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Ice driving in Finland

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Old 21-02-2008, 3:00 PM   #1
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Ice driving in Finland

I spent a very enjoyable weekend in Finland watching a rally (Rallying in Finland and then driving rally cars on a frozen lake. The lake belongs to none other than the famous rally driver Juha Kankkunen. He also invited us to view his private museum of rally cars and Ferraris but we were under strict instuction not to take any photos

Ready for the off. We had a choice of older rally cars. A Toyota Starlet (this was probably the most popular car), Opel Kadet (This was the car that was the last drivable and spent most of the time spinning), BMW 325 (I managed to break this one), 2 x VW Polos and an Evo 9.


One of the local Caterham 7 owners turned up. Brrrrrrrrrrr


Evo blasting away into the distance driven by Aki, one of our hosts


Toyota down the back straight


One of the many time the Opel spend spinning on the track


Even the caterhma ventured onto the track. One thing, the rally cars were running full WRC studded tyres and the Caterham was only using road tyres with small studs. Also how about this for commitment, Myles, who sometimes frequents this forum and is a fellow caterham owner, trying to get some unusual shots.


This was such a great car to drive as so easy compared to the older cars


This shots gives you an idea of the expance we had to play with


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Old 21-02-2008, 5:37 PM   #2
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Re: Ice driving in Finland

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Myles, who sometimes frequents this forum and is a fellow caterham owner, trying to get some unusual shots.
I'd like to see how they came out
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Re: Ice driving in Finland

the caterham garage was at the end of my road til i moved out..... my parents still live there tho
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Re: Ice driving in Finland

I get the feeling that "a very enjoyable weekend" was a bit of an understatement.... that looks like an excellent way to spend a weekend to me!!
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Old 21-02-2008, 7:23 PM   #5
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I'd like to see how they came out
Here you go - http://www.alcester-racing-sevens.co.../index_12.html
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Cracking Thanks!
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