Rally Nelson - Mainland Series:  Only Day 21 September 2008 
Stage
No		 NameDistance 1st car
starts		 StatusDescription
1 Shirtcliffs 1 33.92kms 07:45   The same as last year. Starts off uphill and then along a ridge before joining a wonderful big wide main arterial forestry road. This is fast and flowing with a good hard base. After 11km there is a downhill section, which takes you to the popular spectator area at the bottom of the Dovedale Hill. From here is 5 km of public road up to the top of the hill and then back into the forest for another blast along some more of the fantastic arterial forestry road and finally a 6km down hill section to the finish.
2 Trass Valley 1 31.29kms 08:35   The same as last year but 7.5km longer. Start in the valley floor and heads uphill through recently logged areas. At the top it joins back onto the main arterial forestry road for another taste of fast & furious action through to the top of the Spooners Range, where you pass through another popular spectator area, then heading west along narrower sections with couple of tight corners and down into the Motueka Valley. Road surfaces similar to Stage 1 - great gravel roads with good hard bases with changing surfaces the last few kms
3 Shirtcliffs 2 33.92kms 10:20   The same as last year. Starts off uphill and then along a ridge before joining a wonderful big wide main arterial forestry road. This is fast and flowing with a good hard base. After 11km there is a downhill section, which takes you to the popular spectator area at the bottom of the Dovedale Hill. From here is 5 km of public road up to the top of the hill and then back into the forest for another blast along some more of the fantastic arterial forestry road and finally a 6km down hill section to the finish.
4 Trass Valley 2 31.29kms 11:15   The same as last year but 7.5km longer. Start in the valley floor and heads uphill through recently logged areas. At the top it joins back onto the main arterial forestry road for another taste of fast & furious action through to the top of the Spooners Range, where you pass through another popular spectator area, then heading west along narrower sections with couple of tight corners and down into the Motueka Valley. Road surfaces similar to Stage 1 - great gravel roads with good hard bases with changing surfaces the last few kms
5 Ridge RD 1 18.01kms 13:05   Starts in at the top of Kerrs Hill, very quickly links onto last years SS5 then along the ridgelines with some yumps and tight bits. The stage then connects into great roads used in the past, this section is a drivers dream, flowing corners, then another wide section of road leading down to a concrete ford not far from the finish. Again nice hard based gravel forestry roads.
6 Spooners Top 1 8.35kms 13:35   A short blast along a wide fast ridge. Most of this stage is in open forests. Another good hard based road with a few corners to slow you down.
7 Schultz Rd 15.57kms 13:55   A 3km climb from the start before joining the latter part of SS2 & SS4 for another pass through the spectator area then off to the finish down in the Motueka Valley.
8 Ridge RD 2 18.01kms 15:30   Starts in at the top of Kerrs Hill, very quickly links onto last years SS5 then along the ridgelines with some yumps and tight bits. The stage then connects into great roads used in the past, this section is a drivers dream, flowing corners, then another wide section of road leading down to a concrete ford not far from the finish. Again nice hard based gravel forestry roads.
9 Spooners Top 2 8.35kms 16:00   A short blast along a wide fast ridge. Most of this stage is in open forests. Another good hard based road with a few corners to slow you down.