The season opener is already done and wasn’t really the way we wanted it to be like.Unfortunately, we were forced to retire on Saturday morning, having done only one stage together. A shame but that’s the way it can turn out to be! Chin up and working on…

That’s what we are doing, and we are really looking forward to our next rally together. I am feeling very well in the Ascona next to Walter. He is an amazing driver and I have a lot of confidence about our next outing together which will be a lot easier. Due to my A-level exam I wasn’t able to do the Recce with him for the Rallye Erzgebirge two weeks ago. On the one hand, that was a big handicap but we both managed it very well. On the other hand, it was really, really a big challenge to read notes of a stage you have never seen before. Though, this time I am totally free for the rally and I literally can not wait to get going in this car again.

We are seeded as 13th car on the road for this weekends Rallye Sulinger Land. A brilliant car number! I really hope we can finish this event and I am so much looking forward to the IVG stages, as I really enjoy them every single year. It’s tricky out there on this old military terrain but anyway, it is one of those stages I fell for years ago already.

I will post some updates on my facebook page during the event. So, follow my site: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Josefine-C-Beinke/313044755383176

Best wishes,

X Josy

It’s been a while since my last post here and I am really sorry for that. It happened a lot during the last weeks, and I am not going to let out any detail to keep you up-to-date again:

First of all, I can finally announce now that I am going to sit with Walter Gromöller in his Opel Ascona 400 during seven events of the ADAC Rallye Masters. I really can’t wait to have a go in the Ascona with him as I think he is an amazing driver and it’s a hell of a car! But that’s not all. Actually, I had almost nothing some weeks ago but then it turned out being quite vice-versa. I will do Sachsen Rally, a round of the German Rallye Championship, with Nico Leschhorn in a Peugeot 207 R3T. He is young and talented and I’m really looking forward partnering him during, at least, one event. Furthermore, I got the call to read Dutch notes again. During Ypres Historic Rally with Maurice Bergsteyn in his Opel Kadett B!! That’s something I really hoped for cos’ I enjoyed that rally last year a lot, although I was spectating only. It of course won’t be an easy one though but I managed Köln-Ahrweiler last year with Dutch notes, so it can’t get a lot harder.

My uncle and me got the invitation to do the Safety car for Eifel Rallye Festival this year again. We are really proud of that, it’s literally a great honour for us introducing all those amazing and legendary cars and drivers. So, another event for me in an Opel Ascona 400.

BUT first of all, I’ve got my A-level exams. Starting tomorrow with number one: English and on Friday Social Science. Straight after that I am going to leave to Stollberg for the first round of the ADAC Rallye Masters with Walter Gromöller. The Ascona 400 is ready and so are we, kind of. Focusing on school at first but when I’m done with that I really, really can not wait getting into the seat of this car. We got car number 8, which is pretty good for us! Let’s see what we can make out of it.

Best wishes

Yours Josy X

I’m sure it is going to be a great season but I also know that I have to focus on school in the first half of the year.. My A-levels exams are coming closer, so does the begin of a new life as school will be done shortly. It is not totally done though, my plans after that are to study mechanical engineering informatics. I am still thinking about other solutions but this is mainly my wish.

Unfortunately, I can’t tell you anything about my plannings so far, as it is not fixed yet. I am not rushing in any way though because last year started calm and quite like this as well. Everything is possible, still. So, I don’t see the point why being nervous about actually having nothing but several events with my dad so far. Of course, I hope things will change in the next few weeks but there is nothing I can do about it and I won’t do anything about it. Time will tell!

X

Josy

Thanks for all your support during the year! It was an amazing season and I enjoyed and learned a lot. I am really looking forward to 2012, it’s going to be even better, that’s at least the way it looks like at the moment.

X

Josy

A few weeks have passing by since my last blog post and things have changed a lot. It’s crazy what can happen in some bits of time! I have now more than one option for next year where I am totally happy about and I have to make a decision in the next few weeks. I am not able to announce anything about it yet but I can tell: It’s going to be a great year 2012. Basically, I will not do a lot of rallying in the first half of the year but my rally season will start on a high, beginning in May. I do not leave out doing my home Rally Grönegau in June (10th) and surely will travel round a lot after that. I am really much looking forward to all that already!

For now, I am still looking back on what I’ve achieved this year and I am still enjoying every single moment I had together with Jan Nijhof. I will let you know about my further plannings as soon as it is fixed.

Best wishes,

Josy