West Cork Rally 2009 - Guess what happened?

As you can guess, we're home from the West Cork Rally. Overall, it was a mixed bag.

As for the gang competing, Brian & Michelle broke a driveshaft (TWICE!) in the 106GTi, while Vinne did the same in the 205GTi. Dermot also didn't finish in the Civic. CaseyRallySport had a "slight" off on stage 2, but we're glad to report that the wall will recover....

Big T had Camper on board for the Double "0" for the High Infants, or the Juniors as they are also known. As expected, they didn't survive. It wasn't the expected reason (Campers inability to keep the stomach contents in the stomach while in the passenger seat) but the lack of brakes, as the chicane on Ardfield found out. Afterwards, Camper said that he has to get a rally car. That means that LOADS of roof skins will be needed for whatever he gets.

The two Frahills were doing the Juniors, and informed us of the mechanical dramas they were having while going to scrutiny! These included a third gear that decided not to play ball and just sulked, and the suspected head gasket failure. They decided to "Fcuk it, if it breaks, it breaks. So, where's the cheapest for Proflex? I NEED PROFLEX!!!!". Personally, I reckon he needs a new gearbox & head gasket.... Despite all the poor mouth at Parc Ferme, they still finished fifth overall in the Juniors.

Also on the head gasket failure list was Suggs, whose head gasket decided to go to head gasket heaven on stage 2. Suggs better half was Chief Marshal for her trouble (bet she's sorry she didn't come up with an excuse quick enough) and was wafted about in luxury for the weekend. She was ably assisted by Ger, whose driver decided not to test the strength of the Impreza's drivetrain. Spoilsport!

As for the finishers, Goffy guided Jeremiah O'Callaghan to third in class. Pockets finished 35th overall and 5th in class against some better machinery. Also on the finishers list was "Thank God for Proflex" Sparkie, who was 59th overall in the Civic. 

Also in the middle of the mechanical dramas was Ragworth, whose Peugeot decided not to leave West Cork, and broke something in the clutch slave cylinder/pedal. If you want, ask him for a description of the pedal bush, and he'll show you. He was showing everybody over the phone..... He says the damage came from him helping a damsel in distress but really, can you believe anything he says?. As of Tuesday, the car is still being mended and he's stuck with a hire car, with parts on the way from France.

Oh, I've also heard that Ragworth & Macca had a royal old time in Rosscarbery on Saturday night, with the local population suffering at being exposed to their "charms". Another little birdie told me that the terrible two had fierce fun chasing school teachers that night....

Macca was in a good mood after the weekend, after he picked up adjustable coil-over's for the Civic. He spent the whole night going on how good it's going to be, and all the possible combinations of settings he had, while what he really needed was a sock...

There was some marshalling done as well, with Macca, The Councillor, Topaz (the driver formally known as Ice-Cream), Joe, Donny all out marshalling on The Hoff's stage. On Mol's stage, "Go on The Dan" had decided to keep his pants on, and didn't exhibit his arse to the nation as he did last year. The unusual thing was that his brother was marshalling on a different stage completely....