Looks like its a year away in BC, should be an awesome event.

might have to dig the change out of the couch to pay for the ....five....thousand....dollar....entry fee.

would be worth it though, would be a blast. Anyone else thinking about hitting it up?

Targa is a crock and a rip off. You could do all the PNW events for the cost of Targa once. Similarily, you could do the full Ontario/Quebec series for the cost of the regular Targa. You want to race on tarmac, go to Tennessee. Better 'rally' roads and still would be way cheaper. Hell, store the rig out there for a short period and fly back out and do West Virginia and you've done two amazing rallies and you're still ahead.

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NoCoast Wrote:
> You
> want to race on tarmac, go to Tennessee. Better
> 'rally' roads and still would be way cheaper.
> Hell, store the rig out there for a short period
> and fly back out and do West Virginia and you've
> done two amazing rallies and you're still ahead.

cool, so we will look for the Mercure at RTN and RWV ?



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NoCoast Wrote:
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> Targa is a crock and a rip off. You could do all
> the PNW events for the cost of Targa once.
> Similarily, you could do the full Ontario/Quebec
> series for the cost of the regular Targa.

DUDE ... don't forget about the Western Canada Rally Championship! You could do that for the cost of Targa and 5 of 6 are 'real' rallies with 2 pass recce and pace notes!

Targa events and performance events are different and attract different competitors as a rule. Targa Newfoundland is neither a crock nor a ripoff, you just don't see the attraction to it. (It's cheaper and more legal than Canonballs or Bull(shit)run ... which is closer to their target market)

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Morison Wrote:
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> DUDE ... don't forget about the Western Canada
> Rally Championship! You could do that for the cost
> of Targa and 5 of 6 are 'real' rallies with 2 pass
> recce and pace notes!
>
> 'real', as apposed to fake, imitation, laughable, over the top, video game ... If one has an off in the not 'real' rally then there is no damage? What is a 'real' versus not 'real' rally?

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As always IMHO

SEAN TENNIS KF7JJR
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
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SAAB V4, SAAB 99T

I would be interested int T.C.W. but I am still not sure that it will actually run.

Robert.

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.

yeah, i guess it is still up in the air if the event will happen.

when compared to an east coast competition, i think it would be fairly cost effective to run Tagra if you are based in the PNW. I have ball parked fuel to the east coast and back to around $3500. By the time you add two RA entry fees (for two events like RWV and RT) and all the missed work from the driving, that adds up to 5k pretty quick. Targa fuel costs will be just a hundred bucks or so, and if i con some codriver into paying for some of the entry fee, i could be a lot cheaper.

i think it would be a total blast to do all that tarmac.

i also think there is about a 11.9753245% chance the mazduh would last the whole event without breaking....

> there is about a 11.9753245% chance
> the mazduh would last the whole event without
> breaking....


i computated 12.395% chance with the mazduh...(rounded off on that figure btw.)

do you need more service crew members?

Dammit Jack let's you and me prove that old Mazduhs can stay in the hunt for a whole event, and increase that figure all the way up to at least 16.8796%.

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Jay Woodward
Snohomish, WA
'90 Mazdog Frankenprotege
Chronologically, 46...

I am interested in the event.

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SEANT Wrote:
> 'real', as apposed to fake, imitation,
> laughable, over the top, video game ... If one has
> an off in the not 'real' rally then there is no
> damage? What is a 'real' versus not 'real'
> rally?

Real as in 100+ Km of stage, not coef 1 or hillcimbs that use fields or teh same 5 miles of roads over and over and over

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Morison Wrote:
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> SEANT Wrote:
> > 'real', as apposed to fake, imitation,
> > laughable, over the top, video game ... If
> one has
> > an off in the not 'real' rally then there is
> no
> > damage? What is a 'real' versus not 'real'
> > rally?
>
> Real as in 100+ Km of stage, not coef 1 or
> hillcimbs that use fields or teh same 5 miles of
> roads over and over and over


Gotcha, do they run dirt hill climbs in your area?

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
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SAAB V4, SAAB 99T

SEANT Wrote:

> Gotcha, do they run dirt hill climbs in your area?

nope - closest hill climb would be Knox Mountain... and they actively don't like rally cars there. (something to do with too much cutting)

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Morison Wrote:
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> SEANT Wrote:
>
> > Gotcha, do they run dirt hill climbs in your
> area?
>
> nope - closest hill climb would be Knox
> Mountain... and they actively don't like rally
> cars there. (something to do with too much
> cutting)
>
>

Is it dirt?

A dirt hill climb would be good fun, especially if ran up & down!!!

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
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SAAB V4, SAAB 99T

Nope, paved (which which is why they've added a 'no cut' rule, or so I've heard.) and they only run uphill.

I don't doubt that hill climbs are good fun, competitive and challenging ... they just aren't rally though.

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