Mirra VS ACP

I'm getting dizzy just watching him...

The Power of Loeb

This is from last year though...

Old photos

Thanks to Tano Martinez for the great photos from grandpa and his dad...

Videos from 1st rally

Couple new videos from my first rally...

Gearbox problems in Codasur

Oh well! What can I say? That’s rallying I guess. We were sixth overall after day one of Rally Region Junin, the fourth round of the FIA Codasur, until we had gearbox problems on the second stage of day two.

It was an honour though to compete with Luchon Alayza in some of his last rallies before he retires from the sport at the end of the year. I learned a lot from him but I think what I eventually want to do is get at the wheel of a rally car. Many people have been asking me about it and I don’t think I can just sit around waiting for somebody to call or decide if I will be co-driving for them.

This second half of the year my dad is going to open his driving school and I plan to take every bit of advantage from it by practicing and training in karts as well as looking for sponsors. Will see where we go at the end of the year but for sure I won’t be sitting at home in 2009 watching rallies on TV.

You can see some of my photos from the rally here http://www.flickr.com/photos/9515730@N03/

Codasur is this weekend

Wednesday we leave for Huancayo for the Codasur Rally where I will be competing again with Luchon Alayza in the Subaru Forester. Unfortunately, the Impreza is not ready yet but it will be a good warm-up for Luchon before the car is fully ready to test.

There’s only one other guy in our class so the plan is to be very conservative and maybe push a little towards the end. I’m really looking forward to have more seat time in the car and this time we will have more power to climb in the altitude which is nice.

I have never been to this rally before but they tell me it’s really popular with a lot of spectators so I’m sure it will be a good time.

The route is pretty much the same as the Pre Codasur rally we did in May and I have been looking at all the videos from then to refresh my memory and also look at some of the parts that confused me. Now I want to beat myself in the head because I don’t understand how I could have gotten so confused! :(

Crossing fingers everything goes well and that I can make it to the end of a rally this time and also hopefully win our class. Anyway, I plan to take tons of pics so that I can show you what went on.

Thanks to some of the readers of the magazine that have sent me emails about my new co-driving gig. It’s nice to know you’re interested in what I do.

The rally starts Saturday at 8.51am local time and you can follow it at www.achperu.com

Not for the weak of stomach

Ouninpohja stage: Max average speed 132kph, Max length 35kms