Alpine Rally

[Geoffrey Hale]

Hi all,
Off to compete in the Alpine Rally in the Mk1 this weekend. It's run by our club the Historic Rally Associaton. Over 110 cars competing. It's a 3-day event run in the forests around Lakes Entrance. It's a gravel event with one bitumen stage of 35km with a total competive distance of 380km. I'll post when we get back and let you all know how it went, hopefully well.
Geoff

[Jarred]

best of luck Geoff!

[gldgti]

good luck! sounds great!

[GoLfMan]

good luck :D go the mk1!

[Geoffrey Hale]

Hi..... Thanks for that guys. Should be fun as long as everything goes well with the car and the driving. Hope it's not to hot as it get extra warm in the triple layer race suit. If anyone's interested there's a site with all the details. www.alpinerally.org.au cheers Geoff

[Guy_H]

Geoff - how about some pics of your car?

Good luck :cool:

[evorobin]

Wow sounds like a monster at 380km's. All the best :cool:

[Geoffrey Hale]

Hi all..... It's a MONSTER for sure. Just about to leave Melbourne. I'm not good with the photo's but the are a few posted by me a while ago if any wants to look them up. I get organized better when I get back next week...Cheers... Geoff

[gtimk5]

Good luck Geoff, Hope the weekend goes well and the cooling system copes ok in the heat mate.
Andrew

[Peter Jones]

Geoff - how about some pics of your car?

Good luck :cool:

Geoff's just a bit shy :)

Here's a couple.I'll dig up some exterior shots when I'm at home.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/P13205391-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/P1320539-2.jpg

Best of luck Geoff!

Pete

[Jarred]

that's some intense cage work thats for sure!

Here are some other pics:


http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/11/Boisdale1-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/11/Boisdale2-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/11/Boisdale3-1.jpg

[Water Boy]

Make sure you give a certain red Izuzu Ballet a hard time :wasntme:

[gldgti]

wow. great car. that cage is nice - co-worked on a few of similar complexity in VX commodores and they have more room to get inside and weld - i can only imagine what yours would have been like to weld up!

very inspirational - cheers :-)

[Guy_H]

Nice Pics - thanks :bowdown:

[gtimk5]

Sorry to hear that the Golf was rolled today Geoff, I hope alls ok mate...:frown:

[gldgti]

Sorry to hear that the Golf was rolled today Geoff, I hope alls ok mate...:frown:

Oh no! :-(

[RedVR6]

I understand despite rolling, the Golf kept going and started the next stage after the roll over.

There was a '68 Beetle running too.

Great to see some dubs represented in Rallying... Love to build one of my own one of these days

[Geoffrey Hale]

Hi all... Well we've been home about 2 hours. We'll news does travel fast. We tripped the Golf over about 1.5 km from the end of the 2nd stage in the Prologue on Friday. We got into an up hill right hander a bit to fast and what looked like being a spin turned into a soft roll over as the front wheel cliped the small bank on the inside of a the cornor. We were totally un injured. Thanks for all your concerns. We repaired the car Friday night to start the main event on Saturday morning but at the back of the field. I'll post photos and more later ....Cheers Geoff

[Preen59]

Rach told me via Text message on friday night. She seemed to think it was pretty funny more than anything so i guessed that you guys were ok. I said to her "Atleast he found the limit!" Haha :).

[Jarred]

Good to hear you're ok Geoff! I got a bit nervous when I heard about it, but then I remebered you've got a roll cage!

[Peter Jones]

Oh dear, glad to hear everyone's alright. Let me know if there's any bits I can help out with.

Pete

[Peter Jones]

Geoff just sent these through.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/Alpine_09013-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/Alpine_09014-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/Alpine_09015-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/Alpine_09016-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/Alpine_09017-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/Alpine_09018-1.jpg

[Water Boy]

Im glad everyone is ok, I was told that the navigator was hurt, glad everyone is safe!

[Jarred]

oh geez, that brings a real pang to my heart, for more than the obvious reasons.

[Geoffrey Hale]

Hi All...... Jarred the site of a Mk 1 upside down is always concerning but more so when it's your own.
By the way, neither my navigator or I were injuried and were as a matter of course examinied buy the medicial officer soon after the incident....Geoff

[Geoffrey Hale]

Hi all
The latest unofficial scores for the Alpine Rally 2009 have us 67th out of 109 starters. In 2007 we finished 52nd. I'll get more photos happening soon.
Cheers... Geoff

[Geoffrey Hale]

Hi all

If anyone's interested you can see an interview and some footage of the Golf at the Alpine Rally by going to:

http://puremotorsport.tv/videos/234/geoff-hale-interview

Cheers..... Geoff

[racerrachy]

dad rolls his car on the PROLOGUE of the alpine rally. (prologue decides the start order of the rally) hahaha good one.

[Geoffrey Hale]

Hi all....Well that's ok Rach.... I was in a good tough VW product which was good enough to hack the pace and keep going unlike that Jap rubbish that you were co driving in which failed to go the distance. LOL .. Cheers Geoff

[Jarred]

HAHAHAHAH SNAP!

nice one Geoff! :D

[racerrachy]

well, whatever. :brutal: