Arctic Experience
Geplaatst: 11 mar 2006, 22:39
Hallo!
Eerste bericht op deze site. Al drie jaar in het trotse bezit van een Cooper S en nog steeds erg enthousiast. Ik heb me nog nooit bij een club aangemeld, wel interesse niet genoeg vrije tijd.
Ik heb inmiddels wel het een en ander ondernomen met de Mini, maar ben helaas geen collega Mini´s tegengekomen. Drie weken geleden was de door Nederlanders georganiseerde Arctic Challenge 2006 weer een feit. Samen met een vriend heb ik in 1 week 90 uur in een Mini gezeten om ca 7000km te rijden. Hieronder een kort verslag dat ik op de Mini 2 site in het engels heb gezet.
Groet,
Rick
Hi All,
It would be great to make the Arctic Challenge an International event, it certainly has the potential to become a yearly classic.
The Challenge is a speed limited rally. All cars carry a gprs satellite device which measures and samples real time speed and position. If one exceeds the local speed limit by one kilometer it means one incurs penalty. The organisation uses this system in order to increase safety while rally-ing.
The thrill in this challenge can be summarised:
- endurance
- smart navigation
- driving ability (real difficult roads)
We were sent by coordinates to find our way. All in all Team Cooper S Works had the least amount of kilometers, only 6890km in 6 days. Lap top in the car; two gps systems.
First non stop stretch 2950km and go! Everytime we received new coordinates the moment we arrived at a previously supplied coordinate. This was possible because the organisation physically could spot us! We also had to stop otherwise they did not grant us the new coordinate.
The second stretch took us from Akaslompolo in Finland via Sweden to Norway and back. We started at 0800 and finished 0330 the next day, a stretch of 1600km through the worst road surface I have experienced ever. Roads where now and then -22°C through to +5°C, very slippery. If we used the cruise control in 6th gear for accelleration from 70 km to 90 km the traction control kicked in. The Cooper S Works was the only small car.
In the evening we slipped at 110km/hr. We bounced from snow wall to snow wall, then came to a stop. No real damage only the frontal spoiler was gone. Next to a damaged self esteem we where happy to be alive, after at least 10 three sixties. Other teams told us that the snow wall was damaged over a length of 300 metres. Of the 21 teams, 9 cars had some damage, however all small.
In Germany we drove very fast, around 234km at our GPS.
It was a great experience.
Eerste bericht op deze site. Al drie jaar in het trotse bezit van een Cooper S en nog steeds erg enthousiast. Ik heb me nog nooit bij een club aangemeld, wel interesse niet genoeg vrije tijd.
Ik heb inmiddels wel het een en ander ondernomen met de Mini, maar ben helaas geen collega Mini´s tegengekomen. Drie weken geleden was de door Nederlanders georganiseerde Arctic Challenge 2006 weer een feit. Samen met een vriend heb ik in 1 week 90 uur in een Mini gezeten om ca 7000km te rijden. Hieronder een kort verslag dat ik op de Mini 2 site in het engels heb gezet.
Groet,
Rick
Hi All,
It would be great to make the Arctic Challenge an International event, it certainly has the potential to become a yearly classic.
The Challenge is a speed limited rally. All cars carry a gprs satellite device which measures and samples real time speed and position. If one exceeds the local speed limit by one kilometer it means one incurs penalty. The organisation uses this system in order to increase safety while rally-ing.
The thrill in this challenge can be summarised:
- endurance
- smart navigation
- driving ability (real difficult roads)
We were sent by coordinates to find our way. All in all Team Cooper S Works had the least amount of kilometers, only 6890km in 6 days. Lap top in the car; two gps systems.
First non stop stretch 2950km and go! Everytime we received new coordinates the moment we arrived at a previously supplied coordinate. This was possible because the organisation physically could spot us! We also had to stop otherwise they did not grant us the new coordinate.
The second stretch took us from Akaslompolo in Finland via Sweden to Norway and back. We started at 0800 and finished 0330 the next day, a stretch of 1600km through the worst road surface I have experienced ever. Roads where now and then -22°C through to +5°C, very slippery. If we used the cruise control in 6th gear for accelleration from 70 km to 90 km the traction control kicked in. The Cooper S Works was the only small car.
In the evening we slipped at 110km/hr. We bounced from snow wall to snow wall, then came to a stop. No real damage only the frontal spoiler was gone. Next to a damaged self esteem we where happy to be alive, after at least 10 three sixties. Other teams told us that the snow wall was damaged over a length of 300 metres. Of the 21 teams, 9 cars had some damage, however all small.
In Germany we drove very fast, around 234km at our GPS.
It was a great experience.
en veel plezier hier.
