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Remaining Rounds of the 2008 ARC Season
| Round | Title | Date | TV Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Coffs Harbour Rally | 15th - 16th November | 29/11/2008 |
Coffs Coast Rally
Posted Thursday, November 20th, 2008.
The final round of the Australian Rally Championship brought sun, surf and heat to the Raymond Partners Accountants Rally Team who headed to the Coffs Coast Rally. Held in the holiday location of Coffs Harbour, the heat is a stark contrast to the cold experienced in the last round in Tasmania.
For the first time at an event, the team performed pre-event testing to ensure the car and driver Glen Raymond were well sorted prior to the event. The crew was also able to fine tune the car's handling set-up to finally give the driver the ability to push 100% on the dangerous Banana Coast roads.
Entering into Heat 1, the confidence of Raymond and navigator brother Matt was soon evident with them charging easily into fourth outright. However, tyre dramas were to unfold when the team suffered two flat tyres. Having only one spare tyre resulted in the crew having to drive on a flat and plummet them from 4th to 12th Outright.
"It is definitely frustrating to get two flats, but even more so when we didn't hit anything and took it easy through the rough parts," said Matt Raymond. "However, we now know the stages and will be able to push tomorrow in Heat 2."
Heat 2 started well, with them instantly setting 2nd Outright time equal with Toyota works driver Simon Evans. Despite taking no risks during the heat, the team was able to consolidate the previous day's efforts to come home in second outright, their best heat result to date.
Despite the heat 1 tyre dramas, the team were elated to be able to finish 3rd outright in the Australian Rally Championship for the event. Without the punctures, they would have finished 2nd overall.
"After spending a year chasing the set-up of the car to suit my driving style, I'm so happy to have a car to that is so fun and confidence inspiring to drive," stated Glen Raymond. "After a year in the car and with some fine tuning of the set-up, we are really looking forward to hitting the ground running next year."
Please click on the following link to see footage of the boys at the spectator point:
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Tasmanian Tarmac Challenge Results
Posted Thursday, October 9th, 2008.
The Raymond Partners Accountants Rally Team have gained their best result ever in the latest round of the Australian Rally Championship, the Tasmanian Tarmac Challenge. Running on tarmac roads for the first ever time in the championship, brothers of Glen & Matt Raymond were able to push their Toyota Corolla to finish on the event podium. ...
Tasmanian Tarmac Challenge
Posted Wednesday, October 1st, 2008.
A whole new dimension has been added to the Australian Rally Championship when for the first time in its history a full tarmac rally has been added to the calendar, this weekend's Tasmanian Tarmac Challenge. The challenge will be faced head on by the Raymond Partners Accountants Rally team of Glen & Matt Raymond, with their Toyota Corolla rally car been converted from a forest machine into a road racer. ...
Motorsport News Article
Posted Wednesday, September 17th, 2008.
Click here to view the 'Talking Tarmac' interview of Glen Raymond by Andrew Van Leeuwen, where they discuss the differences and variations between gravel set-up and tarmac set-up.
Q & A with Glen Raymond
Posted Monday, August 11th, 2008.
Click here for a recent interview with Glen on the rally.com.au website.