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Someone was asking me about Rally Cross this weekend. I figured I would cross post this....

Keep it metal as rallycross comes back to life after summer hiatus on Sunday October 18th at Mid-America Motorplex.

MAM is located next to Interstate I-29 in Iowa, approximately 20 minutes from downtown Omaha, NE. When driving south from the Omaha metro area, take I-29 to the Glenwood exit (exit #35), and turn right (west). At the stop sign, turn left (south) onto 190th Street, go about 1 mile to Jesup Ave. and turn left, the track will be on your left.

For event details, please visit: http://nrscca.com/events.php?id=119

Registration open through midnight Friday the 16th.

I am so scared to go to a rallyx because I will end up stopping at a subaru dealer on the way home and doing something very stupid!!!

Soooo very tempting... I will be putting together a 2.5RS for this in the future.

It was me, I'll see if I can make it this sunday, probably not though.

Very, very, tempting....

You don't need 4wd/awd to have fun at a rallyX!! You don't need a bunch of horsepower either!! Dirt has a great way of equalizing cars. Too much power will just make the front tires spin. My old Escort LX can run with many of the Subies and Evos. Speeds are a little slower than at an AutoX cross but you are full throttle much more of the time. Heck, I only lift going into a corner to induce some lift throttle oversteer to get the car to rotate! It is WAY more intense than an autoX!! Expect 4 runs in the morning and another in the afternoon. Your whole class runs together so if we have to change the course between heats it doesn't hurt class competition. All your runs are scored and added together for your TOTAL time. You have to be quick every run. 2 seconds for a pylon. 10 seconds for a missed gate. We hand time the runs... count down style. 3, 2, 1, GO! The clock starts on "GO!" If you are late off the line, you are wasting time. If you jump the start, 10 second penalty!

Cars are classes on drive line configuration. FWD, RWD, AWD and modifications. Stock, Prepared, Modified. (Modified only has two classes - AWD and 2WD)

Full rules are here:
http://cms.scca.com/documents/Rally%20Rules/2009rxr.pdf

Here's the link for more info.
http://www.nrscca.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1841

MotorsportsReg link:
http://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/ ... 66E24D701#

You don't have to pay online, but they would like to get an idea of how many people are coming as Jim Phillips is planning on bringing lunch for everyone.

Other links:

General info:
http://nrscca.com/rallycross.php
Past event results:
http://nrscca.com/files/results/1476597 ... 071809.pdf
http://nrscca.com/files/results/1618638 ... esults.pdf
If weather is an issue... please check the website or the forum.

If you have any other questions post them up and I'll try to answer them.

I forgot the pictures!!

http://public.fotki.com/jdoctor/2009-rallycross/

Evo on rally tires


Getting a little light!

Jan,

I may have asked this before, but do any drivers run on snow tires for the rally-x? I just got mine mounted yesterday and I've always wanted to do this! Not sure if this weekend is going to work for me unfortunately though...

I think there's also one south of minneapolis on November 15th, a lot more probable that I'll be able to be at that one. I'd attach a link but I'd have to search for it and i have important $h** to do early tomorrow and it's late enough lol

Snow tires are legal for all classes again as of 2009 and some of them work VERY well in dirt. I just got mine mounted and it will be the first event with them on the Escort Just watch my "S" car go this weekend!! Can FTD be taken with a car with only 88 hp??

The only tech thing that is kind of different from an AutoX is that you must have your battery terminals covered (duct tape is fine) and your windows must not be lowered more than 1 inch. (or you must have window nets to keep your arms inside the car)

i'm starting to get really tempted too... i wish i knew if my snow tires would be in by friday...

so is the track just like a dirt parking lot with cones?

It says online you have to be 19 or older. What gives?


This would be sooo much fun, hopefully I can get the E21 running in time to try it this year!

damn, my tires won't be in this week due to a shipping problem, i might be interested in the minnesota rally though.

Think of it as an autoX on dirt and you will get the idea. The lot we use is the over flow grass parking area to the west of the paddock at MAM. You don't "need" snow tires to run a RallyX just like you don't "need" R comps to AutoX. I ran the last two years on my street tires and did just fine. This weekend will be my first time back on snows since our Neon was totalled in Feb of 2008. We even had a guy come out last event in his track prepped Mustang that had Toyo RA1's on it. He had a blast! (and did pretty well)

The 19 and over is because Nebraska is one of the 3 states that has the age of majority as 19 and not 18. I think Alabama and Montana are the other two. (Yes, this is in Iowa, but it's put on by a Nebraska club so we play by Nebraska rules) You can come play with us at 16 years old if you have the minor release waiver filled out. (it must be printed IN COLOR!!) Actually, IIRC, it can be younger than that if your parent rides with you, just like on the street with a learners permit.