MLRC Forum - Print Page

MLRC Forum
https://www.mlrc.ca/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
General >> Rally >> Congrats to Ontario Teams at ESPR
https://www.mlrc.ca/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1398645892

Message started by rosswood on 04/27/14 at 19:44:52

Title: Congrats to Ontario Teams at ESPR
Post by rosswood on 04/27/14 at 19:44:52

Congratulations to the two Ontario teams who went down to the Empire State Performance Rally, an all-tarmac event.

Nick & Kelly Mathew claimed 1st Overall and 1st AWD by a good margin while Donal Crooke and Bruce Leonard came 4th Overall and 3rd AWD.

Bot teams put in a solid run throughout the two day event.

Title: Re: Congrats to Ontario Teams at ESPR
Post by John_Vanos on 04/28/14 at 08:51:37

Great result for both teams! Go Canada!

Title: Re: Congrats to Ontario Teams at ESPR
Post by donalcrookerallying on 05/06/14 at 09:27:48

Thanks Guys!

Was alot of fun, incredible pace from Nick and Kelly, really a great achievement!

Bit disappointed to have lost out on 3rd overall, but a spin/overshoot/clipping 2 chicanes/small engine fire meant despite pushing hard we worked our way backwards on the sunday!

started saving for more power for next year :D

Thanks to facebook.com/daggerslademedia and Jordan Apgar Photography for the shots!

Title: Re: Congrats to Ontario Teams at ESPR
Post by NMathew on 05/15/14 at 09:35:56

Just saw this now!

Thanks Ross.

Great event and a lot of fun people to run with. We had a good battle going with Gary D on the first day and came on strong out of the gate which was nice with little tarmac experience.

Some of those roads are FAST though. Chicanes slow you in some sections, but there's still a lot where we were flat and topped out in 6th!!

Highly recommend it to teams that want a bit of fun on tarmac and want to get a lot of mileage in. The Meegan's Flags stage down by the river has a wonderful flow to it and and incredible section of new balcktop 3s and 4s going uphill that you can really fly through!

Great weekend overall.