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sorry about the late notice, but this saterday, the seventh, is the maine forest rally up in Rumford Maine. Im working pit for a ford escort cosworth (still building the cage of my car at the moment) and i was wondering if anyone would be up to go with me and a friend of mine. you can go seprate, or you could hitch a ride with me (im not THAT bad of a driver! bwhahaha[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]) its an event you wouldnt want to miss. besides the mt washington hill climb (which isnt being held this year) it is the closest rally for most of us around here. if you want to see lancer evo sevens, wrx's and every possible nasty rally car imaginable this is the event for you. it was voted the best rally in america last year and its a blast. i live in dover NH, an hour north of boston and have room for about 3 more people.

this could be one of those life changeing events that come once in a blue moon and is something you would always remember. i'll take some pics, but there is NOTHING like the real thing. let me know.....heres the site for the summer one, but you can find the link to the winter one on it http://www.maineforestrally.com/

 
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All the way up in Maine, eh? What is the weather going to be like? Are they expecting snow? Rain? Sunshine? What about the time? What time are you heading out and what time are you heading back? It sounds like a blast. I might go, but I'de have to get a good chunk of this one project that I have to do done. For now I'm a definate maybe. [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]

 
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ok, so if you would want to meet me at my house, were going to have to leave by (are you ready for this?) 4 AM....evil i know! but trust me its worth it. if you want directions, pm me or i could just post it. Im right off 95. If nobody wants to get up that early (understandable) then I can at least post pics afterwords.

 
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What time does the actual event start and finish? Rumford, Maine is about 3:40 away from me.

 
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the actuall event starts at 10 am, which would be a little easier for you. rally flyer this is the rally flyer

 
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Oh yeah, 10:00AM. Then there's one other start at 1:00PM. Well, technically I could start out from my house at about 6:00AM and make it. I guess you have to get there earlier though, huh? You're working the pit for one car though? That's k3wl. How many pit stops will there be during the rally?

 
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6 AM? 6AM??? I don't think I've ever seen that early, well, except for those days that I've stayed up overnight [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]

I don't know, Grey, thats a little early.... Although, it would be kinda neat to randomly go to Maine this weekend.... I'll have to think about this one..... [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

 
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They also have the 1pm start, so we could go at 9:00AM instead and still make it for some action.

 
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Damn it! I freaking have a wedding to attend...Havok knows how much I love rally too...freakin a!

Grey, take pics yo!

- P

 
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ok, im heading up tonight as soon as im done with class, (and dont worry phil, i'll take lots of pics:thedevil[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG] i'll give grey my cell # in case any of you are heading up so nobody gets lost. wish us luck, and pray the cosworth dosnt blow up. (the owner is crazy, last time he rallied it he blew through fifth gear and two rotors with porche calipers in just two stages!)

 
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ok! Im back from the wilderness, WHAT A BLAST!!! it was a horrible drive up there on friday night, but once we were there the rally went great. everyone crashed at least once. but nobody really wrecked there car. thank god snow is so forgiveing. we had a couple of mishaps. we brought 2 audi 4000 quatros and a ford escort cosworth.

the cosworth had big problems. we blew a belt, but we repaired it with no issue. unfortunily the altanator blew too and forth gear was completely gone, so we need a new gearbox, thats going to be about 5000 bucks (cough cough)

the first audi did real well finishing around 10th, but also blew an altanator, but it was on the last stage and he made it back to service and the electrical system completely craped out as we were loading it on the trailer (good timeing, very lucky) he also had the dubious distinction of being the only rally car to actually find dirt underneeth all the snow and have it surgically implanted it into his front bumber.

the second audi on the second stage went into a ditch backwards and got stuck for an hour and a half until a sweep car picked them up. he broke a belt to, but I jury riged a smaller belt into place with a REALLY big hammer. nailing my finger in the process (i dont know what hurt more, putting a hammer to a beautiful car or my finger.)

all and all it was an awesome time and you guys should have come by. i was going to upload the in car cam of the cosworth but the tape didnt come out because of all the glare from the snow. all you see is a white blur and hear a lot of swearing from the driver

 
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Damn, that sounds crazy.
Yeah, sorry we couldn't make it.
Nobody else wanted to go with me. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG]

 
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its all good, i have a few pics of the rally, if anyone wants them pm me