[Ole]

Looks like everybody is having a hoot of a good time at RNY !

http://www.rallynewyork.com/rnyusa06-results.html


Check the penalties
... seems like lots of people have been out "cone hunting" ;-)


.. even with 30 seconds (?) of penalty time,
Seamus is showin' everybody how it's done !



Stage 3 (of 5) was canceled, and they have all finished SS4,5 ...

 

[jandreini]

Sooo...I see SS1 & 2; nothing more.

>Looks like everybody is having a hoot of a good time at RNY
>!
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> http://www.rallynewyork.com/rnyusa06-results.html
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>Check the penalties
> ... seems like lots of people have been out "cone hunting"
>;-)
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>
> .. even with 30 seconds (?) of penalty time,
>Seamus is showin' everybody how it's done !
>
>
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>Stage 3 (of 5) was canceled, and they have all finished SS4,5
>...
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>

 

[Pete Kuncis]

Yes. Stage 3 was scratched. Only retirement I know so far is that Charlie Donnelly (Evo 2) is out because of a blown headgasket. Few others missing, but no idea why.

Pete <-- wet feet

 

[NCWrencher]

unfortunately I'm stuck in Hong Kong right now, and thus unable to attend this event that I was very much looking forward to working at... can somebody shed some light on whats going on over there? There are only 2 stages shown on the live scoring, and what happened to Anton/Durant? They seem to have dissapeared after the first stage?

Otis seems to be duing pretty darn good, I just hope his pistons stay in solid phase. Kuhner seems to be doing pretty good, too (for his first rally as a driver rather than a mechanic)!

 

[Mad Mike]

>Check the penalties

Really ... Is there a flux capacitor sync issue going on there or wut? ;-) 6 M Early, 1 M Early, 5 M Late, 4 M Late, 2 M Late, 2 Min Late, 5 M Early, 3 M Early, 1 M Late, 2 Min Late.

Halley ...
http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZrealautosport
Then, BBBBB (Bring Back Big Bend Bash)
http://www.realautosport.com

 

[John Vanos]

Just spoke via. text message with Alan (codriving for Otis) he said something in the gear selector broke so they will have to restart tomorrow...

 

[NCWrencher]

Otis needs to take a page from the Richard book of car prep and change that little piece after every rally, regardless of performance.....

 

[Josh wimpey]

Just talked to Jeremy on the phone. He said the stages were fun and very fast. Heard a rumor of over 130mph!!!

 

[Don Kennedy]

1:00 Saturday, and still no scores for today?

 

[randyzimmer]

2:25 nada (3)
Thunder 102 knows nothing too - I called.
rz

 

[Don Kennedy]

2:35, scores thru 9, 10 and 11 running.

 

[RRR_K2]

>Check the penalties
> ... seems like lots of people have been out "cone hunting"
>;-)

Looks more like a Rally-X. :+ No wait, make that an Auto-X...this is a tarmac event ;-)

Matt Kennedy
www.RockyRoadRacing.com

edit: grammAr

 

[XenoWolf]

I don't want to stir up shit, but curiosity is getting the better of me: What was up with the 'protest' I overheard some marshals talking about during the final two stages?

 

[gplsek]

I am sorry but getting penalized in Rally for hitting cones is a joke.
If you are going to make a shikane make it like they did at 100AW, you hit it you penalize your self and your car.

Good work Seamus!!

-gp

 

[Steve McKelvie]

If every car that hit a cone at RNY was assumed to be damaged such that it could not continue, then 9 cars would have been running at the end.

Steve McKelvie

 

[Anders Green]

Cosgrove: 20 M Late at TC 7B (after morning Service D)
Burmeister: 27 M Late at TC 12 (after the mid-day Service F)
Arango: 10 M Late at TC 14A (after SS 14)

Wow, what happened there??!!?? There must be an interesting stories...

Cheers,
Anders

 

[Don Kennedy]

So the chicane penalties wern't counted? What good were they? Change the rules in the middle of the game, eh! Sounds fair to me?

 

[Eric Burmeister]

>Burmeister: 27 M Late at TC 12 (after the mid-day Service F)

We had some axle rebuilding fun at a service after a boot ripped. Still learning all the ins and outs of this car.

Our stage times earned us 11th OA and were more than 4 min. faster than any other 2wd car, so it was a great prove out for the Mazda3 and I'm happy to get a good 2nd 2wd finish.

Congrats to Mark Lawrence. He makes that Golf go mighty fast for a 1.8L 8V car.

Incredible rally. I am intrigued. I spent last weekend at Gingerman Raceway in Michigan testing and setting up the car for pavement. After we did recce, I realized how ROUGH this event is...not your "typical" tarmac event.

Dave did awesome with pacenoting and codriving and the crew were great. Whiteman and Paulin replaced their Dodge jackets with Mazda swag to help me and Brian, Bobi, and Pop all worked very hard all weekend.

I was sick as a dog most of the week and weekend...the crew had to do everything. Thanks guys. BTW...Ivan...you need more porta potties at the service areas.

I fully intend to do more tarmac rallies till I figure this stuff out. Thanks Ivan and the rest of the RNY crew. We had a great time.

Lurch

 

[John Cassidy]

Wow, Tom by 3 seconds over Seamus!? Can't wait to hear some of the stories from the event!

Congrats to Dave Anton on what looks to be a great drive! Also congrats to Emilio Arce as he's another quick guy you're sure to see more of in the future!

From the look of the penalties, there must have been a disturbance in the force that affected the rally computers and watches? Some people got more penalties than stage times! ;-)

I do have one story that I'm sure will elaborated on later. Dave Getchell and Duncan Matlack, from the LDR crew were car OO, course opening in Dave's WRX wagon. He worked on the damn thing to get it ready for the two weeks prior to the event. Power steering pump was acting up the day prior to the event and he seached high and low for a replacement. Found one and attempted the install and it wasn't quite right.

After all that, they go down and loose the engine on SS8! :-( Dave is on his way back down to NY with his truck and trailer after coming back to Maine in a rental car last night.

He also told me that an EVO ended up in a beaver pond backwards? Do tell!

John

 

[Ole]

> So the chicane penalties wern't counted?
> What good were they?
> Change the rules in the middle of the game, eh!
> Sounds fair to me?


I hope this is a joke ..... x(