Two Guys Rally

Gorman Ridge 2008 Results
[ August 22nd, 2008 ] By: Charles Smith Posted in » Ramblings

I know I know, we’re slow at reporting the news (infact this should have been a Sunday night post) but we have been busy. Anyhoo, the USRC/NASA/CRS competitors aren’t that well known (when compared to the big finishers in Rally America) so showcasing a few of them is great for the sport. Plus if they ever do become the next big thing we can claim we knew that years before. Hooray!

The USRC also has all sorts of classes so I’m going to mention these guys in terms of overall standings rather than class standings:

First place was taken by Jeff Regester/Duncan Smith with an overall time of 1:11:53. Unfortunately I know next to nothing about Jeff Regester and have no idea who he is. The internet is a barren landscape when it comes to him, besides the few pictures of his Subaru. Also searching for a name like Duncan Smith is a bad idea on the internets (but my name is FARRRRR worse in that regard, I even live near a park with my name). Duncan, the co-driver, could be running for congress… I’m not sure. I’d love to learn more about these winners.

Second place was secured by Brian Scott/John Dillon with a time of 1:13:55. These two guys like to self promote more so than Jeff/Duncan. Either way, they came in second and will be back to upset first next year (hopefully).

Third place was stolen by an open class two wheel drive car run by Bill Holmes/Sean Gallagher with a time of 1:14:47. I find this amazing. They came in third with a rear wheel drive Ford F150 in a sport dominated by all wheel drive Subarus (at least in the States, in Europe it is currently Citroen). I find it amazing how they managed to get a higher center of gravity car with what is known as a harder to control drivetrain (on dirt at least) into third place. At least they won their class in this event let alone beat some other open all wheel drive class cars.

Seemed like a pretty neat race with way different results than most people would expect. Honorable mentions (from us at TwoGuysRally) go out to Rallynotes‘ Kris and Christine Marciniak, Eli and Mindy from Tommy Gun Rally and finally Keith Jackson/Jon Burke of the new DirtyImpreza Rally Team. The final pair had just started building their car five weeks prior to the event and happened to finish on time. Good for them!