Skoda Rally Blog

OK, here’s the big reason I wanted a homologated car. I want to enter Wales Rally GB 2006. This probably is the stuff of a madman’s dreams, but there you go. It’s not cheap, but then entering a round of the World Rally Championship was never going to be, was it? One thing’s for sure – we’ll be spending less than just about anyone else who’s entering. But there’s more – Steve Colville is also up for entering it, and that means we can share a service crew. If we can get someone else from BDCC who is mad enough to enter, we could even enter the “club team challenge”, although I’d think we’ll be down the list on that front, but it’s a laugh, right?

Anyway, all that means that I need to get the car up to ‘International’ spec. Nothing to do with the performance of it, but it means bigger fire extinguishers (no bad thing), plastic film on the windows (so glass doesn’t go everywhere if they break, again not a bad idea), and a new seat for me, and of course the FIA-approved harnesses that I’d have to buy anyway for next year. Not mega expense, but I’ll still have to get saving. Hopefully the car should be in roughly that spec by the Sunseeker anyway. But this also means that I need to finish the Sunseeker, as I need that finish so I can get my International licence. Still, if that bloke from the Lucozade competiton can do it, surely I can too?