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on4now4
08-03-2010, 06:49 AM
Well im new to actually participating in the sport but i have been watching videos for years lol :P. I am still only doing rally-x but i plan to eventually get into stage rallying just being a 19 year old college kid it gets expansive and i don't have all that much money.

on another note i see no point in spending the money to enter if i am not competitive so i need somewhere that i can practice in order to get good enough to compete or even possibly win :D... what do you guys do to practice? the rally-x's are only once a month and it just isn't enough I'm looking for something that i can go do every day and be able to truly master driving on louse surfaces... any ideas?
bentmettle
08-03-2010, 07:35 AM
I'm looking for something that i can go do every day and be able to truly master driving on louse surfaces... any ideas?

http://mattresszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mattresses-in-landfill.jpg

This is one option for louse.

A driving school, like O'Neils in NH, or one of the other schools in Florida or Texas might be another for loose surface driving.

Driving anything competitively is going to help. There are some tracks local to Detroit. Kart racing in Jackson, etc.
jimmy
08-03-2010, 08:22 AM
Ice racing.

press on,
on4now4
08-04-2010, 03:50 PM
Ice racing.

press on,

Although that would help a huge amount as far as i know and correct me if I'm wrong. But the lakes that ice racing takes place on are not frozen all year around?
BajaBill
08-05-2010, 05:43 AM
Get a job doing some sort of driving.

I drive dirt roads everyday to get to work:) (pipeline construction)

Bill Holmes
Truck #44
shiloff
08-05-2010, 06:14 AM
Enter some TSD rallies. You just missed CAST In Stone, which started in the Ann Arbor area on July 31. These are a great way to learn course following. Most of Detroit Region, SCCA's rallies are a very high percentage of dirt/gravel roads.

POR (Press On Regarless)...the original TSD rally...will be hosted by Detroit Region on September 10-11, this year. It starts in Indian River, MI and will cover approximately 500 miles using many of the old stage rally roads in the upper part of the lower peninsula and the upper peninsula of Michigan. Although it is not a "stage rally" the event is still considered a brisk TSD rally and provides a challenge to both driver and navigator to stay on course and on time.

For more information, check the Detroit Region web site www.detroit-scca.org.
on4now4
08-05-2010, 08:52 AM
Enter some TSD rallies. You just missed CAST In Stone, which started in the Ann Arbor area on July 31. These are a great way to learn course following. Most of Detroit Region, SCCA's rallies are a very high percentage of dirt/gravel roads.

POR (Press On Regarless)...the original TSD rally...will be hosted by Detroit Region on September 10-11, this year. It starts in Indian River, MI and will cover approximately 500 miles using many of the old stage rally roads in the upper part of the lower peninsula and the upper peninsula of Michigan. Although it is not a "stage rally" the event is still considered a brisk TSD rally and provides a challenge to both driver and navigator to stay on course and on time.

For more information, check the Detroit Region web site www.detroit-scca.org.

I actually almost went to the Cast in Stone TSD, but my family talked me out of it at the last minute :(. What am i missing about TSD Rally's? Are you required to stick to the speed limits? I mean they are on open roads correct? it seems like that would take most of the fun out of it but a lot of people have told me i am very wrong, i guess i just need to come out and try it one day. I'm getting more and more tempted to go to the Ohio events because i just cant wait a month in between the Detroit events.
RichardM
08-05-2010, 09:05 AM
Yes you are required to stick to the speed limit in a TSD rally. It can still be fun. And it always is good practice for driver/co-driver communication.
BenSlocum
08-05-2010, 11:12 AM
I've done 50 stage rallies. I look forward to POR for months ahead of time. It's well worth it.
jeffy
08-05-2010, 11:50 AM
TSD, Ice race, Rally-x, heck even autocross (pretend cones are TREES) all these help.
More advice- work some events, get your ham license. crew for a few teams.
Lots of us got our start that way - right Ben?, right Jimmy?
BenSlocum
08-05-2010, 01:48 PM
TSD, Ice race, Rally-x, heck even autocross (pretend cones are TREES) all these help.
More advice- work some events, get your ham license. crew for a few teams.
Lots of us got our start that way - right Ben?, right Jimmy?

Yes sir! For Jimmy though, I think God invented Rally so Jimmy would have something to do in his Methuselahistic age.

What came first? Rally or Jimmy? Or the wheel or Jimmy?
on4now4
08-06-2010, 06:22 AM
TSD, Ice race, Rally-x, heck even autocross (pretend cones are TREES) all these help.
More advice- work some events, get your ham license. crew for a few teams.
Lots of us got our start that way - right Ben?, right Jimmy?

How do i get into work some events? Ham license? iv been looking at getting a rally America license... how do i find teams to crew for? I'm sure a lot of it can be found on this website correct?

Also just wondering have any of you manager to actually make money at the sport?
bentmettle
08-06-2010, 06:27 AM
1. Work events- just show up usually. The event websites will have information on volunteering.
2. Ham License- check out the AARL. http://www.arrl.org/
3. Teams to crew for. Ask in Crew forum. I live in Ann Arbor and could use some help, well, anytime.
4. No. Sport is still essentially a hobby currently for 98% of people out there. Work to get the best job you can if you want to participate regularly.
jeffy
08-06-2010, 06:47 AM
It's easy to make a small furtune in rally ... just start with a large one.
Albascoob
08-09-2010, 05:07 PM
What Jimmy and Jeffy said...
Rally X, auto x, track days, ice racing, TSD (POR is the closest you'll get to stage rally without doing one. Try CAST 30 on MI 2 track at night in a street car)
Unless you have land access, stage rally practice is rare for some, not an option for the rest of us.
Introduce yourself at Crystal later this month.
on4now4
08-10-2010, 06:49 PM
What Jimmy and Jeffy said...
Rally X, auto x, track days, ice racing, TSD (POR is the closest you'll get to stage rally without doing one. Try CAST 30 on MI 2 track at night in a street car)
Unless you have land access, stage rally practice is rare for some, not an option for the rest of us.
Introduce yourself at Crystal later this month.

oh i will be at crystal as long as i dont break the car lol, im still fixing it from the last race in ohio... but im already registered im the red conquest