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funscooby

12-10-2001 01:10 AM

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Impreza Meet @ Sno Drift Rally
 

Please everyone post who is going to the large Impreza Meet at Sno Drift below I will post details of the event. Meeting spot will be a parking lot close by and go from there. Once I get a message back from the organizers for the best and closet spot I will post it. For now here is some info to get you familiar with event and details. Start your planning lets make this huge and remember unlike other car nuts Imprezas don't have an off season!

[url]http://www.sno-drift.org/[/url]

Sno*Drift Pro Rally
Atlanta, Michigan
January 24-27, 2002


NEWS:

The organizers are very much looking forward to hosting the first round of the 2002 SCCA ProRally Championship Series.

We've expanded the format of this year's event to a two-day, ice and snow covered, 110-stage-mile ProRally. Concurrently, we'll run Sno, a 30 mile coefficient II ClubRally, on Friday and Drift, a 70 mile coefficient III, ClubRally on Saturday.

We've added a new stage or two and brought back some of our favorites.

The event will be headquartered in Atlanta, Michigan and all stages will be in Montmorency County.

This website will be updated frequently. Please check back for detailed schedules, entry lists and spectator information.

Please look around the site and let us know what you think. If you need more information, please feel free to send a note to [email][email protected][/email] anytime.

Now some eye candy
[img]http://www.winktimber.com/prorally/2000sdpr/pevos.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.winktimber.com/prorally/2000sdpr/pmcox.jpg[/img]

INtresting loineup of cars for 2000 I must say. I think there is a favorite for everyone here...yes?

2000 Sno*Drift ProRally

Pos. Pos. Car
O/A Cls. No. Driver/CoDriver Car Class Total
1 1 2 Paul Choiniere/Jeff Becker 99 Hyundai Tiburon Open 11222
2 2 61 Karl Scheible/Russ Hughes 98 Mitsubishi Lancer Open N 11248
3 3 10 Pete Lahm/Matt Chester 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Open 11632
4 4 105 Bill Morton/Rob Walden 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Open 11906
5 1 21 Chris Czyzio/Eric Carlson 90 Mitsubishi GSX PGT 11949
6 2 12 Steve Gingras/Bill Westrick 91 Eagle Talon PGT 12045
7 1 83 Mark Utecht/Brenda Corneliusen 86 Dodge Omni G5 12283
8 2 82 Mike Hurst/Rob Bohn 98 Pontiac Sunbird G5 12287
9 3 71 Bryan Hourt/Peter Cardimen 97 Honda Civic G5 12371
10 5 64 Sylvester Stepniewski/Adam Pelc 87 Audi Quattro Open 12551
11 4 111 Jim Anderson/Martin Dapot 93 Honda Prelude G5 12650
12 3 22 Mark Cox/Jim Gill 86 Mazda GTX PGT 12690
13 5 63 Tad Ohtake/Cindy Krolikowski 98 Ford Escort ZX G5 12887
14 1 55 Brian Vinson/Luke Stuart 88 VW Golf GTI P 12914
15 6 540 Scott Carlborn/Dale Dewald 92 Jeep Comanche Open 13108
16 4 27 Greg Healey/John MacLeod 97 Subaru Impreza PGT 13223
17 1 56 Douglas Davenport/Lea Hoffa 85 VW Golf G2 13506
18 2 36 Evan Moen/Kurt Winkelmann 97 Chrysler Neon P 13537
19 6 170 Reny Villemure/Mike Villemure 72 VW Beetle G5 13651
20 7 185 John Bogert/Daphne Bogert 88 Toyota Celica Open 13756
21 7 556 Colin McCleery/Jeff Secor 91 VW GTI G5 13923
22 8 43 Carlos Arrieta Sr./Dick Casey 84 Audi 4000 Quattro Open 13927
23 2 144 Charles Langan/Hughie Langan 93 Ford Escort G2 14060
24 9 33 James Warren/Charles Bender 83 Audi Quattro Open 14120
25 5 913 Janusz Jastrzebski/Marcin Korneluk 96 Subaru Impreza PGT 14733
26 3 101 Mark Brown/Ole Holter 88 Toyota Corolla G2 14763
27 4 84 B J Niday/Al Kintigh 86 VW Golf GTI G2 15226
28 5 15 Brad Hawkins/Adrian Wintle 96 VW GTI G2 15859
1 Noel Lawler/Charles Bradley 96 Hyundai Elantra Open DNF
3 John Kemp/Rod Hendricksen 84 Audi 4000 Quattro Open DNF
4 Garen Shrader/F R 'Doc' Shrader 98 Mitsubishi Lancer Open DNF
9 Lauchlin O'Sullivan/John Dillon TBA Open DNF
41 Art Burmeister/Randy Moore 87 VW GTI G2 DNF
42 Eric Burmeister/Mark Buskirk 86 VW GTI G2 DNF
59 Jon Rek/Mariusz Malik 95 Audi S2 Open DNF
73 Nicholas Robinson/Carl Lindquist 97 Honda Civic G2 DNF
115 Seamus Burke/Frank Cunningham 98 Subaru Impreza Open N DNF
137 Philip Smith/Dallas Smith 68 MGB GT G2 DNF
502 Paul Dunn/Brian Jenkins 88 Toyota Celica Open DNF
98 Robert Nielsen/Brett Corneliusen 87 VW Golf GTI G2 DNF
173 Patrick Lilly/Lawrence Grieve 91 VW Golf G2 DNF

HndaTch627

12-10-2001 01:29 AM

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wow...i might just have to try and make it to this one.

jeremy

mykrrrr

12-10-2001 11:35 AM

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I'd be super down for a Subaru meet up there. :D

The parking lot next door to the rally HQ is big enough for a meet (I think.)

Jeremy - It's a great time. I've worked the stages for the last two years. I'm gonna head up there and go snowboarding as well for a day or two either before or after the rally.

The only bad thing about getting alot of rally nuts up there on those roads is that they think they're all Colin McRae and go blasting down the roads like they're in full bore rally cars. :( I saw a nice Audi with some battle scars on it (probably from an "off") last year.

The other bad thing is that the hotels right around Atlanta fill up quick. The "major" city close by is Gaylord which is about 30 min. East.

I also heard that Prodrive/SRT USA booked up all the open rooms @ the Win-Sands (Rally HQ) hotel. :mad:

I'm gonna call around for hotels in the next week or so.

-myk

Marquis

12-11-2001 06:53 AM

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I'm pretty sure I'll be there, so let's make sure we get a chance to meet up.

peepshow

12-11-2001 07:48 AM

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I'm gonna go. When and where are we gonna meet?

- Trent

Marquis

12-11-2001 11:01 AM

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That's a good question. I've never been up there, so I'm not even sure what to suggest. Maybe the guys that have will chime in.

As an aside, do you want to caravan up there since we're so close?

Achilles38WRX

12-11-2001 11:40 AM

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this sounds cool, where the heck is atlanta michigan anyway?

mark

mykrrrr

12-11-2001 11:44 AM

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We can all meet @ the Win-Sands hotel (Rally HQ)/BP station on Friday. Parc Expose is tentatively scheduled for 2:30 pm on Friday. FCO (First Car Out) is @ 3:01 pm

Does anyone want to share the $$$ on a room in Gaylord??? There's really nothing left in Atlanta and driving past the rally to Hillman seems like a waste. Gaylord is about a 40 min. trip.

Anyone else want to work as a marshall??? I got to work the start of stage 1 last year and it was really fun. I learned a lot and got to joke around with the drivers before they started. Anti-lag sounds so damn beautiful from 2 ft. away. :D

Let's really get this sorted so it'll be a good I-Club showing.

-myk

peepshow

12-11-2001 12:39 PM

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Sure, Marquis, caravan sounds like a good idea. mykrrrr, I would be willing to share room $$$ with ya. Probably others would, too. I remember stuffing something like 6 guys in a room for the car show up at St. Ignace. Gaylord sounds like the best bet. Marquis, you wanna share the room, too?

- Trent

Marquis

12-11-2001 12:50 PM

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That sounds like a good idea to me, but I think I have at least one more person coming with me. If you guys don't mind that many people, count me in.

dwx	12-11-2001 01:15 PM

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I see they have quite a few places listed on the sno-drift web page, although I don't know how current it is as to the vacancy status. I'll probably head up there with a friend of mine. He's a ham guy and usually works, I might work this year as well. What hotel were you guys looking at staying at in Gaylord?

peepshow

12-11-2001 01:28 PM

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mykrrrr & Marquis. I forgot to mention that I won't be going up until Friday night, I have to work on Thursday and Friday. Hope that is O.K.

- Trent

mykrrrr

12-11-2001 02:28 PM

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Caravan sounds good. Room sharing sounds good.

I really don't care where we stay in Gaylord. It's all central to the highway to Atlanta.
Cheap is good, the more the marrier I say since it'll drive costs down down down. :D

dwx - If people want to work we should request that we work together.

Mark - Atlanta is about 45 min. (~30 miles East) of Gaylord MI in the Lower Peninsula.

-myk

Marquis

12-11-2001 02:43 PM

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dsmawd - I'm sure the room will work out no matter what time you plan on being there on Friday. I guess the caravan probably won't work out, though. I had intended to go down there either Thursday night or Friday morning, depending on what others had planned.

Just a bit of advice for those sharing the room: bring a towel. I remember being the sixth person using the same thin hotel towel down at Virginia Beach one year, and that wasn't cool...

mykrrrr

12-11-2001 02:53 PM

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Marquis - I'm coming from Chicago and usually go up 131 but I can come up past Lansing if ya like. I'm planning on leaving early Friday morning from Chicago (2/3 am) so we'll figure out the logistics later.

Should this be moved to the Motorsports or Mid-West forum???


-myk

JC	12-11-2001 07:28 PM

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I'll try and make it.

JC

Mike Anson

12-11-2001 07:29 PM

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Who's going to Sno*Drift?
 

Hopefully this isn't already a thread...

I'm not sure if I can go, but I'm hoping to make it. Anyone else going to brave the cold?

Axiochus

12-11-2001 11:12 PM

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I'm planning on it, but it's not so solid that I'm ready to reserve the room... yet.

You may also want to PM Mr. TeamHella... he's been talking it up since LSPR.

Matt.

P.S.- How 'bout 100AW... you in, Mike?

10th Warrior

12-11-2001 11:49 PM

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i will hopefully make it up this year. we shall see.

you all should come to 100aw. trust me, the roads are badass :devil: just getting to the spectator areas will be fun. of course, we always could use volunters ;)

Mike Anson

12-11-2001 11:59 PM

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If I had my druthers, I'd go to both. Do you think it'll be worth it?

I'll see what the wife says.

Axiochus

12-12-2001 12:06 AM

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Yeah, I think it will be worth it.

Plus, I'm thinking of volunteering, which would be really good experience.

Matt.

dwx	12-12-2001 12:39 AM

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This should probably be maybe be made sticky so it doesn't get bumped off after 3 hours...

Marquis

12-12-2001 07:05 AM

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mykrrr - If you could come over to Lansing, that'd be great. We could just head up 27 straight to Gaylord.

Oh, and this probably should be moved to some other forum, just to solve the 3-hour bumpage problem.

Marquis

12-12-2001 07:12 AM

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Yes, there is a thread about this already but it's in the General forum. It gets bumped off the first page every 10 minutes or so... :D

Maybe a Mod could merge this thread and the other one into this forum. It would be more on-topic, and wouldn't get bumped so much.

Anyway, if you read the other thread, a handful of us are planning on going. Hopefully we'll all be able to meet up at the parking lot of the Win Sands (is that right?) hotel which is the rally HQ.

10th Warrior - what's 100aw? I've been looking for some events reasonably close to me (i.e., not on the West Coast) to go to. Plus I wouldn't mind doing some volunteer work if you need it.

peepshow

12-12-2001 10:02 AM

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Well, maybe I will take Fri. off. If not, I'll just link up with you all at the hotel or somewhere.

- Trent

mykrrrr

12-12-2001 10:04 AM

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I notified the moderators about the other thread and to merge them together.

-myk

Marquis

12-12-2001 10:12 AM

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That's cool, just let us know. Either way works, but it would be cool if we could get a sizable caravan rolling.

iceweazel

12-12-2001 03:03 PM

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A couple notes for those that have not been there before.

a) DON'T meet at the A-Win-Sands. Theres no damn room
for the rally folks let-alone a meet. Highly recommend the
restaurant down the road or the grocery a block away.

b) It can get FRICKING cold, be prepared. We've had
spectators and marshals get stuck out in the woods
before for a couple hours.

c) watch where you spectate. There was a minor
incident involving a speeding rally car and 3 spectators
last year at an icy corner. Remember your physics!

Don't want to see you guys coming over the hood, eh?

d) etc,etc. Enjoy yourselves but watch out for Johnny Law.
He gave out about 10 tickets to spectators last year.

Ed

mykrrrr

12-12-2001 09:39 PM

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A) I'd think the IGA lot to the West of the Win-Sands would be big enough to have a mini meet but it has been a year since I was last up there so I could be wrong. I don't think it's gonna be as big as the 35 car Chicago/WI meet on a Thursday. I think it'll work out. I do agree that we shouldn't clog up the Win-Sands area too much since it is rally HQ but since people will be coming in @ different times it'll be a good general meeting place. We can figure out the specifics before the rally.

B) Agreed here...it can get pretty cold; bring lots o' warm clothes, layer it on and be happy. :D

C) Physics??? I only remember playing with toys in physics class... :lol: Use common sense...

D) YES...drive stupid and get busted. Deputy Fife will [b]DEFINITELY[/b] be on the look out for outta towners. :(

Ed - Are you competing??? What car??? Need crew help???

-myk

JenisonWRX

12-13-2001 08:38 AM

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I will be there...

also a friend of mine who is a huge autox'er and becoming a subie fan Mark. He drives a black Contour SVT

should be fun ;)

DCRallyDave

12-13-2001 02:03 PM

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Randy Zimmer and I have entered. Open class Subaru Impreza #891.Looking for service crew help. Email me at [email][email protected][/email].

Thanks,
Dave Shindle

mykrrrr

12-13-2001 02:19 PM

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Dave - Check yer email.

-myk aka mike

10th Warrior

12-13-2001 03:45 PM

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100aw = 100 Acre Woods ClubRally. it used to be run back in the 70s-80s as a ProRally, and this coming feb. 23 (its a saturday) it gets revived as a ClubRally. supposedly, its going to be the new clubrally championship event. its in central MO, HQ'ed in Salem and run in the Mark Twain state forest. the roads are truly awesome. the first half will be run in the afternoon and then the second half will be run at night. it should be really good and the weather will no doubt be interesting :D even the spectator routes will be fun ;) there also might be a rally-x in the morning, but we're still trying to find a place to hold it.

DCRallyDave

12-13-2001 04:42 PM

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That sucks
 

Poor planning by SCCA organizers again. 100 Acre Wood is on the same weekend as a Canadian National event. Why would they have made that the ClubRally championship if it conficted another rally. They had the perfect opportunity to use Sand Hills that does not conflict and is before the Pro season starts. Brilliant!

mykrrrr

12-14-2001 09:46 AM

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Here's the tentative schedule for Sno*Drift (from [url]http://www.sno-drift.org[/url])

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Schedule
The following times are approximate and tentative. Leg times, spectator area times and other scheduling information will be released in early January.

Thursday, January 24, 2002
Worker Registration
Team Registration
Press Registration Info
Spectator Info Available 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Atlanta Senior's Center
Technical Inspection
(Practice Stage Priority) 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. School Bus Garage
Worker Registration
Team Registration
Press Registration
Spectator Info Available 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Atlanta Senior's Center
Technical Inspection
(Practice Stage Priority) 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. School Bus Garage

Friday, January 25, 2002
Worker Registration
Team Registration 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Atlanta Senior's Center
Technical Inspection
(Practice Stage priority until 9:30) 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. School Bus Garage
Seed 8 School 8:30 a.m – 10:30 a.m. Atlanta Senior's Center
Practice Stage 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. TBA
Stage Captain's Lunch 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. TBD
Parc Expose 2:30 p.m. – 4:11 p.m. Jerome Street
FCO 3:01 p.m. Jerome Street
Service 5:00 p.m. A-Win-Sands/BP & Freddie's IGA
Worker Registration 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. A-Win-Sands
Team Registration
(Drift ClubRally) 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 A-Win-Sands
Technical Inspection 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. TBD
First Car Finished 7:20 p.m. A-Win-Sands
Re-seed Posted 9:00 A-Win-Sands

Saturday, January 26, 2002
Sno ClubRally Scores Posted 7:30 a.m. A-Win-Sands
Sno ClubRally Scores Final 8:00 a.m. A-Win-Sands
FCO 8:01 a.m. A-Win-Sands
Service 9:15 a.m. A-Win-Sands/BP & Freddie's IGA
Service/Lunch 11:30 a.m. A-Win-Sands/BP & Freddie's IGA
Service 3:15 p.m. A-Win-Sands/BP & Freddie's IGA
First Car Finished 5:40 p.m. Hillman Community Center
Preliminary Scores Posted 7:30 p.m. Hillman Community Center
Final Scores Posted 8:00 p.m. Hillman Community Center
Awards 8:00 p.m. Hillman Community Center[/color]
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My tentative plan is as follows:

Leave early Friday morning (02:00/03:00) from Chicago to be up there by ~ 10:00/11:00 or I go to my parents' in MI on Thursday and leave @ 04:00/05:00 for Atlanta.

I need to register as crew for Dave Shindle's team (unless Dave, you can register me before hand)

We can set up the mini-meet @ the IGA next to the Win-Sands (providing that there's enough room) for 12:00 or so before the Parc Expose @ 14:30

This all may change so just keep this thread in the back of your mind. :D

-myk

Rallyfool

12-14-2001 06:34 PM

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I will be there
 

I will be there either as a competitor or crewing for someone else(depends if I sell my rallycar {a 95 yellow & red Neon})

slidewaysmike

12-19-2001 12:35 AM

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I'm planning on going. I think I will leave Cowlumbus either late Thursday, or real early Friday. I am lookin to save some money on Hotel room, so if anyone wants to share a room, just let me know.

Mike

mykrrrr

12-19-2001 09:30 AM

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I too need to share a room with someone. I'm planning on going Friday morning so we'd need Friday & Sat. night (I really don't feel like staying on Sat. but I'm not gonna drive all the way back to Chicago that night)

I'm gonna start a thread on the MW Forum soon to gather the troops.

-myk

peepshow

12-19-2001 10:35 AM

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I'm in mykrrrr, I think Marquis and JenisonWRX, too. We can decide if that is too many in a room when we get there. I still haven't decided whether I am gonna take that Friday off or not. I will be up there Fri afternoon at the latest.

- Trent

Opie	12-19-2001 03:42 PM

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Hey...I'll be there! But not with my Subaru...with [url=http://www.etracing.8m.com/]Team ET Racing[/url] as Crew Chief. I'll try and make it to whatever you guys plan! :D

mykrrrr

12-21-2001 06:31 AM

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TTT

Opie - good luck. Good Luck to all the competitors this year but the team I'm crewing for of Dave Shindle & Randy Zimmer is gonna beat your team Opie... :lol:

BTW - to interested people, there's a thread that I started on the MW board (please try to keep it ON TOPIC to keep the static down)
[url]http://www.i-club.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=127129[/url]
I'm not trying to cross post it but I just wanted a clean slate. :D

See y'all up there.

-myk

Opie	12-21-2001 08:07 AM

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Thanks myk! I'll keep a lookout for you guys! :D

DCRallyDave

12-21-2001 09:13 AM

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I know Carlos Lopez and ET Racing. What happened to the GrN Impreza he was going to buy?

See you there,
Dave Shindle

mykrrrr

12-27-2001 09:39 PM

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TTT

-myk

Opie	12-28-2001 07:53 AM

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[QUOTE]DCRallyDave-What happened to the GrN Impreza he was going to buy?[/QUOTE]

We are still working on a Subaru to run, possibly a WRX. Nothing definite yet, so we'll start the season with the Talon and make the switch if everything falls into place! :D

From the weather report I just saw...my Florida butt better get me some good winter clothing! :D Should be fun...driving a van towing a car through all that snow :lol:

mykrrrr

01-04-2002 01:05 PM

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TTT

-myk

mykrrrr

01-24-2002 08:44 AM

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Just a last minute bumpity bump...

For people not following the MW Forum thread ([url]http://www.i-club.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=127129[/url]); we're gonna meet up @ 13:00 EST aka 1pm EST @ the IGA parking lot (next door to the A Win-Sands)

Personally, I gotta be up there early for the press stage and to register as crew with Dave Shindle/Randy Zimmer.

Hope to see y'all up there and put names to faces. :D

-mykr.

Opie	01-24-2002 11:13 AM

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I was just notified that Team ET Racing will not be attending SnoDrift as we have no co-driver for the event...next scheaduled stop...100 Acre Woods Rally....

mykrrrr

01-24-2002 03:08 PM

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Opie - Sorry to hear that.

If ya can get me a chubby guy sized suit and a large helmet and I'll do it... :D

Mind a total novice??? I won't throw up. :)

-mykr.™

mykrrrr

01-24-2002 04:46 PM

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Anyone need a place to crash???
 

Due to my roommate backing out @ the last minute, we (slidewaysmike & myself) have some room in our hotel room for Sno*Drift. There are currently have 3 people total staying in our room.

We're staying @ the Days INN in Gaylord.

PM me or slidewaysmike ASAP if interested. He's leaving tonight and I'm leaving tomorrow morning...early.

IF you can't get ahold of me via PM or email please call me on my cell 773 575 3137. We've got plenty of space for people and it'll make it cheaper per night for all of us.

-mykr.™

Rally-RS

01-24-2002 09:04 PM

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Rally practice NEWS
 

This is some news about David Higgins test session on Wednesday:

For one thing it was within the 7 county blackout by the organizers, just outside Montmorency county. GO FIGURE!! Two sets of rules for two levels of competitiors, heh?

"On his first pass, David went about 100 yards, slid off and hit three trees.* Messed up all the plastic on the front left side down by the fog light cover."

dwx	01-24-2002 11:00 PM

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I am at the days inn room 309. My cell # is 262-994-0335. Pat Richard's car was up on jack stands in the parking lot when I arrived. :)