Part 13 - Per Ardua Ad Infinitum (Courtesy of HERO)
Using All 12 Cylinders! December 2020 After what has been for much of the globe, an annus horribilis, there was a ray of sunshine in the world of historic rallying: HERO, having cancelled its two blue riband events, Rally of the Tests and Le Jog, managed to put together a one-day event in mid-December, entitled Per Ardua Ad Infinitum (Through Endless Adversity) from their new base at Bicester Heritage. The route was being changed right up to the start as newly announced Covid Tiers meant sections in Buckinghamshire were no longer viable, but nonetheless it was a wonderful Christmas present to the 70 crews that managed to get to the start. The event was categorised "Red", which in the HERO lexicon is "Advanced", a higher category than we had hitherto attempted. Rather than start in class order, this event was seeded: The top 15 crews were all past winners of HERO events and we started 53rd, which we felt was reasonable given our limited experience. Graham, ...