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    #38 Steve, Oct 1, 2011
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    I missed it on the live feed but I think Kris Meeke went off on stage 13 and couldn't get the car back to the road.

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    They sent the trailer out to retrieve the car, so not good news.

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    Driver and co-driver described as "shaken but not too badly stirred." :lol:
     
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    #39 minimark, Oct 1, 2011
    Thanks for the update!
     
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    #40 Steve, Oct 1, 2011
    Sad confirmation:

    Meeke crashes out in France (wrc.com)
     
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    #41 Justa Jim, Oct 1, 2011
    Poor Kris. Could he be pushing too hard, trying to keep up with Dani? Of course, I guess that is what he had to do. The Mini is competitive, with out a doubt and that is a good thing.

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    #42 Crashton, Oct 1, 2011
    Very sorry they fell off the road. Rallying is a game of inches & it can & does bite one hard.

    I'm very glad Meeke & Nagle are OK. On a brighter side they were really going for it & running toward the front of the field. They are getting closer to the prize.
     
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    #43 Steve, Oct 1, 2011
    Other than Kris' disaster the MINIs are doing well. Sordo still 2nd, Araujo 7th, Campana 10th. One long stage left today and about to start.
     
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    #44 Steve, Oct 1, 2011
    Pic of Kris' car lost in the woods.

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    #45 Steve, Oct 1, 2011
    Another pic (from wrc.com):

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    #46 Gil-galad, Oct 1, 2011
    That right-front quarter looks like it took a good beating... :frown5:
     
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    #47 Crashton, Oct 1, 2011
    I was thinking it looked fairly intact considering the velocity it was traveling . At least for the drivers compartment where it really matters. Wonder if the shell is a write off or they'll slap it on a jig & pull it straight. A bit too far gone to buff out using Griots fine products. :wink:
     
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    #48 Steve, Oct 1, 2011
    Saturday WRC wrap: Ogier leads for Citroen (wrc.com)
     
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    #50 Justa Jim, Oct 1, 2011
    You bet it is. :Thumbsup:

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    #51 Steve, Oct 1, 2011
    There's an article on MaxRally about Ogier (currently leading) which includes a rather unflattering characterization of Sordo's MINI...

    "Whatever you do, you can’t crash – that would make you look really stupid – but at the same time you have to win in order to make the most of a golden championship opportunity and shake off that pesky Mini, which has been following you like a bad smell all day."

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    #52 minimark, Oct 1, 2011
    May his sensitive nostrils be downwind of the offensive smell by tommorrow afternoon! ;)
     
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    #53 Crashton, Oct 1, 2011
    As a MINI owner I fart in Ogier's general direction.... :prrr:
     
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    #54 Justa Jim, Oct 1, 2011
    We can only hope, but second is not shabby either. Though funny, it was actually as flattering comment of you think about it. :fingerscrossed:

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    #55 Steve, Oct 1, 2011
    Day 2 afternoon stages reports from MINI Motorsport:

     
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    #56 Steve, Oct 1, 2011
    Dani Sordo "not happy to be second." (minimotorsport.com)
     
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    #58 Justa Jim, Oct 2, 2011
    Very well stated Mark. :Thumbsup:

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    #59 Steve, Oct 2, 2011
    It's a nail-biter today. Sordo ran faster than Ogier in the first 2 stages, they tied times on the 3rd and Ogier took time back on the 4th and 5th. Sordo is now 6.7 seconds back going into the final 4.2K power stage and 1 min 14.6 sec clear of 3rd place P. Solberg. :fingerscrossed:
     
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