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The entry is now in for this years Kall Kwik Bradford Rally. This is a support event for the larger Roger Albert Clark Rally and runs on the 14th and 15th November 2008. The event starts at Elland Road Stadium, home of the mighty Leeds United, and the first stage is a floodlit Friday night stage at Temple Newsam near Leeds, which coincidently is the closest rally stage to my home and at a location I have pretty good knowledge of as I grew up playing and riding my bike around the ground to the park!
The following morning the event re-starts at Elland Road and has a second stage at Temple Newsam before moving onto the historical rally stages that were part of the original RAC rally at Langdale, Harwood Dale and Oliver’s Mount in Scarborough. We then make our way to Pickering for the service park before re-running the final three events of the morning.
Preparation on the car is continuing with a new drive shaft fitted this week and a few other changes and checks will take place over the coming weeks in preparation.
This is by far the largest event we have entered both in terms of the logistics involved and the cost (the credit crunch has just got a whole lot crunchier!) If you are able to offer any support (whether financial, parts or anything else!) please contact us as all help will be greatly appreciated!
Metro
The diff has exploded! HT Auto’s have taken the engine out and dismantled it and the problem we encounter at the Jane Cowling Memorial Phoenix Stages was due to the diff disintegrating in the gearbox! The box has been removed from the engine and cleaned out and I am getting the a new, stronger diff and a gasket set this weekend so it can be fitted in the coming weeks. Hopefully this will mean that I’ll finally be able to do a f**king Rally by the end of October!
Tuesday 16 September 2008
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