Well i had an interesting event

finished 9th outright and beat the other guy in my class, so pretty happy with result

the front pin on the upper leaf shackle (passenger side) busted somewhere on the second stage, we didnt really know that had happened but we knew the tyre was rubbing on the back of the wheel well, and the back brakes were jamming on

it was two and a half stages (20km each) that we continued like this until service, at service we found the broken shackle pin, and in desperation this was our best solution




swapped the back pin to the front and put a screwdriver through the other , and after frantic searching and whacking at the screwdriver we couldn't bend it, light bulb moment - put a hose clamp on it, then a bunch of race tape. We realised the brake problem was that with the diff moving back this was pulling the handbrake cable on... so that got disconneted at service too

race two more stages flat out like this, worked a treat, and made up a bunch of time. new suspension was great when i got the chance to test it out, though a bung spot light stage 5 (first of two night stages)restricted right hand turns... we had a big off at high speed as i never saw the corner until too late, car got airborne and nearly rolled. Navigator still has a sore neck from that.


so yeah, lots of adventure for us, looking forward to a straight forward race next time hopefully

no pics yet but some vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lS3lLiy_3A

im car 60, after three 1600s come through, i came in a bit hot and held the handbrake for a bit longer than i would have liked to wash off some speed