Clubs and social structures, build vs buy, Life the Universe and Everything
Posted by john vanlandingham
John Vanlandingham Senior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
My good friend Andre Steere wrote something in our epic :The next big thing that;s going save US Rally this in respone to Danster from Scotlands description of the club structure in Scotland and tat other country below them, Pommieland or Angleterre or whatever it is.
I mentioned I had become dimly aware years ago and even worked together with a young journalist on a couple of magazine "features" on the differences between the US, where the competition was thin and not a lot of racing, and Sweden where Swedish Championship events were considered harder to win than World Championship events Anyway just so you guys can have a laugh and say Jeeezuz, the fawker hasn't changed his tune in 35 years, but it does apply to us'n cause rally is organsied the same way, Anyway hope they're legible..(There some things edited for the US readership, din't want to talk too much about working under the table, no taxes, being illegal etc) 
See the photo credits??? 
Still have the wooly hat 
Top piccie RIP my best friend, killed on a transit at a European Championship Enduro in the Italian Dolomite Alps.. adieu Lennart "Frissen" Andersson Lower piccie, me about to swoop that guy and stomp him. 
We need clubs. We'll never have them. We'll stay microscopic and in permanent crisis.. 1 in a million 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. |
Kirk Coughlin Junior Moderator Location: Saint Paul, MN Join Date: 01/08/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 493 Rally Car: Dreaming of escorts and xrats |
OH MY GOD!!!!
They had cameras way back when you were growing up! Hee hee hee hee hee!    Kirk Coughlin Woodbury, MN and River Falls, WI Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. |
Anders Green Ultra Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 03/30/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,478 Rally Car: Parked |
From page 43: "A typical club race: PA system, bulldozers, flagmen and lots of spectators."
THE NEXT BIG THING TO SAVE RALLY IS BULLDOZERS!!! 
Anders Grassroots rally. It's what I think about. |
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) |
JV awake = Bullshitter JV napping = Bulldozer? (In this context - which is as a joke - Bullshitter is simply a description of someone who can talk at length on just about any topic and is not meant to be derogatory in any way) 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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Haggis Muncher Elite Moderator Location: Haggisland UK Join Date: 01/04/2013 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 409 Rally Car: VWs (for my sins) |
Woah woah woah Anders, have you really taken the time to check out the specifications of these bulldozers? What classes would they run in? I mean a CAT D9 is packing around 400hp. And a CAT D11 has around 800hp. And both their engines are sporting at least one of those dangerous turbo things. Just what sort of restrictors would need fitted to slow the dozers down and save the children from certain doom? That aside I do like your idea of yellow vehicles being allowed to compete, maybe there could be a class created where I could enter a Suzuki "Swift" RM250? If I can re-engineer Mr Suzukis woeful attempts at engine development and the curse of the 2 stroke powervalve then I will get this project fired up and start smokin again!  Disappointingly not yet a Jackass |
Andrew Steere Mod 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 |
We're gonna have to put restrictors on those bulldozers. Or only allow them to use rubber tracks, or both. Andrew Steere Lyndeborough, NH KB1PJY |
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Andrew Steere Mod 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 |
Banned Mod Moderator Location: Red Deer, Alberta Join Date: 09/13/2011 Posts: 717 Rally Car: 2002 Subaru WRX STi |
So, you're saying you need to drink while reading RallyAnarchy, or should? Maybe both??
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Andrew Steere Mod 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 |
A cocktail or two is always good for finding your way into the spirit world, or at least making you give less of a shiitake about stupid things. You don't NEED it for Rally Anarchy. Specialstage on the other hand? Yeah, that's pretty much unreadable unless you're lit like a Roman Candle. Andrew Steere Lyndeborough, NH KB1PJY |
Anders Green Ultra Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 03/30/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,478 Rally Car: Parked |
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