Excellent Story!
You have Way more Rally experience than me. The Rallys we do are a lot easier but Bigtime Fun. Getting caught in the rain certainly will get ones attention LOL A while back a good buddy and I got caught in heavy rain (no top) and it had not rained in quite a while, so the roads were especially slick. Kind of like driving on ice. I asked my buddy if he wanted to drive? (he has raced in europe, Nurbergring etc) and he said: I would rather stand in a bathtub holding a High Tension Wire"
Wished you lived closer. I would really enjoy catching up with you.