BMW Dominates 2WD Entries at SB
Posted by wvonkessler
Wilson von Kessler Infallible Moderator Location: Lookout Mountain, GA Join Date: 02/28/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,127 Rally Car: Colts are in Finland; now '87 325i, '89 325i |
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50 billion flies eat shit..
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Wilson von Kessler Infallible Moderator Location: Lookout Mountain, GA Join Date: 02/28/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,127 Rally Car: Colts are in Finland; now '87 325i, '89 325i |
Looks like some folks ain't drinking that funny koolaid that you are selling. Bunch of dead flies. "Talk about drugs. Driving a car like that, going that fast, it’s like all the drugs at once." - Tommy Byrne "Now, Pinky, if by any chance you are captured during this mission, remember you are Gunther Heindriksen from Appenzell. You moved to Grindelwald to drive the cog train to Murren. Can you repeat that?" - The Brain |
John Vanlandingham Super Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Oh I dunno ...............I saw a nice 240 winning just about every stage first day at 100 Acre Woods in Group 2.. And only after he had some problems was a BMW doing the same..... It's odd, for the first time in human history now anybody with the tiniest of effort can be fully informed of details of things going on in an area of interest with just a little clicky clacky... So now there's no real excuse for having much broader horisons.....and knowing things further afield... This "Beemer are the answer because i don't see any Volvos" is only even half valid if one expends a lot of effort to NOT know what's going on..... And in a country with literally hundreds of entries in numerous events on a given weekend, for more than 15 years----almost 20---we KNOW for certain that BMWs have not made up 35-60% of the entire field...and we know the reasons... 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. |
Wilson von Kessler Infallible Moderator Location: Lookout Mountain, GA Join Date: 02/28/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,127 Rally Car: Colts are in Finland; now '87 325i, '89 325i |
Frauds don't seem overrepresented. Now the Ovlovs I'll defer to, but even in that funny f country f championship you see a lot of kraut kars running.
"Talk about drugs. Driving a car like that, going that fast, it’s like all the drugs at once." - Tommy Byrne "Now, Pinky, if by any chance you are captured during this mission, remember you are Gunther Heindriksen from Appenzell. You moved to Grindelwald to drive the cog train to Murren. Can you repeat that?" - The Brain |
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Unless you ignore the arbitrary and artificial separation of national and regional competitors. (which is really nothing more than a tick of a box and stacks more cash for licenses and entry fees.) In that case that 240 was - at its best - just under 5 seconds a mile off the pace of the fastest 2wd cars, which are really Group 2 cars. 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 Super Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
John Vanlandingham Super Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
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Ocean, 6x6' cubicle and taking public transportation to work...same difference. I think anyone running up at the front end of the regional field knows how to drive reasonably well, but commitment to notes and not being worried about writing off a car is what probably accounts for more time savings on the road than BMW/Merkur/Volvo choice. What do I know though, I'm just a stupid newb. 
He put some engine internals on display at the service park. Not sure if water crossing induced or not, but there was a very large hole in the block. Said he got ~4 years out of the engine other than the odd head gasket or head refresh. Muttered something about one of those spinny mufflers when it gets rebuilt. I'm excited for that, because when the compact goes back on the road it's going to have a 3.2L, so the more peeps in Group5 the better! Dave |
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