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Old 08-28-2005, 02:50 PM   #1
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Saturday I spent the day at Leg 2 of the OMV ADAC Rally WRC Deutschland at such famous sectoions as SS 10 (Panzerplatte 2) and SS 13 (St. Wendel Spectator Stage) as well as walking through the WRC Service Station at Bostalsee to get up close with the fast workings of a rally service stop. After Saturday's stage we made the drive back in to Trier and luckily caught up to Citroen's Francios Duval driving his rally car on Autobahn 602.

Morning service at Bostalsee



Individual Service area's of the WRC teams




Citroen's Sebastian Loeb


Subaru's Petter Solberg

Flying through SS 10 Panzerplatte 2



That's me cheering on #1 Sebastian Loeb at SS 10

Solberg's Subaru SS 10


SS 13 St. Wendel, Germany






SS 13 Starts

Chasing down Citroen's Francois Duval on the Autobahn



...Then being stuck behind him in traffic

Parc Ferme Saturday Night




Petter Solberg and his mob of fans


I have some video clips too but have to figure a good way to post them...so until then...enjoy.

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Old 08-28-2005, 02:54 PM   #2
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amazing pics, and an amazing couple of days, and a chance of Duval taking his car on the road? amazing...
and you have some many pics from diff. locations.
any high-res?
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Old 08-28-2005, 02:58 PM   #3
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lol cool to see that WRC car on the road
nice pics, but is it just me or is the german WRC stage in a kind of boring area? i mean its just low hills and some grassy fields etc. , whereas most rallies are in snow or deep down in the forests, on mountain roads with huge ravines next to them etc., that looks alot more spectacular.
BTW Solbers looks really erm...excited about his fans
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Old 08-28-2005, 03:05 PM   #4
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very nice pics,man.

Good to see that the german rallye is going better every year.
Then we have a chance to get the rallye championchip every year in germany - remember we had some years no german wrc rally contest.
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Old 08-28-2005, 03:09 PM   #5
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great pics, in my opinion funner to see these cars than a porsche maybe not ferrari though.
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Old 08-28-2005, 03:40 PM   #6
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great to see fia rally car
definly looks sick

why was the rally car on the autobaln????
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Old 08-28-2005, 03:58 PM   #7
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Thanks for the comments...it was an awesome event and my first of it's kind.

As for the German Stages it is actually no easy road surfaces and even though its a "tarmac" event it does still include a good portion of dirt. Lot of driver's seem to like it as it's the only stage in the WRC of it's kind.

For Duval being on the road that is how the rally drivers get to and from each Special Stage (SS) and in this case it was the end of day trip from Bostalsee to Trier for Parc Ferme about a 60 KM drive. Even had the pleasure of driving alongside Loeb on A62 from Service Park and then him accelerating like a bat out of hell crossing 3 lanes and taking off for the next start.

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Old 08-28-2005, 04:26 PM   #8
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Some nice pics! Rallies are always more open to fans than races on race tracks. Imo that's one of the most appealing factors of rallying, besides the sliding action of the cars.
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Old 08-29-2005, 12:01 AM   #9
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wow thats awesome seeing a WRC car on the road!!!
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