snowman rally

[scooby222]

anyone heading to the snowman rally on the 18th? few weeks away yet but itl come in soon

[Gee Wr1]

Aye Dave we'll be out and about as usual. We were talking about it tonight with J's brother who's doing it, stages are-

1. Daviot

2. Ord Hill (2 runs back to back through stage)

3. Rogie (extended to 18 miles)

4. Kiltarlity (new stage never been used)

5.Glen Urquart (If thats how you spell it lol)

We'll be 4x4 it in J's orange freelander not the scoobs.

[scouk]

Yep! Gonna try get up to it this year!

Thanks for the heads up on teh stages! That info has been kept under tight wraps until the last week or 2 before the event!

[scooby222]

hey Gee, hows tricks? il be using the works truck, blue new shape l200 so il keep an eye out for you

stages look good, daviot was fun last time in the snow, Rogie's always a favourite - what way are they running it this year?

ord hill would be tempting but probably try daviot and rogie with a quick pop into service as its all of 3 minutes from the house

[corsa]

I shall be there too in snapper mode ;-)

Davie

[euan_r]

Will try and get along depending.

[Midnight21]

I'd love to make it to this .....but work commitments will probably put paid to that :-(

[scooby222]

if you can make it give me a shout cathy, got room for a wee un friday night

[highlandflyer]

We'll be at Daviot as it's only a mile away.

First car starts 09-19 and course is slightly shorter and reverse ie west to east as apposed to previous years.

[scooby222]

il keep an eye out for you Myles, hoping to make daviot for a bit, theres a big wide sweeper about half way through if its the same as last time, good spot for sideways ac tion

[corsa]

Im Daviot too :-0

[scouk]

Met office have released a weather warning for snow on saturday!

http://t.co/iLzvN8uN

Thinkign Daviot and Glen Urquart at hte moment.. Maybe the new stage at Kiltarlity and service.. Not 100% decided yet...

Edited February 15, 2012 by ScoUK

[scooby222]

oh its going to be good tyre choice will be fun for the drivers - closest to a scandanavian wrc round we get in the uk

[corsa]

Hope it stays snow free, im taking the beemer LOL

[scooby222]

im taking the pickup so il stick a towrope in just for you Davie

[scouk]

I'll have the scoob! Gonna stick the winter tyres back on to try scrub them in, so will be slidy whatever the weather! Yeehaaa!!!

[scouk]

Rally Details:

Not sure if first service is between SS2&SS3 but timing looks about right..

Scrutineering

Friday 17th 17:15 - 21:30 Arnold Clark Peugeot, Harbour Road Inverness

Start - 09:00 - THistle Hotel

SS1 - 09:29 - Meall Mor/Daviot

SS2 - ??:?? - Ord Hill - Non Spectator stage... What a heap o' SH**E!

Service - 10:44 - Black Isle Show Ground

SS3 - ??:?? - Ord Hill - Non Spectator stage... As above!! Seemed like a good opportunity to attract people so close to Inv

SS4 - 11:52 - Torr Achility/Rogie

Service - 12:37 - Black Isle Show Ground

SS5 - Boblainy - Non Spectator stage... What another one! FFS!!! Spectator sport!?!

SS6 - 14:23 - Glenurquhart

Finish - 15:25 - Thistle Hotel

[davey l wrx]

Enjoy it guys get some pics up.....

I'll be on the hunt to see what the Aussies are doing to their Scoobies. Might get some ideas to bring back. Apparently there's loads of them round where i am so we'll see. All i've seen so far is 1 civic and loads of pickups (sorry utes), ford falcons and Holdens. Might have to hire a big V8 muscle car just to see what they're like. Unless i can find a scoob to hire of course!

[scouk]

Damn! it was cold out at the snowman today! Soon as I got out of the car on SS1 It started blizzarding! (is that a word?) and got really damn cold!!

Managed a couple of stages and a quick walkround the service station at lunch.. Currently sorting through photos, so hopefully have some uploaded later today if not tomorrow.. David Bogie was clearly on a mission from the get go! He was really chucking his Evo around at speed!!

Slightly off topic, but had the winter tyres back on for this (after reading views on another thread) and they are staying on now! Didn't notice any lack of grippyness that I had a few weeks ago.. Maybe the road into Elgin was just really greasy that weekend. No issues with ABS kicking in or control of the car today! Infact even had one of the stage Mk2 Escorts dropping back behind me on one of the road sections near tore roundabout which has a nice covering of snow!

[scouk]

Snow on the 'snowmanrally' surely not!

Got back to the car at the end of SS1 to find this:

Oh look a row of scoobies!! Funny how marshals seemed to direct them to a different parking area than the rest of the cars.

David Bogie, very much on form from the start

Oh look! A hatch! Not many of those rallying..

Or these for that matter! THis is the one Bitz Motorsport Built

P.s. THat's snow! not a borked camera

Nice to still see a bugeye on stage

But quite a few Blobs on the go:

Snow very much taking over for a short while...

Mini watersplash on Stage 6

And finally, there's always on guy in a media vest that comes along and stands right infront of you where your takign photos. Get tae'

... Might start trying to name and shame...

More photos from SS1 Mheal Mor and SS6 Glen Urquhart

[jamesm]

Just back from a long day trip from Ayrshire, impressed I actually managed to get up at 05.00! Went to Daviot, Rogie and Glenurquhart. Not a bad day all in, a bit of walking, particularly at Rogie. Not sure why they can't use the wide forest road up to the stage rather than the boggy field 25 mins away. Had to smile to myself as everyone started getting stuck in the field and I simply pulled away in the Impreza without even any wheel spin.

The one thing which always dissappoints me at the Snowman is the behaviour of the spectators. They are always by far the worst behaved rabble of any rally I go to, by a very long way. Watching some young lads in Glenurquhart staggering about the track whilst completely plastered was frightning!

Run back down the A9 was fun with a complete white out in parts.

Spotted your car at Daviot Alan, but didn't see anyone else I recognised.

[euan_r]

Glad i brought my hat. Not any snow worth mentioning but that which landed ensured the newly graded gravel got wet and tore up.

Rear wheel drive nova was quality whilst it lasted. Think it was nearly half the entry list lost to attrition and saw quite a few offs.

Thanks to dave again for 0 mile walks into stage. Gas stove in wind is no match for bbq though but meal at night more than made up for it.

[scooby222]

had another good day out at the snowman - plenty of action this year courtesy of the constantly changing surfaces and weather! thermals and pickup made everything bearable and seeing the bugeye wrc going through stage 1 before its headgasket blew was awesome

[maddogsx]

ScoUK on the first stage were you the chap that moved the tyre and cone off the road that the MK2 pulled along from the hairpin? I was stood just to your right if you were. Picture below lol at first I thought it was actually the scort that had threw a tyre off.

[scouk]

Ha haaa! nope that wasn't me.. But did wonder what happened to the cone after it dissappeared when the Mk2 went by

Saw a few scoobs parked up at stages but didn't recognise any of them sadly.. At least my car is fairly obvious even if you haven't seen it before

Edited February 20, 2012 by ScoUK