Whizbang

So what was once the Sunriser 400 rally has been rekindled as the Southern Ohio Forests Rally under Rally America. It will be down around chillocothe. I am sure they will be in need of volunteers, which is the best way to spectate. If for any reason you or someone you know owns a logbooked rally car, some out and race! http://www.rally-america.com http://www.southernohioforestsrally.com Here is the current entry list. 1 33 NR Open 2001 Subaru Impreza Jason Smith Jared Lantzy 2 321 NR Open Light 2000 Subaru 2.5 RS Nate Ellis Elliott Sherwood 3 328 NR Group 2 1999 BMW 328is Santiago Iglesias 4 723 NR Group 2 1991 Volkswagen Golf GTi William Marenich Ian Holmes 5 83 NR Group 2 2003 Pontiac Vibe GT Doug Gekiere Matthew Hoffman 6 NR Overall Adam Brock 7 NR Group 2 1991 Nissan Sentra SER Dexter Clark 8 750 NR Overall Meredith Pritchard 9 31 N Open 2011 Subaru 31mtrspt sti Jeffrey Reamer 10 299 NR Open Light 1996 Subaru Impreza Adam Kimmett Adam Moore 11 124 NR Open Light 1996 Subaru Impreza Brighton Dan Finn Teena Hauxwell-Finn 12 170 NR Nat. Ltd. Open 2004 Subaru WRX Wagon Nick Balzer Jon Schrage 13 78 N Group 5 2016 Ford Fiesta R2T Dave Wallingford 14 72 N B-Spec 2016 Ford Fiesta Keanna Erickson-Chang 15 636 NR Nat. Ltd. Open 2003 Subaru Impreza WRX Samir Kaltak 16 221 NR Open 1988 Mazda 323 GTX Jimmy Pelizzari 17 234 NR Group 5 1991 BMW 318is Jesse Yuvali Cengiz Nomer 18 45 N Nat. Ltd. Open 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Grzegorz Bugaj Elizabeth Dziubanski 19 929 NR Group 2 1997 Ford Escort ZX2 Alex Berger Gerard Soyza 20 121 NR Open Light 2002 Subaru WRX Wagon Nathan Usher Marianna Langosch 21 66 NR Group 2 1984 Mazda RX7 GSL-SE Michael Halley 22 24 N B-Spec 2007 Toyota Yaris Tracey Gardiner

Depends if your dead set on building a subaru or not. Advantages are the parts are common and the rally specific bits are available. That said, unless you have a budget and a half, I would avoid super production or open classes since you will find yourself out spent. That and frankly, I've seen a lot of failures in WRX parts. That said. Two wheel drive is cheaper and more fun. The car doesn't need to be fancy. Just needs to meet safety requirements. So cage which needs to meet the pseudo-FIA rules rally america or NASA use or whatever the hell ARA is going to be using for logbooking. Seats? get those used. FIA only. fire extinguishers. easy. after that, its just fluff since the driver is usually the limiting factor for the first few events. Just remember that the rally car should be seen as disposable. I've been rolled over a few times navigating and I have flat out destroyed suspension on my old Rx7 rally car.

Pretty sure i have the most travel in a first gen Rx7 possible. Finally got the FB tops onto the coilovers! Good news is they clear! I also got the ARP studs onto the five lug hugs. Assembled the whole shebang with calipers and the wheel to see if everything clears. Looks perfect. Huge amounts of clearance!!! I also removed the engine and finish welded the mount brackets. Added supports for the driver's side. The mount for steering quickener was made and welded too. Finished welding the steering adapters as well. http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/WhizbangRally/Rx7%20Rally%20Car/IMG_9582.jpg http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/WhizbangRally/Rx7%20Rally%20Car/IMG_9578.jpg http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/WhizbangRally/Rx7%20Rally%20Car/IMG_9579.jpg http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/WhizbangRally/Rx7%20Rally%20Car/IMG_9580.jpg http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/WhizbangRally/Rx7%20Rally%20Car/IMG_9581.jpg

Being that i am facing a "possible" discharge as i am reclassing in the military and we have budget cut backs (ie layoffs) Im not sure what the best route for me is. I have previous experience relevant to career choices from before i joined the military. I have only served 3 years (late joiner at 25 currently). It will take about a year to finish my engineering degree once im out. But relating my military experience in Air traffic control will take some clever wording I feel. I can relate to aspects of immense responsibility, decision making and handling stress. BUT im not sure how to develop those thing into a tangile product. Any advice? I can provide more information as needed.

There is no doubt Chris has 2wd pinned down. Wish the internet here could handle the live feed. The few videos that popped up showed some shiny roads.

score!

So end of day 1 for Sno Drift, I was able to just follow the result updates! Chris Duplessis has had a strong hold on first for 2wd and finished SS12 with a four minute lead. Van Way has worked his way up to the number two spot after lagging behind in beginning. But Van Way, ACP Greenhouse and Eric are all within seconds of each other! Higgins has had a strong lead on first for National Open! Still an amazing 27 entires for the national. Rather expensive for a few im sure. Only a few DNFs, including the Skelleys on stage 4. Didnt say what happened.

I concur. good movie! Bonus points for not being the fourth sequel of some shit that wasnt good in the first place.

I saw Antoine and thought Andrew. My mistake. See above. Explains the confusion. My point was that its not a privateer entry but an actual team. regarding 2wd, its nice to see the "open" rules at least be used in some fashion. I'm not sure how this new B Spec thing will tie in, but it might help open the doors for more chassis options in the states, despite its production class roots. Ah, she rolled the early on the second day and was out. I do recall reading a press release saying she was going to do something last year, then didn't hear anything there after. I figured she just didn't make the event last year. I wasn't able to follow things close. Just a check and see the finishers. That would make sense. Idaho we have to repair them either way, figured that was a more common demand.

But its still an Evo X. Yea the newer transmission is nice, I am more curious on the differentials, gear ratios and more experience in the chassis. Fast gear changes are nice, but without knowing the specifics, it could be a fancy use of several grand. They didnt run Sno Drift last year, but they did have first for 2010. Granted, by only a minute, so I still them being top level. However, I dont follow the CARS much less the Big White rally, so not sure how he was doing in 2011. Im aware its a touch backwater, but Scion had corporate influence into the project. Perhaps nothing fancy like the developed R2 but money is still money. I believe Sparco was involved and its basically a team with ACP driving. Which is different than ACP owning the car and fronting the bill. Perhaps I could have said my first statement better. Yea, but if you look each event, ACP has been all over the place in the car. DNF for 2011 Sno Drift, 4th for 2WD at Olympus, etc. He got better toward the end of 2011. Greenhouse has an older car, but is still an experienced driver. I forgot about Duplessis honestly, so yea i would say first to be going to either Dillion Van Way or Duplessis. The rest is a scattershot. Pretty much. Open class privateers come and go though. I need to start following CRC some. I know she did well at her previous adventures. Im implying that she is new to rallying. While she may have experience in time attack and drifting, obviously plenty, this is the first time i can find her competing. NEFR had no listing for her that i could find. Perhaps it was another event? I know she was doing quite a bit at Team O'Neil as far as recieving instruction, so we shall see since there are no stats to base anything on. I know Big White allows studs but must conform to WCRC. Never understood RAs hate of studded tires, or even at least DOT approved ones.

L'Estage was in a Evo X before, thats nothing really new. Comrie-Packard has been getting faster with the Toyota. While its "factroy backed" there is a lot of development than needs to be carried out. Its really not too far off something any of us would run if we were building an xD rally car. Jeremy Wimpey is an excellent co-driver, one of the better in the nation. That said, he will finish in the top 3 for 2wd, but with people like Eric Burmiester in his Protege, Dillion Van Way in the Fiesta and Chris Greenhouse, the several time 2wd champion, he as some stiff competition for first. The Open class, per usual, is flooded with Subarus, some Evos and the random "antiqued" open class cars like DSMs, a VR-4, a 323 GTX, etc. The top names are pretty evident by the starting order. There are a few new drivers as well. Verionca Mei and Amanda Skelly are new drivers. They have experience in rallycross, but they "hype" they are generating concerns me that they wont drive within their skill levels. Which leads me to my next point. Out of the 70 entered, I am willing to say that about 15 to 20 wont finished, due to mechanical failures or offs. This heavily depends on the weather. LOTS of snow would mean that the overall spends will be lower, and while perhaps slippery, higher speeds are harder to correct. So we shall see. open light is flooded with....subarus! Go figure. That class basically just exists so people can rally their beloved cars.

Ill expand on this tomorrow, its late here, and it will take a bit to type.

yea they raised the maximum entry to accommodate. I have a few predictions, Ill be curious to see how they pan out.

CRC guys? not sure what CRC is. I cant get texts. Im deployed. So I have kick it old school. There are a lot of new drivers as well. I will be curious as to the attrition rate.

ah so it sounds like the video feature sucks then! Good to know. The mark 1 does plenty for me for now.