"ラ･フェスタ”雨の明治神宮をスタート
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- by suna
- 2010/10/09 土 14:42
今日、10月9日（日）午後12時に「ラ・フェスタ ミレミリア２０１０」が明治神宮をスタートして行きました。生憎の雨でしたが、家から近いので、11時過ぎに着けば、、、と、のんびり歩いて明治神宮に行ったら、何と、奥の駐車場からスタートして来るのです。で、オフィシャルに「何時スタート？」と聞くと「11時です、、」との答え、おかしいな、、、と思ったら、駐車場スタートが、午前11時で、原宿駅前で、一度溜まって、本当のスタートは、原宿駅前を「午後12時」でした。というわけで、113台エントリーの今年の”ラ・フェスタ”を見逃すこともななく、スタートを見送ることが出来ました。今年は、いつものクラシックカーラリー常連、水野夫妻組（奥様は、かつて憧れの木内みどりさん）の’26BUGATTI T37Aや、堺正章組’48MASERATI A6GCS、稲川淳一組'54ASTONMARTIN DB2/4などに混じって、鈴木亜久里／松浦孝亮組も、’57MERCEDES BENZ 300SL ROADSTERでエントリーしています。亜久里さんとは、ずっとＦ１を一緒に転戦していましたし、ナビの”コースケ”は、ゴーカート時代から面倒を見てきて、アメリカのCART/IRLのレースも一緒に転戦してきました。そんな友達コンビですから、応援を、、、と、コックピットを覗くと、ちゃんと「MAP SHOT�供廚函�TIME SHOT」も装備され、なるほど、、、と思ったら「これ、みんな動かないです。どうせ使い方分からないからカッコだけ、、、そうそう、トリップメーターも距離が上がるというので切ってある、、、」とのこと。「じゃ、コースナビゲーションは、どーすんのよ？」と聞いたら「二人のiPhoneのナビがあれば大丈夫でしょ、、、」とノンキなものです。もともと”コースケ”はラリーなんてやったことないし、「ま、みんなに付いて行けばいいんでしょ、、」というので、「コマ図の距離は？」と言うと「だいたい分かるでしょ。あとは、勘、、かな、」と人差し指をなめて風にかざしていました。”コースケ”は亜久里さんに弟子入りして１２年目。４日間寝起きを共にすることになった”コースケ”は、「これが最後の修行かな、、」などと言っていましたが、一体どうなることでしょうか、、、。この「珍道中 亜久里/コースケ」組の後ろ、１０台目くらいには、我がAMAZON仲間のＫさんが、’54 FIAT 1100/103TVで走って行きます。こちらは、クラシックラリーの大ベテランです。”コースケ”組は「みんなに付いて行く、、」よりも、後ろのＫさんにくっついたほうが、良いような気もします。今日は裏磐梯まで行くそうで、この冷たい雨の中、オープンカーの方々は苦しい戦いとなると思いますが、みなさんの4日間、１０００Km余りの健闘を祈ります。私と「・１２２」ＡＭＡＺＯＮは、11月5日（金）に迫った「Rally Nippon」出場を前に、今日から整備工場で、”徹底的”な整備とチェックに入ります。
I went to the Meiji Shrine to see the start of the La Fest Mille Miglia 2010 today. It was raining, but since it was close by to my house, I started off and got there about 11am. For some reason, there were cars already coming out of the car park. I asked the official what time the start is and he told me it was 11am. I thought it was odd, but then found out that they started out from the park 11am, gathered again at Harajuku station to start from there at 12pm. I was able to see all 113 entrants start out from Tokyo. There were the regulars - 26BUGATTI T37A, 48MASERATI A6GCS driven by Japanese star M. Sakai, 54ASTONMARTIN DB2/4 by J. Inagawa. Within these stars, former Formula 1 star Aguri Suzuki and Kosuke Matsuura also a racing driver, were sitting in a 57MERCEDES BENZ 300SL ROADSTER. Aguri is an old crony as we made our way around the F1 circuits, and Kosuke is that kid that used to an excited kid doing cart racing, made his way to CART/IRL. I peaked into the cockpit and saw that they had a Map ShotII and Time ShotII installed. But Kosuke said that they did not work and even if they did, they wouldn't know what to do with it. Their trip meter was also not working as "the distance would increase"... So how are they going to navigate thru the course. Apparantly for them, the iPhone is all they needed. Kosuke has never driven in a Rally race so I asked him about the rally maps. He answered that he would just follow the car in front of him and that the distance was something he would figure out as he went on. This is Kosuke's 12th year since he entered as an apprentice under Aguri. For 4 years they have almost lived toether. Kosuke said that he is thinking of making this the last act of apprentinship. Right behind Aguri/Kosuke car, was a 54 FIAT 1100/103TV driven by a good friend Mr. K who is a veteran of classic rallying. Its probably better that Aguri/Kosuke let Mr. K go ahead of them. The race will run all the way to Urabandai today and under these rainy skies, the open cars will have a stuggle. I hope that that everyone enjoys the 4 day 1000km rally. As for myself, I have put my .122 into the garage for a out and out check.
I went to the Meiji Shrine to see the start of the La Fest Mille Miglia 2010 today. It was raining, but since it was close by to my house, I started off and got there about 11am. For some reason, there were cars already coming out of the car park. I asked the official what time the start is and he told me it was 11am. I thought it was odd, but then found out that they started out from the park 11am, gathered again at Harajuku station to start from there at 12pm. I was able to see all 113 entrants start out from Tokyo. There were the regulars - 26BUGATTI T37A, 48MASERATI A6GCS driven by Japanese star M. Sakai, 54ASTONMARTIN DB2/4 by J. Inagawa. Within these stars, former Formula 1 star Aguri Suzuki and Kosuke Matsuura also a racing driver, were sitting in a 57MERCEDES BENZ 300SL ROADSTER. Aguri is an old crony as we made our way around the F1 circuits, and Kosuke is that kid that used to an excited kid doing cart racing, made his way to CART/IRL. I peaked into the cockpit and saw that they had a Map ShotII and Time ShotII installed. But Kosuke said that they did not work and even if they did, they wouldn't know what to do with it. Their trip meter was also not working as "the distance would increase"... So how are they going to navigate thru the course. Apparantly for them, the iPhone is all they needed. Kosuke has never driven in a Rally race so I asked him about the rally maps. He answered that he would just follow the car in front of him and that the distance was something he would figure out as he went on. This is Kosuke's 12th year since he entered as an apprentice under Aguri. For 4 years they have almost lived toether. Kosuke said that he is thinking of making this the last act of apprentinship. Right behind Aguri/Kosuke car, was a 54 FIAT 1100/103TV driven by a good friend Mr. K who is a veteran of classic rallying. Its probably better that Aguri/Kosuke let Mr. K go ahead of them. The race will run all the way to Urabandai today and under these rainy skies, the open cars will have a stuggle. I hope that that everyone enjoys the 4 day 1000km rally. As for myself, I have put my .122 into the garage for a out and out check.
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