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So who's going to win overall this time? I'm getting kinda tired of doing it... how about somebody step up and relieve me? And please don't make Rob Bergstrom have to do it.

I have been thinking about running in both the RS and WRX, though - it would be fun to win two different classes and take the top two spots overall.

Anyone else care to talk trash? (not necessarily back to me, just trying to get the excitement level elevated)

Oh, yeah - Vincent, Rob will be coming down - it will be interesting to see if the "new you" can take him down this time. His car has been partially stripped, and it sounds like the General from the passenger seat now. Not the exhaust, but all the tin flapping.

What the hell, I'm doing this thing. Codriving Whitney's Subaru. Should be...different.

The last rallycross I did, I actually hated. But Whitney has me convinced it was a combination of the Rockingham site, and the gawd awful car selection.

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Karl S.
2014 Baby, 2014 House, 2013 Ford Focus ST, 2013 BMW 328i, 1994 Mercedes E320
(Insert passive aggressive signature line here)

I have to admit, I'm looking forward to shooting this video!

I will have some DVD's of 'The Rides of March' RallyX available at the May 12th event...pretty good stuff.

Could I get the Dash Plaque art e-mailed to me for this event so I can add it to the highlight video? I could steal it off this thread, but your original is bound to be higher res.

ashleighnelson@earthlink.net

Thanks in advance!

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'92 Prelude
'76 Celica

I'm warning you Karl, and I'm sure Dustin would say the same, only drive Whitney's car if you are serious about buying an OBS also!! That's what happened to Dustin and me!!!

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Todd Breakey
STS 42 - 1992 Sunburst Miata
Dammit!
"You souldn't play leap frog with a porcupine. You might get hurt." - Eliza

Almost wish I wasn't out of town this weekend. . . .

Almost.

Ash: Will Movie Maker take a PDF? That's easiest since the type at least will remain vector-based.

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Not spectacular just decent.
I'm not sure what I'm driving.
Maybe an ITR in DS.
Or half-assed STX prepped 330.

Karl, I will share all my secrets with you (not just the ones I've shared with everyone so far ) if you promise to beat Whitney in his own car. And so you know, I would've hated Rockingham if I hadn't been driving Anders' rally car. Rockingham is a horrible, horrible, horrible site for a rallyx. BMW Farm is great.

Kevin I just can't commit to that. Especially after the beatdown I received at the hands of Eric Peterson at the Danville SR...I, apparently, am not real good.

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Karl S.
2014 Baby, 2014 House, 2013 Ford Focus ST, 2013 BMW 328i, 1994 Mercedes E320
(Insert passive aggressive signature line here)

I will make it work! Thanks!

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~ RallyX VP 2009 ~
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'92 Prelude
'76 Celica

Whoever plans to go tomorrow, please

1) PREREGISTER (so your "stuff" will already be loaded into the laptop) and

2) PAYPAL (ASAP before Carl does the download a little later tonight)

If you PayPal and don't show, it's easy for us to do a refund (no cost to you or the club). The less cash there is to deal with at the site, the better.

Thank you!

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The person with too many names...
Mary E./ME/Emmie Fisher/Daniel/Daniel-Fisher
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Geez, it's 10:30 and no one has any comments about the event? Well I've got one- GREAT EVENT! The morning course I'd say was one of the most technical we've had- well, maybe not that technical, but you really had to look ahead or you were basically doomed. Unfortunately there were not a lot of visual references (though I really thought it was obvious enough) which led to a lot of DNFs. Also a tight and tricky finish which was more or less necessitated by the use of the "whammy tube" finish. Which, BTW, worked great all day- I can only guess how many false finish trips (due to dust) we avoided by having that in place.

For the afternoon the course was a lot more open, and I'd stop just a bit short of calling it more fun because of those deep sandy places, particularly the first turn which I never found a good way around. But the last right-left before the finish, over the crest and through the dip, was pretty fun. I saw a lot of folks lifting a right front wheel over that crest- very cool! Maybe I got some of them on video, but I don't know right now. At 1 point the wind was blowing such that the dust cloud from crossing the ditch the first time drifted into my path right as I was crossing back over the ditch, completely obcsuring the finish! But I didn't lift, took a guess, and fortunately it worked out OK...

Thanks to Mike and Jim for coming up with the good course ideas. For those of you who weren't at setup, we really struggled over how to get turned around and across those swales near the corner, and finally Mike realized that we should just have the start and finish there to avoid the problem completely. A stroke of genius that really made the whole thing possible.

And thanks to all the folks who came on out to play- we had 38 drivers, which I thought was pretty darn good considering the forecast and that it was Mother's Day weekend.

Thanks again y'all! I hope to have results up tomorrow morning- we went out with friends tonight instead of sitting here, I hope you'll forgive me...

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Carl Fisher

Be Cool to the Pizza Dude:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=4651531

Hey I wanted to say a BIG THANKS to all the people who pitched in, ESPECIALLY everyone who helped with the afternoon course changes, and those who helped clean up, pack up, and those who helped Kelly with the fences. It was GREAT to see a bunch of relatively new smiling faces happy to help. I was told several times (by a few people I don't know well, sorry if I don't know everyone's name!) that they appreciated everything we do to put on an event -- and they tried to give back. It's the efforts of people like these that keeps rallycross sustainable. Keep up the good work everyone!

I hope everyone had a good time, I know I did! Jim F and I worked our butts off to find a good, fun, fast, flowing line through the surface "features" at this site -- it was quite challenging to design a course there. Thanks to Kevin for your suggestions in the afternoon course change, those worked out great!

Whew, I'm beat! After the rallycross I showered, had dinner with the family, and drove out to Charlotte with Karl to pick up a new-to-me car for the stable, a 2000 BMW 540i. Man is that a nice car for the money.

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Mike Whitney
whit32@gmail.com, 919-454-5445
V10, V8, V8t, I6, I6, V6, F4t, I4, I4, I4, I4, I2, 1, 1

So where was Karl? I thought he was supposed to co-drive your car, Mike?

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Carl Fisher

Be Cool to the Pizza Dude:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=4651531

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Carl Fisher

Be Cool to the Pizza Dude:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=4651531

Looks like Carl and Jim put on a clinic in SU2.

Congrats to Mo Monroe!!!! Feel good to beat on your hubby?

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02 Focus SVT
STF 9

Eric Adam's got some pretty bad tires- once he gets some new ones he'll be back in a big way, I'm sure. Bret Shillock had a really good result in his 2nd-ever rallycross- if he starts coming out regularly he'll soon be a force too!

Another driver with some potential is Sebastian Kokoszka- if he can stay off the cones. He was 9th overall carrying 8 cones on the day, but he would've been 3rd had he been clean. Of course then he wouldn't have been as amusing to watch...

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Carl Fisher

Be Cool to the Pizza Dude:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=4651531