So I said to Nathan ‘you’re starting to do OK on the tarmac what you need is a bit of dirt experience’. Nathan has been sitting beside me in the Radical passenger’s seat, learning by watching as I take him around Eastern Creek. The experience must be making him wiser because in the time I have been helping him, his 25 year old hair has gone grey and his language has become a lot more robust.
Nathan Antunes does need my help despite winning his first race aged nine, driving in Europe in Formula BMW and Formula 3 and racing for Australia in the A1 Grand Prix, so off we went to the Colo Park rally course which is our equivalent of the La Bollène-Vésubie to Sospel section of the Monte Carlo Rally without the Place Saint Michel, the 18th century Saint Michel Cathedral, le Relais du Sel and Mordagne cafes.
In fact Colo Park has new dunnies, a great BBQ lunch and lots of dirt. I paid RallySchool.com.au $895 to spend a day teaching Nathan soil skills in a couple of Subarus and an Evo. His hair was even greyer by the end of the day. Also coaching on the day was classic rally champion Fro Horobin and co-driver Greggy McPherson.
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