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Just wondering when this event is going to show up here:

http://www.thscc.com/rallycross/prereg_rallyx.html

so that we can direct people to pre-registration.

Done. Sorry for the delay.

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Carl Fisher

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

Thanks.

I don't see it. will it take a while to actually show up on the site?

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02 WRB WRX DD
1997 Impreza Brighton w/ 2.5RS motor RallyX

I don't see it either. I thought it was just me.

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Vincent Keene
'06 Ford Mustang GT (track rat)
'15 Dodge Charger R/T (yeah, it's got a HEMI!)
'07 Ford Fusion SE (205,000 miles and counting)
'98 Chevy Z-24 (retired)
'93 Acura Integra (Team SWB 24HOL Car)

It's definitely there. Try refreshing your browser. If that doesn't work try a SHIFT-Refresh (hold down the SHIFT key while refereshing).

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Carl Fisher

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

Kourosh and I were pre-registered last time I checked.

+1

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2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS, Silver #008
2011 RallyX VP
2011, 2014, 2015 RallyX Champion - NO4

I am currently registered but I won't be able to get the day off work. I have to be there at 4pm in CHapel Hill so I would probably have to leave early if I still come out. I was wondering if there was a way I could run in the first afternoon group and leave immediately afterwards. This would mean not working in the afternoon. Is there something I could do to make up for this? Help setting up or with registration? I guess this is a question for Chris or Kevin.

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02 WRB WRX DD
1997 Impreza Brighton w/ 2.5RS motor RallyX

We could swap the usual run order so that AWD runs 2nd, then 1st. And you could do some extra work in the morning, &/or help switch the courses during lunch to make up for not standing around next to the course, watching the 2wd cars go by in the afternoon.

But I'm not in charge, so that's just a suggestion.

I know we agreed that Four Oaks would be a semi-permanent course. There are some sections of the course that become very treacherous after many cars run on it; like the area leaving the crossover. I would request that some changes be made to the course to avoid those areas.

Thanks
RallyX Veep

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"Ruttin' is racing"

Chris Suich
Apex, NC
AutoX 2012 Nissan Leaf (Quietly changing the world)
AutoX 2003 Mini Cooper S (on sabbatical)
RallyX 1993 Nissan Sentra - "Le Tigre"
FunX 1970 Camaro LT1 ('95)

I would like to suggest that changes be made to the cars &/or drivers who find the course "treacherous" - but I know that's not going to happen.

As usual, I'll be taking into account what I saw and heard about at the last event, making adjustments for the next event, and then standing by with the box blade during the rallyx.

BTW... just want to point out again that anyone who finds a section of the course scary for any reason is welcome to take their foot off the accelerator & put it on the brake pedal. If I encounter something that makes me nervous, I slow down until I've completed it, then push harder where it's safe. There's no money awarded afterward, so if you feel like your car or your nerves can't take it, slow the Hell down. Seriously. I design these courses for a phenomenal driver in the best rallyx car ever assembled (Oh, I'm not talking about me - I'm just being hopeful that Mr. Block will show up ), so I can't always anticipate what's going on in your POS econobox with worn out suspension & dry-rotted tires, driven by a person with a death wish. Kourosh and Ray made me go "wtf" many times by getting the Corolla up in the air on a FLAT piece of ground. Going in a straight line. Uh... yeah. Please... remember that you -- that's right -- YOU -- hold your life in your hands when you're driving the course. So please keep it in perspective.

This was aimed at no one in particular... well, maybe Charlie Guthrie... but if you can identify with my description & you go, "Hey, I don't appreciate that!" please think about keeping it under control.

/psm

I identify with your description, but I went "Hey, I *DO* appreciate that!"

Seriously, Kevin, you are right. I know my times would improve if I could get it out of my head that pedal to the floor 95% of the track is the fastest way around. If I didn't agree, I'd find it hard to argue with your lap times. I'm learning, and I think I'll get there eventually.

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91 RallyX Audi Coupe Quattro
89 A-Team Astro-van demo derby winner at 2011 NC State Fair (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MrZqwENRqU)
Broken 89 Subaru GL-10 RallyX turbo wagon - need to sell it and all my parts cars

slow is def. fast.

we (Ray and I) learned that at the very first race, and second, and third

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'11 RallyX VP
1998 Integra Type R - track fun
1999 Subaru 2.5RS - dirt fun

You have to know where to go fast and where to go slow - just like at an autox, track event, whatever. Shortest distance is the quickest. Going too fast adds distance.

And keeping it just barely under control is way faster - and safer - than keeping it just barely out of control. But you also need to know where you can push it closer to the limit and where you need to take it easy.

I need to get a loud exhaust on there next time, so you can hear where I'm at full throttle and where I back off. Most people would be surprised by that info. I know I've made several people look at me funny when I told them where my braking points would be. (About twice as far from the corner as theirs - which is the main reason I can do a hundred laps without rutting the course, while it gets rutted to Hell during a rallyx.)

Anyway, I'll make sure the course is safe - you guys make sure you're safe, and have fun.