Second stage of the day was the Middle Dam stage and was run four times (2xs up, 2xs down) and consisted of 100% logging trails. The best spectator spot here was about 1.4mi into the course on a nice bend. This is where I ended up snapping most of my shots (dusty).

They were offering bus rides into the spectator area but walking by foot sufficed. After the second run of the stage the rally master said that there would be bus transport back to the start of the stage. Seeing how the bus only holds ~20-30 people max, a group of us–~15 people–decided to take matters into our own hands and walk back before the third run of the stage started.

We all made it about half way back and we got a nice surprise–the stage was opening @_@. We got yelled at and were told we could not continue to walk back to the start of the stage. It just so happened that we were all on a nice bend of the stage and were told to stay there until runs 3 and 4 were run. What better way to get great pictures than to be right there on a bend where the cars are coming at you at about 45-50mph.

Pictures were taken with the highest settings my Fujifilm camera would let me take. There are somewhere around 180 pictures to whet your appetite.

Pictures can be found in the New England Forest Rally 2007 gallery.

Enjoy

Stage 2 took place in Errol, NH. Part of the stage was rerouted due to keep landowners happy. This did not make a difference on spectator’s view though. This stage was run up and then down, most of the pictures I grabbed are from the start line. I missed about 5 cars as my card in my camera could not hold all the pictures – I was periodically copying the pictures to my laptop to free up space.

Without further ado, here they are: http://gallery.white-box.us/main.php?g2_itemId=375

The Auto X season has started back up as well. I will not be participating until I grab myself another set of tires. I can not afford to run on my street tires anymore (yeah, it wasn’t smart to do the first season anyways). I’m also looking forward to grabbing the SVT-style suspension kit, which will probably throw me into a higher category (beh) but I have not read this year’s SCCA rule book (yet). I really do not want to go into a higher class than STS at the moment…we will see.

I was again in novice class also, just because this was my second event. I feel a lot more comfortable though with how to handle my car, and how the whole autox scene goes down. In novice class I came in 3rd out of 6 racers total. Not too bad I’d say, but not good enough. The two cars that were faster than me were an STI and GTI.

So this Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005, is 8 Rod Ruckus at the Augusta Civic Center. First car sets off at 10am. I’ll be there of course. Probably the last event I’ll run this year, until next of course.

This past weekened was also THE most WRXs I have EVER seen in a single day or two. Crazy.

Try not to be hard on the pics, they were taken with my little FujiFilm 3.2MP camera. It does pretty good, and I always keep the resolution setting to as high as it will go. I also uploaded them in that resolution but changed the default view to be more 56K friendly.

Pics can be found here (none of me in action though): Day at the Dealership

The course was fairly simple, and aside from my truely bad mess ups on the course, I think I did well for a first timer…and first time even being to an event. After talking with a few people, and reading up on tips and what not, I am going into the next event with a plan

There’s also a TSD Rally coming up that I am going to participate in…this too will be my first time ever TSD. Wish me luck, and here are some pics of me at the auto-x event…videos soon to come.

Pics can be found here.