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Wednesday’s Rally Eye Candy 2/22/12

The Alcan 5000 starts tomorrow out of Kirkland, WA and I’m really hoping we’ll see some cool Rally Eye Candy from the event over the coming weeks!

But to start it off, here are some cool pictures of Paul Eklund’s Cooper Tire/Primitive Racing Alcan Subaru Forester, featuring a lift and a custom fabricated from Volvo bumpers a Snow Smasher Bumper.

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This weekend I attended the Oregon Rally Groups Rally Day held at Dick Hanna Subaru, Vancouver, WA. While there I snapped some pictures of some really cool Stage Rally Cars, RallyCross Cars, TSD Rally Cars and a couple of Sweep vehicles thrown in for good measure.

Cascade Sports Car Club (CSCC) Geargrinders TSD Rally 101 School.

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Here is a quick video of some of the cars from the recent running of the 2012 Thunderbird Rally, by Alexinvancouver.

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WE REALLY COULD USE YOUR HELP! Help us out, if you have some cool pictures or videos (past or present) that we could use for Wednesday’s Rally Eye Candy, send it in! Even if you just come across something you think the community would think is cool, forward it along to us.

If you would like to contribute a photo or video for next week, please visit Wednesday’s Rally Eye Candy Submissions.

Thank you all for your contributions!

UPCOMING EVENT: Keweenaw Winter TSD Rally

Keweenaw Winter TSD Rally

February 25, 2012
Round 4 of the Arrowhead Sports Car Club
Winter Rally Series
Presented by
Lake Superior Region of SCCA

Registration: 11am – 12:30pm at Sheldon Grille 7th floor of Franklin Square Inn in Houghton,
Michigan.

Rally Route: Approx. 225 miles that will take you around Baraga, Houghton, Iron and Ontonagon
counties. All the roads are good county roads that should be snow covered. Start and finish at
Sheldon Grille 7th floor of Franklin Square Inn in Houghton. There will be a fuel stop break in Baraga
and meal break at Hoppy’s in Kenton. First car starts at 1pm and should finish around 9:00pm.

Entry fee: Early registration (before Thursday February 23, 2012) $45 per team for SCCA members.
$50 per team for non members. Meal is provided at Hoppy’s for driver and navigator. Register at
event add $5.

To register early call Scott Carlborn 906-482-6992 or at arrowhead scc.org.

Route Book Format: The Route Book will be set up in easy to follow Performance Rally format. You
will be given mileage, tulip and instructions. Any novice should have no problem finding their way.
TSD, a form of RoadRally, stands for Time, Speed and Distance. In TSD any car will work as long as it
is licensed and road worthy. TSD’s are run on Public Roads at legal speeds, you are given instructions
on where to go and average speeds you are to maintain. The winner is the one who can not only get to
the right place but also get there at the right time. Accuracy, not speed is the key. Come for a drive
and share in an evening of Rally stories, they seem to get better each time they’re told.

Minnesota Valley Winter Rally Results

by Clarence Westberg

The Minnesota Valley Winter Rally, organized be the Lake Superior Region SCCA took place on February 11, 2012. Starting in the Chaska, MN area, the rally was 105 miles and mostly unpaved. No snow but ice in shaded areas (all the interesting roads) made it challenging. Several up and downhill switchbacks provided an additional challenge.

S cars with asterisk were using the Richta which we allow in class S as long as it’s used with a stock or non correctable tenth reading odometer. This has really allowed new people to be competitive in TSD without having to spend a lot of money on equipment.

Minnesota Valley Winter Rally Results (.pdf)

UPCOMING EVENT: “Inaugural”

Come along on a challenging trap rally on the highways and byways of scenic Ventura County!

Run to a set of general instructions (soon to be posted on the event website) straight from the warped mind of rallymaster Samual Weissen.  Rally will be under 5 hours.  $40 at the start ($10 off if registration is received before 2/20.)  $10 per car for SCCA weekend membership (if both driver and navigator are not members.)

Type of Event: Road Rally (TSD)

Region/Club organizing the event: Santa Monica Sports Car Club

Date and Time: Saturday, February 25th, 2012.  Registration: 9:00 a.m.  First car off: 10:01 a.m.

Location: Bank of America rear parking lot, corner of Devonshire & Sepulveda, Mission Hills, CA

Contact person: Jeanne English, 310-372-7168 or ean21@juno.com

Wednesday’s Rally Eye Candy 2/15/12

Better late than never … right?

Sorry Wednesday’s Rally Eye Candy is getting posted late, but I need to work to rally! You all know how it is … well except for you lucky people who work at Rally Schools.

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I’m still hoping to see more pictures from this past weekends running of the 2012 Thunderbird Rally, but I was able to grab some from Brian Carriere’s Photobucket album. Here is a sample of his photos from the event, but you can see the full album at http://s821.photobucket.com/profile/Brian_Carriere

Thunderbird Rally 2012. Photo by Brian Carriere.

Thunderbird Rally 2012. Photo by Brian Carriere.

Thunderbird Rally 2012. Photo by Brian Carriere.

Thunderbird Rally 2012. Photo by Brian Carriere.

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I found another cool video uploaded on the CanadaMotorSports YouTube Channel. This one is a winter Rallycross … looks like a ton of fun!

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Jacob Perkins has been a great supporter of Dirty Cones and Checkpoints, often contributing to Wednesday’s Rally Eye Candy and Rally Tales.  Besides doing well in RallyCross, he’s got some great videos on his YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/BubsSubaru360). Give it a look when you get a chance.

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WE REALLY COULD USE YOUR HELP! Help us out, if you have some cool pictures or videos (past or present) that we could use for Wednesday’s Rally Eye Candy, send it in! Even if you just come across something you think the community would think is cool, forward it along to us.

If you would like to contribute a photo or video for next week, please visit Wednesday’s Rally Eye Candy Submissions.

Thank you all for your contributions!

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