Classic Rally passing through Preston this Sunday

[tomkidd]

How do folks

Thought some of you might be interested in this:

http://www.heroevents.eu/Events/LeJog/le_jog_2011/

Le JOG, the Lands End to John O’Groats classic car rally for cars made before 1984, is passing through our region this coming weekend.

For full info on the event see:-

As usual there are a number of Porsches entered

Places to watch and times of 1st car through are below

11th December Kilhey Court Macdonald Hotel, Worthington, Nr Standish 12.03 Control

11th December Tickled Trout, Macdonald Hotel, Preston 12.24 Test

11th December Red Rose Hub, Fullwood, Preston 12.29 Test

11th December Aspinall Arms, Great Mitton, Nr Blackburn 12.57 Control and short break

[cookie1071]

Yep, out marshalling on this Sunday teatime at Derwent Reservoir over in Co.Durham.

The are a few minis on it too, including a nice little El Paso Beige Mk2 Cooper owned by local MCR member Richard Derrick.

Niall.

[Giff]

Quite fancy this, could anyone recommend a good spot for viewing some action?

[tomkidd]

Ntt sure as I don't think it has ever happened before, I'll be going down on my bike so I'll move to the other location if its rubbish

[Giff]

When its says "TEST" at the Tickled Trout what actually takes place? Do they just drive past or is there a short stage etc?

[cookie1071]

this kinda thing i imagine

http://www.youtube.com/user/niall9311#p/u/2/yTSuNwY1Kjc

[tomkidd]

When its says "TEST" at the Tickled Trout what actually takes place? Do they just drive past or is there a short stage etc?

I'm presuming it is an autotest but I am not sure

[Giff]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY-F0DGh ... e=youtu.be

[pad4]

erm - is that it ????

i love seeing the cars and everything but that was probably
the most boaring rally test ive ever seen, glad i didnt drag the mini out
to go up there now

[surfblue63]

Bit more of an exciting test at Derwent this evening. I got a couple of snaps...





...and this one makes them look real fast



Will be out on a couple more tests tommorrow, so expect a few more snaps.

If you can't wait the rest of my Dewent pics can be seen at

http://s710.photobucket.com/albums/ww10 ... og%202011/

[cookie1071]

erm - is that it ????

i love seeing the cars and everything but that was probably
the most boaring rally test ive ever seen, glad i didnt drag the mini out
to go up there now

I think you've got to remember the event is a marathon rather than a sprint and taking it a bit easy on the tests and getting it right is preferable to getting a wrong test and fixing a driveshaft coupling by the side of the road at 2am in the morning while everyone else is tucked up in bed! The car is question is also crewed by Novices out on their first event i believe. That said, some do really go for it. Niall.

[pad4]

no dont get me wrong, i realise whats its all about and im hopefully going to be part of a novice crew doing exactly the same thing but i just thought that test was rather drab indeed.

i would love to have a bash at the le jog and many others like it, in fact we could host a test in our factory grounds......

[surfblue63]

If you think that test was a bit dull, you should have seen the test at Eshott airfield on the Monday. It consisted of a LE Mans style start with the driver running from the passenger side of the car, geting in the car, starting it, then after a 5 second count whizzing off down the runway for half a mile to a stop.





The test at the kart track at Tranent was a bit more exciting as the cars did a lap of the outdoor track.









I've put a video on YouTube of some of the more sprited drives around the track...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbtHapxD4EE

...and, as usual, the rest of my pictures can be found by clicking the ink below

http://s710.photobucket.com/albums/ww10 ... og%202011/

Thanks for looking.

[pad4]

awsome sound from the 240z, thats more like what i was expecting
how many tests did they do in total

[tomkidd]

There was one other test in Preston Pad, I didn't get to either but the one at the place that isn't in the video was at a much larger location so may have been better.

Loved watching the cars go round the kart track

[surfblue63]

No idea how many tests were on the rally, as not all were advertised on the spectator details. It also seems that not all the drivers need to do all the tests, due to the way the rally is scored.

I've seen kart tracks used before on regularity type events, they are always fun to watch.