| Geek Guy | 12-29-2011 11:12 AM |
[quote=greycar;35987486]I just ate a lot of Tacos. Tacos are the key to being a top level rally driver. Make sure you have hot sauce too.[/quote]
I think I need to shoot for a Taco Bell sponsorship.
I think I need to shoot for a Taco Bell sponsorship.
| 2005wrxowner1 | 12-29-2011 02:52 PM |
tacos are certainly the key. i would love to do rally. but i cant even get a job right now..
so forget going places. we have the trailer and the diesel truck.. even a rallycross car..
just not the funds needed right now, maybe later someday.
so forget going places. we have the trailer and the diesel truck.. even a rallycross car..
just not the funds needed right now, maybe later someday.
| WhiteoutRally | 12-29-2011 04:00 PM |
[quote=EMOKID;35972358]Rich parents[/quote]
Or this thing called hard work, dedication, and commitment. We build our car with no cash sponsorship, limited discounts, and lots of blood sweat and hard work. Most of us who actually rally, do so almost completely funded by our own pockets. I go to school part time, work 60 hours a week as an exempt employee (no overtime) at a hospital, and have started and run an LLC with two DBA's, one running the team and another doing consulting and digital media as I used to be a action sports photographer.
If there is a will there is a way, and as Jon mentioned, we are always looking to get people hooked in our sport. There are ways into the sport without breaking the bank, for example buying an already built car can save boatloads of $$ as well as letting you concentrate on driving and learning proper technique and how events work. Thats the great thing about rally, its so much more then what happens just on stage. From needing to learn pace notes, how to do recce at some events, how to keep on time and proper check-in check-out procedures, staying on your minute, servicing, etc.
Or this thing called hard work, dedication, and commitment. We build our car with no cash sponsorship, limited discounts, and lots of blood sweat and hard work. Most of us who actually rally, do so almost completely funded by our own pockets. I go to school part time, work 60 hours a week as an exempt employee (no overtime) at a hospital, and have started and run an LLC with two DBA's, one running the team and another doing consulting and digital media as I used to be a action sports photographer.
If there is a will there is a way, and as Jon mentioned, we are always looking to get people hooked in our sport. There are ways into the sport without breaking the bank, for example buying an already built car can save boatloads of $$ as well as letting you concentrate on driving and learning proper technique and how events work. Thats the great thing about rally, its so much more then what happens just on stage. From needing to learn pace notes, how to do recce at some events, how to keep on time and proper check-in check-out procedures, staying on your minute, servicing, etc.
| UP2MTNS | 12-29-2011 10:41 PM |
other things that help:
1) don't have babies
2) avoid a girlfriend....or if you have to have one, make sure she's really friggin' cool. bonus points if you can actually meet a girl at a rally event.
3) don't have babies.
4) Rent...or don't buy a house where you can barely afford the mortgage.
5) Whether you buy or build, at least make sure its something you like....I can't imaging spending as much time as I do working on a car that I'm just not really 'into'. (I don't care how cheap and easy JVL says it is....you'll just never see me racing a Volvo)
6) Its RALLY. Its meant to be hard, frustrating, character building, expensive, mentally and physically challenging. The faster you realize that, the more fun you'll have.
Remember: Its all worth it when the Monday after a race, and one of your co-workers asked how your weekend was, and you reply with, "I raced my Mo%@#er Fu@#$ing RALLY CAR. How do you THINK my weekend was?"
7) for the love of god, DON'T have babies.
1) don't have babies
2) avoid a girlfriend....or if you have to have one, make sure she's really friggin' cool. bonus points if you can actually meet a girl at a rally event.
3) don't have babies.
4) Rent...or don't buy a house where you can barely afford the mortgage.
5) Whether you buy or build, at least make sure its something you like....I can't imaging spending as much time as I do working on a car that I'm just not really 'into'. (I don't care how cheap and easy JVL says it is....you'll just never see me racing a Volvo)
6) Its RALLY. Its meant to be hard, frustrating, character building, expensive, mentally and physically challenging. The faster you realize that, the more fun you'll have.
Remember: Its all worth it when the Monday after a race, and one of your co-workers asked how your weekend was, and you reply with, "I raced my Mo%@#er Fu@#$ing RALLY CAR. How do you THINK my weekend was?"
7) for the love of god, DON'T have babies.
| Back Road Runner | 12-29-2011 11:02 PM |
Haha UP2MTNS.
Yes, disposable income is necessary, and babies are money sucking vortexes.
Yes, disposable income is necessary, and babies are money sucking vortexes.
| UP2MTNS | 12-29-2011 11:13 PM |
[quote=UP2MTNS;35993255]
Remember: Its all worth it when the Monday after a race, and one of your co-workers asked how your weekend was, and you reply with, "I raced my Mo%@#er Fu@#$ing RALLY CAR. How do you THINK my weekend was?"
[/quote]
for posterity, I decided to animate:
[IMG]http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/12/29/f9a55c81-276f-484c-bb8e-63119cf1d4ab.png[/IMG]
Remember: Its all worth it when the Monday after a race, and one of your co-workers asked how your weekend was, and you reply with, "I raced my Mo%@#er Fu@#$ing RALLY CAR. How do you THINK my weekend was?"
[/quote]
for posterity, I decided to animate:
[IMG]http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/12/29/f9a55c81-276f-484c-bb8e-63119cf1d4ab.png[/IMG]
| Geek Guy | 12-29-2011 11:15 PM |
[quote=2005wrxowner1;35990034]tacos are certainly the key. i would love to do rally. but i cant even get a job right now..
so forget going places. we have the trailer and the diesel truck.. even a rallycross car..
just not the funds needed right now, maybe later someday.[/quote]
Come crew for me at Sandblast?
so forget going places. we have the trailer and the diesel truck.. even a rallycross car..
just not the funds needed right now, maybe later someday.[/quote]
Come crew for me at Sandblast?
| rossl | 12-29-2011 11:57 PM |
Holy thread resurrection. The first post was in 2001, and the OP last logged on in 2002. I wonder if he ever became a rally driver in the past ten years? :)
| akuhner | 12-30-2011 12:43 AM |
[quote=akuhner;18648471]Great start, Manny... you've shown that you did a search by bumping an age old thread on something close to (but not exactly) your topic, but you didn't manage to find any of the dozen or so threads where people go into great detail on how to get into rally. Nor did you notice that saying "I LOVE RACING ON THE STREETS" is going to get you flamed around here. I hope you are a better driver than you are an interweb user.... ;)
Haha, good to see my old goal. I still carry that goal, but now the "season or two" of rallies is put off until I finish paying for my daughter's college (she is 9... months old). In the mean time I revised that goal down to buying any old Subaru rally car I could and finishing two rallies. I achieved that goal 3 months before the baby was born and now the car is collecting dust in the garage.
I'm too lazy, can someone else find a couple of the "here's how to get into rally" threads for this guy?
Alex[/quote]
Quoting myself, having quoted myself - I eventually sold the rally car, having met the goal of finishing two rallies it didn't make sense to keep it around.
The path to driving in a rally starts with two words: get involved.
Come back once you've done that and have some more detailed next step questions - though if those questions aren't being answered by the experience you get or the people you meet, then you are doing it wrong. Rally people are very eager to help get serious people get involved and get behind the wheel, so if you aren't getting that help you are either a) hopeless, or b) not involved long enough yet. After 6 years of volunteering at events, organizing rally crosses, and crewing for a serious team I had all the support I could want to get out there on the cheap.
Alex
Haha, good to see my old goal. I still carry that goal, but now the "season or two" of rallies is put off until I finish paying for my daughter's college (she is 9... months old). In the mean time I revised that goal down to buying any old Subaru rally car I could and finishing two rallies. I achieved that goal 3 months before the baby was born and now the car is collecting dust in the garage.
I'm too lazy, can someone else find a couple of the "here's how to get into rally" threads for this guy?
Alex[/quote]
Quoting myself, having quoted myself - I eventually sold the rally car, having met the goal of finishing two rallies it didn't make sense to keep it around.
The path to driving in a rally starts with two words: get involved.
Come back once you've done that and have some more detailed next step questions - though if those questions aren't being answered by the experience you get or the people you meet, then you are doing it wrong. Rally people are very eager to help get serious people get involved and get behind the wheel, so if you aren't getting that help you are either a) hopeless, or b) not involved long enough yet. After 6 years of volunteering at events, organizing rally crosses, and crewing for a serious team I had all the support I could want to get out there on the cheap.
Alex
| KC | 12-30-2011 07:02 AM |
On the cheap: Covering the crew's hotel & food, right? You can go really crazy and cover the alkeyhaul too. (But you'd have to be loaded to do something like that!!!)
--kC
--kC
| totc | 12-30-2011 07:18 AM |
[quote=KC;35994729]On the cheap: Covering the crew's hotel & food, right? You can go really crazy and cover the alkeyhaul too. (But you'd have to be loaded to do something like that!!!)
--kC[/quote]
If I am coming from far away I expect for the guy who I am crewing for to at least have a place for me to sleep and food in my belly. It doesn't have to be fancy. Usually some beer is brought along as well.
--kC[/quote]
If I am coming from far away I expect for the guy who I am crewing for to at least have a place for me to sleep and food in my belly. It doesn't have to be fancy. Usually some beer is brought along as well.
| rallynutdon | 12-30-2011 01:29 PM |
[quote=UP2MTNS;35993255]other things that help:
7) for the love of god, DON'T have babies.[/quote]
Or be patient, have babies, wait till they're out of your hair, then your babies can crew and co-drive.
7) for the love of god, DON'T have babies.[/quote]
Or be patient, have babies, wait till they're out of your hair, then your babies can crew and co-drive.
| WhiteoutRally | 12-30-2011 04:50 PM |
[quote=UP2MTNS;35993255]other things that help:
1) don't have babies
2) avoid a girlfriend....or if you have to have one, make sure she's really friggin' cool. bonus points if you can actually meet a girl at a rally event.
3) don't have babies.
4) Rent...or don't buy a house where you can barely afford the mortgage.
5) Whether you buy or build, at least make sure its something you like....I can't imaging spending as much time as I do working on a car that I'm just not really 'into'. (I don't care how cheap and easy JVL says it is....you'll just never see me racing a Volvo)
6) Its RALLY. Its meant to be hard, frustrating, character building, expensive, mentally and physically challenging. The faster you realize that, the more fun you'll have.
Remember: Its all worth it when the Monday after a race, and one of your co-workers asked how your weekend was, and you reply with, "I raced my Mo%@#er Fu@#$ing RALLY CAR. How do you THINK my weekend was?"
7) for the love of god, DON'T have babies.[/quote]
I passed #'s 1,3,5, and 6, however, I do have a question
On #2, do you earn bonus points if they become your codriver, AND randomly you'll come home to rally parts they ordered? She sure does like to spend my money, but wait...whats in the box?!
1) don't have babies
2) avoid a girlfriend....or if you have to have one, make sure she's really friggin' cool. bonus points if you can actually meet a girl at a rally event.
3) don't have babies.
4) Rent...or don't buy a house where you can barely afford the mortgage.
5) Whether you buy or build, at least make sure its something you like....I can't imaging spending as much time as I do working on a car that I'm just not really 'into'. (I don't care how cheap and easy JVL says it is....you'll just never see me racing a Volvo)
6) Its RALLY. Its meant to be hard, frustrating, character building, expensive, mentally and physically challenging. The faster you realize that, the more fun you'll have.
Remember: Its all worth it when the Monday after a race, and one of your co-workers asked how your weekend was, and you reply with, "I raced my Mo%@#er Fu@#$ing RALLY CAR. How do you THINK my weekend was?"
7) for the love of god, DON'T have babies.[/quote]
I passed #'s 1,3,5, and 6, however, I do have a question
On #2, do you earn bonus points if they become your codriver, AND randomly you'll come home to rally parts they ordered? She sure does like to spend my money, but wait...whats in the box?!
| kartking | 12-31-2011 12:30 AM |
racing on the track anywhere is better than the street.....
| UP2MTNS | 12-31-2011 09:22 PM |
[quote=WhiteoutRally;35998569]
On #2, do you earn bonus points if they become your codriver, AND randomly you'll come home to rally parts they ordered? She sure does like to spend my money, but wait...whats in the box?![/quote]
that's like winning the lottery.
On #2, do you earn bonus points if they become your codriver, AND randomly you'll come home to rally parts they ordered? She sure does like to spend my money, but wait...whats in the box?![/quote]
that's like winning the lottery.
| Aceyduce | 01-01-2012 12:35 PM |
Mine crews for me as well :) She also came with her own tow rig! Now all she wants is to codrive in a few TSD's....
| sureshot007 | 01-03-2012 08:52 AM |
[quote=UP2MTNS;35993432]for posterity, I decided to animate:
[IMG]http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/12/29/f9a55c81-276f-484c-bb8e-63119cf1d4ab.png[/IMG][/quote]
Quoting for posterity. This is dead on. Chicks dig race car drivers.
[quote=KC;35994729]On the cheap: Covering the crew's hotel & food, right? You can go really crazy and cover the alkeyhaul too. (But you'd have to be loaded to do something like that!!!)
--kC[/quote]
I supply a floor to sleep on, snacks to eat during the event, the "last supper" before the event, and the first round of drinks after. I might be able to make a spot on a stack of tires for you to ride to the event on (if you don't mind the 10 hour drive)...
[IMG]http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/12/29/f9a55c81-276f-484c-bb8e-63119cf1d4ab.png[/IMG][/quote]
Quoting for posterity. This is dead on. Chicks dig race car drivers.
[quote=KC;35994729]On the cheap: Covering the crew's hotel & food, right? You can go really crazy and cover the alkeyhaul too. (But you'd have to be loaded to do something like that!!!)
--kC[/quote]
I supply a floor to sleep on, snacks to eat during the event, the "last supper" before the event, and the first round of drinks after. I might be able to make a spot on a stack of tires for you to ride to the event on (if you don't mind the 10 hour drive)...
| hcsi99 | 01-03-2012 10:13 AM |
Fort Wayne Region SCCA has Rally Cross.
[url]http://www.fwscca.com/default.asp[/url]
[url]http://www.fwscca.com/default.asp[/url]
| UP2MTNS | 01-03-2012 04:30 PM |
I always supply a weekend's worth of snacky food, beers in a cooler (we don't always have time to hit the bars), a floor to sleep on, and at least one dinner. I never run with a big crew though...usually my crew chief and maybe one other guy. My co-driver is good at wrenching also.
| JamesWilson2 | 01-03-2012 04:45 PM |
Texas now has rallycross-- [url]www.TexasRallysport.com[/url]
| WhiteoutRally | 01-05-2012 04:49 PM |
[quote=UP2MTNS;36024466]I always supply a weekend's worth of snacky food, beers in a cooler (we don't always have time to hit the bars), a floor to sleep on, and at least one dinner. I never run with a big crew though...usually my crew chief and maybe one other guy. My co-driver is good at wrenching also.[/quote]
Same. Small crew, snacks/beer, and a place to stay along with a real meal or two thrown in.
Same. Small crew, snacks/beer, and a place to stay along with a real meal or two thrown in.
| jakechup | 01-05-2012 11:11 PM |
Step 1: Become famous at something else (snowboarding, skating, BMX)
Step 2: Win the X-Games a few times make your name well-known so you are more of a money maker
Step 3: Express a slight intrest in subaru
SoA will know what to do from here.
E.g. Shaun White, Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, and Dave Mirra.
:sadbanana:
Step 2: Win the X-Games a few times make your name well-known so you are more of a money maker
Step 3: Express a slight intrest in subaru
SoA will know what to do from here.
E.g. Shaun White, Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, and Dave Mirra.
:sadbanana:
| WhiteoutRally | 01-12-2012 07:13 PM |
^ Or you could just work hard and get into the sport like the rest of us do. Wow you named 3 famous people that put their own money and branding into become rally drivers, and were successful at it. Way to leave out the 20-50 other entries that are at every event.
| biggreen96 | 01-12-2012 08:46 PM |
[quote=jakechup;36047675]Step 1: Become famous at something else (snowboarding, skating, BMX)
Step 2: Win the X-Games a few times make your name well-known so you are more of a money maker
Step 3: Express a slight intrest in subaru
SoA will know what to do from here.
E.g. Shaun White, Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, and Dave Mirra.
:sadbanana:[/quote]
Haha good one man!
Step 2: Win the X-Games a few times make your name well-known so you are more of a money maker
Step 3: Express a slight intrest in subaru
SoA will know what to do from here.
E.g. Shaun White, Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, and Dave Mirra.
:sadbanana:[/quote]
Haha good one man!
| brew02wrx | 01-12-2012 10:57 PM |
[quote=jakechup;36047675]Step 1: Become famous at something else (snowboarding, skating, BMX)
Step 2: Win the X-Games a few times make your name well-known so you are more of a money maker
Step 3: Express a slight intrest in subaru
SoA will know what to do from here.
E.g. Shaun White, Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, and Dave Mirra.
:sadbanana:[/quote]
yea it's easier to just drive really really fast through the woods a bunch of times because you're insane
Step 2: Win the X-Games a few times make your name well-known so you are more of a money maker
Step 3: Express a slight intrest in subaru
SoA will know what to do from here.
E.g. Shaun White, Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, and Dave Mirra.
:sadbanana:[/quote]
yea it's easier to just drive really really fast through the woods a bunch of times because you're insane
| FlannelWagon | 03-06-2012 11:02 PM |
[quote=WhiteoutRally;36044156]Same. Small crew, snacks/beer, and a place to stay along with a real meal or two thrown in.[/quote]
dont forget my new boots! :)
looking forward to another great year!
dont forget my new boots! :)
looking forward to another great year!
| uv_blue | 03-13-2012 12:05 PM |
You could always take my route:
1 have baby with girlfriend, althou generally seen as a mistake it makes her feel secure so when you say you wanna start rally she is more on board
2 get a better job to fund rally car
3 propose to girlfriend
4 girlfriend decides this is fuggin sweet and decides to learn to co-drive, rally now becomes a bonding family expierence which means you no longer have to do the boring bonding stuff leaving more time for rally
5 get a better job to further fund rally car
Step 6 repeat step 5 as many times as possible
I have completed 1 thru 4 so far lol
1 have baby with girlfriend, althou generally seen as a mistake it makes her feel secure so when you say you wanna start rally she is more on board
2 get a better job to fund rally car
3 propose to girlfriend
4 girlfriend decides this is fuggin sweet and decides to learn to co-drive, rally now becomes a bonding family expierence which means you no longer have to do the boring bonding stuff leaving more time for rally
5 get a better job to further fund rally car
Step 6 repeat step 5 as many times as possible
I have completed 1 thru 4 so far lol
| sureshot007 | 03-13-2012 12:08 PM |
Baby = bad. They eat all of your disposable income. Unless, of course, you are rich...in which case you don't need our advice.
| rallynutdon | 03-13-2012 12:48 PM |
[quote=sureshot007;36617852]Baby = bad. They eat all of your disposable income. Unless, of course, you are rich...in which case you don't need our advice.[/quote]
Depends how impatient you are. Baby provides (eventual) crew and co-driver (plus other non rally related pleasures).
Depends how impatient you are. Baby provides (eventual) crew and co-driver (plus other non rally related pleasures).
| UP2MTNS | 03-13-2012 06:27 PM |
[quote=uv_blue;36617831]You could always take my route:
1 have baby with girlfriend, althou generally seen as a mistake it makes her feel secure so when you say you wanna start rally she is more on board
2 get a better job to fund rally car
3 propose to girlfriend
4 girlfriend decides this is fuggin sweet and decides to learn to co-drive, rally now becomes a bonding family expierence which means you no longer have to do the boring bonding stuff leaving more time for rally
5 get a better job to further fund rally car
Step 6 repeat step 5 as many times as possible
I have completed 1 thru 4 so far lol[/quote]
7 start training baby to rally at very early age
8 video baby rally'ing and become internet sensation
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ASuKye3u6c"]Kalle Rovanperä - 8 Year old rally driver - YouTube[/ame]
9 profit
1 have baby with girlfriend, althou generally seen as a mistake it makes her feel secure so when you say you wanna start rally she is more on board
2 get a better job to fund rally car
3 propose to girlfriend
4 girlfriend decides this is fuggin sweet and decides to learn to co-drive, rally now becomes a bonding family expierence which means you no longer have to do the boring bonding stuff leaving more time for rally
5 get a better job to further fund rally car
Step 6 repeat step 5 as many times as possible
I have completed 1 thru 4 so far lol[/quote]
7 start training baby to rally at very early age
8 video baby rally'ing and become internet sensation
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ASuKye3u6c"]Kalle Rovanperä - 8 Year old rally driver - YouTube[/ame]
9 profit
| FlannelWagon | 03-14-2012 12:37 AM |
[quote=UP2MTNS;36621475]7 start training baby to rally at very early age
8 video baby rally'ing and become internet sensation
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ASuKye3u6c"]Kalle Rovanperä - 8 Year old rally driver - YouTube[/URL]
9 profit[/quote]
that is freaking sweet, that kid is gonna be a legend.
8 video baby rally'ing and become internet sensation
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ASuKye3u6c"]Kalle Rovanperä - 8 Year old rally driver - YouTube[/URL]
9 profit[/quote]
that is freaking sweet, that kid is gonna be a legend.
| sureshot007 | 03-14-2012 08:44 AM |
[quote=FlannelWagon;36624532]that is freaking sweet, that kid is gonna be a legend.[/quote]
Kids like that are a dime a dozen in that region.
Kids like that are a dime a dozen in that region.
| uv_blue | 03-28-2012 07:59 PM |
she is a year old and yesterday we were watching rally america videas everytime it would switch from racing to interviews she would get all impatient and poke the comp screen til the cars came back..... ya id say i got her hooked :)
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