tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31663034982946320622024-03-05T18:55:48.447-08:002013 Rallye Monte Carlo Historique - A Mini Adventure With CRX89BThe unfolding story of the 2013 Rallye Monte Carlo Historique as seen by the team CRX89B in their 1964 Austin Cooper S crx89b on linehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203937341141238923noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166303498294632062.post-52308032999031483822013-02-03T08:24:00.001-08:002013-04-03T05:04:40.660-07:00Sunday 3rd February 2013 - Thank you to our supporters.We are still grinding our way north, but now in the UK on the M40.<br />
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I would like to take the opportunity to thank those who have supported us in the Event - most especially my crew - Peter Moss, co-driver / Nigel Chetwynd and Lisa Thornton, service team who have contributed so much to the planning and delivery of the result. <br />
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I would like to say Thank you to my sponsors Mini Spares, and to Justin Jeffery who has helped significantly to reduce our expenses on much needed consumables and spare parts. To Plastics 4 Performance and Paul Davenport who provided a significant contribution to lightening the car with the provision of their plastic window kit. To Mini World Magazine and Karen Drury for her continued support and acceptance of the articles I write concerning our Monte Carlo story and others. To Southam Mini & Metro Centre for the reliability, performance and a good proportion of the preparation of the car. Finally and without reservation to my family, who put up with my absence to participate in this adventure. <br />
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Thank you all - it would not be possible to do it without you. <br />
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The results are confirmed. The CRX89B team has done enough to fight back and win Class 11/1 for 1962-65 cars of 1300cc or less. A fantastic achievement for the team to have won this class for two years in succession. <br />
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In finality our overall placing was 86th which is a fair result given the timing challenge we had given ourselves at the outset. <br />
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We also placed first amongst all the Minis, and were the best placed British competitor.<br />
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Team GB placed 15th of 24 finishing teams. <br />
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1 - Vines / Moss - Austin Mini Cooper S - 86th<br />
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2 - Ring / Cave - Datsun 240Z - 97th<br />
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3 - Mustarde / Thorpe - Alfa Guilietta - 124th<br />
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4 - Ostle / Brack - Morris Mini Cooper S - 142nd<br />
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5 - Richards / Morrow - Morris Mini Cooper S - 176th<br />
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6 - Roberts / Tomlinson - Fiat 128 Coupe - 211th.<br />
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RTD - O'Nion / Wilkinson - Imp.<br />
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1 - Vines / Moss - 86th<br />
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2 - Picquier - 92nd<br />
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3 - Nakagawa / Morikawa - 133rd<br />
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4 - Ostle / Brack - 142nd<br />
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5 - Arnal / Arnal - 143rd<br />
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6 - Burnier / Alibaux - 147th<br />
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7 - Hart / Hart - 152nd<br />
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8 - Richards / Morrow - 176th<br />
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9 - McAlpine / Gallagher - 182nd<br />
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Gary / Blumenthal - Fan belt issue in ZR14<br />
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Thus ends the 2013 Rallye Monte Carlo Historique. <br />
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Next year is the 50th anniversary of Paddy Hopkirk's win on the Monte Carlo rally, so it is widely anticipated that the Mini contingent will be well represented. We will be back.<br />
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Hi Noon, and the results have arrived, confirming class win for Team CRX89B. L-R: Nigel Chetwynd, Willy Cave, Peter Moss, Al Vines.</div>
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The Picquier / Picquier Mini which led the Mini pack for most of the rally.</div>
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The Picquier team</div>
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The Arnal / Arnal Team of whom we saw quite a lot during the rally</div>
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Bill Richards (right) with Justin Jeffery (centre) of Mini Spares - our joint sponsor.</div>
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Team CRX89B - L-R: Al Vines, Peter Moss, Nigel Chetwynd, Lisa Thornton.</div>
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Willy Cave - still going strong at a mere 86 years old this time around.</div>
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Loaded up and ready for the long haul home</div>
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Les vanquers - Rally Winners Gerard Brianti & Sebastien Chol with their Alpine A110</div>
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Class winners - Peter Moss & Al Vines in Class 11/1 up to 1300cc 1962-65</div>
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CRX89B - Winning Team L-R: Peter Moss, al Vines, Lisa Thornton, Nigel Chetwynd.<br />
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The Rallye Monte Carlo Historique has finally rolled into town.<br />
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At the end of the Common Run Part 2 from Gap to Monte Carlo we were 119th, with Ginger Ostle at 127th, thus we maintained our new position as class leader in Class 11/1.<br />
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The CRX89B team set out with the target of pushing into the top 100 and maintaining position in the class. Ahead of us are the Picquier Mini, and two Brits - John Roberts and Oliver Tomlinson in the Fiat 128 Coupe from Team GB and Graham and Graham in a Lancia Fulvia from the Irish Rally Drivers Team.<br />
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ZR 13 - Col de Castillon - Dry for the most part, very long at over 40km and icy for 3km at the top, this was a tremendous fight. We overtook three cars and caught a fourth. We caught and overtook the Minis of Nakagawa and Arnal in one go on the same corner.<br />
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ZR14 - Utelle to La Tour sur Tinee - Very twisty, no barriers, big drops, no ice but damp and very slippery. Nearly came to grief three times because the front tyres were going off - too much stud and not enough rubber.<br />
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ZR15 - Col de Turini - A classic Monte Carlo stage - dry going up, and icy down hill for about 3 or 4km - overtook three cars in this bit, then had a tremendous tussle with a VW Golf the whole way down the mountain, before shaking him off toward the end.<br />
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Safely back in Monte, it is traditional for teams to take a little beer in the harbour front cafe, before bed at about 5am.<br />
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Results are published at 12.00 Noon today - Friday 1st Feb, and we are hopeful of a good result.<br />
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In Team GB - the leading Fiat of John Roberts had a brush with the scenery which affected the scenery on ZR14, so they returned to Monaco without doing the Turini.<br />
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The other British contender of Graham in the Lancia had electrical problems on the auto route after the last stage and checked in 25 minutes late to the final control.<br />
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Service for the final night - A8, La Turbie sortie</div>
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At the close of Wednesday we have now completed an additional 4 ZRs. The final Team GB standings after ZR 10 are as follows:</div>
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69th (was 71st) - Roberts / Tomlinson - Fiat</div>
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125 (was 157) - Vines / Moss - Mini Cooper S</div>
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129 (was 126) - Ring / Cave - Datsun 240Z</div>
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132 (was 130) - Ostle / Brack - Mini Cooper S</div>
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172 (was 142) - Mustarde / Thorp - Alfa</div>
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201 (was 217) - Richards / Morrow - Mini Cooper S</div>
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RTD - Imp - O'Nions,/ Wilkinson</div>
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We started out from Valence from Valence again toward the next night halt at Gap on a beautiful warm sunny morning. The news was that much of the anticipated ice and snow had melted and that we would be treated to one of the least snowy Rallye Monte Carlo Historiques I have ever known.</div>
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ZR7 - Col de Gaudissart / La Chapelle enV. We had news of ice, but it was suggested that much of it would have gone by the time we got there. In the event there was a substantial amount of ice which caused some folks to have a difficult time. We passed a Healey 3000 and and Alfa digging themselves out of snow banks - 81st here.</div>
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ZR9 - Chillanne / Col de Menee. Had to be driven very hard, twisty on the way up, but great corners for sliding the car round - 61st</div>
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ZR10 - Col d'Esperaux - Extremely twisty everywhere, lots of large fallen rocks lying in the road. Very icy over the top, several cars in snow banks digging furiously. A very difficult stage - 97th.</div>
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As we came into final service before Gap we had left hand indicator and front headlamp not working. Corrosion had got into the indicaor bulb holder and the headlamp connector block behind the front grille. All easily resolved.</div>
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- 125 (was 157th) - Vines - New Class 11/1 leader</div>
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Gap Parc Ferme - with Ginger Ostle and Isabelle Brack<br />
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Photo: Lisa - Queueing to get through Gap Control<br />
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Anthony and Tessa Harts Mini in Gap Parc Ferme<br />
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Here a 30 minute video of the best of the days action through the windscreen of CRX89B Austin Mini Cooper S<br />
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63rd - Roberts / Tomlinson - Fiat<br />
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142 - Mustarde / Thorp - Alfa<br />
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177 - Ostle / Brack - Mini Cooper S<br />
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179 - Vines / Moss - Mini Cooper S<br />
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213 - Richards / Morrow - Mini Cooper S<br />
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The Hillman Imp of Geof O'Nions has sadly retired with gearbox problems<br />
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On Tuesday 29thJanuary we started out from Valence in number order, so at 287 we were well toward the back. The first cars left at 7.30am, and our turn came at about 11.00am. The weather is warm and sunny, and little or no snow on the roads was expected.<br />
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ZR 3 - Les Ollieres was a nightmare. A very long, tight and twisty section where it was necessary to push hard all the time. We got the speed for our timing wrong in here and pushed too hard, overtaking two cars and catching a third, so we collected some more penalties. 249th in this one.<br />
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ZR4 - Albon / Le Cheylard was better - 104th<br />
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ZR5 - St Bonnet Le Froid was completely devoid of snow - nothing at all. It was so dull to drive around in the dry that I nearly went to sleep. Big improvement here - 45th. Top Mini and equal to last years 1962-65 Category winner in a Volvo 122 Amazon.<br />
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ZR6 - Lalouvesc / Col de Bouisson was fantastic - I know this one reasonably well. The tricky bit starts with a really awkward downhill hairpin, which is so steep as to be almost like a step, and then you have to drive like the wind through a whole series of extremely narrow a twisty sections to stay on time. Exceptionally pleased to have got a 17th finish position through here, and soundly beat the Volvo, and top Mini again.<br />
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At the end of Tuesday after ZR 6 the final Team GB standings are:<br />
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71st - Roberts / Tomlinson - Fiat - going really well for the team and leading Brits<br />
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126 - Ring / Cave - Datsun 240Z<br />
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130 - Ostle / Brack - Mini Cooper S<br />
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157 - Vines / Moss - Mini Cooper S<br />
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158 - Mustarde / Thorp - Mini Cooper S<br />
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217 - Richards / Morrow - Mini Cooper S<br />
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In the Mini standings Tuesday results are:<br />
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- 51st - Picquier<br />
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- 130th - Ostle<br />
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- 141st - Arnal<br />
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- 149th - Nakagawa<br />
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- 157th - Vines<br />
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- 165th - Hart<br />
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- 217th - Richards<br />
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- 227th - McAlpine<br />
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- 228th - Burnier<br />
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- 269th - Gary<br />
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Pictured here are Bill Richards commiserating with Geoff O'Nion and David Wilkinson after they had retired their Imp at Valence with seized gearbox.<br />
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Second picture is at St Agreve time control with Vines, Arnal and Richards red and white Cooper S types queing to check in.<br />
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A comparion of Mini offices - PRX720B of Richards / Morrow above and CRX89B of Vines / Moss below.</div>
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St Agreve - service for Bill</div>
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St Agreve service for Al, Peter and Nigel</div>
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Replica works Saab and Healey</div>
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Photo: Nicolas Nogue. Not so much snow in the Ardeche this year</div>
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Here a 30 minute in car video with extracts of the best of the four stages today.</div>
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Roof top breakfast for Nigel and Lisa the morning after the Concentration run</div>
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Peter Moss wrestling with the Halda gears<br />
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Team GB - Mustarde and Thorpe catch 40 winks after the Concentration Run at valence MTC</div>
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<br />crx89b on linehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203937341141238923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166303498294632062.post-39991953157489188732013-01-29T00:17:00.000-08:002013-03-04T13:25:42.725-08:00January 25th 2012 - Rack, Stack and PackWelcome to Team CRX89B blog site for the 2013 Rallye Monte Carlo Historique. <br />
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This year our team comprises of old hands Al Vines, Peter Moss as co-ydriver, and Nigel Chetwynd in charge of servicing. We welcome Lisa Thornton to support Nigel in our brilliant Land Rover Discovery service vehicle.<br />
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We are once again competing in our trusty 1964 2293cc Austin Cooper S - CRX89B. We are competing as part of a team of seven cars - Team GB Rallye Monte Carlo Historique 2013.<br />
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We have spent all day preparing the Disco and packing all our stuff. It is now after midnightf and In a few hours time we shall be leaving for the coast. <br />
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The weather has become very unpleasant, with heavy rain onto ice and snow making for some interesting driving conditions. <br />
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I have included some pictures of CRX in the ice and snow, team members at our team day January 20th, and our team logo.<br />
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The snows of Great Britain</div>
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Team GB Logo for 2013 - Thank you Mini Spares Ltd.</div>
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Team GB get together pre-event - chez David & Alison Ring</div>
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Kitting out the Land Rover Discovery service barge - 'Snowy the snowman' keeping an eye on progress.</div>
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Queueing in the lanes at Dover waiting for a ship</div>
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It has been a long day already, and it is only lunch time.</div>
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Offloading ready to do the Halda and tyre calibration runs</div>
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Time, speed and distance are everything on this rally, so it is vital to to ensure that every set of tyres are assessed against the Halda Twinmaster distance recorder.<br />
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We incurred a minor inconvenience with a broken wheel stud that was quickly changed, but otherwise all is well and every thing is now set up.<br />
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The car is loaded back onto the trailer and we have another 50km to run to Reims for our overnight halt before the start tomorrow evening.<br />
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Wheel & Tyre calibration - Lisa & Nigel change wheel & tyre assemblies, while Peter attends to adjustments to the Halda distance recorder.</div>
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Broken front wheel stud - fortunately we had plenty of spares.</div>
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L-R: Willy Cave, Al Vines, Peter Moss, David Ring</div>
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