The best laid plans…….
Yes, that’s the SUHRT Car #1 on a trailer. And yes, it appears to be terminal. The first news I received about this was in a video that I posted earlier. There was an oil pressure problem and at that stage, with the car stuck on the side of the road, we were all hoping that the car would come in for repairs overnight and get underway again in the morning.
Apparently it’s a bigger issue than first throught, with the engine seized. The only hope is a possible engine transplant, with a donor engine from a car that has just been purchased with this transplant in mind. This will be in order to just finish the event, not in an attempt to be overly competitive.
The heartbreak of motorsport…..
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The good news is that the #2 car got through the first day, though not without incident.
Vladimir Antonov’s car was running hot for most of the day (a problem with a switch) and at one point, the car emptied itself of coolant. Fortunately, the guys managed to pull up near a swimming pool – I’m not kidding – they refilled the cooling system and made it back to Trollhattan.
Antonov is now working on a good night’s sleep in preparation for day 2 of the rally. He was really happy about today’s run, only running into real difficulty on stage 1 as the whole experience – including driving a 99T – was completely new to him. He managed to get great results in the rest of the stages completed today.
Tomorrow’s racing starts in Uddevela and I’ll bring you all the news as soon as it comes through to me.
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Jörgen,
I read with great interest what Swade reported on how it went for you, Bo, Vladimir and Denis.
It seems that a lot of interesting technical stuffs happened during the race…
I suppose we will have the opportunity to discuss all of this during lunch time, you and I, this winter.
Take good care of you. Enjoy these days of real fun after a winter of hard work. See you when you are back from holidays.
Best regards
Daniel (grytgänget…)