Back In Action

As of September 7th 2010, I am the proud owner of a 2003 Subaru Impreza Wrx sedan. Sadly It has its problems and I probably overpaid for it, but sooner or later it will be ready for Rallyx! I just got some RallyArmor Mudflaps now after I save up some pennies I'll be off to Paul Elklund at Primative Racing for some underbody Panels =] Sadly I think I am down a cylinder so I'll be compression testing this weekend to see what's up, may be a 2.5 build in the near future. Oh, and the rear diff need a bearing or something just changed the fluid but it won't stop whining at me!

On to.. Different things.. For a moment =]

Well I decided to sell the lancer for summer. A close friend of mine decided to buy it so at least it's not too far away. In the fall I will have to buy another car and hopefully something i can build into and open-light class stage car or an open class rallyx car without ruining it's ability to be a daily driver. For now I bought my buddies GSX-R 600 for a commuter and it's saving me half the insurance and half the gas, while being fun in the process! As fun as the bike is I still can't wait for the fall and AWD! I'm hoping either for a 1998-2001 2.5 RS coupe, a 2002-2003 WRX, a 2004-2007 STI or a 2003-2010 Evo.. We'll see what I find!

In The Beginning

Though I have always loved to drive fast on dirt, gravel, snow.. anything not predictable. I didn't even realize it was possible to get into the sport until last winter when I found out about Rally Cross. Wikipedia on RallyCross. My car had been a 1987 Pontiac Fiero Coupe. It had the 4 cylinder and all of 98 horsepower but was still a blast in the gravel! When my parents decided they would help me get a car to get over the mountains reliably so I could come home for Christmas I jumped on a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer SlowZ Rally edition for cheap and sold the Fiero. I chose the Lancer because it looked like a rally car even though it didn't have the price.. or performance of one. Its started out clean but that soon changed. Looking to get it dirty I found the Oregon Rally Group. It turned out right across the street from the airport I was going to school at they put on Rally Cross event about month. After my first event, even after losing horribly with bald street tires, I was hooked. The great thing about Rally Cross is that anyone with any car can compete within their own class.Since my car only has an exhaust and intake it is allowed to compete in stock front. Since then I have gotten new wheels, Team Dynamics Pro Rally 1's from Paul Elklund at Primitive Racing wrapped Firestone Winterforce snow tires.. Really cheap rubber with a ton of traction. Tires were a big help but even they were no match for the experience gained over the next few events. In every event I was slowly able to see myself improve. Reading about driving techniques and watching YouTube.com rally videos and driving on gravel, dirt, and snow has been slowly making me a better driver. Every day I find myself having more of the rally bug. Even though I know I still have a lot to learn, building a stage rally car is my next goal. Wikipedia on Rallying. Wish me luck! I'm going to need all the help I can get.