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Pic of the day

Ray — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:01:29 +0000

This was taken yesterday as I was leaving the New England Forest Rally. I will have all ~130 pics uploaded soon! Gotta love their expressions.

Maine Forest Rally 2006! [Pics]

Ray — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:05:32 +0000

Ended up making it there for day 3. Wanted to see both stages but the first stage of the day was cut short for spectators. This is because part of the public road was shutdown for the rally, but the town wanted to open it back up early – the town won that battle! However, that stage continued on but the finish line was pushed up 1/16(ish) of a mile where spectators were not allowed to go…bah!

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

Maine Forest Rally / Auto X

Ray — Sat, 06 May 2006 18:06:29 +0000

ITâ€™S BAACK!! The Maine Forest Rally is happening July 20 – 22nd, 2006! I am going to be there, prepared and ready to take more pictures than before. Not only that, more people are tagging along with me, and they have cameras as wellâ€¦more pics for all

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 wasnâ€™t smart to do the first season anyways). Iâ€™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 yearâ€™s SCCA rule book (yet). I really do not want to go into a higher class than STS at the momentâ€¦we will see.

Auto-X: 8 Rod Ruckus [Results]

Ray — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 02:10:23 +0000

Yup…the results have been for out for a bit now, I just haven’t had the time to post them up. So I don’t remember what my # was on my car…(I’m not a club member so I don’t have my own number). I either was 108 or 406…so that means I either came in 5th or 6th place out of 8 in the STS class. Overall that means I was in either 26th or 38th out of 59 entries. Damnit I wish I knew my number. I *think* I was 108, but I am not sure…results can be found here.

Auto-X: Day at the Dealership [Results]

Ray — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:19:47 +0000

So, the results from the last event have *finally* been posted. I was bumped from HS to STS class because I have a short throw shifter now (woo Steeda). It was a small crowd, and a small course, but I loved it. Got in 8 runs total that day. Times in my class were from 48.032 sec (Lancer) to 53.290 (another Lancer). There were 10 competing in my class….I came in 8th with a 51.294 but it was a great improvement within the day. My worst time of the day was 56.908.

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.

Maine Forest Rally – [Pics]

Ray — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 16:04:07 +0000

They can be found here. And for those of you who care, it was a good time. Besides getting lost 4 or 5 times…but it was fun. The fun really started when Dustin and I got stuck behind a ~450HP STi (the guy that owns it either said 430HP or 450HP, I don’t exactly remember). His car flew, that’s all I know. Good times.

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.

Auto-X: Day at the Dealership

Ray — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:34:14 +0000

Event went well today. My best time was a 51.2x. My first run was 54.x, and every run after that, was a second or two worse, but leaned towards getting better each run. Last run was my best.

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

Auto-X (solo II) this past Sunday

Ray — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:26:25 +0000

So, I’m surprised I didn’t write an article or anything about this past Sunday. Went to my first auto-x race. Yeah, it was just as fun as I thought it would be…a LOT of fun! My car is currently stock, so that thew me in the HS class. Once I start buying more things for my car though, its def going to throw me into a higher class…that’s ok though, Im not really there to compete for money or glory, just to have fun…of course winning is the ‘goal’ and I have already picked a person I want to beat.

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.