Photos from Eileen

Eileen, an Irish member of PSSC, will send us her reports during the rally-weekend.

We got to meet with petter at service, he signed nora my huge norwegian flag, and i gave him his birthday card and his irish whiskey!! Harold also had some chocolates from holland spelling his name. He gave me a big hug – he he – and said he will try his very best this weekend… Also met thomas and had to tell him not to be drinking the whiskey! Ha ha now we are going home a little while before going on to belfast.. Watch out on tv, for nora, the biggest flag in ireland!

Eileen

Shakedown Rally Ireland

Petter ended with 7th fastest time on today’s shakedown in Ireland. Grønholm were fastest, while Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen set the 4th fastest time.

-The stages are fast and tricky. Small bumps in the roads make the narrow stages difficult in high speed. Phil has done many rallies here, but it is the first time for me competing in Ireland. But as usual – we are going for the podium, Petter said before he left for Belfast and tonight’s superspecial.

SSS1 starts at 1900pm.

Shakedown-times

1.Grønholm 1.37,3
2.Chris 1.38,3
3.Hirvonen 1.38,7
4.Mikkelsen 1.39,2
5.Loeb 1.39,6
6.Sordo 1.40,0
7.Petter 1.40,3
8.Wilson 1.40,7
9.Wilks 1.40,9
10.Henning 1.41,1
11.Latvala 1.41,4
12.Stohl 1.41,6
13.Pons 1.42,9
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Medlemstreff i PSSC

Lørdag 10. november var det klart for årets medlemstreff i PSSC.

Det var en smilende og fornøyd Petter som ønsket velkommen til årets medlemstreff. Med det vanlige glimtet i øyet og humøret på plass innledet han medlemstreffet med å vise klipp fra filmen om han som er under produksjon. Med morsomme kommentarer fra hovedpersonen selv fikk alle et innblikk i noe av det som foregår i hans liv utenfor rally-kjøringen. Etter filmen snakket Petter åpenhjertig om hvordan det har vært å være rally-sjåfør den siste tiden og planene framover, og han svarte villig på alle spørsmål med medlemmene. Som en avslutning takket Petter alle for den støtten han får gjennom supporterklubben, understreket hvor viktig denne støtten er for han – og at han virkelig hadde gledet seg til årets medlemstreff.

Så var tiden kommet for autografer, bilder og Petter delte ut gaver til alle som var tilstede.

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Rally Ireland

We are getting close to end of the 2007 WRC season, and only two more rounds two go –Ireland and Wales. 15. – 18. November the action takes place on tarmac in Ireland.

The rally is based in Sligo town, however rally organisers have arranged for the 1st stage, the super special stage to be held at Stormont in Belfast. The rally organisers are providing transport from Sligo to Belfast before the start and back again after the first stage. Official crew plus one person from each team are invited to fly there and back; additional people will use a coach arranged by the organisers; trucks will transport the rally cars. The drive from Sligo to Belfast will probably take nearly three hours as traffic is expected to be hectic!!

Twenty one countries are represented on the 90 car Rally Ireland entry list, with competitors coming from as far as Qatar, Japan and of course, NORWAY. Plus an impressive entry of 53 competitors from the island of Ireland, north and south. The only female driver taking part is Emma McKinstry from Banbridge, County Down ,a daughter of Irish rally legend Kenny McKinstry. The three members of the MacHale family are also set to make an impression as father Austin and sons Gareth and Aaron all take to the roads in their Ford Focus WRC cars.

Rally Ireland will be a challenging rally due to the uniqueness of the road surface. It is the 5th asphalt rally of the 2007 championship, but the narrow twisty bumpy surface, along with the unpredictable weather, will take some competitors by surprise!!

Important message regarding the PSSC-get-together-party, Saturday, 10. November

The meeting will be held at Hotel Arena, next to Norges Varemesse in Lillestrøm. Please be in the reception area before 1100 and follow signs to “Akershus” conferencroom and Subaru Norway.

A lot of people and cars will be in the area this morning, so be there early.

Welcome!

Best regards
PSSC Petter Solberg supporters club

Images from Viki

Photos from Viki

No report from Viki, but we have received images from Saturday.