Skoda Rally Blog

This week is a bit of a busy one. Firstly, it’s (hopefully) out last of 6 events so that Paul is ready to upgrade to International. So far, the record has been Start:5 Finish:5. Let’s hope that this weekends shindig at Longcross maintains that record. I liked Longcross when i went there before (although I was on the world’s worst tyres at the time), so hopefully it’ll be that good again.

Secondly, on Wednesday the regs come out for Wales Rally GB. I’m hoping to get my entry in the same day (well to them the next day), so with any luck we will actually get in. To fail in that would be a disaster. But there are many other things to prepare for WRGB, the first of which was that the Felicia’s MOT will run out in November, and having to MOT a car is always a pain. So I’m pleased to report that it passed today without any issues at all. So that’s the first hurdle cleared.

All I have to do now is find ?4000, a service crew, a van, a recce car (and prepare said car), get used to note making, buy an LSD for the car, fit it, rebuild the car almost completely, get all the spares we need, buy and fit a new seat, fire extinguisher system and window film, and providing we hit the wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88mph at instant the lightning strikes the tower….. everything will be fine!