Winter Trial Day 4: Good with the Bad

by Leonard Stolk February 1, 2012

Today was a tough day… We managed to climb 8 positions since yesterday, but there is no rest for the rally driver! We ran our regularity in the morning and came out feeling invincible. As we headed South to the next stage we missed a turn to the Time Check. I still remember looking at [...]

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Winter Trial Day 3: Proper Rally Roads

by Leonard Stolk January 31, 2012

What a beautiful day we just finished! It had all the ingredients you look for in a historic rally in wintertime. Several tough regularities that seemed easier than they turned out to be: we fell for at least two traps the organisers had set for us, and the police and beginners did the rest! Several [...]

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Winter Trial 2012: TwinSpark gets Started

by Leonard Stolk January 30, 2012

Under grey skies we entered the Black Forest, where we encountered the first heavy snow cover. Gorgeous landscape and great driving roads. Somewhat icy remnants on the road made for fingertip handling of the steering wheel to nurse Silverado downhill. We ran three regularities today and had a few misses which were partly recovered. The [...]

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London to Cape Town: Final Day

by John January 29, 2012

Today is the final day of the 2012 London to Cape Town World Cup Rally. It’s a bit of a nail biter finish. Yesterday afternoon, the P2 Subaru overtook the leading HiLux and enters the last day just three seconds ahead! We wish our boxer-engined brothers well in securing the victory. That said, I also [...]

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Team TwinSpark spits fuel on first test

by Leonard Stolk January 28, 2012

We have just arrived at our hotel in Valkenburg, The Netherlands, starting point of Winter Trial 2012. After a send off by local retailer The English Hatter in Laren, who sponsored our group with sweaters, we sped off towards the southern most tip of The Netherlands. This year our group of friends is fielding a [...]

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