Rochester Fairgrounds Rallycross
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How'd that happen??
Nigel Prodrive
Dirt surfer
alarm off at 4:28 am, apply large quantities of coffee and corn muffins
drive 3.5 hours in beautiful predawn and early sunshine
arrive to find ppl swatting blackflies, aaah spring in southern New England
60 car field, lots of fast looking All Wheel Mod cars
long fast courses, .7 mile on a horse racing track, even JoMo woulda loved it. wicked sweepers alternated with deep ruts to showcase a 2.5's ability to perform agricultural work. RallyX tip: don't try to drive thru the deep dirt with windows cracked open, you'll tend to fill up the power window switches with choppd grass and dead angleworms. Lots of dust, lots of sun, lots o fun.
At the lunch break after sbout 5 mins stage time, Nigel, Rez and Allen Downs (in his Open class GC rally car) were all within the same second. Competitive? Naaah...OK so maybe a bit...these boys were serious about their fun!
On one run, corner workers were slow to reset a cone knocked over by an earlier car, Rez came haulassing onto the gravel track and the workers that were sauntering out to get the cone got big eyes and scattered. He centerpunched the cone and took a penalty, which initially knocked him down a rung on the leaderboard, but got the penalty rescinded afterward.
http://s414.photobucket.com/albums/pp229/Sub_leg_photos/NER%20Rochester%20Fairgrounds/?action=view&current=IMG_4275.jpg
Later in the afternoon, Downs dived into a tight LR combo, porpoised over a rough dip, sheared a rear axle and boom, he tore the right rear wheel off. So clearly the boys were pushing a bit. Ouch, but that's rally!
End of the day, both Nigel and Rez were top 5 in class and overall (we think) driving the least powerful Mod car out there. winner was an evil twin snail Audi known as The Terminator, who had decals on the front fenders of Pac-Man eating suby logos!
Then hours driving home again, not a problem the crew got home by 11pm no sweat. At dinner, Rez remarked, "I can't imagine what it would feel like at the end of a rally." Nigel's reply, "pretty much like this!"
Big dirty fun, you guys missed a great trip.
sincerely yrs,
Nigel P and Rez P
Dave Getchell
Last Ditch Racing
17 Rawson Ave
Camden ME 04843
[email protected]
207-329-6816
drive 3.5 hours in beautiful predawn and early sunshine
arrive to find ppl swatting blackflies, aaah spring in southern New England
60 car field, lots of fast looking All Wheel Mod cars
long fast courses, .7 mile on a horse racing track, even JoMo woulda loved it. wicked sweepers alternated with deep ruts to showcase a 2.5's ability to perform agricultural work. RallyX tip: don't try to drive thru the deep dirt with windows cracked open, you'll tend to fill up the power window switches with choppd grass and dead angleworms. Lots of dust, lots of sun, lots o fun.
At the lunch break after sbout 5 mins stage time, Nigel, Rez and Allen Downs (in his Open class GC rally car) were all within the same second. Competitive? Naaah...OK so maybe a bit...these boys were serious about their fun!
On one run, corner workers were slow to reset a cone knocked over by an earlier car, Rez came haulassing onto the gravel track and the workers that were sauntering out to get the cone got big eyes and scattered. He centerpunched the cone and took a penalty, which initially knocked him down a rung on the leaderboard, but got the penalty rescinded afterward.
http://s414.photobucket.com/albums/pp229/Sub_leg_photos/NER%20Rochester%20Fairgrounds/?action=view&current=IMG_4275.jpg
Later in the afternoon, Downs dived into a tight LR combo, porpoised over a rough dip, sheared a rear axle and boom, he tore the right rear wheel off. So clearly the boys were pushing a bit. Ouch, but that's rally!
End of the day, both Nigel and Rez were top 5 in class and overall (we think) driving the least powerful Mod car out there. winner was an evil twin snail Audi known as The Terminator, who had decals on the front fenders of Pac-Man eating suby logos!
Then hours driving home again, not a problem the crew got home by 11pm no sweat. At dinner, Rez remarked, "I can't imagine what it would feel like at the end of a rally." Nigel's reply, "pretty much like this!"
Big dirty fun, you guys missed a great trip.
sincerely yrs,
Nigel P and Rez P
Dave Getchell
Last Ditch Racing
17 Rawson Ave
Camden ME 04843
[email protected]
207-329-6816
katnip
the car is black. I swear
I emailed Tim and asked him to remove from the scores before posting and yes, I sent him proof! sorry about that, I usually have to do end of day timing. but Tim and Andrew were all over it, so I's forgotted. Ty, he beat you!and i DID beat you Ty, Kat forgot to take a cone off my time for the cone that was in my way on run 1 in the afternoon. it was in my line and i wasnt giving up my line to avoid a cone in the road. and they called it on me because i deposited it a few corners later.
proof!!
MAINIAC XV
The Eco Man
Glad you boys & girls had fun
inski
New member
Thanks Jeff for the outstanding pictures.
My son and I had a great day. Bestest, smoothest, most varying terrain, fastest rallycross ever! As the day went on we started to get brave and began eating more and more cones. that's ok, the fun was well worth it. Kat, I have some number plates I'll mail to you.
stay tuned for Fozzycross updates
Can't wait for Pedro and Brighton's pictures. Pedro, increase the speed of those videos x 1.5, so it doesn't look so slow.
My son and I had a great day. Bestest, smoothest, most varying terrain, fastest rallycross ever! As the day went on we started to get brave and began eating more and more cones. that's ok, the fun was well worth it. Kat, I have some number plates I'll mail to you.
stay tuned for Fozzycross updates
Can't wait for Pedro and Brighton's pictures. Pedro, increase the speed of those videos x 1.5, so it doesn't look so slow.
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inski
New member
But Ty you are so fun to watch. I tried doing the truck thing a few years ago with the Isuzu. I have no idea how you and Scott can hustle them things around like that.
We'll be at CT if everything falls into place before hand. The Fozzycross is 85% done, the paintball team doen't need us, and I have extra cabbage for a room near by. CT is one of the few states remaining I haven't visited yet. 60/40% chance right now. I have most of the Fozzy parts now. I just have to do it.
Any idea where we p[aced in class? Did I throw away a top 3?
We'll be at CT if everything falls into place before hand. The Fozzycross is 85% done, the paintball team doen't need us, and I have extra cabbage for a room near by. CT is one of the few states remaining I haven't visited yet. 60/40% chance right now. I have most of the Fozzy parts now. I just have to do it.
Any idea where we p[aced in class? Did I throw away a top 3?
ReZPunK
New member
what i like most about that picture of the wayward cone i whacked is that even though im turning right and the car is sliding right im already looking left and the next corner and seeing where i wanted the car to go.
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and you beat your son this time
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and you beat your son this time
