Day Four News Flash from Alps Maritime

News just received from IRDC secretary Tony Graham in the Alps Maritime confirming that the IRDC team is all intact and going strong. The reseeding start numbers (in brackets, based on results up to yesterday) are below.

1. Andrew McAlpine / Fred Gallagher - Mini Cooper S (190)
9. Zak Matten / James Aquilina - Datsun 240Z (204)
55. Gordon Glen / David Glen - Volvo 122S (269)
78. Steve Graham / Tony Graham - Lancia Fulvia HF 1600 (271)
194. Peter Humphrey / Graham Couser - Volvo PV544 (76)
197. Simon Tate / Simon Brown - Lancia Fulvia HF 1600 (231)
198. Malcolm Oswald / Victor Juhasz - Riley 1.5 (282)
276. Rick Pearson / Stuart Pringle - Lancia Fulvia 1.3S (114)
299. Joel Wykeham / David Brown - Fiat 127 (143)

Steve and Tony Graham; car 78 almost ended their event before it began when a transmission malady stopped Steve's recently built Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF before it started, but five hours intense work by faithful service crew Ian & Ian saw the gearbox and differential rebuilt in a car park in Champagnole, where the temperature dropped to -12. A typical Monte Carlo story! Watch the IRDC website for further news ...

27th January, 2014