44 pages later and we finally have something that will save rally!



In all seriousness, this is Brooks Freehill. The same Brooks that used to have the Thule Jetta 10 years ago that did the huge jump at Rim of the World super special. He stopped rallying and started doing cheap enduro stuff a few years back. Last year he built a BMW for Chumpcar, did a few Chump races with it then did a few hill climbs and this year ran Rally Idaho with the BMW. The Gremlin is his Lemons car that he decided to do a hill climb with.
It doesn't take a whole lot of added cage to make a car that can run multiple types of events.

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Grant Hughes

i love that gremlin!

what will help save rallying is, lowering the cost!

it seems most folks go to other forms of motoursport do to cost.

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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!

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tdrrally
i love that gremlin!

what will help save rallying is, lowering the cost!

it seems most folks go to other forms of motoursport do to cost.

I think that many do. It's easy to think about those people.

But on the flip side, how many people have come to the sport of rally from something cheaper?

I'd say it's almost a wash and maybe even go as far as saying that people that love motorsport will always do motorsport in some fashion, regardless of the level or committment. (See footnote on uber-volunteers who are past rally competitors).

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tdrrally
it seems most folks go to other forms of motoursport do to cost.

It's like getting tired of skydiving so going to the indoor skydiving instead.

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Grant Hughes

my first love is rally
but i can only spend so much, so i build a rally car to run once or twice a year or build a roadracer and race 4-6 times a year?

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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!

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tdrrally
my first love is rally
but i can only spend so much, so i build a rally car to run once or twice a year or build a roadracer and race 4-6 times a year?

Or I build a rally car and run it for a while/several years. Then when I can only afford to run 1 rally a year, I hillclimb or time trial or HPDE it. And I work 2 or 3 rallies a year to help keep the sport I love alive. BTDT.

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Don Kennedy

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tdrrally
my first love is rally
but i can only spend so much, so i build a rally car to run once or twice a year or build a roadracer and race 4-6 times a year?

Rally. You might only be able to visit Europe a couple times a year, but that's still better than 4-6 trips to Six Flags.

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Nubby

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tdrrally
my first love is rally
but i can only spend so much, so i build a rally car to run once or twice a year or build a roadracer and race 4-6 times a year?

Rally. You might only be able to visit Europe a couple times a year, but that's still better than 4-6 trips to Six Flags.

I don't know....doesn't 6 flags have those skydiving fans?


This thread is awesome BTW.

i do want to try those skydive fan things too

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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!

Hillclimbs will save rally!!!

Wait, did I say hillclimbs will save rally? I changed my mind.

NO HILLCLIMBS will save rally!

Wait, did I say no hillclimbs will save rally? I changed my mind.

Hillclimbs will save rally!!!

Wait, did I say hillclimbs will save rally? I changed my mind.

NO HILLCLIMBS will save rally!

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

For Immediate Release:

All spectator locations for the remainder of the Rally-America 2014 championship will have skydiving fans*. What's better than seeing a rally car at full chat through the forests? Seeing that shit while hovering in midair over a skydiving fan motherfuckahs!!!!!

* All fans who wish to spectate a stage while hovering on a skydiving fan must be 21 years of age and sign a liability waiver. Skydiving suit and helmet will be supplied by the organizers but you must supply your own awesome-sauce.

I'm ready for skydiving fans!

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

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Nubby
For Immediate Release:

All spectator locations for the remainder of the Rally-America 2014 championship will have skydiving fans*. What's better than seeing a rally car at full chat through the forests? Seeing that shit while hovering in midair over a skydiving fan motherfuckahs!!!!!

* All fans who wish to spectate a stage while hovering on a skydiving fan must be 21 years of age and sign a liability waiver. Skydiving suit and helmet will be supplied by the organizers but you must supply your own awesome-sauce.

For instantaneous release:

Access to all Rally America spectator points will now cost $250 per attendee.

Attendees must also hold a valid skydiving fan license available for $100 through the United States Skydiving Association.

i'm cornfused

are we pro hill climbs and anti-skydiving fans or pro skydiving fans and anti-hillclimbs?

or pro skydiving fans and hillclimbs?

i'm still pro rally in any event

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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!

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tdrrally
but i can only spend so much, so i build a rally car to run once or twice a year or build a roadracer and race 4-6 times a year?

Or you build one that can do both!
Chumpcar and Rally Idaho in attached pictures.

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Grant Hughes