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Huckaback Photo
6th of June 2005 (Mon), 14:28
This is a bit different to all the rally stuff on here, this event is not about time but is whether the cars can actually complete each test. Through steep hills, water, mud etc.
A lot of the cars are specially built or modified to suit the terrain, it is not high speed event but a high degree of driver skill needs to be used.
Many older sports cars and also modern day machinery were taking part.

Martin (Huckaback Photo)
Huckaback Photo
6th of June 2005 (Mon), 14:29
One more picture
Matthew_h
6th of June 2005 (Mon), 15:00
Excellent shots. The first one really gets across the effort and difficulty involved in trialling.
KennyG
6th of June 2005 (Mon), 15:00
Excellent!
Huckaback Photo
6th of June 2005 (Mon), 15:48
Mathew & Ken
thanks for comments, the first car actually got stuck on quite a small stone and simply stayed there spinning the wheels producing some nice blue smoke, made a picture for me, he finished up having to go back down & not completeing the section.
If anyone likes car trials there are more of these on my pro gallery at :
http://www.photoboxgallery.com/MartinRussell

Cheers
Martin (Huckaback Photo)
Skip Souza
6th of June 2005 (Mon), 23:16
Wonderful pictures of old guys playing in the dirt.
Huckaback Photo
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 11:54
Skip Souza
Thanks for the compliment.

Martin
gmen
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 12:54
Great stuff Martin. I've don't think that I've ever seen anything quite like this before - cheers for sharing!

--- Gavin
despot
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 13:32
Thats proper hill climbing ;)
And I don't think a VW Beetle would have been my first choice either!

Andy
Huckaback Photo
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 15:54
Gavin
These pictures were from an event here in the Beutiful Wye Valley, its called the Kyrle Trial organised on annual basis by Ross Motor Sports Club.
also the first time I had shot a trials event.
Its real nice for me to get feed back from such a prolific sport shooter as yourself
Thank you for your nice comments.

Andy
sure there were lots of VW beetles in the trial and some did not make it up the hills.
but some seemed to make it look so effortless.
looked to me like a lot about driving skills & certaily not how much power the car had.
most cars were letting the tyres down before the start, some looked almost flat to me.
Thanks for showing interest.

I have just put some of the images on my Pbase gallery take a look at this VW and note on the bank above rear wheels, I just realised where I left my 100 to 400 L and Billingham bag, think my mate was about to step back on it. oops.

http://www.pbase.com/huckaback_photo/image/44475721

Martin (Huckaback Photo)
Cadwell
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 16:17
That looks fun and you have some really nice angles in the shots. Excellent stuff! :D
Huckaback Photo
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 16:42
Thanks Glen
Its not often I would use a 17 to 40 L for motorsport but I was that close some it worked fine,
just think of it, you would not need f 2.8 you would not need your 120mm to 300mm f2.8 and saving all that weight lifting would be real nice.

Cheers
Martin (Huckaback Photo)