Going to the sno-drift!!!!
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Going to the sno-drift!!!!
well i am leaving for the sno-drift rally today if anybody else will be there lemme kno
well ttyl guys, i will have many pics
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well ttyl guys, i will have many pics
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I worked Sno*Drift '02 as the press writer and it was awesome. The things I remembered are:
1. Being able to walk right up to the drivers and talk to them. R. Millen was there driving for Mitsubishi, and Subaru brought in their cars from England (I can't remember the driver; I wasn't into rally racing at the time).
2. Dodge was testing the SRT-4 prototype and I got to talk to the main engineer behind the project. The car looked awesome with a very cool body kit (that later got "rearranged" by a rock). The engineers said that the car was running about 280 hp at the time.
3. Someone had an EVO VII there. It was white and I could never get to see who the driver was. The car had a temporary license (some kind of paperwork taped to the back window), basically stating that it could remain in the U.S. for only 30 days or something. And yes, it looked great in person. No, I didn't touch it.
4. One of the "perks" of the job is that when the drivers were finally allowed to practice the first stage of the course, the press were allowed to ride shotgun in some of the cars. I was given the chance but, I didn't take the offer up (yes, I'm a moron but again, I wasn't into rallying at the time and honestly, I was scared).
5. Rally drivers/navigators are crazy. I saw how fast they went around corners and what not. I'm not ashamed to say that I'm not that brave.
6. Since I was wearing the special bracelet that said I would not sue SCCA if I got maimed or killed by a car, I was allowed to stand within 6 ft of the actual course and watch the cars fly by. At 60 mph. On snow. I always made sure to put a tree between me and the course though.
7. At the employee party at the end of the rally, they raffled off the keys to a Viper. My friend won it. The bad news: you only get the keys for a day.
Sno*Drift is fun. Much more fun if you know the drivers and the companies which I didn't at the time.
Inspectorlee
1. Being able to walk right up to the drivers and talk to them. R. Millen was there driving for Mitsubishi, and Subaru brought in their cars from England (I can't remember the driver; I wasn't into rally racing at the time).
2. Dodge was testing the SRT-4 prototype and I got to talk to the main engineer behind the project. The car looked awesome with a very cool body kit (that later got "rearranged" by a rock). The engineers said that the car was running about 280 hp at the time.
3. Someone had an EVO VII there. It was white and I could never get to see who the driver was. The car had a temporary license (some kind of paperwork taped to the back window), basically stating that it could remain in the U.S. for only 30 days or something. And yes, it looked great in person. No, I didn't touch it.
4. One of the "perks" of the job is that when the drivers were finally allowed to practice the first stage of the course, the press were allowed to ride shotgun in some of the cars. I was given the chance but, I didn't take the offer up (yes, I'm a moron but again, I wasn't into rallying at the time and honestly, I was scared).
5. Rally drivers/navigators are crazy. I saw how fast they went around corners and what not. I'm not ashamed to say that I'm not that brave.
6. Since I was wearing the special bracelet that said I would not sue SCCA if I got maimed or killed by a car, I was allowed to stand within 6 ft of the actual course and watch the cars fly by. At 60 mph. On snow. I always made sure to put a tree between me and the course though.
7. At the employee party at the end of the rally, they raffled off the keys to a Viper. My friend won it. The bad news: you only get the keys for a day.
Sno*Drift is fun. Much more fun if you know the drivers and the companies which I didn't at the time.
Inspectorlee
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Originally posted by speedomodel
Sounds like fun. Where's it at?
Sounds like fun. Where's it at?
Here's a link for more info about the event:
http://bmwccottawa.org/cgi-bin/yabb/...num=1070601008
Here's a link for some photos from last year:
http://www.bmwccottawa.org/gallery/w...ol_march1_2003
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