Thetta er ad hafast >)

Godan daginn. Solarhringur i keppnisskodun og thad er ad komast mynd a bilinn. Hann a ad fara i gang i kvold og ef allt gengur ad oskum munum vid na i keppnina.

 

Tho eru ymsir veikir hlekkir entha og ljost ad thetta er i jarnum. Ekkert ma utaf bregda == en vid ad sjalfsogdu munum ekkert gefast upp fyrr en i fulla hnefana.

 

Meiri frettir seint i kvold..

 

 

Danni og co

Ferdasaga Himma -- mikid af myndum

Þar sem ég er nú þekktur fyrir að láta plata mig í alls kyns vitleysu,þá var ég nú ekki lengi að samþykkja það að fara til Bretlands og laga einn rallíbíl
Þar sem Bretarnir sögðu Danna að það tæki 10 vikur að laga Evoinn eftir krassið þá vorum við nú það kokhraustir að ulla á þá og segja að við gætum þetta á 1 viku
Það varð úr að Ég,Fylkir,Elvar og Danni færum út að massa þetta,flugum út seinnipart sunnudags og samkvæmt lýsingum Danna var þetta bara lítið tré og þetta væri nú bara "Easy Fix"

Þarna erum við á sunnudagskvöld á hótelinu og allir nokkuð jollý á því


Þegar við löbbum inná verkstæði blasir þetta við okkur.......Lítið tré segirðu Danni minn.....einmitt




Eftir nána skoðun á bílnum reyndum við ákaft að finna bakdyr til að koma okkur útum en fundum engar svo það var ekkert að gera nema vinda sér í þetta mál.



Það kom berlega í ljós að það myndi ekkert duga nema fá varahlutaskel í þetta verkefni



Byrjað að bora og skera.



Eins og sést á myrkrinu þá hættum við ekki að vinna 5 eins og bretarnir



Loksins fundum við eitthvað fyrir Danna að gera(annað en að sækja pizzur og snakk )


Fylkir einbeittur


Byrjað að máta og allt að gerast




Byrjað að sjóða saman




Loksins kominn úr dimmu horninu og út í sólina



Á þessum tímapunkti var þreytan byrjuð að síga á suma


Á leið til málarans


Þarna erum við að byrja á seinnipart fimmtudags,vorum frá 17,30 til 20,30 þann dag og ætluðum að grunna bílinn en það gekk ekki upp þar sem það var bíll í klefanum.


Plötuðum sprautgæjana til að mæta kl 6 á föstudagsmorgun en þeir höfðu ekki hugmynd um hversu mikið beið þeirra,þeir stóðu í þeirri trú að við ætluðum bara að mála skelina þann daginn,en við höfðum annað í huga.......


Búið að grunna skel og mála gráa litinn



Aldrei þessu vant var pizza í matinn


Byrjaðir að pína málarana og þarna er búið að mála eitthvað af lausu hlutunum


Og svo búið að mála skelina


Byrjaðir að tylla honum saman fyrir flutning og málararnir orðnir hálf framþungir,en við létum þá samt mála líka hurðarnar þótt þeir væru tregir til


Kominn aftur inn á gólf hjá Quick motorsport


Byrjaðir að raða saman sem óðir menn




Allt að koma


Eftir laaaangan föstudag leit þetta orðið svona út





Þrír þreyttir en nokkuð sáttir vinnumenn


Þetta er Danna álit á 10 vikna viðgerðinni hjá bretunum


Hér eftir verður Danni kallaður Danni Lady Shave


Við erum nokkuð sáttir með útkomuna,við byrjuðum á mánudagsmorgni og kláruðum á föstudagskvöldi,nú þurfa bretarnir að pota í hann mótor og hjólabúnað í þessari viku.

Tíminn líður hratt - á gervihnattaröld

Góðan daginn.

 

Nú er komið að lokahnykkinum við að berjast við bílinn og tímann til að reyna að komast í keppnina um helgina.

 

Við erum að fara út og ætlum okkur að klára þessi verkefni - bæði bilinn og rallið.

 

Í tilefni af því hvað "hægt og örugglega" hefur gengið illa hjá okkur þá er stefnan sett á sigur ef við á annað borð komumst í keppnina. Bara fulla ferð og ekkert kjaftæði :) 

 

Ásta snilli kemur til með að verma aðstoðarsætið í þessari keppni sem er vel - en hún keppti þessa keppni í fyrra einnig. Þá kláruðum við í 11 sæti að mig minnir.

 

Kv. DS

4 umferð Bresku meistarakeppninnar - Fréttatilkynning Ralliart

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Evo Challenge heads to the valleys
Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge – Round Four Preview Severn Valley National Rally 31st May 2008 Evolution Challenge goes back into the forests three weeks after asphalt round. Sigurdarson races against time to rebuild car after Isle of Man accident. Barry eager to extend championship lead. Cathcart looking for points following Manx misfortunes. Three winners in three events sees championship wide open.	Preview image High resolution image
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It’s back to gravel forests roads, just three weeks after the first of two asphalt rallies, for the fourth round of the 2008 Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge, when the championship for production specification Mitsubishi’s heads to mid-Wales for the Severn Valley National Rally.

The event also hosts round four of the Pirelli MSA Gravel Rally Championship and sees a total entry of 44 cars, 11 of which are Evolution Challenge competitors, a figure which represents 25% of the National field.

Top Evolution Challenge seed is round-one winner David Bogie, who will certainly be looking for a return to his early season fortunes, having rolled his gravel spec Lancer on round two and his tarmac spec Lancer on round three. Even so, with others around him also suffering misfortune, his title hopes are far from over.

Next to take the green light is round-two winner Richard Cathcart and, if his pace so far this season is anything to go by, he will be a force to be reckoned with this weekend – especially as he is likely to be on a mission following his no-points finish on the Isle of Man, when a penultimate stage puncture saw him exceed his maximum lateness.

Championship leader Daniel Barry starts third and, after scoring three podium finishes in three events, will be out to defend his position. He will also be hoping for a less eventful rally than that of the Manx, when his car ended-up looking decidedly second-hand.

Fourth Mitsubishi seed is Nik Elsmore, who hopes to get some of his old pace back with the series returning to the forests of Wales. Behind him starts Northern Irish youngster Jonny Greer, who’s season finally got off the mark on the Isle of Man, when he finished a strong fourth and collected his first haul of points.

Greer is followed by fellow Ulsterman Neil McCance, who’s current form may well see him fronting the Evo Challenge charge at some point during the event.

Another who fell-foul of the Manx lanes is Daniel Sigurdarson, who almost destroyed his Lancer on what was his first ever tarmac surface rally. Such is the Icelandic Rally Champion’s commitment to the Evolution Challenge, he and his team have worked solidly for the past three weeks to get his car ready for this weekend’s event.

Next in line is another driver who is yet to show his full potential this year, Simon Harraway, who’s first full season in a Mitsubishi is seeing him contest the British Rally Championship as well as the Evolution Challenge.

In contrast, Keith Cronin has shown his potential, the young Irishman scoring his first Mitsubishi series victory on the Isle of Man, so this weekend, eyes will be upon him to see if he can repeat his winning performance on gravel.

Rounding off the Evo Challenge field are Miles Johnston, who is gathering pace as the season progresses and Jon Sparks, who recorded a very uncharacteristic non-finish in round three and therefore intends to get back to his more usual consistent form this weekend.

The Severn Valley National Rally is based in Builth Wells, starting and finishing at the Royal Welsh Showground. The event features eight stages during Saturday, totalling 65 competitive miles, in forests acknowledged to provide some of the best rallying in the UK.

The 2008 Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge is backed by Mitsubishi Motors UK and Ralliart, with support from its associate sponsors: Pirelli tyres, Speedline Corse wheels, Sparco racewear, Performance Friction Brakes, Sunoco Race Fuels, ADR Motorsport, Walkinshaw Performance and PIAA lights, who sponsor the junior award for under 25 year old drivers.

Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge - Round Four
Entries in start number order
9 David Bogie (Dumfries)/Kevin Rae (Hawick) J
10 Richard Cathcart (Enniskillen)/Martin Brady (Navan)
12 Daniel Barry (Enniskerry)/Mark Bowens (Cork) J
16 Nik Elsmore (Coleford)/Paul Wakeley (Llanelli)
18 Jonathan Greer (Carryduff)/Jonny Hart (Moneyrea) J
19 Neil McCance (Comber)/Graham Hopewell (Worcester)
20 Daniel Siguardarson (Iceland)/Asta Sigurdardottir (Iceland)
23 Simon Harraway (Weston-super-Mare)/Craig Drew (Bream)
26 Keith Cronin (Cork)/Greg Shinnors (Limerick) J
29 Miles Johnston (York)/Ian Bevan (Holywell)
35 Jonathan Sparks (Glastonbury)/Chris Davies (Abergavenny)

Photo Caption
Icelandic Rally driver Daniel Sigurdarson has been racing against time to get his car ready in three weeks for this weekend’s round four of the Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge, the Severn Valley National Rally, after crashing heavily in round three on the Isle of Man (copyright free image).

Langur dagur = Mikill arangur >)

Goda kvoldid.

 

Fyrsta mynd - billinn a leid a sprautuverkstaedi

Nu erum vid a leid i hattinn eftir langan og strangan dag. Strakarnir eru bunir ad standa sig eins og hetjur vaegast sagt - byrjudu klukkan sex i morgun ad undirvinna billinn fyrir sprautun. Kagginn var kominn klukkan sex i kvold tilbaka a verkstaedid og tha var buid ad mala hann algerlega ad innan og utan. Breska heimsveldid er ad hruni komid - segja amk mennirnir her i kring eftir ad hafa fylgst med afkostunum og eljunni sem logd hefur verid i verkid af Islendingunum.

Sidasta mynd dagsins - buid ad glerja og ganga fra.

Nu er kagginn reddi til ad fa i sig motor og fara ut ad keyra = en okkar verkefni er lokid i bili. Nu taka bretarnir vid og ganga fra krami og sliku.

Thetta eru garparnir

Ekki adeins eigum vid afurda fallega kventhjod = heldur einnig afburda dugnadarforka inn a milli = eins og hulduherinn sem undiritadur fekk hingad ut i thetta vonlitla verkefni  

Kaerar kvedjur klakann >)

Danni

Billinn tilbuinn - - eda naestum thvi.

Goda kvoldid.

Eins og sja ma er kagginn alveg ad verda klar - bara sma dullri eftir!

Setti inn nokkrar myndir i manx albumid og neydarhjalparalbumid einnig.

 

Veik von okkar um ad vid myndum venjast frillunum her vard ad engu i dag - thaer eru enn ljotari en i gaer - sannar malshattinn um ad lengi geti vont versnad.

Bestu kvedjur heim

Endurnar

Eitthvad af myndum ad hladast inn

Goda kvoldid.

 

Er ad hlada nidur myndum fra vidgerdinni okkar - kikid a http://hipporace.blog.is/album/neydarhjalp_ur_nordri/ 

 

Kvedja til allra

 

Flodhestarnir i landi ljotu kvennanna

EVO 9 - vidgerd stendur yfir.

Goda kvoldid

 

Fyrir ahugasama er rett ad lata vita ad vigerd stendur yfir a keppnisbil og ahofn Flodhestanna - Buid er ad kaupa annad boddy og verid er ad graeja allt dotid saman. Von er ad billinn verdi klar i rallid Severn Valley sem fram fer 31.5

 

Sma hringferd utanum burid

Myndir og gaman verda settar hingad a vefinn um leid og verkinu lykur - jafnvel fyrr. 

Thad verda nokkrar tomar ferdatoskur a heimleid a naestu dogum ef rallykappa vantar eitthvad ur mekka motorsportsins - bara hafa samband og vid sjaum hvad kemst mikid med okkur.

Ps. Thad var keyptur annar evo thannig ad alla varahluti er haegt ad fa a godu verdi.

Kvedjur a klakann.

DS

Fyrsta umferðin í Íslandsmótinu í Rallý 2008 - úrslit

Góða kvöldið.

 

Nú rétt í þessu voru Sigurður Bragi og Ísak að tryggja sér sigur í vorralli BIKR sem haldið var í gær og dag. Mest á óvart komu þó Pétur og Heimir sem enduðu í öðru sæti í sinni fyrstu keppni á nýjum bíl - sannarlega glæsilegt hjá þeim. Síðasta verðlaunasætið tóku svo Marían og Jón Þór - einnig í sinni fyrstu keppni á fjórhjóladrifsbíl og sendu þannig sér reyndari mönnum langt nef.

 

Gaman er að sjá að reynsluboltarnir voru þeir sem gerðu mistökin þessa helgina ekki nýliðarnir og mætti segja að eggin hafi kennt hænunum :)   

Jeppaflokkin sigruðu Guðmundur og Ingimar - en Ásta bleika ásamt Steinunni, okkar ástkæru flóðhestar enduðu í þriðja sæti í flokknum, sannarlega frábær eldskírn Ástu í sinni fyrstu keppni sem ökumaður. Þær stöllurnar kláruðu þó næstum skiptinguna í Sjérrrókíi bílnum og máttu þakka fyrir að komast alla leið í endamark. 

Henning "nýliði" sigraði eindrifsflokkinn örugglega.  

 

Ljóst er að Íslandsmótið verður þrælspennandi og óvíst verður um úrslit í öllum keppnunum í sumar.

 

Gerða yfirljósmyndaflóðhestur tók einhverjar myndir og vonumst við til að hún skreyti sig fjöðrum og sýni afrakstur helgarinnar fljótlega :)

 

DS 

Fréttatilkynning Mitsubishi UK - Ralliart. Manx rally 2008

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Cronin claims Manx Mitsubishi victory
Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge – Round Three Report RBS International Man Rally – 9th & 10th May 2008 Keith Cronin takes maiden Evolution Challenge win Richard Cathcart sets the pace before puncture on penultimate stage Neil McCance scores solid second place Daniel Barry overcomes incident-packed weekend to finish third and retain championship lead Championship sees three different winners from three events	Preview image High resolution image
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Keith Cronin recorded his very first Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge victory on this weekend’s RBS International Manx Rally when, with co-driver Greg Shinnors, he took the lead after Richard Cathcart/Martin Brady suffered a puncture and then mechanical problems on the penultimate stage.

After winning last year’s Evolution Challenge on the island, Neil McCance delivered another top-class performance to finish second, whilst Daniel Barry managed to cling onto his championship lead after surviving a host of incidents throughout the event to claim third place and his 100% podium position finish record this season.

The Isle of Man’s demanding tarmac roads lived up to their reputation of providing competitors with one of the toughest tests of the season, when 12 Evolution Challenge crews met up with teams contesting the Pirelli MSA Gravel Rally Championship, the Richard Egger Insurance MSA Asphalt Rally Championship and others just entering the 120-mile rally on an individual basis, to provide a total entry of 124 cars.

The first of the rally’s five stages on Friday evening got underway with a run through the South West coast town of Port Erin, Nik Elsmore setting the fastest time just 0.3 seconds ahead of Cathcart, with Miles Johnston 0.2 seconds further back in third.

Albeit the highest Evo Challenge seed, McCance was the slowest Mitsubishi through the stage, having been caught out on cold tyres causing him to spin on the second corner. However, the Ulsterman redeemed himself on SS2, when he climbed back up to third place, behind Cronin and Cathcart - who were now the pace-setters.

After a further three stages, competitors arrived at the Douglas TT grandstand for the overnight halt, where the time sheets showed Cathcart in charge with a healthy 25 second advantage over Cronin, who was a further 25 seconds ahead of McCance.

Outside the Evo Challenge top three, others reported their Friday night out in the Manx lanes was not as successful: Although in fourth, round one winner David Bogie was struggling to find the right set-up for his brand new ‘tarmac-spec’ Evo, whilst just behind, championship leader Barry had suffered a broken rear shock absorber on SS2 and then rear differential problems on SS4. Elsmore’s had also dropped back, his early advantage eradicated following a spin on SS3 and a puncture on SS5.

Manx debutants included Simon Harraway, who lost time with a spin during the evening and David Meredith, whose run of bad luck continued when a driveshaft broke as he left the line on SS4. For Daniel Sigurdarson, the event was proving to be a real education, as this was the first time the Icelandic rally champion had ever competed on tarmac, and if it was not for clipping a road-side rock on the first stage, it would have been a perfect start to his asphalt debut.

Saturday featured a further nine stages, the first loop of three providing drivers with challenge, the rapidly drying overnight rain causing unpredictable levels of grip. Worst affected was SS7, a point proved first by Bogie, who spun, clipped a bank and removed his car’s rear spoiler. Next to fall foul of the slippery conditions was Barry, who demolished the rear of his car – luckily without sustaining any mechanical damage.

Harraway was another who succumbed to the perils of stage seven, spoiling a chance of a good result when he got stuck in a ditch, lost nearly six minutes and then had to continue with bent suspension.

However, for Sigurdarson his promising start suddenly turned into a dramatic finish on SS8, when his car stepped out of line on a fast and bumpy narrow section of road, impact with a tree sending his car into a series of spins and rolls between the solid Manx banks. With his Evo IX in ruins, both he and his co-driver Isak Gudjonsson were taken to the local hospital for a check-up, where thankfully both were discharged later that day with nothing worse than bruises and a suspected fracture in Sigurdarson’s hand.

At the first service halt of the day, the scoreboard showed Catchcart now leading by 38 seconds, with Cronin 31 ahead of McCance. Plagued by a season of bad luck so far, David Meredith had no choice but to retire at this point, when his car’s clutch stopped working due to a sheared hydraulic coupling.

With roads drying out and teams now getting to grips with suspension settings, speeds for Saturday’s second batch of three stages continued to rise. But the improved conditions didn’t seem to help Bogie, who clipped a bank on stage 10, which flipped his car onto its roof and, although continuing, the consequent delay caused him to exceed his maximum lateness.

Johnston reported a lucky escape on SS11, when contact with a kerb caused a wheel to remove itself from the car and disappear over the side of a cliff, a swift change in the stage allowing him to make it back to the second service halt.

With just three stages left to go, Cathcart’s lead in the Evolution Challenge looked unassailable, but when he unknowingly clipped something at the side of the road in SS13 and punctured the nearside front wheel, his chances of a dominant victory rapidly dropped away. Then, with further damage sustained to the front hub and surrounding components before the end of the stage, it was Cronin who arrived in Douglas ahead of the Evo Challenge field. After an agonising wait, it was revealed that Cathcart’s 11th hour problems had caused him to exceed his maximum lateness and was therefore un-classified in the results, a bitter blow to what was an outstanding display of driving.

His retirement elevated McCance to second, whilst Barry not only had to overcome his SS7 dramas, but also managed to climb back up to third – even after having to replace the bolts in his car’s propshaft between the stages – the fight to the finish enabling him to retain his championship lead.

His strategy for keeping out of trouble saw a solid drive from Jonny Greer reward him with fourth place and his first haul of Evo Challenge points this season. Having adopted a similar stance, Elsmore finished fifth and was pleased to complete the event unscathed, following his well-publicised accident in 2007.

For Jonathan Sparks there was a final sting in the tail, when a certain points finish was denied after transmission troubles brought his rally to a standstill on the very last stage.

At the finish a delighted Keith Cronin said: “It’s great to take my first Evolution Challenge win. This weekend was a case of learning the car on tarmac and building up the speed as the rally went on. We just kept plugging away and had almost accepted we were going to finish second, but in rallying, it’s not over until it’s over and, although I feel for Richard (Cathcart), this result has really made a difference to our championship hopes.”

Evo Challenge competitors now have just three weeks to prepare for round four, the Severn Valley National Rally on 31st May, when the championship switches back to a gravel surface and the forests of mid-Wales - and, with a different winner on each of the three rounds so far, the title chase is still wide open.

The 2008 Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge is backed by Mitsubishi Motors UK and Ralliart, with support from its associate sponsors: Pirelli tyres, Speedline Corse wheels, Sparco racewear, Performance Friction Brakes, Sunoco Race Fuels, ADR Motorsport, Walkinshaw Performance and PIAA lights, who sponsor the junior award for under 25 year old drivers.

Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge - Round Three Results
1 Keith Cronin (Cork)/Greg Shinnors (Limerick) 1:45:11.6
2 Neil McCance (Comber)/Graham Hopewell (Worcester) 1:45:58.9
3 Daniel Barry (Enniskerry)/Mark Bowens (Cork) 1:47:36.7
4 Jonathan Greer (Carryduff)/Jonny Hart (Moneyrea) 1:47:55.8
5 Nik Elsmore (Coleford)/Paul Wakeley (Llanelli) 1:49:05.7
6 Miles Johnston (York)/Louise Sutherland (Hawick) 1:56:05.3
7 Simon Harraway (Weston-super-Mare)/Craig Drew (Bream) 2:02:36.3

Retirements
SS8 Daniel Siguardarson (Iceland)/Isak Gudjonsson (Iceland) - Accident
SS9 David Meredith (Dolgellau)/Dai Roberts (Carmarthen) - Clutch
SS10 David Bogie (Dumfries)/Kevin Rae (Hawick) – Accident/OTL
SS13 Richard Cathcart (Enniskillen)/Martin Brady (Navan) - Puncture/OTL
SS14 Jonathan Sparks (Glastonbury)/Chris Davies (Abergavenny) - Driveshaft