couple pics from last weekend's rallyx.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vQsAZvAEqA...player_embedded

thats so sweet. awesome video, you pretty much inspired me.

Looks like what I used do on my buddies road, however not in the celica. I need to try this sometime!

Uh oh, what happened to your driver's side door?

Looks like a blast. I'd join in my car if not for the fact mine's modded.. and...uh... pretty. haha

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He bought it like that. Was a hell of a deal too.

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Sounds like it, especially if he's running this well without any mechanical issues.

Is there something like this in the Ohio area? How often are the meets?

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let me ask my network of rally cross peeps about the ohio region.


this event was rough on the car. the first day wasn't too bad, but they made the mistake or running in reverse order, which is not a usual thing. by this i mean that they usually run the stock class guys first in the day and then the rally class (cars with rally tires). on the second day they had the rally 4 wheel drive guys run first and we were last in the stock 2wd. by the time we got on the course the second day, the course had been torn up pretty good. my first run of the second day i knocked my skidplate loose to where only one bolt was holding it on. i took it completely off between runs and got back in there.

i already knew my driver's side axle was on its way out, but after the beating it took this past weekend, i HAVE to replace it soon. sounds like someones hitting it with a hammer when i'm going slow and turning. my lap times reflect how nervous i was knowing i had no skidplate and a fubared axle. at least i pulled off 2nd for the series championship in my class.

this event was quite a bit different in terms of layout of the course. normally its in a pretty flat course with maybe a couple dips/mini jumps. this was on the side of a hill at an off road vehicle park. it was really fun to drive since it was different for us. the other normal courses are not that hard on the car though. now i just need to get springs that aren't sagged to hell and hopefully lift the car a little higher.

ohio region scca rallyx website

http://www.ovr-scca.org/_rallycross/rallycrosshome.asp

Hmm.. maybe if I did this I should just get a beater Celica. I just bought a new front axle and I certainly don't want to pay for that repair bill again ...ugh.

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And you'd be an idiot if you RallyX'd with brand-new white paint.

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Haha, yea, I thought of that on the way to work this morning... I was suddenly reminded of why they change the decals after every race.

how much was the axle, just the part? i need to replace my driver side one, but i do all my own work on my car. i couldn't look myself in the mirror if i paid someone else to do it since i work as a tech...lol

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Interesting front badge you were running there Chris :-P Maybe the Celi didn't like it too much and that's why your problems came about..... Just playin, at least is wasn't a big H or something of the sort.