WRC Modern Classics Season 2001. Safari Rally Kenya

[MagpieRacer]

Results for the previous round will be up soon. Busy weekend delayed things and then had a minor issue with the club to sort.

All good now though.

Ignore me, I'm getting ahead of myself.

Fell off a cliff after a few KM on the first stage, hasn't been my week, terminal on SS1 on the GTP club too.

 

[Adam Barber]

Well that was going really, really well for the first 3 stages then on stage 4 on old tyres I fell off the road and a DNF. Shame that as I was in a really nice rhythm. 4th DNF in a row but on the plus side I had really good pace this time around

 

[Dreadmed]

Considering what I've experienced before I'm amazed I didn't get a puncture on this run, annoyingly I also rolled off an embankment about 1km from the end at the final stage despite sternly telling myself to drag it to the end. 😑

It is a bit weird what the game classifies as an irrecoverable car, I did another dummy run on one of the stages (featuring the same series of switchbacks at the start of Karoutes) whilst purposefully throwing myself off in various places up that climb. Without exception I only got resets and penalties (of varying seriousness).

 

[Spinerkopin]

Almost a flawless run from my part, until Stage 6 (the longest one) where this little rock almost killed my engine. Luckily I had enough time to repair everything on the following service.

Then right at the start of Stage 8, I got distracted by irl stuff and jumped the start.
I want to maximize points for the next rallies so I can skip Croatia and Corsica 🤣

 

[Tool1312]

Well I was doing ok in Kenya until I hit that bloody tree, you know, the one that's all by itself on the semi straight bit. Oh well never mind lol

 

[MagpieRacer]

Rally Acropolis is complete, car have been broken, drivers have been beaten, but we have a result. @Spinerkopin continues an unbelievable season with another stunning victory in the Impreza, beating PickyReptile87 in the Focus by over 10 minutes(!). KurtF5 came home 3rd in the 2nd Impreza.

Rank	DisplayName	Vehicle	Time	DifferenceToFirst
1	Spinerkopin	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:27:52	0:00:00
2	PickyReptile87	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:38:29	0:10:37
3	KurtF5	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:39:42	0:11:50
4	miljan426	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:39:57	0:12:05
5	BelgianWaffle78	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:40:22	0:12:30
6	SolidNinjaSnake	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:40:33	0:12:41
7	Pato522323	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	1:47:50	0:19:58
8	Dreadmed	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	1:49:11	0:21:19
9	thewrathofwhat	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:50:36	0:22:45
10	GOTMAXPOWER	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:58:32	0:30:40
11	SharkyOB	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	2:08:11	0:40:19
12	Marco63B	SEAT Córdoba WRC	2:10:43	0:42:52
13	mistrelwood	SEAT Córdoba WRC	2:12:48	0:44:56
15	ABarber95	SUBARU Impreza 2001	2:17:49	0:49:58
16	Meadow142	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	2:23:37	0:55:45
17	TR_Foutare	Citroën C4 WRC	2:27:50	0:59:59
18	nowthenfella	SEAT Córdoba WRC	2:28:58	1:01:07
19	darrenersmit82	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	2:29:45	1:01:54

Spinerkopin extends to a 37 point lead over @Belgianwaffle with @Dreadmed sitting in 3rd.

Rank	DisplayName	PointsAccumulated
1	Spinerkopin	236
2	BelgianWaffle78	199
3	Dreadmed	153
4	Space_Wadet	151
5	SolidNinjaSnake	119
6	Hasnain282	114
7	GOTMAXPOWER	111
8	RDA-JETS	106
9	BergGunner	102
10	widdler	99
11	thewrathofwhat	94
12	mistrelwood	86
13	miljan426	79
14	Speedster502	76
15	Meadow142	76
16	nowthenfella	74
17	amagurichan	71
18	ABarber95	69
19	Devilsoldier96	66
20	mmf1_PS	59
21	tomo875	58
22	Ujhuuu8iolk	55
23	c07aea92ce6efb26	53
24	Cabelmania	51
25	FiveHoleCole	49
26	magpieracer	47
27	PickyReptile87	45
28	Bot_Dasher	45
29	bigfatflip	41
30	FinalNitrous	37
31	alicudis	37
32	JabierFailure	30
33	lebowski2	25
34	dahKarvaRanne	23
35	KurtF5	23
36	Pato522323	18
37	Marco63B	16
38	Try_Canal10	15
39	nirffel	15
40	skolll-T_T	15
41	DaniB58	14
42	SharkyOB	13
43	HajduPeti	11
44	DummyGames14	10
45	TR_Axel_air	9
46	9d1c43eb87fa5a79	8
47	vaskildo	8
48	FiRoMario000	8
49	D1sharmoneus	7
50	WRC Player	6
51	Malkocc	5
52	vivalabam922	5
53	siscolin	4
54	RuggishThuggish	4
55	Scaff	4
56	BenAFC14	4
57	Syuma2525	3
58	Dibuadri	3
59	Bretto73	3
60	AhoTerunen	2
61	TR_Foutare	1
62	lukemlbarry	1
63	Flemish_fellah	1
64	WRC Player	1
65	janhavlat	1
66	Ikk_klar	0
67	MartimRoquE23	0
68	Gr0upB	0
69	darrenersmit82	0
70	GoldMR-NOBODY	0
71	postmanliamc	0
72	Hultberg420	0
73	AnttiRenfors	0
74	juniorjohan	0
75	S1Tofran	0
76	sylvainjaussaud2	0
77	MaverickAustria	0
78	yuzabulow	0
79	Eddie_Estsidrz	0
80	SteveIsAwake	0
81	Mounta1nShark	0
82	micka47200	0
83	jproque_clubs	0
84	fourpegs	0
85	DarkSmaile977	0

No change in position in the manufacturers standings, Subaru extend over Ford at the top by a further 3 points, Mitsubishi and SEAT fall further back and Peugeot fail to score at Acropolis.

Rank	Manufacturer	Points
1	Subaru	269
2	Ford	149
3	Mitsubishi	103
4	SEAT	81
5	Peugeot	69

 

[MagpieRacer]

Welcome to the 49th Safari Rally Kenya. Along with Monte-Carlo, possibly the most famous rally in the WRC. Brutal terrain, high speed sections, ruts that tractors would struggle with, extreme heat and fesh-fesh to deal with. This rally will test man and machine like no other event will. The most stages of any event this season, type conservation and servicing will be crucial to succeed.

Itinerary
Day 1
Shakedown

Morning Service
SS1: Malewa - 9.7km
SS2: Moi North - 5.5km
SS3: Wileli - 4.9km

Lunchtime Service
SS4: Kingono - 4.4km
SS5: Marula - 5.5km
SS6: Tarambete - 9.6km

Day 2
Morning Service
SS7: Soysambu - 20.7km
SS8: Sugunoi - 9.7km

Lunchtime Service
SS9: Kanyawa - 10.7km

Afternoon Service
SS10: Kanyawa-Nakura - 10.7km
SS11: Nakuru - 10km

Day 3
Afternoon Service
SS12: Mbaruk - 20.2km

Total KM: 121.6km
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[Belgianwaffle]

Besides some corner cut penalties, because of a bouncing car, I got pretty clean through this adventurous location... No major issues, not even in the service parks to my surprise... I wonder where I will end up in the final result of this one 🤞

 

[Speedster502]

Ended up having to miss the previous round sadly...and with no time to practice I'll be just hoping to get a safe and solid finish here 🤞

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Well I was doing ok in Kenya until I hit that bloody tree, you know, the one that's all by itself on the semi straight bit. Oh well never mind lol

I had no idea what you were talking about until now, I know precisely which bloody tree you mean 😂

 

[Belgianwaffle]

I had no idea what you were talking about until now, I know precisely which bloody tree you mean 😂

I think I know this tree too.... A small one on the outside of a fast left/right combo... Before the "600" straight (or after if reversed)

 

[Tool1312]

Yeah, this one

 

[Dreadmed]

That tree yields for no man or machine...



Back to the present, I started off quite well despite being thrown off the road by those ruts (that were classified as "bumps" in the notes). Annoyingly I had a couple more severe interactions with them later on in addition to getting violently bounced off the road when I wasn't expecting it, so now I have to somehow find 30s in the Savanna section to overhaul @Belgianwaffle.

 

[Adam Barber]

I hit a pothole/crater on stage 1 that spat my car into a tree, in hindsight I really shouldn't have just sent it through that corner. Aside from that issue on stage 1 Kenya went very well. Managed the keep it clean, or as clean as possible at a rally as rough as Kenya to finish 7th overall with 18h left.

 

[Speedster502]

Dived straight into Finland this morning...I was totally unprepared for how rutted and rough these stages would be. Definitely wish I'd spent some time testing with this level of degradation. Finding that this is actually more hard work than Kenya!

Needless to say, I've subsequently been jettisoned into the trees a few times already 😂

 

[MagpieRacer]

Dived straight into Finland this morning...I was totally unprepared for how rutted and rough these stages would be. Definitely wish I'd spent some time testing with this level of degradation. Finding that this is actually more hard work than Kenya!

Needless to say, I've subsequently been jettisoned into the trees a few times already 😂

It's like a high speed railway with no brakes.

 

[Speedster502]

It's exactly that. Then if you do end up bouncing out of the ruts it's a case of crossing everything that you manage to avoid the plethora of trees lining the stages

 

[Tool1312]

Just finished Finland, had it on it roof at one point, it's very fidgety with those ruts