It's been a long time coming, but rally (of a sort) is back in Texas. Also, since this is an NRS event and their rally license expires in a month, Anders is selling Rally Licenses for this event for $5. You do still need a NASA license.

I'm taking this straight off their Facebook page:

Texas will have a rally this year! This is your chance to get a taste of rally without having to travel half way across the country. And we have a format that allows for you to compete and get the full rally experience without the hassle of needing lights, tags and a state inspection. Just about any road race legal car that passes tech will be eligible to compete. We have gone to great lengths to ensure that Chumps and Lemons car can compete here. You can run with or without a codriver (under the new rally solo rules) The format also allows for multiple people to share the same car.

Thanks to NASA Rally Sport we will be running under the Rally Moto rules as well. This means motorcycle entries will be allowed. For you motorcycle riders that want to pretend for a day that you are racing across the great plains of Africa or South America (active imagination not included) this is your chance to live out you Dakar fantasy without leaving Texas. This will definitely be the most interesting Thanksgiving weekend the Texas Motorsports scene has seen in as long as I have been racing at the very least if not ever. You don't even have to miss Thanksgiving dinner with the family.

Come on out and check out the fun. Race or cheer we want you here.

http://www.nasarallysport.com/main/2012-Texas-Rally-Sprint

We will also be hosting the Texas Rallysport rallycross #11 on Sunday at Brianne Corn Raceway. All are welcome there as well.No cage necessary for this event.

For more information go to: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Rallysport/217405405000740?ref=ts&fref=ts

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Jason McDaniel

I don't have a good video or picture of the finished course, but I do have video of the first cut of the actual course, and another video of another course that was groomed the same way.

Here is a video of the first cut of the course to show the length and terrain.


" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >Preliminary H2R RallyCross track laps at speed w/Brianne Corn! - YouTube

Here is a video of the rallycross track nearby that shows the level of grooming and width of the track.

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]Frankenscooby's first lap at BCR - YouTube[/url]

Also, this requires a NASA Rally Sport license and a NASA membership. The membership is good for 356 days, but the NRS license is only good for the calendar year. To make it easier Ander Green of NRS will only be charging competitors $5 for the NRS license.

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Jason McDaniel

Has this been posted over at the LeMons forums?

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY

LIKE! and nice looking shop too!

So how did you get NRS support with the ability to include cheap Chump and LeMons cars?

I think this is the type of gap filler that would help people in lower cost motorsports work their way into stage rally.

Tim.

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So how did you get NRS support with the ability to include cheap Chump and LeMons cars?

I think this is the type of gap filler that would help people in lower cost motorsports work their way into stage rally.

Tim.

Because safety equipment is not skimped in Chumpcars.

Taking the Chumpcar rallycar to the next level, have the four member team and have each member required to complete at least one stage as a driver and one as a co-driver. Switch over pairs at service. Thus the cost of the car and the entry can be spread over four folks as opposed to one, plus the Chumpcar limitation on the cost of the underlying vehicle. I know that NRS would not have any issues allowing a class like this. Who wants to take it on?

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Taking the Chumpcar rallycar to the next level, have the four member team and have each member required to complete at least one stage as a driver and one as a co-driver. Switch over pairs at service. Thus the cost of the car and the entry can be spread over four folks as opposed to one, plus the Chumpcar limitation on the cost of the underlying vehicle. I know that NRS would not have any issues allowing a class like this. Who wants to take it on?

so, http://www.flivverrally.com/ all over again?

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KF7RWG
http://www.utahrallygroup.com

Huh....you know...how much more does it really cost to build a rally car over a chumpcar? Some more tubes in the cage, a co-driver seat and a HANS? Is everything else somebody's perception of what they think they "need" to have?

Maintenance of the vehicle, I would say costs more in rally due to rougher conditions, but just to start out?

I like the chumprally class to divide the costs. That would be a big help.

Tim.

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So how did you get NRS support with the ability to include cheap Chump and LeMons cars?

After evalutating this particular site we allowed running cars that meet road racing cages. The facility is a track, after all, and it's Texas.... so it's not a tree lined forest road.

Anders

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

That looked to be the case. So it is possible to find a "safe" road to allow, in this case, road race cages.

Tim.

I haven't posted this on the LeMons and ChumpCar forums. Is anyone else a member on them that can re-post the info?

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Jason McDaniel

I posted it in the LeMons forum.

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY

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I posted it in the LeMons forum.

Link?

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I posted it in the LeMons forum.

Link?

http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewtopic.php?id=19422

Sounds like you'd have some interest if you'd posted a month ago.

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY

The event wasn't organized a month ago, so that would be difficult. We do what we can with what we have.

Anders

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.