Ross Cox Follow Up: Carnage at Benarkin
We struck up a conversation about rally with Ross Cox of Brisbane, Australia back a couple months back. Soon after publishing that story, Ross came to us with some more information and we really wanted to share it with you, but we thought it might get lost if we just added it to the end of the previous story. That said, today we’ve got a follow up on Ross; A little info on his co-driver, some video, and a recap on the carnage at the KCF Short Stages at Benarkin last month.
Not more power, less weight.
Do You Have a Multi-Use Rally Vehicle?
In some parts of the United States, surveys have revealed competitors enter just 2.3 rallies per year (RPY). Using generous assumptions that the average rally is 2 days long and provides 300 stage miles, this 2.3 RPY figure means many American rallyists are investing a great deal of time, energy, and money into building a vehicle they will drive less than 5 days (4.6) and less than 700 miles (690) per year. When you consider preparing a race vehicle can cost upwards of $6000 (on top of the cost of the vehicle itself), does rally – by itself – present a good value?
Mitsubishi Meets Part 3
Every week, we’re asking one question to everyone. In part 1, we asked which Mitsubishi meets you attend every year. In part 2 last week, we asked how often you get together with your local Mitsubishi friends. This week, we have another question for the folks who get together with other Mitsubishi owners and we know this one has the potential to bring out some crazy answers.
Whats holding you back ?
Discussions on Rally Clubs and More
We’ve got a couple really exciting interviews in the works right now. Since none of them are ready to go just yet, we’d like to try something new. Where we usually ask one individual a lot of questions, we’d like to ask all of you just one question. Well, sort of…
Jesus Villarreal’s Autoxing 1998 Chevy Camaro
What does a 1998 Camaro with a v6 plus 31 years of autox experience equal? 2nd place in the SCCA Solo2 National Championship and one cool ride!
Tom Burress – Demon Rally
They say that there are two kinds of people in rally. Those who have rolled and those who will. Tom Burress of Demon Rally is the former.
