And so to bed

Phew, Finished

Car no team

No race reports today. No stucks, no dramas, nothing broken, Started 17th for the day, finished 18th, and ended 23rd overall in the race. Well done Sheila & Ian. Huzzah. As I write this, the team are enjoying large orange juices and lemonades at the Gala Awards Dinner at Yas, while The Beast takes a well earned rest in the car park at Yas Marina Circuit.

So Thanks to Kate & Rick for flying in from the UK just so they can have their faces sunburned and sandblasted, go without sleep for days, burn their fingers fixing exhausts and supper, and generally mis-behaving. Thanks too to Richard

"Tool Man" Bailey and Jason "Cut the RED wire" Lyness for their sterling support, fixing things with hammers and multi-meters - whilst having their faces sunburned and sand blasted etc. etc.



Car with team

Thanks to Emil Khneisser for his help with spare parts along the way, and the SAR team for being on hand even though we didn't need them! Also to the Sweep Team for towing us out on Day 2 and of course to the marshals without whom the event would not be possible. Thanks to Miss Poland 2011 for staying away from our part of the bivouac and thus not distracting the boys......and 'get well soon' Steve Blackney - a Dubai based biker who suffered a back injury on Day 2 but who is (gingerly) back on his feet today we're pleased to report.

Commiserations to Tom Bell and Patrick McMurren who endured a tough rally, losing a clutch, a starter motor, two tyres, were reversed into at high speed by a fellow competitor, and spent the night sleeping next to their car waiting for rescue, then suffered a DNF. It gets easier guys....

So another race has been run....who knows what 2017 will bring, and whether The Phantom Blogger will be reporting?

Stay tuned.

So it's good-night from me. And it's good-night from him.