Rallye Sunseeker 2007 – Friday morning

by Darren on Feb.23, 2007, under Sunseeker 07

OK, so picture the scene. It’s Friday morning at 8am. I’ve got everything ready, but I’m not nervous. This isn’t right. At all.

I think, really, it’s because I was expecting a bit of a progression – LSD and gearbox – and although I’ve now spoken to the guy, I’m not getting it until at least next week. Which is a bummer, ‘cos I’m not planning on driving again until December! Anyway, we went off to the service area to find….

… the gates were still locked – the guy who had the key was still in bed. So we had to go in the out (oooh, controversial), and then find that there were no stickers or anything ready either! The perils of being the first crews through (all local boys), eh?

But when the stickers (and the lovely Jemma Pink) arrived, there was a real revelation. Following Stu’s advice to use water spray when putting stickers on, even Paul can put them on without creases or bubbles! Amazing! Noise test was a breeze (83dB!), and then off to scrutineering which went without a hitch, except for Paul pressing the horn button with his foot as we entered the Littledown centre for about 3 seconds, waking everyone up and saving the scrutineer the bother of testing it! He was a very nice, friendly chap, and we passed without any problems, and signed up.

We’re ready. And I’m starting to get into it now. Let’s face it, I have a good, reliable rally car on the drive, and I’m doing something that 20,000 people will watch tonight, and I’m sure most of them will think “I wish I was doing that!”. All I need now is someone to give me “the look” – when I drive past them and you know they’re thinking “You lucky, lucky bugger!”.