The 2009 China Rally Championship

Third event
Guangdong Fogang
August 14-16

patpending wrote:

Third event
Guangdong Fogang
August 14-16

These dates also on Jussi's website.

I know the previous rally weekend moved - did this one?

I also note that Jussi is competing both in Finland and in China. That must be tough!

CRC Event 3 will be held in Fugang, a challege of cement and asphalt mix
　　
　　2009 National Car Rally Championship (CRC) third fugang rally will be held in fugang County in Guangdong Province. Fugang during the State Sport General Administration approved by the China Federation of automotive movement, the Guangdong Provincial Government of the fugang County.CRC fugang station opening ceremony will be held on 28 August, to be super short track segment, but for the gravel pavement Ultrashort results not included in the game total score.A formal competition will be 29th and 30th.Competition pavement as cement and asphalt mixing three fifths of the pavement, cement, which accounted for in the previous CRC competition is not found, the entries in Jerez and bring new challenges.About 630 km races, including about 133-kilometre segment, there are two game segment.

　　There will be expected in about 90 of 30 team, to participate in the fugang Rally racing car.China Liu 曹东, the tensile force of the valiant general Liu Bin, Mr CHAN Tak, 王睿 etc finishers will receive full outbound.韩寒 and Daniel Chan, etc., star of riders will also take part in this site match.Injury the absence of the first two races in Guizhou bailing fleet finishers Wei Hung-Kit will relish this site.In addition, the previously active in venues in 16-year-old barefooted tykes van high hover will also participate in the first formal rally, he will represent the JJ fugang competitive fleet outbound races.
　　
Tournament maintenance area located in the fugang-Zhuhai Expressway 200 m after the export, distance races Headquarters on the North is about 3 km/h.Super segment route for approximately 1 km long, sand and gravel pavement near, located to the maintenance area.Super segment to the establishment of international groups and national groups fastest award winning car trainsets were awarded a trophy, respectively.Segment altogether 14 segment, where the first 1/3/5/7 segment (11 km) and 2/4/6/8 segment (8 km), use four times; the 9/11/13 segment (11 km/h, as the 1/3/5/7 segment reverse use) and 10/12/14 segment (8 km, as the 2/4/6/8 segment reverse), use the 3 times.Conducted the first game 1-4 segmented 8-segment, segment mileage 76 km/h.The second game day for 5-7 segment 6 segment, segment mileage 57 km/h.

patpending wrote:so the MG is 2nd and 3rd!

Windy wrote:

patpending wrote:so the MG is 2nd and 3rd!

Unless someone gets disqualified...

Away from the S1 group, the top three in the rally were all in Mitusbishi Evo 9s -
1. David Higgins / Ieuan Thomas
2. Mark Higgins / Nicky Grist
3. Jussi Valimaki / Markko Sallinen

Nobody under investigation there - Finland loosing out to the UK this time!

patpending wrote:Are the Higgins related? (thinks Solberg)

Windy wrote:

patpending wrote:so the MG is 2nd and 3rd!

Unless someone gets disqualified...

Away from the S1 group, the top three in the rally were all in Mitusbishi Evo 9s -
1. David Higgins / Ieuan Thomas
2. Mark Higgins / Nicky Grist
3. Jussi Valimaki / Markko Sallinen

Nobody under investigation there - Finland loosing out to the UK this time!

Windy wrote:

patpending wrote:Are the Higgins related? (thinks Solberg)

Not sure, not even sure if Mark Higgins is the same Mark Higgins that was seen driving a Super (2000) fast MG3 at Ypres in 2008:



from mad-world.com ?

After the first full day of competition on the Fogang Rally, David [Higgins] and Ieuan lead the event by 1m02s.

David's brother Mark and Nicky Grist lie second

IT'S the last chance saloon for Mark Higgins as he sets out on Wales RallyGB first thing tomorrow morning (Friday).

Having already missed out on the Production World Championship and
the Irish Tarmac crown, the Manxman's final chance of a title rests
with a successful retention of his Tesco 99 Octane British Rally
Championship.

David (Higgins) was born in 1972 on the Isle of Man. He now lives in Trefeglwys,
Mid Wales, with his wife Kara and his children Alicia and Matthew.

This weekend (November 13 to 15), 2009 Asia Pacific Rally (APRC) final race and the National Rally Championship (CRC) The fourth race will be held in Zhejiang Longyou.

Thursday, at the official press conference in the Longyou Zi Shu Hall of Monuments, Yun-Fei Hu of Maxxis tires South China Tiger Team was specially looking forward to conquer event, hope the special mud tires can bring some help.

"The 1.4-liter group is small, but competition is fierce," Yun-Fei Hu said at a news briefing. "This road is very complex, I think we all need some luck!"

Longyou once again ushers in the inevitable rain and thick-mud sections, which is driven by Yun-Fei Hu, for 1.4-liter small-displacement cars is more difficult. In this regard, Yun-Fei Hu with a special tire to bring some help can look forward to conquer the mud.

"The track itself is relatively slippery conditions, together with the cars running in front, the track conditions will be even worse. The Maxxis tires specially prepared a special grip tires to adapt to this slippery road. We will tires as far as possible the ability to play for a better ranking. "

(Sina Racing Channel)

CRC: Maxxis tires celebrities team at Longyou station "struck the first blow"

Passion will bring excitment. November 13, 2009, 2009 National Rally Championship (CRC)-cum-FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship Longyou County in Zhejiang Province started a new round of the contest. Burn an unlimited passion for the sport of Maxxis tires, this time a combination of Maxxis tires Rally Team, Maxxis tires tiger teams, Zhejiang Yiwu crack Rally Team 3, bringing together Fogang stations S1 championship Yun-Fei Hu, Xuwei Yu, Xiao-Ya, Liang Yongcheng so famous, the former Olympic champion Mo Huilan, TOM sports editor Fang Zhao and other celebrities, struck the first blow, the impact of new high ground CRC.



Longyou station track is the CRC in the mature and difficult track, a total of 1.8 km is divided into short-track races and regular track two parts of the gravel road after the rain and the mud is more difficult and complex mountain landscape also increased the difficulty of the game.

Longyou in preparation for the race, Maxxis tires not only to develop the characteristics of Longyou gravel pull a new tire in order to ensure world-class performance tires and a good track targeted, for the first time since three combinations teams, bringing together more impact force of the driver line-up has become a highly Longyou stop the forces of momentum.



Former Olympic champion Mo Huilan, TOM Fang Zhao is also the first time sports editor to join hands with the Maxxis experience the CRC's passion and dreams. Celebrities to join the Maxxis adds a lot of popularity, but also indicates that Maxxis will attract more racing fans to join. In addition, the Maxxis team with the local community, Yiwu, Zhejiang Rally Team joined hands and staged for the local young people Longyou team pull shock.

Fourth round of Chinese Rally Championship was full of technical problems for Flying Finn Jussi Välimäki. After two days and 16 special stage competition HongyunHonghe rally team driver suffered engine electrical problem, melting of transmission parts and two rear diff break ups. Also three fellow Finn rally drivers tackled with technical difficulties. Futhermore winner of two previous rounds, british David Higgins was disqualified due breaking the rally regulations.

Once again we saw that anything can happen in rally. Who would have
believed that our team junior driver takes third position in overall
classifications with broken finger and keeps our Championship hopes
alive due the points he gained.

Seven-year racing career, sharpening swords Lee Da-wei won the final CRC Longyou

born in Shanxi Province in 1977, Li-wei in the rally drivers circle a minor celebrity, while others have quite a come north of the liberated and loyalty; second, he participated in large and small, for almost 40 games, including CRC National Rally there are 20 games or so, be eligible for the old driver had.


Lee Da-Wei / Jiang Qi-feng won the CRC team championship Longyou station 1.4L


The well-known driver in 2003 after training Ren Zhiguo Li Da-wei won the drivers qualified. Lee Da-wei seven years, participated in about 40 games short-track races and CRC-wide Championships, unfortunately, is not won a race. This Li-wei jokes: "I had bad luck in racing, although the level is not too high, but the winner is picked also Jianlai a!." But the final analysis, Li Wei of the most wanted too, or a CRC title.




Since 2004 CRC match, since there were restrictions on driving the car group, Li Wei to participate in the group of countries mainly 1.4L Cup. Over the years, he has been unlucky to drive the U.S. and Japan, Mybo, Chinese dragon and Chinese Pu Hai Xun, MG MG3SW models to participate in CRC and other events, but more often then is to retire in the end. Li Wei, said: "After so many years of competition, she felt a certain level of accumulation, it should come to a time when the achievements of the out of pity is always ill-fated, even finish a period of time is the idea of luxury. Last year's Shaowu Rally, stage I have been very good, even more than a lot of 1.6L team racing, race can be won as long as the group winner reclaim Unfortunately, mechanical failures finally had to retire! "




Li Wei (right), daughter and pilot Jiang Qi-feng


Li Wei has a happy family, his daughter had just six years old, this year's Beijing Rally CRC has to watch his father's race. The last Beijing Railway Station asked the little girl, "think how your father-like", she climbed the father who coquetry: "My dad is the world's best dad, that is always able to fulfill the game!"




November 15, 2009, for Li-wei is a hard to forget that day, in those days, his first national championship came. After two days of fierce battle, although the suffering experienced a mechanical malfunction, but the Li-Wei / Jiang Qi-feng combination of luck, or by virtue of the trace, and finally won the Nations Cup by virtue of the strength Ruyuan 1.4L group championship. For the Li-wei, the champion of their racing career, the best encouragement.

patpending wrote:How much would any manufacturer pay to have as a driver "Lee-Da Way"?

Is Mr Li continuing? that almost reads like it's his last season.

Is there a final December round coming up?

patpending wrote:Jussicams of Longyou now available at http://www.jussivalimaki.com/

I have just watched no.3.

I note at 2 mins ish that you don't get much of a conversation if one part is in English and the answer is Finnish!

Jussi is saying something about "water" as he spreads AutoGlym on his windows. Keeps them moisture-free, I expect...

The stage begins at about 6'. It looks diabolical!

At 07'25" ish we see a gaggle of Chinese rally fans in red miniskirts and white thigh-length boots tottering over the clay road surface,

And at 08'00" ish I think we have Jussi's Sausage Report - the food actually looks quite good...

Windy wrote:At least the Police cars are effective forms of transport

• sausage
  
• water
  
• China
  
• Mongolia?
  
• rally
  
• Santana!
  

Windy wrote:
After all the mud and gravel of the last few CRC events, that must have been a wonderful drive - great roads and fantastic senary - very good videos from the jussicam

There is an MG on that packed grid somewhere:

Tickford wrote:

Windy wrote:
After all the mud and gravel of the last few CRC events, that must have been a wonderful drive - great roads and fantastic senary - very good videos from the jussicam

There is an MG on that packed grid somewhere:

I think a game of where's Wally applies here.

• about 9', a "rickshaw rally"
  
• about 10', a Chinese market hall complete with tiger-coloured dog in front of BYD poster
  
• 16'20" - reminded me of the huge Finnish sweet shops, I thought these were boxes of tea but these are the fireworks that go off at the end of 1 and 3
  

• 2'30" - one of the locals drives past and speaks excellent Finnish!
  
• 6' - The man described on the opening credits as "Makro" (Marko) shows his pace notes. These do in fact end with the 2s (kaksi) and 1s (yksi) he is reading out in no.3
  
• 7'30" - Jussi speaks to Alister McRae
  
• 8'20" - "Makro" has a go at driving together with sound effects,,,,
  

patpending wrote:Is there a final December round coming up?

Windy wrote:

patpending wrote:Is there a final December round coming up?

The final round of the year is confirmed as the Shaowu City, Fujian Province stage on December 18th to 20th 2009.

The entry list shows three MG3SW cars all in the colours of the Maxxis Tyre Rally Team, and the usual entrants in the Japanese N4 class.

Source: http://sports.sina.com.cn/f1/2009-12-16/15444748108.shtml

Uusikaupunki was electrified by anchovy power

The Bonk story is closely interwoven with the history of Uusikaupunki. The company was founded here more than a century ago, and the Bonk Vertical Reality assembly plant still provides local employment.

In his founding speech of 1893, Pär Bonk declared "I shall make machines that make Man happy". But the roots of the company are even older. The Bonks were a simple fishing family from the island of Helgoland, not far from Uusikaupunki. They made several discoveries, based on the anchovy, which were to change the region completely.

Firstly they re-invented Garum, an ancient Roman fishy relish based on the Baltic anchovy. Garum is still made and exported worldwide today. A by-product of this process was Anchovy oil, an extremely viscous lubricant ideal for the harsh Northern climate, which greased the wheels of nascent Nordic industries.

Overfishing lead to the extinction of the Baltic anchovy, but imported Giant Peruvian anchovies were bred in heated rock pools revealing the existence of the Anchovy Effect – a marine dynamo. So began the rapid growth of an industrial empire that has brought forth a cornucopia of inventions.

And it all started here – in Uusikaupunki.

Jari Ketomaa sai vastaanottaa kasapäin onnitteluja, kun mikkeliläinen
Suomen mestari ajoi voittoon Kiinan rallisarjan päätöskilpailussa
Shaowu-rallissa.

Jari Ketomaa and Miika Teiskonen celebrating the victory. (1 to pat!) Team Image: Fcaca Rally Team Jari Ketomaa had received congratulations from a raft [???], when the Michaelmas fair Finnish champion drove to victory in China Rally series race Shaowu decision-rally. Subaru[yep!] driver was also the fastest on Sunday, so Ketomaa and co-driver Miika Teiskonen saalistivat team competition in a series of maximal 16 points, that is the number one mode of competition with 10 points and three points in two days of gains. Ketomaa the closing day of the rally was the fastest of the three capturing the emotions of the other three base-time-registered Mitsubishi driver Jussi Intermediate Hill.

[intermediateHill - he's a great guy from the Tamperarea, drives a red car with three diamonds!]


- On Saturday, we were clearly the better way, but we were hard pressed by Välimäki due to the end. I wanted to really reach the second day of victory, Ketomaa sighed with satisfaction. Ketomaalla overall competition was not to worry, when the second and third, based in the UK David Higgins and Välimäki were more than a minute away. - I appreciate this highly individual profit, when these roads kanssakilpailijoillani has much more experience.Higgins 'team won the championship in character, but we had the pleasure of the team peaked at the local stables friends why he won the drivers' championship.

Bid again next year Ketomaata in China toward the end part of the ajattanut Fcaca Rally
Team immediately offered a fresh next season suomalaiskuljettajalleen comprehensive agreement.(I think Jari has a new contract!)
- I'm so happy for the team's personnel. They worked hard to advance as soon as the race and the tests since they had a great desire to succeed with me. Even I can not confirm the event calendar for next season, [surprise] as negotiations are in progress in different directions. Here, success is hardly made a frost over the next period of plans, decided to Ketomaa.

I appreciate this highly individual profit, when these roads kanssakilpailijoillani has much more experience