Location:
Normandy park, WA
Posts:
3
Registered:
5 days ago
Last Activity:
3 days ago
Rally Car:
None.... Yet
Age:
Troubled Teen

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

If you're serious about buying a car feel free to swing back buy the shop and we would be happy to get you going in the right direction and help you any way we can.

http://www.specialstage.com/forums/showthread.php?65098-1986-VW-Golf-MK2-Group-2-Rally-Car-(WA)

^^^^ best way to do it

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First Rally: 2010 First RallyX: 2004 (a bunch)
Driver (0), Co-Driver (7)
Organizer (3), Volunteer (3)
Cars Built (2.5), Engines Blown (2) Cages Built (0) # of rotations (3.5)
Last Updated, Apr 9, 2023

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john vanlandingham
Location:
Normandy park, WA
Posts:
3
Registered:
5 days ago
Last Activity:
3 days ago
Rally Car:
None.... Yet
Age:
Troubled Teen

Nothing wrong with youth .



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2014 02:10PM by Thomas Kimsey.

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john vanlandingham
Location:
Normandy park, WA
Posts:
3
Registered:
5 days ago
Last Activity:
3 days ago
Rally Car:
None.... Yet
Age:
Troubled Teen

Nothing wrong with youth .

Real Name:
Philip Samaraev
Location:
Normandy park, WA
Posts:
3
Registered:
9 days ago
Last Activity:
7 days ago

depends....
No activity
and here;
http://sponsorracecars.com/search_drivers/ search drivers?

Says he's a driver
Philip Samaraev - #024
Experience: 2 Years - Home Town: Seattle

Fan Count: 0
Cheer for Me
Race Tracks / Speedways

Series / Division

NASA Rally Sport
Rally America
SCCA Rally


2 years experience as a rally driver?

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

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john vanlandingham

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Thomas Kimsey

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john vanlandingham
Location:
Normandy park, WA
Posts:
3
Registered:
5 days ago
Last Activity:
3 days ago
Rally Car:
None.... Yet
Age:
Troubled Teen

Nothing wrong with youth .

Real Name:
Philip Samaraev
Location:
Normandy park, WA
Posts:
3
Registered:
9 days ago
Last Activity:
7 days ago

depends....
No activity
and here;
http://sponsorracecars.com/search_drivers/ search drivers?

Says he's a driver
Philip Samaraev - #024
Experience: 2 Years - Home Town: Seattle

Fan Count: 0
Cheer for Me
Race Tracks / Speedways

Series / Division

NASA Rally Sport
Rally America
SCCA Rally


2 years experience as a rally driver?

Damn, well if its on the internet it must be true! He must be too busy tracking down sponsorships to visit here.

Finally found a rally Merc.

http://ranwhenparked.net/2014/05/21/scaled-down-corgis-132-scale-mercedes-benz-240d-rally-car/

Oh. and I've got a extremely rare inlet manifold for fitting a pair of sidedraught webers to a Merc W123 model.
Please form an orderly queue and submit your offers for the procurement of this unique purchase opportunity.

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Disappointingly not yet a Jackass

here a nice link or two
http://www.mercedesheritage.com/2011/new-500slc-rally-cars/

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/48572/mercedes-rally-cars-lots-pics#.U6oGQ_ldVT4

i say go for it!

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I would rather drive a slow car fast as a fast car slow!
first rule of cars: get what makes you happy, your the one paying for it!

My first rally car had a trunk lid mounted spare. Disappeared somewhere on stage the first night, Olympus '83, mount and tire...gone. Big assed holes left in the lid where the bolts and washers pulled thru. Must have been a sasquatch 'cuz I was nowhere near fast enough to fling it off from cornering forces.

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Honestly the best advice anyone could give you is to rent a car for an event so you can get a feel for the sport and to make sure it's something you actually want to get into.

"make sure it's something you actually want to get into."?????? This does not compute. I have yet to find some one that has turned a wheel on stage and said,"hmm, you know what, that wasn't that much fun. Screw rally." I'm sure there are a few people out there, maybe even four, that have thought this, but I haven't met them.

it's how I ended up with my car

father/son, son decided he didn't care for it, father never got around to rebuilding the car

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CCRAWFORD_gtx47
Honestly the best advice anyone could give you is to rent a car for an event so you can get a feel for the sport and to make sure it's something you actually want to get into.

"make sure it's something you actually want to get into."?????? This does not compute. I have yet to find some one that has turned a wheel on stage and said,"hmm, you know what, that wasn't that much fun. Screw rally." I'm sure there are a few people out there, maybe even four, that have thought this, but I haven't met them.

it's how I ended up with my car

father/son, son decided he didn't care for it, father never got around to rebuilding the car

OK, there's one. Anyone else?

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Sean Burke
OK, there's one. Anyone else?

Yup.
I can think of at least two people off the top of my head who have tried rally and haven't liked it, went on to other motorsports.

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First Rally: 2001
Driver (7), Co-Driver (44)
Drivers (16)
Clerk (10), Official (7), Volunteer (4)
Cars Built (1), Engines Built (0) Cages Built (0)
Last Updated, January 4, 2015

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john vanlandingham
Blame is for idiots. losers.

I have seen a few people over the years who quit because they weren't passionate enough to continue. I have seen people who completed building their cars and then never ran. It's hard for me to comprehend but it does happen. What bothers me the most about forums is that there is so much talking and very little action. You have to actually rally first before you can talk about it. To the O.P. go out and spectate, volunteer or rent a car. Then come back and ask questions.

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Robert.

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

Anders could shed some light, but I think the average is like 3.2 events in a lifetime.

I think one thing that scares people away is the learning curve. The current generation are taught to believe they have innate talents that make them instantly awesome. I've met many narcissistic wanna be future rallyists. Though these people often come up with good excuses to never actually build a rally car and compete, they can also be pretty downtrodden when they take 42nd place losing to a bunch of Golfs and lower spec cars.
I have friends that rallied a couple of times then quit that said they couldn't get over the fear of crashing into trees. I've a few that couldn't balance the financial aspect. These guys often still spectate, rallycross, sweep, volunteer, etc.
I'm at a point where driving isn't as important to me. I'm more focused on growth and sustainability than competing. I need to find time to focus on organizing now that we are rebuilding our competitor base.

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Grant Hughes