October 24, 2024 12:37pm
Many would associate the channel island of Jersey with a number of things such as the geographical size, their cows, black butter or even their potatoes. However, Mr Layland associates it with what is the best motor sporting event he has ever done so far.
Mr Layland is an avid and ever-growing international rally co-driver in his spare time and recently saw him competing on the Jersey Rally. The rally took place on the small channel island which is only 9 miles long by 5 miles wide and offered up 102 competitive stage miles.
He headed across to the island early in the week and spent the days ahead preparing and developing the “pacenotes” for the event. These are a series of numbers, letters and symbols which all describe the roads ahead for his driver. After a full 26 hours of note preparation whilst on the island and the 30 hours of preparation prior to leaving for the island, he was ready to go.
The car of choice was a Citroen C3 Rally2 which is 4-wheel drive and has just shy of 300bhp and is one of the best factory cars to be used on the rally scene to date. The C3 is also one of the widest due to the nature of the specification of the car and with what can only be described as some of the narrowest roads in the world on the island, the challenge was set.
Starting at car 17 out of an 89-car strong field both Mr Layland and his driver began the fight for glory across the challenging technical stages on Friday. To ease them into it the sun was shining and the stages were dry. 6 stages were covered before an evening halt to wait for darkness to fall. At this point they were laying 6th overall and 1st in their class, but the dark stages would see a change in this due to the lack of experience for his driver. A strong and steady drive despite a couple brushes with the granite walls saw them placed 11th overall and 4th in class overnight, so the fight was on for day 2 of the event.
Day 2 came and 14 stages lay ahead….however the heavens had opened and it turned what was already some challenging stages into what can only be described as an ice rink at times. They fought on and avoided as much of the carnage that unfolded around them (cars crashing and breaking down) as possible. Slowly chipping their way back into the top 10 standings and also nipping at the heals of the top 5 within the times, they had ran out of time on these slippery narrow stages and ended the event 8th Overall and 2nd in their class. This is no mean feat as they were only the 2nd non-local crew within the top 10 and it was also Mr Layland’s driver’s second ever time on the island which is a sport that experience is key. This result was also his drivers best ever result to date!
It is a thrilling experience for Mr Layland and we’re sure that you will join us in congratulating him for a job well done and for striving for greatness. He shows resilience whilst under pressure and has a strong ambition to do the best and deliver a professional outfit every time.
Many would associate the channel island of Jersey with a number of things such as the geographical size, their cows, black butter or even their potatoes. However, Mr Layland associates it with what is the best motor sporting event he has ever done so far.
Mr Layland is an avid and ever-growing international rally co-driver in his spare time and recently saw him competing on the Jersey Rally. The rally took place on the small channel island which is only 9 miles long by 5 miles wide and offered up 102 competitive stage miles.
He headed across to the island early in the week and spent the days ahead preparing and developing the “pacenotes” for the event. These are a series of numbers, letters and symbols which all describe the roads ahead for his driver. After a full 26 hours of note preparation whilst on the island and the 30 hours of preparation prior to leaving for the island, he was ready to go.
The car of choice was a Citroen C3 Rally2 which is 4-wheel drive and has just shy of 300bhp and is one of the best factory cars to be used on the rally scene to date. The C3 is also one of the widest due to the nature of the specification of the car and with what can only be described as some of the narrowest roads in the world on the island, the challenge was set.
Starting at car 17 out of an 89-car strong field both Mr Layland and his driver began the fight for glory across the challenging technical stages on Friday. To ease them into it the sun was shining and the stages were dry. 6 stages were covered before an evening halt to wait for darkness to fall. At this point they were laying 6th overall and 1st in their class, but the dark stages would see a change in this due to the lack of experience for his driver. A strong and steady drive despite a couple brushes with the granite walls saw them placed 11th overall and 4th in class overnight, so the fight was on for day 2 of the event.
Day 2 came and 14 stages lay ahead….however the heavens had opened and it turned what was already some challenging stages into what can only be described as an ice rink at times. They fought on and avoided as much of the carnage that unfolded around them (cars crashing and breaking down) as possible. Slowly chipping their way back into the top 10 standings and also nipping at the heals of the top 5 within the times, they had ran out of time on these slippery narrow stages and ended the event 8th Overall and 2nd in their class. This is no mean feat as they were only the 2nd non-local crew within the top 10 and it was also Mr Layland’s driver’s second ever time on the island which is a sport that experience is key. This result was also his drivers best ever result to date!
It is a thrilling experience for Mr Layland and we’re sure that you will join us in congratulating him for a job well done and for striving for greatness. He shows resilience whilst under pressure and has a strong ambition to do the best and deliver a professional outfit every time.