Rally: Rally drivers have all the fun!

I was listening a report on BBC recently and I thought I was deceived when I heard that a painting snatched 70 million dollars (US) from the hammer at an auction! I kept listening and as expected, the report was accurate. I am still stunned! Apparently money is floating in locations I am not aware of ! I was reading an issue of Road and Track and forgive me if I am of the view that there is a plot out to embarrass me, but, on the final page sat a Mercedes F1 machine from the ice-age. How much was it sold for at an auction – 29 million dollars! I need to discover an uncle or cousin in Saudia Arabia!

In an earlier blog I mentioned that WRC drivers must be the best in the world. My views might be a tad bit biased because each time I hear a WRC machine, like the Nightcrawler (X-Men), I am taken to another dimension! I am still at a loss at how the disguised insanity – the mechanical and scientific marvel which is the modern WRC machine – effortlessly rattles the pleasure sensors of the brain and delivers an addictive but legal high! We should be scared like children walking through May Pen Cemetry at midnight during a power-cut, when we see the machine, like an out of control rocket, barrel-rolling towards a blind corner on the verge of entering the realm  of a frightening accident! Then the miracle occurs – the machine inexplicably regains its composure and then disappears, buried in a hail of  pops, hisses and crackles! Awesome!

Vollkwagen Motorsport has not lost a rev yet in the 2014 WRC campaign. It would appear as if a dynasty is in the making – too soon to call – yes I know. Having said that, Monte Carlo released Round 1 and Sweden saw Round 2. And on both occasions VW Motorsport drivers have claimed P1. I am certain the chasing pack is not amused.

The videos relating to each Round are readily available.  Dive in. Wouldn’t you agree that rally drivers have all of the fun!!

WRC Monte Carlo 2014

WRC Sweden 2014

I envy those bastards!

Cecil Munroe Gleaner On-Line Writer