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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Sat morning and its Rally Mode for everyone….RT10 got off to a late start at the Cedar Hill and Bronte stages….while Powell and Higgins were battling for the lead, there was disaster as Dean Serrao’s WRC Subaru caught on fire on stage one and he could only watch as it burned right down to the shell….this and other run offs by competitors saw the cancellation of Stages 1, 5 and 6…. The Preysal Stage started at about 4:15pm….by now attrition had taken its toll and quite a few cars were permanently out of the Rally including one of the podium favourites Paul Bourne who retired with a hydraulics problem….Unable to run the planned 3 stages due to poor visibility the last stage was cancelled and Saturday ended with Powell/ Telfer holding on to a slim lead.
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Tags: international rally, Rally, TTRC
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
The Scrutineering and Briefing for Rally Trinidad 10 was held at The Grand Bazaar Mall….38 Rally cars had to be carefully inspected to ensure they met the required safety standards and were properly classed. Drivers and co-pilots were briefed on on any changes with the course and then were able to mix and mingle with the Rally Fans, Sponsors and the Local and Foreign Celebrities….Friday morning saw Team Shell having a Shakedown near the stages….while John Powell got the Pro Drive engineers to make some last minute adjustments to his S12, Mark and Nicky had their first drive in their Group N Evo IX and tried to settle in…..Friday evening all cars and teams were again on display at the Queens Park Savannah for the ceremonial opening of Rally Trinidad 10.
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Tags: international rally, Rally
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
The Trinidad and Tobago karting Club started their 2k10 season with 34 entries ranging across the five classes. The Cadet class saw Aaron Mohammed showing his intent to dominate, Bridget Singh continued way out in front for the 100cc class( Ravi boy! ….4yrs before she gets her License to drive a car….enjoy these last years ), Marcus Skinner finally winning a race and winning overall in the Rotax International Class…well done Skinner…yuh smell enough exhaust last year, the return of Raj Baboolal in fine form in Rotax Masters and Nicholas Narinesingh winning all races in the shifter Class.
A great day of side by side racing including the most number of crashes i have ever seen at T&T Karting resulting in a larger than usual no of retirees for the day…next race day….April 11th….looking forward to it.
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Tags: go karts, Karting
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
The Rally Clubs first stages for 2010….a warm up for Rally Trinidad 2K10….24 cars took the start at the newly designed Preysal Stage….with radiators being pushed to the limit all day, the Rally saw lots of huge jumps, offs and rally style sliding…in the end Mr John Powell in his newest toy a group N Shell Sponsored Evo IX emerged top of the list barely beating Ainsley Lochan in his Ultra Evo IX.
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Tags: Rally, TTRC
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
The Trinidad and Tobago Rally Club together with The Tobago House of Assembly put together a fantastic ending to the rally clubs season….Carving a brand new track out of the Coorland estate 20 teams took part in what was an event as big as Rally Trinidad….now we just need TWO LANES and a TUNNEL…loved this event… MORE please!!!
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