Kuwait International Rally Championship 2009

Kuwait International Rally Championship 2009

5 - 7 March 2009

Rally Program

OPENING DATE FOR ENTRIES

Saturday, 3 January. 2009

DATE OF ISSUING OF RALLY GUIDE

Saturday, 7 February 2009

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES INCLUDING Co DRIVERS DETAILS

Wednesday, 20 February 2009 at 18:00

PUBLICATION OF LIST OF ENTRIES ACCEPTED BY THE ORGANIZER

Thursday, 21 February 2009 at 10:00

REGISTRATION FOR RECONNAISSANCE, COLLECTION OF TIME CARDS AND FITTING OF GPS TRACKING UNITS

Location : Rally HQ, Shooting Club

Date: Monday, 2 March 2009

Time: 18:00-20:00

DATE OF ISSUING ROAD BOOK 1 AND MAPS

Location : Rally HQ, Shooting Club

Date: Monday, 2 March 2009

Time: 20:00

DATE OF RECONNAISSANCE

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Time: 08:00 18:00

Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Time: 08:00 18:00

DATE OF ISSUING ROAD BOOK 2 AND MAPS

Location : Rally HQ, Shooting Club

Date: Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Time: 20:00

OPENING DATE OF MEDIA ACCREDITATION CENTER

Location : Rally HQ, Shooting Club

Date: Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Time: 10:00 – 20:00

DATE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS

Location : Rally HQ, Shooting Club

Date: Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Time: 16:00-20:00, individual times can be agreed with the Rally Office

DATE OF PRE-RALLY PRESS CONFERENCE

Location : Rally HQ, Shooting Club

Date: Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Time: 20:00

SCRUTINEERING - SEALING AND MARKING

Location : Shooting Club

Date: Thursday 5 March 2009

Time: 08:00 – 13:00

Scrutineering will be carried out according to the individual time table as per Article 12 of these regulations.

SHAKEDOWN

There will be no Shakedown at this rally.

FIRST STEWARD'S MEETING

Location : Rally HQ, Shooting Club

Date: Thursday 5 March 2009

Time: 14:00

PUBLICATION OF START LISTS FOR VARIOUS LEGS

Location : Official Notice board Rally HQ

Leg 1/Sec 1 Thursday 5 March at 15:00

Leg 1/Sec 2 Thursday 5 March 2009 at TBA

Leg 2 Friday 6 March 2009 at TBA

Ceremonial Start Location : Shooting Club

Date: Thursday 28 February 2008

Time: 16:00

Official start and start of the Super Special

Location : Jaber Al Ahmad Int. Race track

Date: Thursday 5 March 2009

Time: 16:30

PRIZE GIVING

Location : Finish Podium, Shooting Club

Date: Saturday, 7 March 2009

Time: TBA

DATE OF POST EVENT PRESS CONFERENCE

Location : Rally HQ, Shooting Club

Date: Saturday, 7 March 2009

Time: TBA

DATE OF THE FINAL SCRUTINEERING

Location : Shooting Club

Date: Saturday, 7 March 2009

Time: 19:00

PLACE AND TIME OF PUBLICATION OF FINAL PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION Location : Rally HQ, Official Notice Board

Date: Saturday, 7 March 2009

Time: 20:00

OK... anyone wants to sponsor a car for me?? I promise I'll treat it good and return it!!!

I will try to get some more info's and (should I get any) will post them here.

Taken from here! (but a little edited and corrected)

New phone?!?!

I want a new phone!
I currently have the Nokia E90 and I am not happy with it anymore... Maps stopped working properly (and yes... i do have a valid subscription), generally slow in response, ...
i never had a mobile phone that was not Nokia... if I remember right, my first one was a 2110 (back in '95!)... loved it!! Simple and indestructible!
Ok ... today I obviously expect more from a phone then what I did back then...
So now... should I take the step and try another brand?? I am thinking of an IPhone 3G or maybe another Nokia... maybe the N97 that was just introduced...
Maybe you can give me some alternatives to my current E90... it should have bluetooth, GPS, WLAN, 3G or 3.5G, Quad Band and maybe UMTS, a decent cam for pics and video, compatible with MS Outlook, BIIIIIG memory for music and stuff, ... well ... in short .... I want the meanest mobile on the market! Any ideas?!?!

I am very tempted ...

... to do the same:

Dear J.
Thanks so much for meeting me this morning. I know your time is precious so just a quick note to clarify my position. Sadly (and I think you know what's coming), I've decided not to take up your offer of more money and a new Peugeot. Actually, I'd rather like to spit on your offer of more money and a new Peugeot. You've got balls; I'll give you that. But what's the point of having big balls if you've only got a weenie bat (Janet told the whole office). What sort of idiot do you think I am to even consider accepting your trifling gesture, this pittance, this worst of kind of tokenism?
Anyway, take this as written notice. I'm off; outta here, following my yellow brick road (in a Mercedes Convertible) to pastures new and greener. I'm going to a bigger agency (don't ask me where - I don't need a reference) who are paying me even more money and who are kindly providing me with a whopper of an expenses account. Job satisfaction? Who needs it? Haven't you read The Bonfire of the Vanities? They're giving me a clothes allowance, a season ticket for Stamford Bridge and free corporate gym membership. Salubrious stuff I'm sure you'll agree.
And so, at last, I must bid you a fond adieu. I'll miss your long-winded internal memos intensely although I'll never forgive you for sending me so few of them. Finally, I would certainly recommend a deodorant to you but I don't care enough. I wish you all the best for the future.
Kind Regards

Why did you resign?
I was offered another job with a better car than my boss's

What are you going to do next?
Going to work for a competitor who is going to double my salary

Find more hilarious resignation letters and advise on http://www.i-resign.com/uk/home/

Wish me luck ...

... tomorrow from 9am onwards! Let's try this intercessory prayer thingy that ktdp was talking about!
Going for an interview that could make my worklife in Kuwait interesting and fun again!
I can't stand my current Job any longer... I feel like puking on my bosses desk every day!
I never worked for someone with such low moral and dignity! He is the Kuwaiti that all expats like to discribe if we want to portrait a bad picture of Kuwait...
I am sooooo looking forward to turn in my resignation!! And especially the reasons that I will put in there! :)

One more in Kuwait ...

... already here! Wiesmann MF4 ...

Soon in Kuwait ...

IF ... someone wants to have it! It's a Wiesmann MF5 ... 0-100km/h in 3.9 seconds without doing anything to it. Driven by a BMW M5 engine... Would love to see it participating in the next Gulf Run!

Let me know and I'll give you a price.

Still too slow .... Need more speed!

Almost as good as sex !

This piece of art is a Wiesmann MF3 Roadster... in Kuwait!
The pictures where taken earlier this year at the Kharafi Stables when they held a tournament.
If you are interested go here.

I WANT EVEN MORE !!! (Wiesmann GT MF5)

WIESMANN GT MF5

CHASSIS

Aluminium Monocoque, glued and riveted
BODY

High-quality, glass fibre reinforced composite material
MOTOR

V10 front-mounted mid-engine
Engine capacity 4.999 ccm
Rated power/rated speed 373 kW / 507 BHP / 7.750 rpm
Max. torque/speed 520 Nm / 6.200 rpm
GEARBOX
7-speed SMG (sequential manual gearbox)
POWER TRANSMISSION
Rear wheel drive
PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 310 km/h

(note: it's electronically locked)

Acceleration 0-100km/h: 3,9 sec.
TYRES
245/40 ZR 19 - VA275/35 ZR 19 - HA
FRONT WHEEL SUSPENSION
Double wishbone axle, stabiliser
REAR WHEEL SUSPENSION
Double wishbone axle with trailing link, stabiliser
CURB WEIGHT
1.380 kg
GROSS WEIGHT
1.680 kg
DIMENSIONS
Length: 4,30 m

Width:: 1,95 m

Height: 1,17 m

Anyone interested in sponsoring me to take this baby to the GulfRun 2008?! Cash donations are highly appriciated!! Contact me for my bank details...

I WANT ... (saints on a bench)

... 'saints on a bench' back in action!!!
You support me?!?! Leave a comment!!!

Rethink...

People, I need to rethink the whole idea about breaking the land speed record for Kuwait...

This week is the Kuwait Motor Show... I have been there yesterday and what can I say... I need to rethink my attempt! With my Peugeot 407 I will not be able to compete AT ALL!!!
If you been there ... saw the Audi's, Lamborghini’s, Porsche's and BMW's?!? HOW CAN I COMPETE WITH THEM???
I totally gave up on the idea after being the passenger in an Aston Martin DB9. You know the feeling when you are flying and the plane hits an air pocket and your stomach feels funny!? Ok... you have this feeling in a DB9 from the second the engine is running ... acceleration is AWSOME! Top speed beyond 300 km/h (still may not be enough to break the record). REAL NICE!!
But not only because this car costs more then I earn in a year I would not buy it ... no ... there are other reasons also ... Picture this:
My friend and I where on highway 40 driving the BB9 with about 120km/h ... on the lane right of us pulls up a car ... he get's his camera out and clicks pictures of the car ... !??!?! WTF?!?!
Since there are only (I think) 29 DB9 in Kuwait, people will always know where you are... don't really know if this is good or not ... but I like to have some privacy even if I go to public places.

Well ... my friend would probably kill me if I tell you that a DB9 is not a car to buy ... it is!! Awesome manufacturing! Hand build, though designed and absolutely individual! If I would not have to worry about what's paying my bills ... I would have one ... and a Vanquish right with it!! :P

But seriously now. There are real nice cars at the motor show and some real jewels as well! Maybe if you talk to the guys from Audi real nice they'll show you their treasure! Well hidden and very exclusive! And while you are there ... check out the RS4 and A8...
Right next to Audi you can find Volkswagen. Check out the Phaeton!!
Porsche displays the Porsche Carrera GT ... a monster!
For the guys that like the H2 ... the H3 is presented ... for me the H1 is still the best out of their series ... but this is just me ... :P
In the same hall you can find a real classic race car ... the Ford GT! They have one on display that seems to be a customer car ... he still has his radar warner in the front windshield!! :P Hope for him that police won't recognize...

And what would cars be without beautiful women?!?! Skoda won the unofficial beauty contest with a hostess named Hannan (if I remember right). She was trying to sell us a car and showed us the features of it ... when she explained that we could fit our skis in the trunk by sticking them thru the rear seat I tried hard not to crack up ... SKI?!?!? THIS IS THE KUWAIT MOTOR SHOW!!! NO SNOW!!! NO MOUNTAINS!!! But still ... she won!

Well ... so for me it's back to the drawing board ... and if I really want to break the record ... I think I need a filthy rich sponsor!
Anyone?!? No?!?