Hopefully they'll show the Adelaide Classic Rally on channel 31 in Perth like
they did last year. Maybe next year John Spencer could come to perth and do our
classic rally and fly the 1600 flag as none of the 1600 boys here will. Maybe
the $2500 entry fee scares them off like it does me.($2500 buys a lot of turbo)
I might even make the effort to get to Adelaide next if they line the 1600 day
up with the classic rally as i love classic rallies and 1600's. I urge anyone
who's never been to a classic rally make the effort you'll love it.
Andrew Smith
Pete & Kath Liebig wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I guess it doesn't attract much attention interstate, but the Classic
> Adelaide Rally has been on for the last 4 days here. It's been held each
> year for 4 years now, but I've never gone and checked it out. Silly me! It
> takes in some of the best (sealed) hills roads as closed competition stages,
> linked by transport stages. They do around 200 - 300k's each day.
>
> This year I took Thursday off work and climbed up the Collingrove Hillclimb
> with a couple other guys from the Adelaide 1600 Club to watch them go for
> it. There were some 1600's and 240Z's competing (quite a few Z's). I didn't
> think they stood a chance against the likes of Porsches, Ferraris and Andrew
> Cavalli's all conquering Escort Twin Cam ('98 winner) - minimal mods are
> allowed. Goes to show how wrong you can be...
>
> It brought a big idiot grin to my face when John Spencer's (QLD) blue 1600
> (H510) blasted over the first crest - trusty L series at full noise! What a
> driver! Pardon my ignorance, but I'd never heard of him before. He was
> absolutely driving the wheels off the thing! I've never seen a 1600 (or any
> car come to think of it..) driven this hard before. Man those L series
> babies can take a hammering!!! I have renewed respect for them.
>
> We then scurried around to Gorge Rd. to watch them come through the next
> competition stage. These guys are mad! Once again Cavalli's Escort and the
> blue Datto looked to be well and truly on the pace. There was also a guy
> with huge balls pedalling a GTHO Falcon VERY hard (crashed next day...).
>
> On Saturday I noticed they were doing Gorge Rd. again and just couldn't help
> myself. I found a good spot at the top carpark and waited for the fun. Time
> well spent too. They run slowest-to-fastest at 1 minute intervals. The last
> 25% of cars were truly amazing. When Cavalli came through in the Escort (you
> could hear the induction roar echoing through the hills for ages before he
> actually appeared) we thought "My God! How is anyone gonna top that!". Well
> it wasn't long before the Datto blasted around the corner. SHEEEEEEEIT!!!
> How can a car be so out of shape and stay on the road??? I am truly not
> worthy. This guy is not one of us mere mortals! All the assembled onlookers
> just looked at each other dumbfounded with jaws on the ground!
>
> Needless to say he went on to win the event by 13 seconds (out of 4 days -
> that Escort doesn't mess around either!). I am really looking forward to
> next year. I might take leave for the whole event.
>
> Craig is considering timing the next Annual 1600 Club day so that interstate
> guys could come over for that, and then check out some of the Classic
> Adelaide events later that week. I reckon this is a great idea, and I'd
> highly recommend it to anyone interested. Well worth the effort. Top fun
> guaranteed. Especially if you are a bit of a nostalgia freak (I'm not - just
> an incurable revhead). And they generally have some classic drivers too -
> the ever-so-popular Sir Jack B of course and this year I spotted Win Percy,
> Allan Grice and Norm Beechy among the drivers.
>
> Sorry I got a bit carried away... Oh, and sorry about all the exclamation
> marks! (ooops..)
> Pete Liebig
>
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