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Rally of the Tall Pines
« on: November 24, 2008, 01:04:55 am »
Went to see this rally this weekend with GD and his mate Mark, who is also a thoroughly great guy.  I haven't seen any live motorsport in a while so it was great to get out and hear the burble of a rally exhaust, I just love the sound of those cars, takes me back to the WRC event I went to in Cardiff a few years back.  Anyway, here are some pics, hope you enjoy...

Racing Evo X :drool:


Some modified lettering on the back of one of the evo's ha ha..


Great looking new Subaru STi


Best driver there, or best car, one of the two, I think he eventually won it.


Hyundai Tiburon, I think he won last year and prior years.


Another Evo


Gotta love this car...


The spectator section


A team from the US, included Dave Mirra the ex-BMXer.  His blog from last year's race:
http://www.davemirra.com/Post/Rally-Of-The-Tall-Pines/060FBFFFF000B9AE400080004C706


The "2 Brits Racing" team, with a bit of crash damage.


I love this car, the Suzuki Swift! Of the more amatuer driver these were by far the most ballsy and entertaining, well done fellas!


Ford Capri


Another great old car, the BMW 2002.  I spoke to the owners of this and had a good look inside too, great little car, and I bet really good fun to rally!


New STi parked up


same again


The 2002 up close


Safety car, slightly safer than the other one, which caught fire after a lap of the super special stage. That was hilarious!


Bancroft, a nice little town.


It was pretty cold but the weather was good all day, not a cloud in the sky.  I think it was -9C when we left...


The Subaru out again, first one on the night stage.


Scooby at night


Number 9


The lights were amazing, and really showed up the quick changes in direction as they handbraked round the hairpins.


Another scooby, I think that was the Brits again with a piece of trunk missing.


And the all out Suzuki!



The event website:
http://www.tallpinesrally.com/TallPines/

A great weekend, cheers GD! ;D

P.S. For anyone interested in the photography most of the daytime panning shots were taken with a D300, 18-200mm VR lens, 1/125th-1/160th @ f14. The night shots were all taken with the same camera, 50mm lens, 1/30th @ f2. Or a shutter speed of 1/125th if I used the flash.
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2008, 02:07:55 am »
That's really cool! A nice way to spend the weekend!  :cheers:
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2008, 06:34:10 am »
Nice pixs!

I thought there would have been more snow up there
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2008, 06:54:47 am »
Cool, literally. Hope you weren't camping!
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2008, 07:23:45 am »
Excellent Pix Bob. Night shots are simply awesome. Since it was so cold did you use a tripod! ???
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2008, 07:40:04 am »
...prolly just balanced it onna frozen stick!!.................Good Stuff BOBBY..................Try Bancroft inna Summer........lovely Lakes..and Minerals........ :thumbup: :bow2:   try the TWIN Rally..............Rally of the TALL POPPIES..... ;D B'day mate............i'm phished on Phoster....
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2008, 07:48:41 am »
Lots of MCO entrants (3 I think) and one guy ended up first in P2 in his first performance rally.

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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2008, 09:06:21 am »
Its a neat series.  I like it when they come to Merritt and I can take my son to see the cars as well.

Excellent shots!

And -9 is not cold for Canada, better get used to it   :rofl2: :rofl2:
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2008, 11:02:57 am »
Great shots!  Looks like a great event.
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2008, 11:03:49 am »
Fack, I wish I had gone.  My buddy never returned my phone messages and my father felt it was too cold for his old bones. 

GD, how did the new night stage compare with the old Castledine's Corner stage?

Great pics Bob!
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2008, 12:28:23 pm »
Quote from: Just Bob on November 24, 2008, 01:04:55 am
Bancroft, a nice little town.


I've watched rock climbers on that face (while eating my donut) from the Tim Hortons.  Did you go up to the Eagle's Nest?
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2008, 12:36:32 pm »
Dammit... I was hoping to beat Bob to the punch and post some of my far inferior shots before he showed me up.  Oh well...  a few more (many duplicated from above) won't hurt, right?  I liked the old cars the best -- seeing the 2002 and Cortina on the ragged edge of traction was pretty cool...

Oh, and Mr.T, the night stage was really neat.  Looked like a home-made go-kart track set up in someone's back field.  Grandstands, food being served... well done -- but my fingers and toes were numb by the end (body hasn't acclimatized to the winter weather yet!). 

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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2008, 12:46:49 pm »
Gee Dee U silly BOY.........ya shoulda "borrowed" some foot candles! from the SWIFT and the BRAVE.................. ::) :P...........".TOOTSIE" sez man that musta been COLD... ;) :D ;D.... Trixie woz Hot to Trot................... 8)
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2008, 12:48:59 pm »
One other nugget:  the announcer at the night stage had mentioned that one of the Evos (I believe) slid off the road during the afternoon stages and fell down a 50 ft drop, hitting a few trees along the way.  After eventually hauling the car out, it was driven back to the paddock area under its own power and the driver / co-driver were apparently a little shaken but not broken.  When was the last time those open-wheeled-racing wusses did something like that?

It's such a neat event in that it's so accessible to the average car nut.  The paddock area is wide open.  Wanna lean over someone while they're wrenching under hood?  Go ahead.  Wanna talk to drivers about their experiences?  Go ahead.  Plus, all the natural beauty of the area and loads of friendly people from all over make it a really cool event.  
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2008, 01:38:07 pm »
Quote from: Giant Dwarf on November 24, 2008, 12:36:32 pm
Dammit... I was hoping to beat Bob to the punch and post some of my far inferior shots before he showed me up.  Oh well...  a few more (many duplicated from above) won't hurt, right?  I liked the old cars the best -- seeing the 2002 and Cortina on the ragged edge of traction was pretty cool...

Oh, and Mr.T, the night stage was really neat.  Looked like a home-made go-kart track set up in someone's back field.  Grandstands, food being served... well done -- but my fingers and toes were numb by the end (body hasn't acclimatized to the winter weather yet!). 

Was the old Porche there this year?  Did you go to the spectator area near the bridge for the Iron Bridge stage?  It's rather exciting as you can only hear the cars coming until they are upon you (when they run the stage in one direction).  http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pND0LE7enrg

Oh, that sounds like a Super Special Stage in that it was geared to showing more to the spectators.  Cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_stage_(rallying)
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2008, 03:11:22 pm »
Quote from: Just Bob on November 24, 2008, 01:04:55 am


Andrew Comrie-Picard has finally upgraded to a new Evo.  Perhaps hosting the rally series on TV helped foot the bill?  :D
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #16 on: November 24, 2008, 03:28:08 pm »
Mr.T... sadly the ol' 911 wasn't there this year. 

There was a Lada though.  Surprisingly, that team didn't win.   :rofl2:
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #17 on: November 24, 2008, 03:29:38 pm »
"In Soviet Russia, rally races you."  ;D
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #18 on: November 25, 2008, 12:20:17 am »
Cheers guys, no tripod Inco, as they were too quick past the corner, you have to pan with them.  Although my fingers were getting mighty numb at one point, luckily I can still press the shutter release with thick gloves on.

Shame you didn't get to go MrT, also on the ironbridge bit I think the final car hit the bridge as it went through, it was just out of view for us though. Doh!
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Re: Rally of the Tall Pines
« Reply #19 on: November 25, 2008, 08:51:03 am »
In mid October my wife and I were in Bancroft on a road tour.  I decided to take a short drive on Bronson Road (Iron Bridge stage road).  Heading south (cars moving left to right in spectator area), that blind corner and bridge sure come up on you in a hurry - even at 40 km/hr!
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