Rob Roy Grass Motorkhana - the dustbowl.
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:30 amWe had the final MG Car Club competition last Sunday.
My MGA is off the road for a few weeks, it seized a big end bearing at the last competition, so the engine is in bits right now
I competed in the Liberty instead as a bit of fun, and hoped the AWD would be a bonus, as this same event was very slippery last year. This year was totaly different, dust instead of damp grass.
The motorkhana patterns were challenging. There were six, and you only got one run at each. I was leading the "non-marque" class by two seconds after the first three, but then stuffed up the last three coz I was having too much fun.
AWD is great for a quick take off on slippery dust
Here's something you don't often see. The tyre must have rolled slightly off the rim, and allowed some grass to get between the tyre and the rim. I had to have the tyre taken off and put back on on Monday.
(and it took me about three hours to clean the car and vacuum out all the dust :S )
My MGA is off the road for a few weeks, it seized a big end bearing at the last competition, so the engine is in bits right now
I competed in the Liberty instead as a bit of fun, and hoped the AWD would be a bonus, as this same event was very slippery last year. This year was totaly different, dust instead of damp grass.
The motorkhana patterns were challenging. There were six, and you only got one run at each. I was leading the "non-marque" class by two seconds after the first three, but then stuffed up the last three coz I was having too much fun.
AWD is great for a quick take off on slippery dust
Here's something you don't often see. The tyre must have rolled slightly off the rim, and allowed some grass to get between the tyre and the rim. I had to have the tyre taken off and put back on on Monday.
(and it took me about three hours to clean the car and vacuum out all the dust :S )
Looks like you had heaps of fun Ric.