Things That Go Bump In The Night
Aug
2011
Goblins, Ghouls, Vampires, and other assorted nocturnal beasts? No, I’m talking about rally cars at Heart of Darkness (HoD)! Okay I suppose there could have been some nocturnal beasts inside the rally cars, I didnt vet all the cars personally for fear of my life. I mean if i had wandered up and down the line of cars with a cross, garlic, and what not acosting competitors trying to take a cat nap between regs, some perfectly normal but irrate person would have taken me out. But that’s really outside the scope of this post.
Starting in Hope B.C. at 9:30 P.M., HoD is an overnight event going up to (and around) Merritt and finishing back at Hope, at 6:30 A.M. The CASTs were brisk but doable and the dust was relatively light (especially in car# 1). The roads were rough at times, reminded me of Coast to Coast on occasion, indeed much like C2C not all cars finished (lost one worker and one competitor car) although there weren’t any flat tires. At times the route book would drop out of focus or I would split the computer and have no idea what to do next, but that is all part of the challenge of an all night event.
It was a fun little event, definitely a great first rally from Jeremy Baxter and I am looking forward to the next time it gets run.
Max and I teamed up for the first time, with decent results. First in class (unlimited) and second overall, one second behind the Damms (first in historic).
Here are the results:
3 Marinus Damm/Renee Damm 1st historic, 1st overall – 7 points
1 Max Vaysburd/Marvin Crippen 1st unlimited, 2nd overall – 8 points
2 Steve Perret/Kathryn Hansen 2nd unlimited, 3rd overall -29 points
5 Gary Webb/Jim Breazeale 2nd Historic, 4th overall - 58 points
7 Norman Hayton/Kristin Holmes 1st Novice, 5th overall – 114 points
6 Alex Kouzmin/Stan Kouzmine 1st Calculator, 6th overall – 176 points
8 Adam Clees/Darsi Sullivan 2nd Novice, 7th overall - 303 points
4 Jason Ross/Genevieve Fox 3rd Historic, 8th overall – 925 points
10 Scott Mason/Jon Bowman 3rd Novice, 9th overall – 1212 points
9 Lada Gorlenko/Oleg Ryabukha Novice DNF
August 8th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Car 9 was a VW Bug who lost its oil pan and had to be carried home. One of the control crews punched their oil pan on the Brookmere section and also had to be carried home. It was a difficult night for VWs.
The Milky Way was clearly visible at the start of Brookmere. Counted at least 5 shooting stars waiting to start.
It was brisk, but not outrageous as it was known to be