Le Jog 2009 - 5-8 December

Charles Harrison & Jonathan Hancox 2000 4th (33), 1st in class
Kenny MacEwan & Shaun Arnold TR3 7th, 2nd in class
Tony Sheach & Rob Kiff TR4 10th, 3rd in class

It is billed as the toughest road rally in Europe - Land's End to John O'Groats, over 1500 miles on mostly minor roads, in 72 hours, in old cars...

30 Main Time Controls (see schedule below), 46 Ordnance Survey Maps, 15 off-road tests, 10 due-time navigation sections, 33 regularities, Caerwent army base, tests through fords, forest sections, rain, ice, cows, mechanical problems, electrical problems, plotting, food, petrol...

Absolutely fantastic! I don't think any crew was without car trouble at some point - in the 2000, we had to rebuild the carburettors on the way down to the start, lost headlights somewhere in Cornwall, broke the rear subframe in Wales, lost the front brakes near Newcastle, and left the exhaust silencer behind near Loch Ness!

All three Triumph crews made it to the finish, and we think we should have won the team prize when considering total points, but the organisers decided to give it to the Mercedes team for reasons we cannot fathom! We will have to return in 2010 for a rematch...

Main Control Schedule for Car 10, Triumph 2000, HYD 880D

Sat 5th December

0800 - MC1 - Land's End

1036 - MC2 - Bodmin - Borough Arms

1321 - MC3 - Wembworthy - Lymington Arms

1421 - MC4 - Exebridge - Anchor Inn

1538 - MC5 - Sedgemoor Services

1625 - MC6 - Magor Services (in)

1825 - MC7 - Magor Services (out)

2011 - MC8 - Llangattock - Vine Tree Inn

2145 - MC9 - Beulah - Trout Inn

Sun 6th December

0048 - MC10 - Trefeglwys (out) - Memorial Hall

0404 - MC11 - Chester (in) - Holiday Inn

0945 - MC12 - Ellesmere Port (out) - Holiday Inn

1205 - MC13 - Sawley - Spread Eagle Inn

1401 - MC14 - Leyburn (in) - The Bolton Arms

1506 - MC15 - Leyburn (out)

1627 - MC16 - Eggleston - The Three Tuns

1934 - MC17 - Gosforth (in) - Marriott Gosforth Park

Mon 7th December

0815 - MC18 - Gosforth (out)

1011 - MC19 - Horsley - The Redesdale Arms

1145 - MC20 - Denholm - The Auld Cross Keys Inn

1423 - MC21 - Queensferry (in) - The Rail Bridge Bistro

1523 - MC22 - Queensferry (out)

1731 - MC23 - Newton Bridge

1815 - MC24 - Kenmore - Court Yard

2046 - MC25 - Kingussie (in) - Duke of Gordon Hotel

2246 - MC26 - Kingussie (out)

Tues 8th December

0402 - MC27 - Evanton - Skiach Services

0728 - MC28 - Lybster (in) - Portland Arms Hotel

0827 - MC29 - Lybster (out)

0949 - MC30 - John O'Groats

TEAM TRIUMPH

All torque and no traction!

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