus Taylor - Wayne Luxford

51 Tony / Nikki Moore - Andrew?

66 Ged Blum / Steph Richards ?

69 Jimbo Elliott / Cathy Rainer - Norm Henwood

86 Peter Morrison / Sue Wasson - John Carney

100 Jonothan Byrnes / Stu Diggins -

102 Andrei Artamonov / Gleb Bonch-O - Serge Ant

Thanks John, great idea, PM with number will be sent shortly.
I corrected the car #, we are 102.
Andrei
P.S. Wayne, are you bringing all spares inherited from HMC Syd ? :potstir:

[Grumblebum]

Just when you thought that GRUMBO had left the building well I did but I'm popping up at the ALPINE running 3 Spectator points including the the first on day one.:)
Now in order to keep all you EXcellians under control I've devised a system whereby you will all be rated according to your Entry into the area-your effort to entertain while in the area with the final points awarded for style of EXIT.
I will seek the input of fellow officials but there will be NO protests nor will any correspondence be entered into and Grumbo's decision will be final.:lmao:
May the most entertaining Excel win:clap:

Good luck to all who have entered---GRUMBO

[Wassa]

Hi Gumbo,
Good to hear from you.

We (car 86) would like to apply for bonus points before the event. :clap:

As proven at Rally Vic (we have photo evidence), we can fly the flattest for an Excel (Getz's don't count) :lmao: and we also won the Senior's Cup :wtf:.

See you in the bush :grouphug:

[John C]

Talk about rub it in :)

[vivski]

Hey all, just thought I'd pop in and wish you all luck out there at the Alpine.
Pity I couldn't be there to cheer you on... other commitments.

Will definitely have this on the list for next year!

Have a blast!

[Grumblebum]

Yo Wassa as I make the rules:slap: I do beleive that seniors deserve bonus points-we seniors have to stick together:potstir:
See you all tomorrow--Grumbo

[Mooa42]

Progressive results up on the HRA site

http://www.alpinerally.org.au/

We made it to the event, it's been a while since we did a route charted event so we are feeling our way; some very soft surfaces today and slippy tricky corners, couple of cars rolled, (not Excels) all Excels finished today, so fingers crossed for the rest of the weekend.

I think we have 290ks of competitive tomorrow!

[John C]

Sunday morning at the Alpine finds Portman /Runnall leading from
Past Excel champ Batten Tony & Nikki Moore are first Excel
Car with smallest margin to Glenn Farrant
Unfortunately Peter and Sue have clobbered a tee and are probaly
Out
Other Excel people are Fro has broken the 180 B gearbox ,Kimberley
Is coming 18th outright with Brendan Brown and Annatastic with
Carl Stewart are running 6th

[Mooa42]

We finished!

Wow what a trial, sooo many different conditions and they saved the most inconsistent and changable stages to last. Not sure where we finished and not sure about the others either but man what a challenge.

Time to sink some brews and start telling tales.

[Glenn]

Sure was a tough event...but I'm so glad we did it.

Great drive Tony! It was fun swapping times and it's a very deserving Excel Alpine win :clap:

Congrats to all of the finishers!

I've put a long event report up in the event reports section.

Cheers

Glenn

[Grumblebum]

Well it never rains but pours-we had been scheduled to run 3 speccie points but the rain washed us out on both Saturday and Sunday-I was a bit peed off on Saturday as I had just driven up to the spec point on the rally route [in my 4x2 Navara complete with road tyres] when 000 arrived announcing that as he was having traction problems in his Pajero coming up said track he then cancelled the stage.:wtf:
As nobody was game enough to tackle the gutter at Specie 1 everyone was rated equally--- so you're all winners:clap:
Well done to everyone and as always the Alpine is an ADVENTURE

Regards GRUMBO

[Jimbo]

Cathy and I had a interesting event, both rewarding & challenging at times.

It all started friday, after doing our halda check, only to have a small pin thats part of the gear box probe sheer in half during the checking of the trip..
We ran off the cars odo for fridays stages, and also lost a c clip half way through SS2 - whilst hunting down a car in front whose dust was blinding our stage..
SS3 we crawled through, completing with 1st, 3rd & 5th...

By the 1st stage on saturday, the car was all working again, & i think we did ok, building up some confidence in all aspects of the car..

Thanks to Murray & Rod, a repair to the gearbox probe pin was made, which lasted the first stage! A bigger thanks to Peter Otzen, who kindly donated his probe to us after his accident on friday.. The plan B probe was wired up ready on friday night ( Thanks Gilly), and put into action on the first service of the day.

The 2nd stage of the day saw us doing reasonably well (in our books), only to get caught out & bogged in 2 foot of mud slush.. Aparently is was standing water at the beginning of the day - but didn't look like it when we went through.
After being pulled out an hour or so later, we casually drove to the finish, to find that our bumper was no longer attached.. Meh.

I think we were due for a service at that point, or one more stage, can't remember, but once we arrived at the service, a check was done, to discover that the alternator adjustment bolt had sheered.. So the gents went quickly to work, pulling the alternator out, and we managed to remove the broken thread quickly, and got the alternator back in, loosing only a few minutes of late running time..

The afternoon was spent doing the long stages, which Cathy & I really enjoyed. I think we beat Tony & Nikki by approx 30 seconds on the first one, 2 seconds on the 2nd, and 1 second on the 3rd! We also managed to pass Jeff Lee, and generally had a blast on all 3 of those stages. It was the first time I have been able to drive this car on decent roads, with everything working.
The 3rd stage we had a bit of a "Moment".. During the last 5 or so k's, it was wet red clay, that was nice and slippy, I was doing well until we came around a right hander in 3rd, when the back end snapped out.. I managed to catch it, with the front coming back around, only to then point me in the direction of some trees that suddenly came into view.. Thanks to luck, rather than skill, we manged to miss them, and slide back onto the road, missing those pesky bad objects.. No pencil stabbings, just a solid talking to from Cathy.. Eeek!

It was back to service, and a check over, before the 2 nights stages.. Well at least they were night stages for us. It seems the crews up ahead got daylight night stages.. So we trundled through, as being unfamiliar with night rallying, we weren't sure if the road was wet or dry.. Parts were dry, but parts were wet as a few found out the harder way. We almost cleaned up a tree on the exit of the turn right (with three white poles inside, and a hole in the outside. No mention of the narrow roads and huge trees either side though..). We were also progessivly loosing the clutch over the course of the afteroon/evening, so gear selection became slower & less of to get it home.

It back to home for sleep, before the Legend John Carney gave the car a check over, wheel alignment & bleed the clutch.

Sundays morning stages, were wet & cut up, and the car felt nervious, so the day was to be spent getting to the finish, avoiding expensive repairs..
I was late informed that the engine was moving alot within the engine bay.. So the mounts which were tired, were very much so tired by now..

It was back to service for another 2 hour nap, the clutch rebled again, the first tire rotation of the event..

The last few stages were again taken carefully, as with the clutch playing up, and the car rather twitchy, I was reminded of an incident that happened a few years ago.. As we don't have a budget for a rebuild, we crusied to the finish..
I think the 2nd last stage, we got through the spec point ok, and gave Doutchy a bath, as well as ourselfves! A few hundred meters later, we were living some scary saturday morning dejavu, through a mud slush. just as we got to the end, the car stalled (couldn't select 1st quickly due to clutch), stopped in 1st, we started the car, and by pure luck we got out & survived. Just. I hear the cars behind us didn't.

The last stage whilst fast and flowing, we again took it easy. Knowing that A) it's the last stage, and B) No cars arrived in control behind us, so if we did have an accident, we could be on our own for a while, with no-one behind.


A massive thanks has to go to John Carney. Not only was he kept busy by us and a few other crews, he has kindly allowed Cathy & I to use his workshop to prep teh car the last month or so.. I Know he's lost some brownie points at home because of us, but his support and fabrication skills have been great! Thanks John.

I also need to thank Richard Gill & Norm Henwood for their help over the weekend. Thanks Norm for bringing me fuel when I needed it, and making sure the ute was nearby when we were! The carrot cake also rocks!

Plenty of other people to thank, but concerend if i mention all the names I might miss some.

Finally, thanks to Cathy - the Champions choice of Co-driver/navigator! It's been a full on few months, which hasn't exactly gone smoothly for various reasons.. Eitherway, thank you so much for putting up with a shitty James & a stressed James at various times.. And of course thanks fro your work inside the car, this weekend past has been full of highs and lows, thanks for keeping me on track & focused ont eh job at hand. Love you babe!

Cheers,
Jimbo

Some incar progressivly making it's way on facebook, and hanging out to see images or outside video of the Lantra from the Alpine!