Gorman Rally 2008 - This Weekend
[ August 15th, 2008 ] By: Charles Smith Posted in » Ramblings
The 2008 Gorman Rally starts this weekend, Saturday, August 16th. A combo NASA/USRC/CRS event there is a lot of variety in what you’ll see out there. Only 25 teams are entering but only 9 of which are Subarus, which is not what you normally see in an American Rally.
NASA is a nice change to watch compared to Rally America. The rules are different so you will see competitors with different setups and very different cars. I know of at least one Ford F150 competing, which I don’t think would fly in RA. Chrissie Beavis (most famous for co-driving for Tanner Foust) will be driving, not co-driving, a VW Jetta in the event.
This event usually pops up all over YouTube and Specialstage, so keep a look out. I think DirtyImpreza is sending two cars out into the event too, just one more thing to look out for (at least for me). I’ll be watching intently from the other side of the country.
August 15th, 2008 at 4:34 am
We’ll be there tearing it up!
Well - hopefully not tearing car parts up…
Ze’Neon is ready.
I think that the cars in the South West are what’s different then what you see from “typical” Rally America events. The F150 of Bill Holmes has run RA events out here - Desert Storm and Quartzite, and has a long history in the SCCA ProRally.
For more watching at home fun - check out the “rally car tracking” link on our site on Saturday!
I’m also going to have the handy-cam handy - for hopefully some interesting behind the scenes video.
Live scores will be here:
http://rallydata.com/Results/Gorman_2008_NatScoreBoard.htm
Wish us luck!
- Kris
August 15th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Good luck Kris! I’m looking forward to the footage from that handy handy-cam, sounds like a sneaky way to have a lot of fun.
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:26 pm
This was an exciting event for several reasons. It was the first event where the DirtyImpreza.com Rally Team (DIRT) was going to be promoted, Keith Jackson’s maiden rally (with co-driver Jon Burke) in his frantically but beautifully prepared Open class STi, and Eli Gilbert and Mindy Delodder’s of Tommy Gun Rally’s return to Gorman after an unfortunate engine disaster before Idaho Rally. Keith did awesome and took 6th overall at the event, Eli and the Tommy Gun Rally car finshed very strong despite almost completley losing his transmission.