Saturday 2 March 2013

Rally of Canberra

On Friday the second of March all manner of rally cars desended on the capital of our fine country to kick start the beginning of the Australian Rally Series.  The competitors and their chariots were grouped together in Canberra City to give the public a sniff of the exitement to come.


I popped down to the pit area located in on of the Bruce Stadium carparks on the saturday morning to see what i could find


I love how many electronic gizmos race cars have these days


Only a few Evo's had arrived while i was there, this one wearing a few battle scars and showing its age under a few coats of paint

Speaking of battle scars, this fiesta had a premature end to its campain with a spill on friday nights stage


I liked how the tail lights and livery on this Golf matched the sponser logo

This lairy forester was competing in the SUV category, however i didn't spot any other SUV's while i was there


Life is good at the track


The guys at the honda tent knows whats up, a full buffet breakfast provided for a lucky few


The team had their game face on, guess it pays to have a corporate backer


At the other end of the spectrum, all some of the other teams needed was a tarp and a few mates


One of the few rotors present


There wern't many S chassis present either


This particular silvia was piloted by a former drifter, seen the light or on to greener pastures?


Some serious machinery, they fired this up as i was leaving, something i will always love about rally cars is that crackle comingoff boost


This Evo seemed too clean to be ready for battle


Some teams had more back yard means of transport and support...


... While others, had more extravagent means


Thats it from the pit area, unfortunatly i didnt get the chance to head out to the Mineshaft stage, from what i heard it wasnt half bad, I should make it out to rally events more often.

Also, new stickers are on the way and our fancy shmancy online store is in the pipe works so stay tuned!

Stay classy planet earth

-Willie