 | Intensive preparation paid off last weekend for Penrith rally co-driver Rachel Medich when she successfully completed the notoriously difficult Tour of Mull car rally. Rachel and driver Dave Edwards took their Vauxhall Astra to 47th place from a start number of 145. The rally took place on the Isle of Mull, off the west coast of Scotland, and it used closed public roads for the 144 competitive miles of the event. Preparations for the rally started over two weeks before the start with Edwards and his service crew checking everything over on the rally car to make sure it was up to the job of surviving the tough conditions that Mull would present. Having contested the rally last year Rachel already had pacenotes for most of the course but these needed rehashed into the correct order for the 2009 event. The crew travelled to the island on the Monday before the rally and had a busy few days of making pacenotes for the new sections of the course and then driving each stage several times both in the daylight and at night where necessary to check the notes and try and remember as much of the stages as they could. |
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John Dalton has kindly made available the speeches from the 2009 Prize Giving Ceremony in the Aros Hall. If you would like to download these, instructions are below:
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The 40th Tunnock's Tour of Mull was like the Scottish weather. Unpredictable, unexpected and full of wind, at least when the competitors are describing their antics to me! Don't believe me? Look at those results again. The top three cars are two wheel drive, two of them drive from the rear, and one of them pulls at the front. And not a turbocharger in sight. Progress, eh? Dontcha just love it?
Tunnock's Tea Cake Eating Competition
Following the success of last year's contest, Tunnock's have agreed to provide even more of their delicious Tea Cakes for the 2009 Tunnock's Tea Cake eating contest which will be held in the Isle of Mull Hotel, Craignure, at 21:30 hrs. on Thursday 8th. October.
Oban FM will be covering the rally once more and bringing you great driving music, updates, gossip and blatant plagerism throughout the weekend. We are available on 103.3 FM on the islands east side and on the mainland (30 miles radius of Oban) and online at www.obanfm.org.uk
AML, The official photographers for the Tour of Mull, are offering to take photos of Crews and Cars, which will be included in the standard CD of shots from the rally that they are offering competitors...
Caravans and Campervans are not permitted on the campsite at Calgary Bay. We have been asked to draw your attention to this as action could be taken against people who break this byelaw.
The 2300 Club is pleased to announce the selection committee for the 2009 John Easson Award have chosen the three drivers to go forward to the final of this prestigious award:
The 40th Tour of Mull Rally will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 9/10/11th of October 2009. Below is a list of road closure times for your information. Under the terms of the Strathclyde Regional Council Confirmation Act 1990, the following roads will be closed for the 2009 Tunnock’s Tour of Mull Rally at these times: