I rode in a friend’s Ferrari (1978 308) recently and while I love how it sounds… I often can not get enough of the turbocharged sound. So if you love the sound of turbochargers doing work here you go:
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It may be an older video of ours, but I love it and cannot get enough.
Update: Apparently I decided to post this exactly two years after uploading it to YouTube. Odd.
NASA’s championship rally was this weekend in the towns of Callicoon, Wawarsing, Narrowsburg and Walton, NY. Only the top racers from each class in the USRC (NASA) were invited for the Halloween event. Unfortunately a five hour drive from Rochester was a bit prohibitive for me and Mark.
Anyhoo, a deserving couple of Kris and Christine Marciniak won their class (Production 2WD). We’ve mentioned their blog on here before as inspiration for TwoGuysRally. Either way, congrats are in order for them. Here is a video of them tearing it up: (Link for you RSS Peeps)
While Kris and Christine won their class they came in 7th overall behind 6 AWD cars. First went to Seamus Burke/Eddie Fries. Second went to Joseph Burke/Ole Holter and third went to Brian Scott/John Dillon. Congrats to them.
That wraps up the year for US Rally (RA and USRC), now hopefully those class winners can get some more sponsor money and fully prep those cars for next season. Congrats to all those who competed!
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!
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.
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