<![CDATA[My Weekend Trip]]>Here are some pics from my weekend trip........to World Rally Championship Rally Ireland in Sligo, Ireland. It was a Great weekend. WRC is a lot bigger set up than Rally America, but they aren't nearly as strict for spectators. You can basically stand anywhere except on the outside of the corner, or inside past the corner where they could spin out to. People near us, were standing on the edge of the road, literally probably within 5 ft of the cars. The teams are a lot bigger, many of the privateer teams had set ups nearly as big as pastrana/block/etc...and Citroen and Ford had WAY bigger set ups. They also had fireworks and parade on saturday night. I will try to label the pictures as well as possible, but I have a lot so yea...

Citroens Pits, the door in the back is Atkinsons which took out a power line pole when he hit the ditch at around 100.
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Renault Privateer team
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Privateer WRC Focus
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Brakes on the WRC Focus
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Abu Dhabi/BP Ford
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I counted 9 helicopters while I was there, so there may have been a few more.
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Citroen Pits, Sordos car and Loebs car in the background.
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Servicing Sordos Car
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Rauchenbachs car which spun out on a corner at around 100 hit the ditch with his front (the front is a lot worse looking) and then the corner you can see hit the ditch.
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A couple of Citroens Trailers:
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Stobart Pits
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Urmo's Car
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Abu Dhabi/BP/Ford Pits:
This is their service tent/building. All of the big teams have these with flat screens inside where their 50+ crew members get fed and hang out.
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Mikko Hirvannens Car
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This is one of the privateer teams with a nice service setup.
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Very nice brakes and suspension for privateers.
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Another Privateers Car:
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Adding tread to the tires because they were having a problem with hydroplaning in the wet.
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]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/16225/my-weekend-tripRSS for NodeWed, 27 May 2026 23:50:52 GMTSun, 01 Feb 2009 14:45:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to My Weekend Trip on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:43:56 GMT]]>Bad ass.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/246892https://fargostreet.com/post/246892Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:43:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My Weekend Trip on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:58:50 GMT]]>Yeah, i was pissed that Suby pulled out this year, because I would have loved to see them, but still cool to see everyone else.

This is Chris Atkinsons crash (the one that the door in the first picture came from)
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=oOi_J0Xyx0Q

This is Conrad Rautenbachs crash (the car shown in the picture with the crashed up back end).
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=HCArRIeO7PI

Both were in 5th gear at the time of the accidents so 100+ mph.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/246818https://fargostreet.com/post/246818Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:58:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My Weekend Trip on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:39:10 GMT]]>That would have been very fun to go to, those pit setups look nicer than most garages/shops...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/246809https://fargostreet.com/post/246809Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:39:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My Weekend Trip on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:00:49 GMT]]>Damn that looks awesome. Looks like a lot of big money teams were out

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/246806https://fargostreet.com/post/246806Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:00:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My Weekend Trip on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:09:39 GMT]]>nice pics! im pretty sure im jealous! that would be awsome to go to a wrc event!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/246804https://fargostreet.com/post/246804Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:09:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My Weekend Trip on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:59:30 GMT]]>Loeb:
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Sordo:
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Hirvannen:
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