It's all ended in ignominy for car 28 - and it was going so well too. Our clutch failed yesterday meaning that we tried to spend our time in third gear today. After a manoeuvring exercise at the Highland show ground we went onto Knockhill racing circuit where the car flew round like a Transit Van on steroids. It may have been too much because after a couple of perfectly executed regularity tests through the Scottish countryside and a bit of drag racing through The grounds of Scone Palace, the wheels came off our rally run. And I mean literally the wheels came off - one of our rear half shafts sheared and the wheel bent like a nasty broken bone. We were out of the race, and within sight of lunch too.
Three hours later we arrived at Gleneagles on a flatbed transporter courtesy of the RAC. The finishing cars were being piped across the line but our photo was taken with us at the chequered flag on foot and carrying our bags.
Still the idea of the rally was to test us and the car and that we have done. Now for some whisky.
That's too bad. Pushing too hard for the win no doubt .... but it sounds as though you had fun and at least you have found out which parts are likely to break after 3 days (which only leaves the next 32 to worry about). Hope you enjoyed the whisky.
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