john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Every question in the world is not an attack.. Get over it... If you don't see YOUR NAME in it then you are not the SUBJECT.. Remember "subject/verb" ? The subject was CARs the verb "driving" and driving modified by : In linguistics, an adjective is a "describing word", the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified.[1] Adjectives are one of the traditional eight English parts of speech, although linguists today distinguish adjectives from words such as determiners that formerly were considered to be adjectives. In the immediately previous sentence, "traditional" is an adjective and "eight", while known traditionally as an adjective, is now classified as a determiner; and in the preceding paragraph, both "main" and "syntactic" are traditional adjectives. Note how I respond to the little troll-boy from Calgary....there is no doubt about who the shit is returned to. Again, pretending top be offended will not save rally. 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. |
Morison Banned Mega Moderator Location: Calgary, AB Join Date: 03/27/2009 Age: Ancient Posts: 1,798 Rally Car: (ex)86 RX-7(built), (ex)2.5RS (bought) |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Alex I don't know who the guy is...There was the typical cutsie "I've got a secrets neener neener I know sumpin you don't" bullshit somewhere and hints and links to some guy driving in circles in some dumb series nobody cares about---so i was just wondering iif the noise is supposed to be a substitute for excitement---and , as always in America when there's hype, the turuth is invariably boring bullshit... Who is he? Why should anybody care more than say Grenwis who at least I know a bit--seems like a nice guy. Yeah on the business of gaps....and is it skill--With Hioggins for sure, or equipment 1 minute covers up to 4th or 5th place on average... If you looked over the link to last weekends F-cup event http://racingmaailma.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/F-CUP-YLEINEN.pdf And look over it you can see 1 minute on SSs covering the entire field---that's just a tad closer racing... And what would maybe save rally.. Close racing is more intense, more intensity means you try harder, you try harder you fell more satisfied... Jari-Pekka Ralli FC Yleinen 9 . 25. 37:40,9 Sami Saari LapUA ( 55) 2:54,6 Jarno Haapoja BMW 325i Ensimmäisen aika ja muiden häviö siihen nähden Jari-Pekka Ralli / F-CUP YLEINEN EK1 (10.22 km) EK2 (4.80 km) Koulutuskeskus Salpaus Heinolan Omakatsastus SS1...........................................................................SS2 1.Nuorala Jaska 6:25,1 ...............................................1.Grönholm Jarno 2:43,4 2.Järvinen Tommi 0:01,5 .............................................2.Sutinen Petter 0:00,8 3.Nevä Samuli 0:02,9 ..................................................3.Ala-Talkkari Mikko 0:01,6 4.Lahti Otto 0:03,6 .....................................................4.Nevä Samuli 0:02,4 5.Kolehmainen Joonas 0:06,3 ........................................5.Eronen Janne 0:02,8 6.Ruoppa Timo 0:06,6 ..................................................6.Järvinen Tommi 0:03,1 7.Sutinen Petter 0:07,9 ................................................7.Tiilikka Jari-Matti 0:03,2 8.Aaltonen Antti 0:08,3 .................................................8. Hiipakka Joni 0:03,2 9.Eronen Janne 0:08,4 ...................................................9.Aaltonen Antti 0:03,6 10.Puhakka Perttu 0:08,5 ...............................................10.Turunen Aki-Petri 0:04,1 11.Kaljunen Mauri 0:08,8 ................................................11.Asikainen Kalle 0:04,5 12.Tiilikka Jari-Matti 0:09,1 ..............................................12.Kaljunen Mauri 0:04,7 13.Salminen Tero 0:09,9 ..................................................13. Latvala Matti 0:04,7 14.Junnila Jarno 0:10,0 ....................................................14.Puhakka Perttu 0:04,9 15.Kortesuo Mikko 0:10,4 ................................................15.Kosloff Joonas 0:04,9 16.Grönthal Sami 0:10,9 ...................................................16.Auraneva Juha-Matti 0:05,0 17.Auraneva Juha-Matti 0:11,2 ...........................................17.Salminen Petteri 0:05,1 18.Krouvi Mika 0:11,6 ........................................................18.Junnila Jarno 0:05,1 19.Sjölund Krister 0:11,8 ...................................................19.Nuorala Jaska 0:05,2... 20.Nikkinen Riku 0:12,4 .......................................................20.Kolehmainen Joonas 0:05,3 21.Salminen Petteri 0:12,9 ...................................................21Lahti Otto 0:05,3 22.Kalmi Jari 0:13,9 .............................................................22.Nikkinen Riku 0:05,5 23.Seppälä Antti 0:14,3 .......................................................23.Kalmi Jari 0:05,7 24.Ala-Talkkari Mikko 0:17,3 .................................................24.Grönthal Sami 0:06,0 25.Kosloff Joonas 0:18,1 .....................................................25.Sjölund Krister 0:06,2 26.Koivusaari Sami 0:18,2 ...................................................26.Krouvi Mika 0:06,5 27.Hiipakka Joni 0:20,5 .......................................................27.Koskinen Jari 0:07,1 28.Rekola Jere 0:20,9 ..........................................................28.Ruoppa Timo 0:07,3 29.Koskinen Jari 0:25,4 .......................................................29.Salminen Tero 0:07,3 Turunen Aki-Petri 0:25,4 .....................................................30.Kortesuo Mikko 0:07,3 31.Ketopaikka Tony 0:26,8 ..................................................31.Koivusaari Sami 0:07,7 32.Valkonen Pasi 0:28,8 ......................................................32.Ketopaikka Tony 0:08,3 33.Hintsala Timo 0:30,3 ......................................................33.Seppälä Antti 0:08,7 34.Paavilainen Petteri 0:30,7 ................................................34.Nurminen Juho 0:09,9 35.Öhberg Anders 0:30,9 ....................................................35.Riuttanen Jukka 0:10,0 36.Sundholm Christer 0:31,1 ...............................................36.Wirtanen Edgar 0:10,4 37.Halmela Jussi 0:31,5 .......................................................37.Sundholm Christer 0:10,6 38.Grönholm Jarno 0:32,9 ...................................................38.Wirman Tuomo 0:11,0 39.Latvala Matti 0:34,5 .........................................................39.Hintsala Timo 0:12,2 40.Wirman Tuomo 0:38,4 .....................................................40.Öhberg Anders 0:12,9 41.Sahlin Mathias 0:39,0 ......................................................41.Paavilainen Petteri 0:13,6 42.Riuttanen Jukka 0:39,6 ....................................................42.Halmela Jussi 0:13,7 43.Wirtanen Edgar 0:41,0 .....................................................43.Valkonen Pasi 0:14,4 44.Saari Sami 0:42,1 ............................................................44.Saari Sami 0:15,4 45.Nurminen Juho 0:48,2 46.Asikainen Kalle 5:44,5 ooops That's what we're missing by having a bunch of poofy classes 25 guys separated by 48 seconds Everybody gets a gold star will save American rally If B spec, why not D or H or M spec? Why not B AND C and D and ....? 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. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
I think we can see just using Gene's bullshit from yesterday when he lies and says I was going 50mph and Buffum was doing 60 and you were---balh blah you never done NUTHIN EVAR!!" for the 5000ths time----when the actual numbers was already from second even I was on average 2.2 mph slower and he was in the mid 40s...we see he dopesn't care---even when supplied the average speeds , he repeats "yeah that's what i said I was averaging 50mph, and you 40" therefore you don't know anything (which is his intent) We can conclude its an attack... as for the description of Vokes, well you can't believe everything you read on bathroom walls evidently. Sorry. 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. |
randyzimmer randy zimmer Professional Moderator Location: Buffalo, NY Join Date: 03/12/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 196 Rally Car: rallycross 13B Miata |
"B Spec" was a road racing thing Mazda and Honda got together on to make their crappiest (affordable) cars competitive with each other to "save racing" since they're having the same problem with no youngsters getting into racing. They get lapped 3x in a 1/2 hour race by Miatas. Pretty sure they're considered B body class (small) with A as super small and not for USA size people.
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Yeah I gathered..By why NOT B and C and D and E--all the way thru.. It's be just like Otter-cross....72 cars, 32 classes.. More winnerz for the winz.. More sponsors, the big time is just round the corner!!! 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. |
fliz Chad Eixenberger Junior Moderator Location: Grafton, WI Join Date: 02/01/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 484 Rally Car: 1988 VW Golf #687 |
My dad had a tractor with 14" paddle tires. I always wanted to try to mount a set for giggles. |
Reamer Jeff Reamer Senior Moderator Location: Marlette, Michigan Join Date: 08/14/2010 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 489 Rally Car: Subaru |
I think only the 45 car had true mud tires. He was super fast he caught and past me like i was stopped! It was an GD body N/A car. He was 3rd fast the last few stages of day 1. Conditons were as John discribes super muddy rainy crappy vision type roads. Some times may be slow for average speeds but i give props to the comitment a lot of guys gave. I did try to pull out the Honda from the one water hole he was stuck in. I couldnt do it with the power loss. I did manage to pull Pastrana out of the water hole he was stuck in!
Yes the Natinoal rally was a snooze but the regional top 6 were in a great battle!! First rally 2013 Rally car type AWD subaru Total rallies as driver 6 Total rally cars built 2 Total rally cars caged 3 Total rally cars repaired from offs 4 Total years racing exp other then rally 19 yrs Like 31motorsports on FB! Check out 31motor sales on ebay for used Subaru parts Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/20/2014 05:50PM by Reamer. |
bttmotorsport Jari Hamalainen Junior Moderator Location: Cape Coral, FL Join Date: 12/12/2010 Age: Ancient Posts: 119 Rally Car: Opel Monza, Chevy Monza to be finished 2012, BMW 318 iS |
B-spec seems to be about the same as we have back in Finland, the V1600 (Stock1600). It is a great class for a beginner, or someone who is already cooling down, or is out there for just to have fun ( as 95% of the field is...). Really no tire costs, stock engine/trans will probably go for at least 3 full seasons if you just remember to keep some basic mainentance on, easy to drive, and all parts could be bought basically from any shop around..
So, compared for being tenth owner of an beat up grF Starlet, which has most of its parts from different makes, most of them assembled by someone called "Jaska" in some backwoods shop with crappy tools and knowledge, and rest of it self made from few pieces of metal and fluxwelder.. Really easy and good solution, and when you have a few of similar cars in class, you would still need to give best of you to win the class, just the same as the big boys with 100x more budget and technology on the front of the pack... In US something like this could very well be the thing that saves rally, most of the hobbydrivers dont have the resources for top-of-the-line Open class 4wd, And many 2wd builds are also such an overkills technically, at least planned to be so, that they will end up behind the garage half-made at some point, or end up for sale for tenth of the expenses used... We made our debut here with completely stock 318is BMW, 192000 miles on it. I built that car on home garage in 2 months, car it self had a pricetag of 750usd. Rollcage, secondhand Bilsteins and countless hours in ebay scavenging secondhand parts for it. Total cost including the car was 5K.. And at 100aw it didn´t miss a beat.. We had a blast, even got some looong sideways with it due the well used Michelins that we got for free from Wilsons team... Car wasn´t fast, as are not the B-spec crs, but it was easy to drive and held together for the whole event.. We won the Production on both days, best overall time in the whole pack 18th... National and regional combined... So the cost of build isn´t everything, or Supra differential or mighty JVABS, not even to mention those Riegers that everybody seems to be talking about. If you check the stage times,compared to many 2WD cars for example James Robinson has been doing great with the Honda Fit, beating even many 4wd´s.. And cannot help saying, as John is so pissed for some reason for these B-spec or any other builds than 240´s or XR´s, seems that even back in the day production cars were quite fast compared to G2 Saab... =) |
DaveK Dave Kern Junior Moderator Location: Centennial Join Date: 07/11/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 1,085 Rally Car: Compact M3 & Evo IX |
Shit, I paid too much! ![]() There's nothing wrong with B-spec cars though it would be nice to have more than just 2 or 3 of them if its going to be a national level class. Our local hillclimb group has a rule that you need 6 cars average over the course of the season to create a new class, otherwise you just get lumped into an existing class (where you'll probably get whooped). Of course CD proved that just because you're in a B-Spec doesn't mean you have to be anywhere near the bottom of the results page. To be fair to B-spec, its not the only class that has suffered from low entries - Group 5 at Rally Colorado comes to mind. Like others, I'd love to see them drop the national/regional breakout on the results, because quite honestly, it's embarrassing when a national series tries to portray a "pro" image when there are only 15 or 20 cars. If I were a casual observer I'd be more impressed with an event that had 60+ entries and a drive who took a spot on the podium out of a class of 15 or 20 vs a class of 3 or 4. Dave |
NoCoast Grant Hughes Elite Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
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DaveK Dave Kern Junior Moderator Location: Centennial Join Date: 07/11/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 1,085 Rally Car: Compact M3 & Evo IX |
I'll take a picture of your trophies (yes more than one!) at the shop and will blast them out on twitface! |
HiTempguy Banned Professional Moderator Location: Red Deer, Alberta Join Date: 09/13/2011 Posts: 717 Rally Car: 2002 Subaru WRX STi |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Well for real mud there are these ![]() 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. |
Anders Green Anders Green Mod Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 03/30/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,478 Rally Car: Parked |
Mud slinging will save rally.
Lord knows this thread has enough of it. Knock it off you guys. There's plenty of room for that in some other thread. Start one if you need it. Because, obviously, this isn't a point proving thread. This is about saving rally. ![]() Anders Grassroots rally. It's what I think about. |