WRC Highlights of 2005

[clickynext]

Yay thx.

 

[clickynext]

Didn't they get speeding tickets in GB or something?

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: clickynext
Didn't they get speeding tickets in GB or something?

Isnt it like an enormous event? how could you get a speeding a ticket? i thought it was arranged with local governments and roads closed etc.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: clickynext
Didn't they get speeding tickets in GB or something?

Isnt it like an enormous event? how could you get a speeding a ticket? i thought it was arranged with local governments and roads closed etc.

The drivers compete on closed roads so they won't get any tickets during a stage. When they travel to the next stage on public roads, they have to obey the speed limits. The Welsh police are sh1t-hot when it comes to revenue generation, they caught a lot of the fans too. IIRC, Gronholm and a couple of other drivers got fined.

 

[Minjin]

I don't know how anyone can doubt that rally is the best motorsport. You guys owe to yourselves to go see some of this in person. We don't get the craziness of WRC in the US, but we still have plenty of Pro and Club rallies. I go to STPR every year and have a blast. Its one thing to see this on the tube. Its quite another to help push a car back over onto its wheels so he can keep racing. Not for the lazy though. There are no bleachers or refreshments...

Mark

 

[clickynext]

Originally posted by: Minjin
I don't know how anyone can doubt that rally is the best motorsport. You guys owe to yourselves to go see some of this in person. We don't get the craziness of WRC in the US, but we still have plenty of Pro and Club rallies. I go to STPR every year and have a blast. Its one thing to see this on the tube. Its quite another to help push a car back over onto its wheels so he can keep racing. Not for the lazy though. There are no bleachers or refreshments...

Mark

Is it actually good to go and watch in person? I always figured it'd be a bore, sitting there with one car blowing by, spraying mud in your face every 10 minutes or so.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: Antisocial Virge
These guys clink when they walk. My favorite race was when Marcus Gronholm rolled the car off the road and down the hill back on to the road farther down the hill. They he had to yell to the crowd asking them which direction he was supposed to be heading. Classic.

lol my favorite part is when his car broke down,got out of the car and got a beer from the crowd

 

[Minjin]

Originally posted by: clickynext

Originally posted by: Minjin
I don't know how anyone can doubt that rally is the best motorsport. You guys owe to yourselves to go see some of this in person. We don't get the craziness of WRC in the US, but we still have plenty of Pro and Club rallies. I go to STPR every year and have a blast. Its one thing to see this on the tube. Its quite another to help push a car back over onto its wheels so he can keep racing. Not for the lazy though. There are no bleachers or refreshments...

Mark

Is it actually good to go and watch in person? I always figured it'd be a bore, sitting there with one car blowing by, spraying mud in your face every 10 minutes or so.

I enjoy it immensely. Yes, you have to drive to different stages. Yes, you often then have to walk quite a bit to get to the spectator point. Yes, cars start at one minute intervals so the futher you are from the start of the stage, the longer between cars. But its still great fun. Nothing quite like a night stage where you are sitting there with a bunch of other nuts in the darkness waiting for some chirps and bangs in the distance, engine noise gets louder, an air horn is sounded, and all of a sudden you're looking at 6 suns coming around the corner...

Go there with some friends. Take a (lightweight) cooler filled with your favorite beverage. And enjoy.

Mark

 

[jamesbond007]

Originally posted by: Minjin

Originally posted by: clickynext

Originally posted by: Minjin
I don't know how anyone can doubt that rally is the best motorsport. You guys owe to yourselves to go see some of this in person. We don't get the craziness of WRC in the US, but we still have plenty of Pro and Club rallies. I go to STPR every year and have a blast. Its one thing to see this on the tube. Its quite another to help push a car back over onto its wheels so he can keep racing. Not for the lazy though. There are no bleachers or refreshments...

Mark

Is it actually good to go and watch in person? I always figured it'd be a bore, sitting there with one car blowing by, spraying mud in your face every 10 minutes or so.

I enjoy it immensely. Yes, you have to drive to different stages. Yes, you often then have to walk quite a bit to get to the spectator point. Yes, cars start at one minute intervals so the futher you are from the start of the stage, the longer between cars. But its still great fun. Nothing quite like a night stage where you are sitting there with a bunch of other nuts in the darkness waiting for some chirps and bangs in the distance, engine noise gets louder, an air horn is sounded, and all of a sudden you're looking at 6 suns coming around the corner...

Go there with some friends. Take a (lightweight) cooler filled with your favorite beverage. And enjoy.

Mark

I think I know where I'm going for my summer vacation. Thanks for the heads up! Do any of you know if there are any Rally racing events near Fargo, ND?

Thanks!