Alastair and his navigator Catriona Rings won a gold medal at the 2008 HERO Icelandic Odyssey. They successfully completed the Classic Reliability Trial of Iceland in the AC Aceca.
After getting stuck behind a tourist bus on the first day the overall win was out of the question but we still had a good time, the AC was fast in the tests .
A long stretch stuck behind a tourist bus climbing a mountain road on the very first regularity buried any hope of winning the overall prize due to the highly competitive nature of the event but that didn't stop Alastair picking up a gold medal. The AC flew through the remaining regularities and tests picking up a gold medal by being first in its class and finishing sixth overall.
As well as winning a gold medal Alastair and Catriona saw lots of stunning scenery, swam in hot pools, drove skidoos down a glacier, went whale watching, and got to sample Iceland's night-life and it's over-priced booze.
For more information please visit the Official HERO website.
- 1943 Alastair's early years
- 1955 Licence to drive
- 1957 Alastair's High School years
- 1959 Evading the police
- 1960 Becoming a mechanic
- 1966 The Tasman series
- 1966 Leaving New Zealand
- 1967 Joining McLaren
- 1967 CanAm Door Catches
- 1967 Monza
- 1968 South Africa
- 1968 CanAm
- 1969 Driving the Formula 1 Cars
- 1973 Fittipaldi joins McLaren
- 1973 McLaren Team manager
- 1974 Montezemolo
- 1975 Hunt replaces Fittipaldi
- 1975 Hunt gets paid little
- 1976 Inventing the Air-Starter
- 1976 Six-speed Gear Boxes
- 1976 Misbehaving in Canada
- 1976 Japan
- 1977 Adidas Uniforms
- 1977 Changing Tyres
- 1977 Leaving McLaren
- 1979 Nelson Piquet
- 1980 Skirts on Formula 1 Cars
- 1981 Leaving Formula 1
- 1982 Making Lists
- 1982 Signing on
- 1982 Creating Space Station
- 1991 Highland Fling
- 1991 Classic Marathon
- 1992 Getting the Austin A35
- 1992 El Salvador
- 1993 Carerra Panamerica
- 1993 Centre of attention
- 1993 Nicest car in rally
- 1993 LeJog
- 2000 London to Sydney
- 2000 Porsche Racing
- 2000 Porsche Crashing
- 2001 Ferrari
- 2001 Inca Trail
- 2004 Berlin - Moscow - Berlin
- 2005 World Cup Rally
- 2007 Norway
- 2008 Liège-Brescia-Liège
- 2008 An Icelandic Odyssey
- 2008 North & West Africa
- 2009 West Coast America
- 2009 London to Casablanca
- 2010 New Zealand Festival of motor racing
- 2010 New Zealand Big Sky Adventure
Cars
People
Catriona Rings
Facts
2008 (Year)
Iceland (Location)
Reykjavik-Höfn-Egilsstadir-Akureyri-Reykjavik
Official HERO website
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Alastair wins a gold medal in the Icelandic Challenge driving the AC Aceca
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