[spoier]

Wow... check out the entry list for the second round of the Finnish National Championship:

http://www.mantta.fi/yritykset/tenab/v2004/040221l.htm

Not bad for a country of 5 million

Guess I'll have to stop dissing Hondas too, there are a lot of them entered in that rally!

Skye

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Skye Poier
Seattle WA
Vive le Prole-le-Ralliat!
Grp5 Ford Sierra (XR4Ti) under construction
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Black Rocket Rally Tires
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[Scott K]

Check out the cars... should go just to see the hardware let alone the driving.

 

[rallytaff]

Quite a few Finns I see!

 

[Brian J]

Damn. With all of those Evos I thought it was a NEDiv club event!}>

 

[nicebloke]

I've never seen so many "k"s and "n"s in one document in my life.

There's a few heavyweight names in there too:
Juusu Pykalisto
Jari-Matti Latvala
Sebastian Lindholm
Kosti Katajamaki

Also, Janne Touhino's co-driver, Jukka Aho, is entered as a driver in an Evo 7. Interesting.

Neil.
Team SoCalRally Audi Quattro

 

[spoier]

Keep in mind too, this is a *snow* event

Skye

 

[Wink Timber]

The Finnish national rallies are roughly equivalent to SCCA CLUB rallies in length (50 to 80 miles), and there are only about 6 to 8 events that make up the National championship.

So it is sort of like running a Divisional series in the U.S.

... but with a whole lot better competition!