Forest Rally 2018

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Headed back down to Nannup and Busselton in WA's southwest to watch some of Australia's best drivers on our infamous ball bearing gravel.

 

The M240 is not the ideal camera to use, especially from the spectator areas, but I had fun and got some pictures I really like (I actually prefer them to my take from previous years shooting professionally)

 

My daughters are huge fans of Molly Taylor, so the first few pictures of her 

 

Speaking to fans in the service park while the team work on the car.

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Molly Taylor and Malcolm Read, SS8 Ferndale 2, Subaru Impreza WRX STI

M240, Leica 50 Summarit, Polarising filter, 1/180 f8 200 ISO

 

Molly Taylor and Malcolm Read, SS11 Trade Hire Busselton Long, Subaru Impreza WRX STI

M240, Voigtlander 35 Nokton, 1/60 f1.4, 3200 ISO

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John O'Dowd and Tom Wilde, SS8 Ferndale 2, Subaru Impreza WRX STI

M240, Leica 50 Summarit, Polarising filter, 1/180 f8 400 ISO

John and Tom finished 8th outright and 2nd in the state series, John is a regular top 5 finisher, but hasn't managed to get a championship win yet, Tom won the state championship last year in a front wheel drive car, and has switched to navigating this year.

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John Ludlam and James Marquet, SS8 Ferndale 2, Datsun 1600 "Dazda" 

M240, Leica 50 Summarit, Polarising filter, 1/180 f8 400 ISO

This Mazda rotary powered Datsun 1600 has been an easily identifiable sound in the forest for many years, It sounds incredible at full noise.

 

Harry Bates and John McCarthy, SS11 Tradehire Ferndale Long, Toyota Yaris

M240 and Voigtlander 35 f1.2 Nokton 1/60 f1.4 3200 ISO

I have always loved seeing Rally cars pop flames from the exhaust, but have struggled to capture them.

[stuny]

What a delightful set.  I'd imagine as long as the Subies are well piloted they'd win.

[Bill W]

Very nice. Are the ones at night showing the brake disk heated that much?

[Graham (G4FUJ)]

Great set of photos.  Thanks for sharing them.

On a spare room wall I have a photo of Bjorn Waaldegard/Phil short in a works Audi Quattro (the early days of Quattros) taken on the Welsh International rally somewhere around 1980. Taken with my old XD-7 Minolta.

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What a delightful set. I'd imagine as long as the Subies are well piloted they'd win.

Thankyou.

There is a few different cars at the pointy end of the field

Eli Evans took first place in a Skoda Fabia R5, 2/3/4 are various shapes of STI, and 5th was Harry Bates in the Yaris.

 

In the state championships Subarus have dominated for many years, although last year Tom Wilde won in an old Honda Civic, the first time a 2wd has won the outright championship in many years.

 

 

Very nice. Are the ones at night showing the brake disk heated that much?

Thankyou !

 

Yes - they are running gravel brakes (which have to fit under a 15” rim) and the night stage is made of tight 90 degree corners and 100-200m straights.

The cars are either at full throttle or hard on the brakes.

 

Great set of photos. Thanks for sharing them.

On a spare room wall I have a photo of Bjorn Waaldegard/Phil short in a works Audi Quattro (the early days of Quattros) taken on the Welsh International rally somewhere around 1980. Taken with my old XD-7 Minolta.

Thank you !

 

I have never seen a quattro in the forest, I wish i had, but I am a bit young and I didnt start following rally till the end of the lancia integrale/gt4 celica era. Grew up watching Kankkunen, Sainz, Auriol etc and then later McRae, Burns, Gronholm and Makinen.

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Great series. Really atmospheric

[jmahto]

Great photos. Thanks for sharing.