Slowpoke News: C.McRae, WRC Germany and WRC New Zealand
[ September 16th, 2008 ] By: Charles Smith Posted in » Ramblings
First off, Today was the one year anniversary of the legendary Colin McRae’s death. For those of you who have no idea, he died on September 15th, 2007 in a helicopter accident. He was the pilot and was accompanied by his son, his friend and his friend’s son. There are memorial stickers available, which I proudly display on my car.
Anyway, I am slow to report news, that however is not news. What is (old) news are the results from Rally Deutschland (aka Germany) and Rally New Zealand. Not unexpected, Sebastian Loeb continued his winning with both Germany and New Zealand rallies. Sordo, however, put up a great fight and followed Loeb in both events to 2nd place finishes. Mikko Hirvonen, not be left far behind in the points race, secured 3rd place in New Zealand and now trails in the overall standing by only 8 points. The pressure is still on Loeb for the remainder of the season. Third in Germany was snatched by Duval.
Somehow Loeb continues to win rallies in the WRC. Most everyone is being left in the dust by Loeb, who rarely makes a mistake. It really is amazing to watch Loeb throughout his stellar career and I’m eager to see what happens in Rally Spain this October.
