MORNING
GLORY
It is well known that the Ironman 4x4 Adventure
Challenge WA is as much an endurance event that
pushes the limits of the body and mind just as much
as the car and that lack of sleep is to be expected.
The start of SS11: Morning Glory was no different.
Competitors arrived at camp early morning and
agreed to go straight into SS11 Morning Glory,
despite not sleeping the night before.
A race around Harms lake with all competitors
starting at the same time, it was Colm Arthur (car
#15) who blew them away powering ahead towards
the GPS point (furtherest point of the lake).
TUESDAY,12 August 2014
Unfortunately though, a poor call meant he went left
when his navi said to go right and it wasn‘t too long
until he was bottomed out in the middle of lake - a
400+ metre recovery that took 12 hours and a loader
from Southern Hills Station (thanks to Chris and
Monica South) to get him out.
The stand out performance was without a doubt Joe
Vowles (car # 11) racing through the flying finish and
getting his first stage win in three years with a time
of 29.12 minutes, ahead of Barry Smethurst (car #01)
in a time of 33:22 and seconds behind in third place
was Dave Cameron (car #10) with a time of 33:26.
stage winners
JOE VOWLES
GRAEME mCPHERSON #11
DNF time: 60 minutes
IRONMAN 4X4 ADVENTURE CHALLENGE MAGAZINE PAGE:
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AUGUST
2014
IRONMAN 4X4 ADVENTURE CHALLENGE MAGAZINE PAGE:
17 |
AUGUST
2014