Oooo! The next "this will save rally" is almost here!
Posted by Anders Green
John Huebbe Junior Moderator Location: St. Peters, MO Join Date: 08/31/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 283 Rally Car: 1970 VW Beetle & 1991 Subaru Legacy |
Well, Minnesota roads lend themselves to long stages and very short transits. There are some times where you run a 10 or 12 mile stage, transit 2 miles, then run another long stage. They have some of the best compact stages (although the initial transit out to the forest is long). Their schedule was actually fairly relaxed. Going from memory we started around noon with Parc Expose', rallied at 1:00pm, done by 9:00pm right at dark. Great little party afterwards. But I do agree with you. I wouldn't want to start at 5:00am and get done after midnight just to get in a few more miles. |
) having beers at 10 or 11pm. Not 2 in the morning.
Andrew Steere Ultra Moderator Location: South Central Nude Hamster Join Date: 12/29/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 2,008 Rally Car: too rich for my blood, share a LeMons car |
John Vanlandingham Godlike Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Banned Senior Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Jeff Reamer Senior Moderator Location: Marlette, Michigan Join Date: 08/14/2010 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 489 Rally Car: Subaru |
Alex Staidle Junior Moderator Location: Δx = ħ/2Δp Join Date: 08/21/2009 Age: Settling Down Posts: 1,719 Rally Car: Various Heaps |
Grant Hughes Ultra Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Banned Senior Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Kristopher Marciniak Ultra Moderator Location: Long Beach Join Date: 10/20/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 124 Rally Car: 2003 Dodge Neon |
Organizers HP Rally Group, LLC Dba: Southwest Rally Group http://www.southwestrallyseries.com AKA: Denise McMahon 848 N. Rainbow Blvd. #4762 Las Vegas, NV 89107-1103 http://www.maillinkplus.com/ 299 South Main St. Salt Lake City, UT 84111 http://www.davincivirtual.com/loc/us/utah/salt-lake-city-virtual-offices/facility-1326 An organizer living / operating in California, registers a business in Nevada which is just a mail drop, and then starts an LLC in Utah using a Virtual Office and that Mail Drop address to order insurance for rally events. = Legitimate Business! 
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Banned Senior Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Andrew Steere Ultra Moderator Location: South Central Nude Hamster Join Date: 12/29/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 2,008 Rally Car: too rich for my blood, share a LeMons car |
This sounds about as sketchy as some years of Rally New York. On the flip-side, that sounds about the same as what you'd have to do to register most any rally car that may ever see use in Cauliflaurnia. Probably waaaaay easier to make the business based out of Nevada and/or Utah than to jump through the hoops of creating a business that Governor Moonbeam would probably see as drunk street racing in a school zone. 
Most corporate persons are residents of low-tax, low-liability states like Nevada and Deleware. Utah's never been afraid of capitalists, but they sure didn't like George Washington Hayduke (wait, wut?). Fugitive Dust will Save Rally!!!! Andrew Steere Lyndeborough, NH KB1PJY |
Grant Hughes Ultra Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Aaron Luptak Junior Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
Just playing devil's advocate here - no defense of Denise intended - but I was under the impression it's pretty standard practice to use a service company (like "UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC." listed at that address) to act as the registered agent for a LLC. And the mail drop? perhaps someone doesn't want their home address attached to a public record business filing? I know I wasn't thrilled about putting my home address, or myself as registered agent, on my LLC, but was too cheap to do otherwise. Why the hell she registered the LLC in Utah I have no idea. (My LLC had a way cooler name too...)  KF7RWG 
http://www.utahrallygroup.com |
Kevin Turner Godlike Moderator Location: Newark, DE Join Date: 01/27/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 364 Rally Car: 2wd Impreza... dude you should do an sti swap |
Banned Senior 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) |
I wish I could get a handle on why certain events decide to go 'independent.'
Maybe its because I understand the 'independent oversight' that comes with being sanctioned (at least in Canada, and I'd assume in both RA and NASA) but other than wanting to get 'cheaper' insurance I can only imagine the motivation is to be 'doing things our way.' I also strongly believe that 'self sanctioning' isn't possible. Most people don't think about these things, but it's something that would make me reconsider entering an event. But who knows, maybe: Unsanctioned Events will save rally. 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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