「Giro di Karuizawa」奮闘記 Day２
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- by suna
- 2010/06/01 火 14:05
「Giro di Karuizawa」Day２は、5月30日（日）午前９時０１分にゼッケン１番からスタートです。我々のＡＭＡＺＯＮは、４４番ですからDay１同様に午前９時２２分３０秒スタートです。昨夕からの濃霧は、時折雨となり、朝起きて駐車場を見ると、名だたるスポーツカーたちは、オープンのボディにすっぽりビニールシートを被せていました。そして、Day１でリタイヤしたのでしょうか、随分と駐車場が「歯抜け」になっていました。昨年の「Giro・・」も豪雨に見舞われ、ＡＭＡＺＯＮは雨漏れし、後処理が猛烈に大変だったことから、今回は、昨夜Day１終了後、軽井沢にお住まいのＳ大先輩邸のガレージに格納させていただき、大正解でした。ということで、午前７時過ぎにＡＭＡＺＯＮを浅間プリンスホテルに持っていくと、そこにはＡＭＡＺＯＮ仲間の群馬・桐生のＩさんが応援に来てくれていました。フィアット・アバルトとアルファロメオ軍団のサポートカー（これがカッコ良い）とＩさんのＡＭＡＺＯＮが並んでいると、ヤル気も増してきます。Day２のハイライトは、二度上峠のヘアピン連続と、旧碓氷峠「だけ」です。午前中だけですから、ある意味、気が楽で、とにかく、ＡＭＡＺＯＮを壊さず、「そこそこ」楽しもう、、、とコ・ドライバーのＳ大先輩と確認しあいました。結構ハイアベレージで厳しいラリーですが、今年は、その激戦の模様がインターネット上でライブ中継されていました。各タイムコントロールにカメラを設置、さらに、参加車のＭＧにも車載カメラを搭載、また、各車の走行風景は、マラソン中継同様にバイクにカメラを搭載して、リアルタイムで、インターネット上の映像を楽しめたようです。ただ、まだ実験段階とのことで、アクセスのＩＤとパスワードを入れないと見られないようですが、私は、どの道、走っていては見られないので確認は出来ませんでした。天気予報では、雨は降らず曇り、、、ということでしたが、Day１同様に、部分的に晴れ間もでたものの、ほとんどはワイバーを動かし、濃霧をマーシャル”デベソ”フォグで切り裂く、、、という半日でした。そして、今回、ウェット路面を徹底的に「攻めまくる」ことになったのですが、意外や意外、オランダ製「ＶＲＥＤＥＳＴＥＩＮ」”クラシックカー専用”タイヤが良いのです。昨年の「Giro・・・」は、ブリヂストンの”スニーカー”を購入して、そのソフトなグリップにそこそこ満足していたので、今年使用の「ＶＲＥＤＥＳＴＥＩＮ」は、とても硬くハードコンパウンドなだけに、実は、ちょっと心配していたのです。しかし、これが、なかなか、、、。硬いわりには、ウェット路面でもグリップが良く、ちょうど良い具合にブレイクしてくれるので、ヘアピンの連続する二度上峠も楽しく走れました。ただ、Day２では、運悪く片側通行止めの工事信号（だいたい１ヶ所で１２０秒ほど止められる）に３ヶ所以上も捕まってしまい、挙句に、タイムを挽回すべく頑張ると、観光バスに阻まれる、、、などなど思うに任せず、遅れを戻せずに1分27秒20も減点を喰ってしまいました。さらに、最終ゴールのＣＰには、旧碓氷峠から、一生懸命時間を貯めて８分も早くＣＰ前に到達。充分に時間調整して、きっちり100分の1秒まで合わせて「よっしゃ！！」と確信して私の電波時計通りにチェックインしたのにもかかわらず、１分24秒21も減点を喰ってしまい、結局、75台中49位でした。優勝は、５年連続優勝！！となる1931年式Rally NCPのＯ夫妻でした。また、一人で、オープンカーを駆り、雨に濡れて走っていたエントラントも上位入賞していました。最終ゴールの減点は解せないのですが、オーガナイザーの方が、計時時間を再確認してくれることになりました。「車載電波時計が狂ったのでは、、、」とも言われましたが、1分も狂うわけありません。ゴールＣＰなのですから、イエロー看板前に、オフィシャルの時計を掲示してくれれば、こんなズレも起こらないと思います。また、やはり、一方的なオフィシャルの計時記録だけで順位をつけるのでなく、きちんと、ＷＲＣや、国際的クラシックカーラリー同様に、チェックカードを発行するとか、ＴＣ記録ブックを各チームに持たせ、通過タイムを記録しサインをして、エントラントとオフィシャルが、「共に」通過時間（記録時間）をその場で確認出来ないといけないと思います。とはいえ、「たら、、、れば、、、」は、モータースポーツでは通用しませんし、仕方ありません。また、来年頑張りましょう。
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Day 2 of Giro di Karuizawa kicked off at 09h 01m on 30th May led off by car #1. We were car#44 so we started off 09h 22m 30s. The thick fog from the previous evening turned into light rain and most of the open body classic cars were covered with a vinyl sheet to ward off the rain. There were also a few empty spots in the parking lot - perhaps some early retirements. Last year, torrential rain had hit this rally and my Amazon had suffered during and after the rally from the after effect. This year, I had decided to park my Amazon at my co-driver's covered garage to my great relief. We got to the starting point slightly after 7am and saw Mr. I from Kiryu City who had driven out to cheer us on. Mr. I's Amazon was parked along side the Fiat Abarth and other Alfa support cars and made us feel charged up for the day. The day's highlight was the hair pin curves at Nidoage Toge and Usui toge. The 2nd day was "just" a half day rally so we promised each other to try to take it easy, try not to break the car and enjoy ourselves. However, the rally continued to be a high speed rally which was broadcast live over by internet the next using cameras at the time control, an on board camera on one of the MGs RallyCar and a motorcycle with a camera mounted on it. Since I was in the rally, I could not watch the broadcast but sped on thru the rally with my Marchal fog lamps fully lighted. I was using Vredestein tires and was a bit worried about them as they were made of hard compound. Luckily they gripped well even on the wet roads and enabled an enjoyable ride up and thru the mountain passes. However, I was stopped three times at a roadconstruction site (about 120sec per stop) and when I tried to make up for the lost time, was hampered by a sightseeing bus. So got a 1m 27s penalty for that section. At the final TC at the goal, I wound myself out of Usui toge to get to the control area 8m before the instructed time. I made sure I had gotten the time right and went past the final TC, but somehow got a 1m24s21 penalty at that stage. The result was 49th among 75 entrants. The winner was a 1931 Rally NCP which was its 5th win in a row at Giro di karuizawa. An entrants who had challenged by himself without a co driver came in at one of the top places, to my surprise. The only thought that remained is that I wished that this rally would hand out time cards or sign in on the time check record books to avoid any confusion that I had run into at the last TC. But then again, it is all about results and not about wishes. I really did enjoy this rally, again.
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Day 2 of Giro di Karuizawa kicked off at 09h 01m on 30th May led off by car #1. We were car#44 so we started off 09h 22m 30s. The thick fog from the previous evening turned into light rain and most of the open body classic cars were covered with a vinyl sheet to ward off the rain. There were also a few empty spots in the parking lot - perhaps some early retirements. Last year, torrential rain had hit this rally and my Amazon had suffered during and after the rally from the after effect. This year, I had decided to park my Amazon at my co-driver's covered garage to my great relief. We got to the starting point slightly after 7am and saw Mr. I from Kiryu City who had driven out to cheer us on. Mr. I's Amazon was parked along side the Fiat Abarth and other Alfa support cars and made us feel charged up for the day. The day's highlight was the hair pin curves at Nidoage Toge and Usui toge. The 2nd day was "just" a half day rally so we promised each other to try to take it easy, try not to break the car and enjoy ourselves. However, the rally continued to be a high speed rally which was broadcast live over by internet the next using cameras at the time control, an on board camera on one of the MGs RallyCar and a motorcycle with a camera mounted on it. Since I was in the rally, I could not watch the broadcast but sped on thru the rally with my Marchal fog lamps fully lighted. I was using Vredestein tires and was a bit worried about them as they were made of hard compound. Luckily they gripped well even on the wet roads and enabled an enjoyable ride up and thru the mountain passes. However, I was stopped three times at a roadconstruction site (about 120sec per stop) and when I tried to make up for the lost time, was hampered by a sightseeing bus. So got a 1m 27s penalty for that section. At the final TC at the goal, I wound myself out of Usui toge to get to the control area 8m before the instructed time. I made sure I had gotten the time right and went past the final TC, but somehow got a 1m24s21 penalty at that stage. The result was 49th among 75 entrants. The winner was a 1931 Rally NCP which was its 5th win in a row at Giro di karuizawa. An entrants who had challenged by himself without a co driver came in at one of the top places, to my surprise. The only thought that remained is that I wished that this rally would hand out time cards or sign in on the time check record books to avoid any confusion that I had run into at the last TC. But then again, it is all about results and not about wishes. I really did enjoy this rally, again.
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