I can only speak to what i've seen since our first event, IRNY back in 2011. There have been minimal issues I've seen as a competitor. The organizers and workers work hard to keep the event moving, and with lots of helpful information before and during the event. There've been a couple times stages were transited or a non-rally related incident delayed a stage, but these were reasonably handled. We've worked other organizations' events in the past; the delays/reasons were all similar in nature. These are real roads, not some track, delays happen.
Safety has not been an issue from our end, and reasonable measures have been put in place. Every rally organization I've worked at has had issues at one time or another. But this thread isn't supposed to be about each organization's bad juju. We can start another thread about that if you want.
What we're here to talk about is the RNY RallySprint! I for one am happy to see that entries have increased. For once, it looks like we may see more evos than subarus
. This is not a hit on subarus, just that there's going to be some good competition at this event. I'd also like to think that Toltec and Black Box are responsible for bringing the PAWD class back. There's as many PAWD entries as AWD teams.
1 Keith Liggett, Scott Beliveau | Ford Focus 2000 2WD
2 Ivan Orisek, Olga Orisek | Subaru Impreza WRX 2000 PAWD, I&O Associates Mortgage Corp.
3 Joao Ferreira, Seth Achilles | VW GTi 2000 2WD
4 Alvin Fong, Billy Machin | Mitsubishi Evo 9 2000 PAWD blackboxrally.com
5 Michael O'Leary, John O'Leary | Mitsubishi Evo 10 2000 PAWD
6 Niall Johnson, Daniela Manago | Subaru Impreza WRX 2000 PAWD
7 Aidan McCormack, Kieran McElhinney | Mitsubishi Evo 6 2000 AWD McCormack Contracting Inc.
8 Danny O'Brien, James McKiernan | Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2500 AWD Midtown Concrete Corp.
9 Enda McCormack, Bernard Farrell | Mitsubishi Evo 6 2000 AWD McCormack Contracting Inc.
10 Cyril Kearney, Caitlyn Kearney | Subaru Impreza WRX 2000 AWD
11 Thomas Barton, Joachim Sandgaard | Mitsubishi EVO 4 2000 PAWD
12 Martin Donnelly, TBA | Mitsubishi Evo 9 2000 AWD
https://www.rallies.info/webentry/2012/newyorksumsp/entries.php?type=u