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27 August to
26 September 2023
Day 9
Prince George to Kamloops (576km)
prince George was a sleepy town at 7.30am as we
crept through the deserted streets and onto the
pages of today’s road book. By the time we got to
the last page it had proved to be another classic
day of endurance rallying.
After a short run down the tarmac highway we turned onto
an incredible 100km of well-maintained gravel road. The
Cleswuncut lake regularity was set in the middle of it. It
was cool and damp and dust definitely wasn’t a problem.
An ideal way to get the crews warmed up, although they
had to keep an eye out for the odd jaywalking elk.
next we turned our attentions to the passage Control in
Quesnel where ron, the Mayor, and a couple of Mounties
clad in their signature red Serge joined us in front of
the world’s biggest gold pan, a nod to the history of this
important town set between the fraser and Quesnel rivers.
whilst panning for gold with a shovel is still legal in British
Columbia - we were on the official Gold rush Trail - there
was no time to stake a claim. Instead we headed to the
Cariboo raceway park, which hosted a couple of ‘three
dimensional’ Tests for us. Tobias and Silvia Koenig certainly
got the best out of their porsche through the turns, whilst
Andreas Honegger and peter Kruse’s Mercedes was happy
to plough its own furrow.
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The post track coffee and cakes were as welcome as the
rolling circuit was impressive and nobody left without a
grin on their face, and probably a better understanding
of vehicle dynamics. Then it was back to the highway and
off to the Time Control at the fox Mountain Brewing Co in
williams lake where a very satisfactory lunch was provided
with complimentary views over the valley.
The edmund lake regularity arrived soon afterwards
and was perhaps the highlight of the day. It lead us through
almost 20km of dense woodland along a variously broken,
dry, dusty, muddy track. Unlike this morning’s regularity,
which had few options for the navigators to get things
wrong, this one featured a full set of blind alleys, dead ends
and wrong turns. Add to this the pressure on the driver to
maintain the average speed, and a fun-filled afternoon was
guaranteed for all.
The calm of the Cariboo lake passage Control was
thankfully close at hand. over a reviving cup of coffee and
a slice of cake, crews engaged in some constructive postmatch analysis. Meanwhile Jim Gately and Tony Brooks
were refilling a leaky radiator.
The night halt in Kamloops was an easy run down the
Cariboo highway, through the desert Hills, appropriately
likened to a Mexican landscape. The Sandman Signature
Hotel offered us a a night of pampered luxury and fine
dining.
photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Getting the best out of the Porsche 911 at the Raceway today, Tobias and Silvia Koenig
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