Rally-test at Zeals Airfield (3)

We have never really got comfortable with such tests in the rallies we’ve competed in, and partly for that reason never tried to improve ourselves. The other part of that reason has to do with Zeals, on one of the early Pallydwr rallies. We passed a Volvo (or Saab ?) up to the axles in mud in the field beside the concrete. Ten minutes later we passed it again as we came around for the second set of tests, (waiting for a tractor to haul it out?). At the end of the rally, however, that car was still way up at the top of the results, while we were in our usual position at the back of the class. (The car in question was crewed by at least one Salisbury CSMA member).

We were able to experiment with different methods of describing the course and get a consistent method of calling the directions. The nearest we came to getting a wrong test was right in front of Ted Howles (marshalling whilst the Coupe had some more Chilean wine removed from it), and I had a tense few seconds trying to find reverse to get back to the cone I’d missed. At the end of the event we had got a full complement of 12 right tests, no cones down, no overshoots on the stops, and the time penalties we’d accumulated owed much to the Sabre’s poor gearchange. I need to stop polishing that car and get down to some serious mechanical work.
There's no way I can dare to lift the bonnet and show the Sabre's power-plant.