Rally season is fast approaching, and we wanted to be prepared this year. So we set off one Saturday morning at 7 a.m. to reach the location where classes were held. We arrived at 8’45, late again, just like in our younger years. Some things never change.
We came in style and prepared. I took my 1972 BMW 3.0 CSi out of storage the day before and assembled the stuff we needed for a regularity rally, a training in this case.
The training was given by Bjorn Vanoverschelde of JBR Events, we were in good hands. In the morning target audience was ‘beginner’-level. Although participants would have hardly any experience, they did have the right wheels for starters.
A brief introduction of the regularity rally concept obviously covered topics like roadbook, precise distance and time. But soon after the introduction we were thrown into reality and had to perform 3 RT’s before lunch. After the feedback moment there was even a price to win, and we won it. I think it is fair to say that being a bit more experienced than the other participants, this was no surprise. Reluctantly we accepted the price, 2 excellent Gin-bottles.
After lunch, the session was a ‘evolved’ level. As we did in the morning, in this session again we got a lot of useful tips. Our goal is to put them into practice, without forgetting the basic things like set the chrono, set tripmaster, stay on the right road, … A lot of things can go wrong when performing RT’s, in order to set good results those issues must be left behind.
The next few months we will participate in several regularity rally’s. Of course you will read more about this in the stories, as I am sure you are just as curious as we are whether our school efforts will prove theirselves in competition.