Cold, Hard Truth–Scores for Day1
Feb
2004
It pains me to be the one to say that TeamD got off to a rocky start today on day one of the Alcan Winter Rally. After an easy day of rally Eric and Steve are standing second in class with a score of 23. Dan and Jim are third in class with 34. Rob and Nick are fourth in their class with a score of 84. But overall those scores make us a little sad.
Read on for more detail including full standings.
Rob and Nick in car number six have the best excuse, they missed a turn on the first scored TSD second and went a long way down the road before realizing that they had made a mistake. They retraced their steps and recovered.
Eric and Steve suffered navigator trouble. A miscalculated odometer calibration factor had them running about eight seconds off for the first scored section. They got that corrected but not before collecting poor scores at two checkpoints. They didn’t completely ruin themselves being only 13 points out of first in their class, but they have no room for further mistakes.
Dan and Jim have good technique, scoring well early in the day but are still trying to understand where they gained points later in the day. They’ll get that pinned down tomorrow for sure!
In the run for the team trophy TeamD is in third place behind Team Challenge Driving holding second place and Team BMW lands in first place. The team trophy placement is calculated based on the average of each cars position in their respective class.
All is not lost, we’re still holding strong, headed into our first ice race in the morning and two scored TSD sections in the afternoon.
Overall standings:
1. Car #1 Ahearns, Schneider, Webb with 3 points 2. Car #3 Carlson, Joy, Kraushaar with 6 points 3. Car #2 Kraushaar, Engstrom, Richardson, 8 points 4. Car #4 Eklund, Rounds, Reid, tied with 10 points 4. Car #10 Wallace, Hightower, Carozza, 10 points 6. Car #12 Miller, Duchene, Wood with 13 points 7. Car #7 Horst, Willey with 23 points 8. Car #11 Hogan, Comden with 34 points 9. Car #8 Bornhop, Kott, 53 points 10. Car #5 Elder, Elder, 71 points 11. Car #6 Dunn, Marcuse, 86 points 12. Car #9 Wright, Fuhrman, 128 points 13. Car #13 Gilland, Boyd with 217 points 14. Car #16 Brown, Morris, 259 points 15. Car #14 Weaver, Weaver, 340 points 16. Car #15 von Richthofen, Touring Class
February 19th, 2004 at 7:51 am
Best information so far.
February 19th, 2004 at 9:46 am
Thanks for all the info! And for posting all the results. Glad you told me about your site.
February 19th, 2004 at 9:46 am
So which Kraushaar has 6 points and which has 8?
Good luck on the ice race
February 19th, 2004 at 9:47 am
Fascinating to read…so, go get’um guys!
And good luck!
February 19th, 2004 at 10:50 am
Was really neat seeing you guys all come through our small town of Quesnel, will be looking forward to seeing you again in August. Good luck and have fun!
February 19th, 2004 at 11:05 am
Great job, the boys and I are following the action from Alcan Headquarters, Kirkland. Thanks for the time and effort you are putting into this site. Good luck on day 2. How is the weather?
Hugs to all,
The Hines
February 19th, 2004 at 11:26 am
Good luck on the ice! btw, I love the weather forecasts on the itinerary pages.
February 19th, 2004 at 4:54 pm
Kudos on your site, it’s really cool to keep up on what’s going on. Don’t fret to much on your early scores, you’ve got a long way to go. Tear it up and cheers to all.
February 19th, 2004 at 5:12 pm
Hang in there, guys – it’s a long way from being over! I remember how, in the 2002 Alcan, Nick and Rob worked their way into a first in class finish with the slow but steady approach.
Your site is cool and I like your commentary very much.
Oh, and to answer Marvin’s question: Kraushaar Junior has 6 points, Kraushaar Senior has 8…
February 19th, 2004 at 7:16 pm
good luck on the ice..,
we’re all rooting for you