Thursday, September 23, 2004
Day 5 - The Last Leg
Well we made it! Through many trials and tribulations here we are at the final day. Lots of challenges but in the end we are here.
We had a GREAT day!
We started the morning strong and got the competitive juices flowing. We were disappointed that the first stage was cancelled due to fog. See the pictures above. We followed that with a great long high speed stage. As a result of the repairs we had very little turbo boost left. We were following a hughe horsepower Firebird and thanks to Geoff's amazing driving skills we caught and passed the muscle car. Great cornering skills hitting every apex and carrying maximum speed throught the corners to the finish line. We smoked all of the special stages up until the last stage. This was the most interesting and probably closest to the line we ever came. Approximately half way through, compression! We made it to the finish line which we took executing the coolest power slide you could ever hope for. Unfortunately we had a gushing hole in the rad again. A little oatmeal and stop leak later we drove the final kilometre to the race finish only to be met by a large group of competitors cheering our arrival. Our good friends from Gander, Bruce and Andy were there to great us and celebrate our arrival as they had done all week. It was a feeling like no other.
Unfortunately we had nothing left. The car could not continue and we had to tow her downtown for the final parade. We stopped around the corner from the final ceremonial finish, fired her up and drove in. It was a fitting conclusion to our week.
We don't know what else to say other than it was an amazing ride, a life experience to savour....
Thanks for coming along for the virtual ride.
We had a GREAT day!
We started the morning strong and got the competitive juices flowing. We were disappointed that the first stage was cancelled due to fog. See the pictures above. We followed that with a great long high speed stage. As a result of the repairs we had very little turbo boost left. We were following a hughe horsepower Firebird and thanks to Geoff's amazing driving skills we caught and passed the muscle car. Great cornering skills hitting every apex and carrying maximum speed throught the corners to the finish line. We smoked all of the special stages up until the last stage. This was the most interesting and probably closest to the line we ever came. Approximately half way through, compression! We made it to the finish line which we took executing the coolest power slide you could ever hope for. Unfortunately we had a gushing hole in the rad again. A little oatmeal and stop leak later we drove the final kilometre to the race finish only to be met by a large group of competitors cheering our arrival. Our good friends from Gander, Bruce and Andy were there to great us and celebrate our arrival as they had done all week. It was a feeling like no other.
Unfortunately we had nothing left. The car could not continue and we had to tow her downtown for the final parade. We stopped around the corner from the final ceremonial finish, fired her up and drove in. It was a fitting conclusion to our week.
We don't know what else to say other than it was an amazing ride, a life experience to savour....
Thanks for coming along for the virtual ride.
