Apr 30 Rallycross: Spanking Optional

SimonWright · **Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:48 pm

Thanks to everyone for a great event. I had a blast and didn't hit a finish cone!

Thank you very much to everyone for my birthday cards and the birthday cake.

Simon

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:02 pm

SimonWright wrote:

Thanks to everyone for a great event. I had a blast and didn't hit a finish cone!

Simon

Thats the ONLY cone you DIDNT hit!!! :lol:

SimonWright · **Posted:** Sun May 01, 2005 9:04 am

Well, I was trying to focus on the positive aspects in my message.

Simon

Kevin Allen · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:42 pm **Posts:** 3479

No, Simon only hit half of them; his son took out the other half... apple doesn't fall far from the tree, right? :lol:

I had a great time - big thanks to the event chairs, including Mike Whitney, who didn't make it because he was sick. The course flow was his idea, Dustin & I just threw out the cones & made it work. :wink:

This was one of my favorite courses - some good speed, but technical & tricky.

Awesome day - if you missed it, you really missed out.

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with setup, registration, timing, cooking, and everything else. You guys rock! (Christine said that

)

See you next time...

Brian Herring · **Posted:** Sun May 01, 2005 11:48 am

Kevin Allen wrote:

No, Simon only hit half of them; his son took out the other half... apple doesn't fall far from the tree, right? :lol:

I had a great time - big thanks to the event chairs, including Mike Whitney, who didn't make it because he was sick. The course flow was his idea, Dustin & I just threw out the cones & made it work. :wink:

This was one of my favorite courses - some good speed, but technical & tricky.

Awesome day - if you missed it, you really missed out.

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with setup, registration, timing, cooking, and everything else. You guys rock! (Christine said that

)

See you next time...

Ps. Kevin won again ("...but was there really any doubt?")

- brian

Keith Vail · **Posted:** Sun May 01, 2005 12:54 pm

I had an awesome time at my first rallycross and would like to thank everyone for being so helpful. It was very fun and I will be back at the next event.

Carl Fisher · **Posted:** Sun May 01, 2005 2:41 pm

Results are now up! It looked like our streak of good weather was going to end with this event, but we decided to run an accelerated schedule, using a quicker launch interval and shortening the lunch break a bit. It helped that the course held up so well during the morning runs that almost no rerouting was necessary for the afternoon course.

The weather forecast likely scared some folks away, but in all 33 drivers turned out for the day. Everyone got 6 runs, lunch (with birthday cake for Simon), plus fun runs, and we were packed up and finished with trophies by 2:30. We got out of there just before the rain came in!

Thanks to Kevin Allen, Brian Herring, Stacy Herring, and Dustin Fredrickson for chairing the event!

http://www.thscc.com/rallycross/events/index.html

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Sun May 01, 2005 5:02 pm

Carl Fisher wrote:

..but we decided to run an accelerated schedule, using a quicker launch interval and shortening the lunch break a bit.

LOVED the accelerated schedule! It was nice to be pulling away at 2:20pm!!!

Kevin Allen · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:42 pm **Posts:** 3479

Quote:

Ps. Kevin won again ("...but was there really any doubt?")

- brian

If you had been present during all the ass-whooping that occurred while Jim Feinberg was in SO4 last year, and when Phillip first showed up & actually dodged the cones :wink:

, you wouldn't be saying that. I definitely don't take anything for granted with Phillip, and somebody new could show up any time & show us both how slow we really are.

As for the schedule, Keith Quistorff showed up a little after 2pm & expected to see us still running. :lol:

He was like, hmmm, where is everybody?

He did get a ride in the FTD car, albeit without any cones... but the cool thing about a rallycross is that the course is still pretty easy to follow after all the cones are gone. :twisted:

Brian Herring · **Posted:** Mon May 02, 2005 8:49 am

Kevin Allen wrote:

Quote:

Ps. Kevin won again ("...but was there really any doubt?")

- brian

If you had been present during all the ass-whooping that occurred while Jim Feinberg was in SO4 last year, and when Phillip first showed up & actually dodged the cones :wink:

, you wouldn't be saying that.

Jim IS UBER fast in the SU2 class. He was only 1.5 seconds back of you going into the afternoon!!!

However, my comment is in reference from the guy that said:

" They have thrown rally cars at me, and I have still won (i.e. Anders)."

:lol:

Quote:

I definitely don't take anything for granted with Phillip, and somebody new could show up any time & show us both how slow we really are.

Yea, I guess I should just change out the suspension and get out there already ..... :roll:

It was a great rallyX.... I hope we can have an event before Aug now that we have an awesome site. I am just glad I could be of *some* help out there.

I'll sign up right now to help again

- brian

Ps. Man, I got cow crap on mah khar!

Keith Quistorff · **Posted:** Mon May 02, 2005 9:17 am

Kevin Allen wrote:

As for the schedule, Keith Quistorff showed up a little after 2pm & expected to see us still running. :lol:

He was like, hmmm, where is everybody?

He did get a ride in the FTD car, albeit without any cones... but the cool thing about a rallycross is that the course is still pretty easy to follow after all the cones are gone. :twisted:

Thanks, Kevin, I really appreciate you taking me out for a lap, a freakin' blistering lap at that. Me having zero off-road experience on four wheels made it particularly interesting - I can't believe how much abuse a street suspension can take. :shock:

Keith (who needs to figure out what to do about a car for rallycross :twisted:

)

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Mon May 02, 2005 9:55 am

Keith Quistorff wrote:

Keith (who needs to figure out what to do about a car for rallycross :twisted:

)

Its not 4wd mechanical masterpiece, but there at least 2 cars that always have open seats for rent to anyone. The Dirtmaster and The General Lei.

Stephen Westerfield · **Posted:** Mon May 02, 2005 10:25 am

Ryan Holton wrote:

Keith Quistorff wrote:

Keith (who needs to figure out what to do about a car for rallycross :twisted:

)

Its not 4wd mechanical masterpiece, but there at least 2 cars that always have open seats for rent to anyone. The Dirtmaster and The General Lei.

In fact....1/5th of the General is still for sale (contact Mike Westerfield for details). And for the first time since it's debut....the General beat the Dirtmaster this weekend!!!

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Mon May 02, 2005 10:47 am

Ryan Holton wrote:

Its not 4wd mechanical masterpiece, but there at least 2 cars that always have open seats for rent to anyone. The Dirtmaster and The General Lei.

I think it's worth noting that both of these cars have seen MANY runs with MANY drivers. For cars that some would call a "beater", they sure have held up very well to LOTS of abuse.

Sure a 4WD Suby would be fun, but if I damage the General Lei beyond repair, I'm only out of about $120.00 total.

Kevin Allen · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:42 pm **Posts:** 3479

Quote:

I can't believe how much abuse a street suspension can take.

Multiply that run by 1000 and that's about what the blue 2.5RS took in the 100k miles before I traded it in - and the only things that had to be replaced that were directly related to rallyx were the rear Konis (they were set medium stiff on stock springs & had cut bumpstops - I learned something from that :oops:

) and the right front wheel bearing... but that was partly due to track use.

The Dirtmaster is a fun drive - if you don't find something awd, you should co-drive it.

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