GKPE Part VII - August 2007 - Planning Thread

Cock and Bull is quite good for a feed too, so we could meet there 7ish. Those who want food can get it, those who want drinks can get them, then those who want to head off into the city for the full on night out can do so. Sounds good to me.

Yeah I dont think I"ll manage a full night out either.. lol.... 7pm sounds great.. Time to get home and have shower and get sorted.. I agree its good food there too

Moppie wrote in post #3821887
Could be good, its close to most of us.
However I have a suspecion the Shrimp is looking for a more full on night on the town, don't how ready we will all be for it after a full days rallying though..............

a shower - a change of clothes... a couple of redbulls. then the world (or auckland) is our oyster.... second wind hits around 10:30 ish - then its wait to the sparrows tell us to go home....

scotttnz wrote in post #3821937
Cock and Bull is quite good for a feed too, so we could meet there 7ish. Those who want food can get it, those who want drinks can get them, then those who want to head off into the city for the full on night out can do so. Sounds good to me.

sounds like a plan... - but can i suggest an extra 30 mins to allow us all to shower and shave and get dressed ....

lil_miss wrote in post #3821989
Yeah I dont think I"ll manage a full night out either.. lol....

blah - We will change that...

Nzshrimper wrote in post #3822011
a shower - a change of clothes... a couple of redbulls. then the world (or auckland) is our oyster.... second wind hits around 10:30 ish - then its wait to the sparrows tell us to go home....


sounds like a plan... - but can i suggest an extra 30 mins to allow us all to shower and shave and get dressed ....

If you need the extra 30 mins to be dressed, I am more than happy to wait!:p

scotttnz wrote in post #3822024
If you need the extra 30 mins to be dressed, I am more than happy to wait!:p

lol --

Nzshrimper wrote in post #3822011
a shower - a change of clothes... a couple of redbulls. then the world (or auckland) is our oyster.... second wind hits around 10:30 ish - then its wait to the sparrows tell us to go home....

Pain the town green (Red's been done)

Four of us from Tauranga will be at WRC on Saturday, and will look out for you.

The 8.1 spectator point is a cross-roads with good space, but is too hard for us to get to from south. Spectators may not be allowed to leave until the last rally car has transited from SS7 to SS8 start.

This is the 8.3 Matakitaki Rd spectator area., showing the approach, through and exit stretches, with the spectator access road.

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Awesome - Thanks Clive!

Looking at the maps downloadable from the rally site, I think we will go onto Baker Road, which runs between stage 6 & 8. The road used for stage 8 closes to the public from 8:00am. By going down this road, we will miss out on stage 7 ( will not be able to get out until after last car on stage 8 ) but will be away from most of the crowds, should be able to walk up/down the stage to find best available spot without being hastled too much. Stage 6 starts at 9.00am (last car would be about an hour after), stage 8 starts at 10:20.

From here, we will probably just do the standard spectator stages of 10 & possibly 11. From there, head into Hamilton & go to the rugby.

Looks like the weather will be ok, possibly a bit windy. I wouldn't worry too much about dust protection, been well & truely wet enough not to worry about it.
Last year, similar weather conditions, definatly a lot wetter on the first two days. On the Sunday, no rain most of the time, some spectator stages were ropped off only a meter from the road, dust was not an issue but stones definatly are

from Sarah :

We're planning on heading to the start of 6 and walking in a bit - about the only part you can get to... then was thinking of the Bothwell Road part of Stage 8 as Clive has shown above... Although the 8.3 point looks a bit more interesting... Dont really want to get locked into a stage till the last car I dont think...

I see on their maps there are lots of different corner types that they wont let you stand on.. so bl00dy boring!! heh... seems the only place you can stand is on a straight and where is the fun in that!! no insides of corners, no 90degree bends... bah!

momentz wrote in post #3825455
I see on their maps there are lots of different corner types that they wont let you stand on.. so bl00dy boring!! heh... seems the only place you can stand is on a straight and where is the fun in that!! no insides of corners, no 90degree bends... bah!

If you walk far enough into a stage, and avoid the safety car, there is little they can do stop you standing where you like

Of course standing 1m from the inside of a corner is not really the best idea, even your wearing a marshals jacket, thats not actually yours...............

There wont be marshals everywhere, mainly at spectator points and the likes of heli points on the various stages, if you get into a stage well before the start, you can more or less walk where you want. As long as your not in a stupid position and not causing any issue with the farmers property, not too much of a problem. When the safety cars come through (normally two of them, 10-15 minutes appart) and your not in a unsafe spot, not a problem. Dont forget your toilet paper

Yip, lets all remember our escape routes, and remember not run away from the car.
Run at it, and perpendicular to it.

My dad was telling me a story the other day about a guy on one rally he was the steward at - this photographer dug a hole in the road and sat in it - the cars went over him.. they didnt know he was there till half way through and boy did he get in the sh*t