GLENCOE TRAIL
Last Saturday night in
perfect weather conditions, the South Eastern Automobile Club conducted “The
Glencoe Trail” car trial, over nearly 200km of forest roads in the Glencoe –
Mount Burr forest area.
Event Director, Peter
Becker, had set an interesting course of fast flowing roads, together with some
tight twisty roads & sandy tracks to mix it up.
Spectators were treated to
some fast and furious action early, but unusually early high attrition rate
meant that less than half the field completed the course.
When time sheets were added
up, the Mitsubishi VR4, driven by Paul Heenan & Ken Moore, was only 1
second quicker than the Datsun 180B of Jason Sims & Damien Wilson, but
unfortunately for the Sims/Wilson team, they incurred a 30 minute penalty for a
technical navigation infringement..
As a result, this left
Heenan & Moore the clear winners, & the Datsun 200B driven by Aaron
Bowering & Nathan Lowe elevated into 2nd place, with the Toyota
Corolla driven by Adam Becker & Dion Becker closely behind in 3rd
place.
4th place went to
the penalised team of Sims & Wilson. 5th home was the Mitsubishi Sigma of Greg Muller &
Matt Pritchard, but unfortunately narrowly missed the cut on late running time.
Last car to finish was the famous Datsun 1600 driven by Kevin Millard &
Chantel Elford, also out of late running time.
Of the retirees, first out
was Bob Brown & Colin Spink with a hole in the radiator on their Falcon following
an excursion into the trees. Next out was Nathan Smith & Dee Telford in the
V8 Commodore with a gearbox making terminal noises, closely followed Ryan Bell
& Graham Bell in their Nissan Bluebird with a diff failure.
Next to retire was Darren
Harris & Steve Harris in their debut rally with broken wheel studs, &
soon after Darryl Brown & Phil Wilson retired with a blown clutch in their
Nissan Skyline.
Making to the last stage
before retiring were Adam Branford & Monica Burt in their V8 Commodore, out
with a broken engine mount, & James Kerin & Tanya Rassmussen, unable to
navigate with a faulty tripmeter.
The club wishes to thank the
event sponsor, Becker Tech, for their support.
Submitted by :
Peter Becker 0427 897 119