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John, lets get one thing straight, you seem cereal about this. What are you exactly wanting to see. To me rally for the US doesn't look to be in a bad situation. Like it has been stated before the distance between each rally is ridiculous as compared to europe. But I doubt we can go around shrinking the US. There are 720 million people in europe and 320 million in the US.
3.931 million sq miles Europe 3.794 million sq miles USA So when you have twice the people in about the same amount of space you can't really expect the same results. I will agree with one thing, the time I have seen non rally people get interested in rally is when Hero stories are told. That is the thing that connects non rally people into rally. Stories of battles, stories of winning as under dog. I am still confused as to what the goal is. To save rally? Are there rallies to go to, yes. Can you get your car to dorifto on the dirt, yes. Is someone paying you to do it, no. Do most rally drivers have to pay there way, yes. Bringing european guys over here to kick our asses won't help any. Taking our american butts and kicking some european tail will help. Bringing WRC will help, but only one part of the country that will be able to attend. Also I don't see why more ruling's wouldn't help. Slow the top guys down so they don't wreck as much (2.0 Liter motors) and bring the field closer together. It is kind of annoying to see 2 min gaps in the standings as opposed to a battle of swapping out for the lead. It's not about penalizing anyone, its about bringing the field closer together. also who wants to go drive 4 hours and go sit at this corner and watch several people screw up a hairpin. I sure don't. Please go practice your hairpins, its called ralycross and it will save rally 
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uhm yea, i work at a engineering firm where if you mispell a single word ODOT will kick back your plans. So I know what your saying, but this is not the place for that kind of thing. This is the place to hash out new ideas, not get butt hurt over rules of the English language. So we can have this argument all day long if you want, but its not going to get anywhere. By the way comparing forum posting to your resume is like wearing a suit and tie to the go kart track. There is a time and a place for everything.[/quote] + Juan. One word clearly wrong is nothing. even a missing word is still seldom a big deal IN THIS CONTEXT... There's something called logic and often logically there can be only one word that makes sense... Since dialog is actually a highly cooperative process---ie we all grant certain basic assumptions to others (until like some we understand clearly that they don't do the same and are writing just to be pricks) so we kinda go along... And fill in the blanks--or self correct...and at most play around with the mstake and have a laugh TOGETHER. No biggie.  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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