Wilson Rally-X Sunday Oct 20

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:42 am

conversely, i could take old trusty the wrx with me to setup on sat. Its fast enough, if any one is going to max out teh speed sections...It would be that thing.

Drew O'Neill · **Posted:** Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:17 am

Ricky, the VW should be up and running again tomorrow. The 'blown tranny" was just a disintegrated shift linkage. You are welcome to co-drive with me as well. Assuming Rob takes me up on my previous offer, that makes 3.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:19 am

It looks like the General Lei crowd will be in attendance. We're looking forward to playing the dirt once again!

Charlie Guthrie · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 8:14 pm **Posts:** 832

This is shaping up to be a great event....lots of 2-wheel drive cars & drivers for a change.
Thanks to Ricky for helping with the bus move. Ricky, please PM me to determine where I need to drop off the bus for you. By the way, your entry fee is waived for your contribution.
Regards,
Charlie Guthrie

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:53 am

So Charlie, if I show up will my fees be waived too due to my General awesomeness???

Brett_Murphy · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:02 pm **Posts:** 355

If the other cars fill up, I may be willing to offer co-drives in the battlewagon.

It is my daily driver, though, so I want to pre-screen drivers. In other words, if some random dude shows up at the event, I probably won't let them drive, but you guys are alright.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:44 am

I dont think awesomeness will qualify as a way to get in free.The wrx will be in attendance , to take down the a4 s line. Sebastien is debuting a new car i think. This should be g ood.

Charlie Guthrie · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 8:14 pm **Posts:** 832

OK folks, the track is all set. We just need to show up and have some fun. Wilson has gotten a little more rain than the triangle area and some areas were pretty muddy. I believe that we have navigated a course that will be fun and over 1-1/2 minutes to drive (even if you are Kevin).
I have got to get a new mechanic (i.e.: someone other than me). To test the course I let Ricky Beam, our bus driver for the weekend, drive the Sentra. He made a couple of passes then the front wheel fell off. During my fighting with the steering arm repair and alignment I had left the wheel lugs snug but easily removable for access. At some point I should have confirmed that the lugs were torqued... but I didn't. So as a cautionary tale, check your nuts before you drive.

Come on down and have a grin Sunday.

If you are there early here's a laundry list of things that could use some TLC:
1. Timing cables from bus to start and finish
2. Use the timing cable Big Freaking Hammer and one of the big nails make holes in the rocky course to drop in the cone marker flags. We pushed them in a little by hand, but they really resisted.
3. Fire bottles, number markers, and flags delivered to the worker stations
4. Start and finish (green & checkered) condoms installed
5. Setup the registration table for sign-in and wrist bands
6. Take a serious walk of the course and decide where to brake early for a slow entry to the slippery spots (slow and controlled in, fast out). This may be a discipline building course for some, and simply hilarious for others. :lol:

Charlie Guthrie

steve remchak · **Posted:** Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:42 pm

Rock On Charlie .. and thanks. The Kid will appreciate it like .. well I don't know .. ..... well you know...... yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu **g ah haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!

See ya'll in the AM

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:08 am

Dude, major shout out to Jeremy Gast and Courtney Gast. For getting me out of hte mud in the sentra,and for generally doing awesome stuff.The rallycross was a huge win I think. I for one had a absolute blast, my car has not been that muddy in a long time.I love sloppy ugly mud, my mountain bike is kinda tricked out too. I put aftermarket tires on it to go through almost anything, in heavy equipment school I was known for going places no one else wanted to go. As a result I got stuck daily, I got really good at getting out of places i got into.The stories I have, wow.Anyhow, the morning course was more fun than a barrel of monkeys.Sorta copied the big red wagon line around some corners in the afternoon, after watching them at work. And they really worked out well,teh ser seems to be cool still, I stood on her a few times on the ungraded sections after the race, and she pulled fine.. I think everyone was thinking the clutch was going, was simply wheelspin. She will easily spin in first and the top of second, strong motor in that car.FTD almost in a su2 car, what the heck.
Anyway, mad sideways in most corners afternoon and morning, the sweeper was siiiiiiiiiiiick! So much fun, what do you all think, good stuff huh? When the Guthrie's put on a rally cross ,we do it right.The afternoon reminded me of what rally cross wa slike when we started, slick, fast, rough, and spooky.All good things, A good course should make you think, and really feel something .To me, each run is a challenge to do better than last time, I race myself as much as the other guys.IF I can do a good run, and know that it was a good run, then its a awesome feeling.Maybe, next time on nov rally cross,I will jump in the ser and give my father a run for his money! The car seems to be ok. Rotten luck wiht the general, what was causing it to break up so bad.. Wet plugs, bad fuel pump? anyhow. good event.

Brett_Murphy · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:02 pm **Posts:** 355

My video of the event.

I'm glad I got the camera, because I can see tons of things I'm doing wrong. My throttle inputs are really second rate, and I think I might be willing to drive a bit harder if I wasn't worrying about breaking my daily driver.

I also noticed a couple of cones were already down on my runs. I think I got charged for one on the last run. (about 8:38)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g72eyYgcon8

steve remchak · **Posted:** Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:42 pm

Had to leave early so who did what?

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:25 pm

Adam was the fastest, I was second by .4 over the 6 runs, general lei broke an axle with Marcus pushing the gas pedal down. Sun came out and dried up afternoon course was faster. fastest 2wd was 3 or 4th fastest for the ENTIRE event.

I think that is the highlights!

Oh ya and the little girl on the scooter does drive better than Vincent!

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:32 pm

Marcus was definietly kicking some a$$ yesterday.

Thanks to Charlie for letting myself and the rest of the General Lei crowd finish out our runs in his SE-R. At least now I know first hand why we can't beat that car. It has TWICE the power of the General. :oops:

Don't worry, the may be wounded, but he's not dead. We'll have him back up and running for the Novemeber event!

steve remchak · **Posted:** Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:41 pm

Thanks Jeremy. Mary-Margaret thoroughly enjoyed herself in her RallyX debut. Hopefully she didn't scare the shit out of anybody other than me. Her first two runs were a bit un-nerving to say the least. :lol:

And she commented that the folks at RallyX are waaaaaaaay cooler than that other faction.................. :twisted:

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