Wastegate Chatter … 14: An emotional finish to my first Rally Finland
The emotion had got to me. I was trying to photograph this historic occasion, but the tears in my eyes and rolling down my cheeks were making it difficult.
- Aug 14th, 2024
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Peter Whitten
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- Jun 16th, 2020
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by Peter Whitten
Wastegate Chatter … 4: Rallying’s walk of shame
Rallying is perhaps the most exhilarating sport of them all, but beneath the adrenalin, the high-speed slides and the big jumps, there are times when it sucks!
Read More- Apr 27th, 2020
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by Peter Whitten
Wastegate Chatter … 3: Brick phones, ARC rounds and the inter-what?
These days we don’t give a second thought to mobile phones, wifi and 24/7 connectivity, yet back in the 1990s mobile phones were pretty much as rare as rocking horse droppings, and only the very well off had them.
Read More- Apr 9th, 2020
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by Peter Whitten
Wastegate Chatter … 2: Bathurst, Brakes and Mulligan lectures
They say ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’, and after my freezing night on the back seat of the rally car in Blaney, it was now time to get into rally mode.
Read More- Mar 31st, 2020
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by Peter Whitten
Wastegate Chatter … Back seats, Blaney and illegal camping
As a mode of accommodation, the back seat of an Escort Mk2 rally car is about as uncomfortable as it gets, but when you have no other option, it will do the job.
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