Porsche "The Rally -Amazing Moment-" Experience: Part 3 (Day 1) From Course & Start to Kamisato PA

Now. Porsche 911 "The Rally -Amazing Moment-", the first car started at 8:30 am on Saturday, June 2, 2018, but after that, take the following route, go through the checkpoints of each place, We aim for the goal of Karuizawa.

Eighty entrant cars will be divided into four teams, A, B, C, and D, and each of the four groups will run for the time being. "For the time being" means that if you accidentally pull out the car of the previous group and join the previous group, or if you are late, you can run with the following group at all. That's okay.

For the time being, every group will have a pace car at the very beginning. It was said that this pace car can also be pulled out, but since the pace car and the 911s that follow it will run in a row, if you follow it as it is, you will not get lost in particular and it will be normal You can run happily! So I started running to keep up with the pace car and the cars that followed it. ↑ It is a pace car. "Pace Car" is affixed to the rear.

↓ This Miami Blue is also a pace car. If there is no number on the sticker and it is a rally mark or a Porsche 70th anniversary logo, it was easy to understand because it is Porsche on the management side.

However! Even between the general roads leading up to the entrance of the Metropolitan Expressway, there are two lanes, and even if you do not intend to pass the 911 in front at all due to traffic lights and other cars, if you notice it, the car in front It was pulled out or pulled out, and it became more messy than I expected in a very short time.

Five minutes after I started running, for some reason there was no car behind me (I wasn't speeding up at all! I just ran on a fairly crowded road with the cars around me. However, everyone was quite different), the situation that 911 was only in front for a while.

Moreover. On the way, when the road started to get crowded, my house had no intention of overtaking the cars in front of me or the pace car in front of me, because of the lane relationship with other cars. When I noticed, I pulled out the pace car and even came out to the front. This is like "I'm done!" However, I couldn't stop, and I ran in front of the pace car for a while ... Also, I was relieved because I was naturally pulled out and returned.

After this, various events and lunches will be organized (in time) for each group A to D, but while running, the cars were quite scattered (on the first). I don't think there were any major difficulties, such as leaving the group so much (especially up to the village).

And. Suddenly an accident traffic jam on the outer ring road! Normally, my husband checks the traffic jam information in advance and avoids everything that can be avoided, so this time I had a lot of courage to "get into the traffic jam even though I knew it was a traffic jam" (laughs). ). Navi just rerouted to "get off at high speed", and I want to go down the road again ... but I still have to do "go according to the frame" as a "rally participant". Decide your mind, cry, cry, and get hooked on the traffic ... (tears).

There was also a shooting team, and I opened the back of Cayenne and shot the video from there. Originally, I think I wanted to shoot "911s running through in a row", but unfortunately due to the heavy traffic, my car was forever behind this shooting team ... (laughs). Moreover, it is almost stopped, and I am sorry that there is nothing to record ^ ^

Mr. Cayenne of this shooting unit, I was holding the window with my hand all the time even when I was not shooting, but if this happens once, can I not open it from the inside while driving? It seemed to be difficult. It was a hot day ... But since he is doing his best in this way, a good record will be left later. Thank you!

By the way, the traffic was caused by the accident, so when I passed through the accident site, the road opened in a blink of an eye and I was able to run steadily. Ah, it was hard. I was worried about the people following me because the traffic would be worse and it would be difficult for the people following me, so I headed to Kamisato SA comfortably.

About Kamisato SA, if you go to the parking lot decided for 911s as you are guided ... !! !! For some reason, the cars in the back group (even though they haven't been pulled out at high speed) are already on Kamisato SA! !! (It's not the 9th person in the photo, just in case). The people in the back group are already in Kamisato, which must have definitely avoided traffic jams and went down the road. It's not as shown in the frame (laughs).

This story was quite talked about among other entrants at night meals, "There were people who avoided traffic jams, right?" "Hey, I was stuck in a crying traffic jam. There are conversations like "!" Well, of course, every conversation is not a malicious complaint, but a funny conversation like "I was worried about whether to avoid traffic jams or take a frame diagram." Well, I thought it was more important for us to be able to confidently say, "We did it according to the frame diagram," although we had a hard time jumping into the traffic jam.

At checkpoints, there are always many Porsche flags and tents like this. There, you can get stamps and souvenirs.

The checkpoint stamps are all cute ones made for this day, and every checkpoint stamp has 911 on it. At other checkpoints, the management will push it, but for Kamisato SA, the entrant will stamp it by himself due to adult circumstances. But that is also a good memorial.

At this point, I got water first. It was cute with The Rally specifications. All of these little things were Rally specs, and I was really a little bit playful. It was a hot day, so I was very happy to receive the cold water.

So, next we will head to "Oginoya Yokokawa store"!

Next → 4 :(Day 1) Kamisato PA-Oginoya Yokokawa-Lunch at the former Karuizawa Club

Rika (911supercars.com)

I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).