Voluteers for Rim of the World Rally

[WavMixer]

I will be working the Rim of the World Rally (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/) again this year April 28-29, 2006. We need voluteers for all sorts of stuff. The rim will be held in Lancaster CA at the Antelope Valley Fair Grounds (http://www.avfair.com/). This event is sponsored by Subaru. Lot's of scooby folks doing their part. Let's show them what the Evo community can do. I had a blast there last year.

http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/VolunteerHome.htm

Day of the event jobs:
Banners and Signage

Rally Information (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Rally%20Info%20JD.pdf)
Sales
Operations (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Sales%20JD.pdf)

Press Operations (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Press%20Notes%20Officer%20JD.pdf) *(PC experience)
WEB Operations *(WEB Page experience)

Photographer (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Photographer%20JD.pdf) (digital)

Video Team (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Video%20Team%20JD.pdf) (to show at the parties)
Staking and Arrowing *(course set up experience needed)

Registration (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Registration%20JD.pdf)
Tech inspection
Main Time Control worker

ATC, Start or Finish Timing control worker (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Stage%20Timing%20Controls.pdf)

Communications Operator (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Working%20Communications%20in%20a%20Nutshell.pdf) *(HAM radio license and equipment)
EMT *(licensed EMT with equipment)

Spectator Area Marshal (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/SpectatorMarshallJD.pdf)

Service Area Marshal (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Service%20Area%20Marshal%20JD.pdf)

Course Closing Car (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Course%20Closing%20JD.pdf)
Sweep
Vehicle (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Sweep%20JD.pdf) *(pickup or SUV)

Hospitality (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Chief%20of%20Hospitality%20JD.pdf)
Scoring
Trophy team

Jobs that require pre-event as well as day of the event effort:

Director of Volunteers (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Chief%20of%20Staff%20JD.pdf)
Rally Information Officer (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Rally%20Info%20Officer%20JD.pdf)
Chief of Sales (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Chief%20of%20Sales%20JD.pdf)
Equipment Manager (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Equipment%20Manager%20JD.pdf)
Set Up Cars (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Set%20Up%20Car%20JD.pdf)*(course setup experience needed)
Timing Control Captains (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Control_Captain_JD.pdf)*(timing experience needed)
Communications Captains (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Comm%20Captain%20JD.pdf)*(rally comm experience needed)
Chief of Emergency Services (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Chief%20of%20Emergency%20Services%20JD.pdf)
Competitor Relations (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Competitor%20Liaison%20JD.pdf)*(timing control experience needed)
Chief of Spectator Areas (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Chief%20of%20Spectator%20Areas%20JD.pdf)*(spectato r captain experience )
Spectator Area Captains (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Spectator%20Area%20Captain%20JD.pdf)
Service Area Stewards (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/downloads/Service%20Area%20Steward%20JD.pdf)

* Requires experience, special skills or special equipment

[Alpha4LFE]

when is this? and where?

[ultraflip]

more details please

[WavMixer]

Additional info is now posted.

[ultraflip]

how to sign up?
i can do communications operations

[WavMixer]

You can sign up HERE (http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/work.htm)

[ultraflip]

Your organization's Internet use policy restricts access to this web page at this time.

Reason:
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grr... i'll sign up when i get home

[Alpha4LFE]

sounds good, what time do we have to show up?

[WavMixer]

sounds good, what time do we have to show up?
That all depends on which function you do. There is a plethora of information on the Rim web site.

[Alpha4LFE]

Yeah, I tried to register, but I guess the registration page is down, so I emailed the admin, waiting for him to get back. Thanks for the info wav.

[WavMixer]

The info page should be up soon. I can log in because I already have an account. Make sure to look for me in the media booth and say hi. please tell them that Wavmixer a.k.a. Grant McBride sent you O0

[WavMixer]

Yeah, I tried to register, but I guess the registration page is down, so I emailed the admin, waiting for him to get back. Thanks for the info wav.
Thanx for letting me know the reg page is down. I also contacted the owner of the site. hopfully it will be back up soon.

[Richard EVO]

Wav -

Can you explain the whole concept of the rally? I have never been involved with one of these. Please don't refer me to their website. I need the short, EVO-owner explanation. Thanks. :coolsmiley:

[WavMixer]

A rally is a timed event. Each car takes off at a seperte time staged a few minutes apart from each other. The object is to arrive at check points at a specified time. If you arrive late, you are docked points. If you arrive early you are docked points. So you pretty much have to guess how long it will take to go from point A to point B, then C, then D etc. The coarse map is not disclosed until the drivers are ready to start. It takes place on city streets (cars must obay all laws) and mountain fire roads. There is a navigator or co-driver guiding the driver which way to go. Through out the years, the coarse for the Rim has started in the AV, gone through to Santa Clarita, and Rim of the World. Many different routes in between. There will be spotters all along the way to ensure that people are obeying the laws and making their check points. From the AV fair grounds you can see the start and finish, but the whole coarse takes up many miles. There is usually more than one loop per day. The event starts in the morning and lasts until wee into the night.

There is probably much more to it than that, but that's pretty much the scene of things. Although there are some powerful cars there, the key is in the driving skills of the driver and the navigating skills of the co-driver, and the cars ability to hold up to some pretty rough abuse.

[Richard EVO]

cars must obay all laws


That's what I was afraid of. Doesn't sound like it's for me. It's unnatural because no one obeys all traffic laws in real life. :2funny:

[WavMixer]

Yeah, but most of the action takes place in the dirt! Nuthin' better than watch'n people squirt dirt... unless it's you squirtin' dirt!

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http://rimoftheworldrally.com/2005_Photos/Kevin_Boutwell/HTML/images/_DSC0108.JPG
http://rimoftheworldrally.com/2005_Photos/Lauren_Mays/HTML/images/%A9Mays%2CRim%2Cpowerline03.jpg
http://rimoftheworldrally.com/2005_Photos/Matt_Simmons/HTML/images/2%20(1).JPG

[silvery_eagle]

i dunno what can i do but i would love to volunteer O0

[Alpha4LFE]

i just finished registration. do whatever you feel is comfortable. i'm sure they have decent instruction and for professional jobs, i'm sure they wouldn't ask for volunteers without some sort of decent experience.

wav, i mentioned your name in my registration.

[WavMixer]

i dunno what can i do but i would love to volunteer O0
Many of the jobs require no experience. All of the jobs promise to put you close to the action!

[WavMixer]

i just finished registration. do whatever you feel is comfortable. i'm sure they have decent instruction and for professional jobs, i'm sure they wouldn't ask for volunteers without some sort of decent experience.

wav, i mentioned your name in my registration.
Cool, make sure to come by the media booth and say hi. I'm the web team captain and I'll be there for most of the 48 hour event. I'll be in the nice warm, dry media booth. Mike W from RRE came to hang out, keep warm and keep me company between pits stops last year. I'm reserving a spot for him this year too! Hear that Mike W?

[EVO Neil]

If you've never seen a rally live, you must go once in your life. It'll help you understand the heritage behind the car we all drive and love, the Lancer Evolution.

There's nothing like being in the middle of the silent, star-filled desert, at night. Miles from everything except cactus, scrub brush and the occasional chirping cricket. Patiently you wait. Then in the distance you see a flash of light bouncing off of the sparse terrain. More silence and then a hint of noise. The sound of a blow-off valve vigorously working overtime. Finally you are ovewhelmed by an explosion of light and sound as you watch the perfection of man and rally machine sliding sideways through a shadow-filled blind corner in the darkness of night. You feel the course mechanical resonance from the engine as the revs rise and fall. The driver searching for traction while the tires spray rocks and sand everywhere, the exhaust perfectly reverbing off of the desert floor. In a matter of minutes, sometimes seconds, it's trails back to full silence as you wait for the next car.

If it doesn't stir something inside you, check for a pulse.* *:smitten:

[Chris in SD]

If you've never seen a rally live, you must go once in your life. It'll help you understand the heritage behind the car we all drive and love, the Lancer Evolution.

There's nothing like being in the middle of the silent, star-filled desert, at night. Miles from everything except cactus, scrub brush and the occasional chirping cricket. Patiently you wait. Then in the distance you see a flash of light bouncing off of the sparse terrain. More silence and then a hint of noise. The sound of a blow-off valve vigorously working overtime. Finally you are ovewhelmed by an explosion of light and sound as you watch the perfection of man and rally machine sliding sideways through a shadow-filled blind corner in the darkness of night. You feel the course mechanical resonance from the engine as the revs rise and fall. The driver searching for traction while the tires spit rocks and sand everywhere, the exhaust perfectly reverbing off of the desert floor. In a matter of minutes, sometimes seconds, it's trails back to full silence as you wait for the next car.

If it doesn't stir something inside you, check for a pulse.* *:smitten:


You forgot "freezing your ass off"... ;)

[EVO Neil]

If you've never seen a rally live, you must go once in your life. It'll help you understand the heritage behind the car we all drive and love, the Lancer Evolution.

There's nothing like being in the middle of the silent, star-filled desert, at night. Miles from everything except cactus, scrub brush and the occasional chirping cricket. Patiently you wait. Then in the distance you see a flash of light bouncing off of the sparse terrain. More silence and then a hint of noise. The sound of a blow-off valve vigorously working overtime. Finally you are ovewhelmed by an explosion of light and sound as you watch the perfection of man and rally machine sliding sideways through a shadow-filled blind corner in the darkness of night. You feel the course mechanical resonance from the engine as the revs rise and fall. The driver searching for traction while the tires spit rocks and sand everywhere, the exhaust perfectly reverbing off of the desert floor. In a matter of minutes, sometimes seconds, it's trails back to full silence as you wait for the next car.

If it doesn't stir something inside you, check for a pulse.* *:smitten:


You forgot "freezing your ass off"...* ;)


If you've ever experienced that then you know it's all worth it. I think you're just missing California. :'(

[speedform]

If you've never seen a rally live, you must go once in your life. It'll help you understand the heritage behind the car we all drive and love, the Lancer Evolution.

There's nothing like being in the middle of the silent, star-filled desert, at night. Miles from everything except cactus, scrub brush and the occasional chirping cricket. Patiently you wait. Then in the distance you see a flash of light bouncing off of the sparse terrain. More silence and then a hint of noise. The sound of a blow-off valve vigorously working overtime. Finally you are ovewhelmed by an explosion of light and sound as you watch the perfection of man and rally machine sliding sideways through a shadow-filled blind corner in the darkness of night. You feel the course mechanical resonance from the engine as the revs rise and fall. The driver searching for traction while the tires spray rocks and sand everywhere, the exhaust perfectly reverbing off of the desert floor. In a matter of minutes, sometimes seconds, it's trails back to full silence as you wait for the next car.

If it doesn't stir something inside you, check for a pulse.* *:smitten:


Nice write-up! You should work at a magazine. :grin: I see a real future for this one...

[*chris*]

i dunno if id be able to volunteer ...but just go for the hell of it. i know i could do that.

[WavMixer]

i dunno if id be able to volunteer ...but just go for the hell of it. i know i could do that.
You bet! We have plenty of openings for spectators too:

http://rimoftheworldrally.com/2005_Photos/Lauren_Mays/HTML/images/%A9Mays%2CRim05%2CsssIII%2C11.jpg
http://rimoftheworldrally.com/2005_Photos/Lauren_Mays/HTML/images/Mays%2CRim05ss07.jpg

[*chris*]

lolz that chick with the platinum highlights doesnt look too thrilled to be there. is it ONLY stadium seating or is it like WRC where you can just stand wherever you so choose. (unless youre like stupid spectators that sit on the outside of left turn and then are surprised when an evo6 looses control and rolls into the crowd)

there are a couple positions i wouldnt mind volunteering for but i dunno if id get em. maybe ill sign up.... :?

WAIT ....what does it take to ENTER rim of the world? :coolsmiley:

[WavMixer]

WAIT ....what does it take to ENTER rim of the world? :coolsmiley:
A world class pit crew, lots of spare parts and strong kidneys.

[*chris*]

and around 200bucks for entry fees/license and a day of rally instruction to get the license. i have the kidneys, no pit crew or parts. think i could make it?

[WavMixer]

and around 200bucks for entry fees/license and a day of rally instruction to get the license. i have the kidneys, no pit crew or parts. think i could make it?
You might wanna start off watching an event before entering one. Besides, I forgot to mention you need a co-driver too.

[*chris*]

haha i know man ...i was jk. itd be hella fun though. im still mulling over volunteering ...but im at least gonna try to make it. O0

[Terry S]

haha i know man ...i was jk. itd be hella fun though. im still mulling over volunteering ...but im at least gonna try to make it. O0


I'll be your co-driver...

"Turn here! ... No turn the other way!.. Ok go fast here... faster! ... FASTER!... Oh wait, slow down!... *crash* ... Shit."

Terry S

[WavMixer]

haha i know man ...i was jk. itd be hella fun though. im still mulling over volunteering ...but im at least gonna try to make it. O0


I'll be your co-driver...

"Turn here! ... No turn the other way!.. Ok go fast here... faster! ... FASTER!... Oh wait, slow down!... *crash* ... Shit."

Terry S
Dayum, sounds like you done this before :2funny:

[Terry S]

haha i know man ...i was jk. itd be hella fun though. im still mulling over volunteering ...but im at least gonna try to make it. O0


I'll be your co-driver...

"Turn here! ... No turn the other way!.. Ok go fast here... faster! ... FASTER!... Oh wait, slow down!... *crash* ... Shit."

Terry S
Dayum, sounds like you done this before* *:2funny:


I do the 55 fwy rally every day. :2funny:

Terry S

[*chris*]

:2funny:
YOU AND ME TERRY. LETS GO.

[*chris*]

how picky are they about the volunteers?

[WavMixer]

how picky are they about the volunteers?
I dunno, what's wrong with you?

[evodriver1]

I was a volunteer at the 2004 Gorman Ridge Rally. I collected time stubs (or whatever they call them) from the co-drivers. It was fun and I learned a bit about rally racing. First and foremost is that rally racing is a great way to beat the sh*t out of your car.

Call me girly man, but I would hate to have to make major repairs to my car after every time I raced it. But it was fun to watch.

Maybe I should just stick to karting, LOL!

[evodriver1]

how picky are they about the volunteers?


Yes, you MUST shower at least once during the week!

[*chris*]

DAMNIT ...ok so twice a week will work?

nothing really wav, ive just never actually done photography or video professionally yet. and those would be the categories id want to be in. not both obviously ..but either would be pretty damn cool.

[Evo RS-T]

cars must obay all laws


That's what I was afraid of. Doesn't sound like it's for me. It's unnatural because no one obeys all traffic laws in real life. :2funny:


Actually, the "special stages" that make up the competition part of the rally are run flat out on roads closed to public traffic. On these stages there is no arriving early - fastest time wins; period. It's only on the transit stages on open public roads (to get to/from the special stages) that the cars must hit specific time targets and can't disregard motor vehicle laws.

I've been a co-driver at a Rim a few times. There is a reason that they run a few of the stages only at night - so you can't see how far down you'll go if you drive off the road!

[bzzbee2]

EVO RS-T is right on with his explanation. Its basically an all out race on the set stages. I have been involved in these type of rallys since i was about 4 years old. (back when Audi's ruled rallying)

Anyway I will be working at this rally as a timing control captain as i have for the past 3 years. So far everyone on my team looks to be driving an EVO. Im still looking for about 4 more volunteers. No experience needed but common sense is required!

[*chris*]

damnit, i have final discussions for my classes fri & sat morning. of course sat morning would be more a problem than fri. maybe i can just get out of it.

[bzzbee2]

Is anyone interested in working?* I will be running the start of the super special stage at the fairgrounds.* This is the side by side stage with jumps and water crossings...* *

If anyone wants to work but dosent want to drive their car off road, this is your chance.* * If you have registered to work but are not assigned to someones team PM me and i will add you to my team.

[WavMixer]

Hey bzzbee2,
I'm the team captain for the media. We were probably standing next to each other at the picnic Saturday and didn't even now it. I had the black Evo. I saw the red, blue and silver Evo's in the parking lot.

[ultraflip]

i remember requesting to volunteer for rim of the world for a communications team (ham radio license required n all)... no one ever got back to me for me to volunteer... =(

[bzzbee2]

I had the silver one. I believe the other two, red and blue, are also working on the super special.

[gh0stch1ld]

I'll let you know soon if i can help out or not. I wanted to compete in it but the jumps are a lil too much for me

[WavMixer]

I had the silver one.* I believe the other two, red and blue, are also working on the super special.
Ahhhh... I know who you are now. We did meet and talk at the picnic. O0

[Chris@Redline]

Hi All,

Be sure to stop by and say HI at the RedlineTrackEvents booth in the main hall.
We'll be talking to people about our track events in the area so come by and get a free T-Shirt or what ever we have to give away...

[bzzbee2]

dibs on a free tshirt! :mitsu:

[WavMixer]

Hi All,

Be sure to stop by and say HI at the RedlineTrackEvents booth in the main hall.
We'll be talking to people about our track events in the area so come by and get a free T-Shirt or what ever we have to give away...
Hey Chris,
Please hold a XXL for me, I promise to stop by. I'll be in the media area on the other side of the wall closest to the parking lot. I'll be real busy at the beginning as the staging starts, but I will make my rounds. It's great being part of the team putting the show on, but it sucks when all the cool freebies are gone because you were too busy working the show... for free.
But WTF, I just love the sound of spooling turbos in the morning* :smitten: O0

[Chris@Redline]

You got it Wav... One XXL on hold!
See you out there.

[bzzbee2]

Yea working for free has its downsides.. but hey, i got a cool yellow subaru jacket, not to mention all of the other subaru polo shirts i have collected over the years. See ya all there. I will be at the start of the super special. Should be a hoot.

Volunteers: My team is currently full, however there are still areas that could use a little help.

see you all there

[EVO Neil]

I had the silver one. I believe the other two, red and blue, are also working on the super special.
Ahhhh... I know who you are now. We did meet and talk at the picnic. O0


Wav, I don't believe we've met before, so you'll have to look me up on Friday. I may not drive my Evo to the event but I'll be there contributing.

[EVO Neil]

You got it Wav... One XXL on hold!
See you out there.


Chris, save me one too. Same size. I'm the same guy the competes in the Focus Challenge in my stock Sonic Blue Focus. Yeah, the old guy. But the fast old guy...ha! ha!

[Chris@Redline]

OK old Man! I hold one for you too.

[bzzbee2]

i claimed first dibs.. size large thanks :twisted:

[WavMixer]

I had the silver one.* I believe the other two, red and blue, are also working on the super special.
Ahhhh... I know who you are now. We did meet and talk at the picnic. O0


Wav, I don't believe we've met before, so you'll have to look me up on Friday. I may not drive my Evo to the event but I'll be there contributing.

Where will you be? Ask anyone with a yellow jacket where the media room is and there is where I should be. Actually I'm going to try to see more of the event this year, last year I spent more time working and less time watching.

[WavMixer]

OK old Man!* I hold one for you too.
Hey now! I thought that I was the old man around here?

[WavMixer]

Wav checking in from the Rim of the World Rally. I'll be posting a live streaming picture from my window front seat of the pit area. directly infront of me are Team scooby doo... Err, i mean Team subaru. Pics to come later.


*EDIT*

Having problems with the live stream, may have toi wait until next year to offer this.

[Richard EVO]

Them cars are dogs. :2funny:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/richard350z/scoobydoo.jpg

[EVO Neil]

Good to meet you today Wav. What a cool event, too bad so many of you missed it!.* I only saw a handful of Evos there. :knuppel2:

Anthony, it was a pleasure to work along side of you and the family. Book me again for next year. ;)

[*chris*]

i wanted to get down there, but damn school....

[indianevodriver]

Todays event was the first Rally i have ever been to. Got to see some great rallying and drifting and I also got to see this:

http://socalevo.net/gallery/albums/userpics/12257/normal_IMAGE_00014.jpg
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For those of you who weren't there this is what basically happened.

A person who most likely worked or helped organize the rally took his lifted truck out onto the rally track and in order to amuse the fans he had a sheriff chase him with his lights on. The fans were going nuts while watching this because nobody knew if it was staged or not. The truck got into a water pit area and started to slow down until he came to a complete stop. The sheriff was following the truck at a pretty high speed and did not have enough time to react to the truck stopping. The end result is what you see in the pics. The truck was lifted pretty high so the bumper basically went right into the engine of the sheriff's vechile.

[*chris*]

lol omg haha

[Richard EVO]

Muahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :2funny:

So the deputy sheriff has to go to his boss Monday morning and explain how he cracked up his on-duty SUV while goofing around at a rally with a bunch of speeders, boy racers and miscreants? I love it. :twisted:

[indianevodriver]

The sheriff was in shock after the accident. He had a surprised/ashamed/shitting bricks look on his face. They had to put another truck in front of the sheriff's truck so that people would stop taking pictures and walk away from the scene.

[WavMixer]

Great meeting you to Neil! To bad indianevodriver didn't pop his head in and say howdy. 15 hours today, 12 hours yesterday, I'm glad this only happens once a year. I'm getting to be a regular and Mrs Wav and I feel like part of the Rim family now.

The driver of the 4x4 was the owner of the track. He leases the property from the city, paid for the bleachers to be built and leases it out for events like this. The driver of the sheriff SUV was a part time reserve officer/friend of the track owner. The SUV was just donated to the city last week :-o The track owner has accepted full responsibility for the damages. The cops Sgt came over to check things out and basically agreed that it was an accident. This kinda stuff right there is funny, I don't care who you are, you gotta just stop and laugh! The truck was actually the track owners wife who was sitting shotgun during the ordeal. Now she didn't find much humor at all in this exhibition.

[indianevodriver]

Sorry I didn't come by to say hello WavMixer. Steve told me you were there but we didn't see you sitting inside the building.

[WavMixer]

Sorry I didn't come by to say hello WavMixer. Steve told me you were there but we didn't see you sitting inside the building.
I had to sneak out to pee once in a while ;) Do you mean Steve with the silver Evo? I saw him as well as CJexJiggy.

[indianevodriver]

Ya steve with the silver evo. He was the one that told me you were there.

[MRevo9]

i have a vid(on my celly) of pastana and the other sti jumping that i will upload later and post it up

[CJexJiggy]

Sorry I didn't come by to say hello WavMixer. Steve told me you were there but we didn't see you sitting inside the building.
I had to sneak out to pee once in a while ;) Do you mean Steve with the silver Evo? I saw him as well as CJexJiggy.
Yeah...nice work Wav!!

[EVO Neil]

The truck was actually the track owners wife who was sitting shotgun during the ordeal. Now she didn't find much humor at all in this exhibition.


I've been rear-ended before and even at low speeds your body may sustain long-term or permanent damage. Ask me how I know. The track owners wife was riding shotgun and likely will at minimum suffer a pretty sore neck. Both air bags deployed in the Expedition, so it was a pretty hard hit for those guys also. Air bag deployment often causes cuts and bruises, so they are likely also dealing with some pain. They had just finished treating my friend who cut her hand chasing down and diving onto the rocks for a time card that had blown away. Somehow I don't find any of it funny. They were there volunteering their personal time to deal with injuries not out stopping Evo drivers that complain on this board when they run illegal modifications and get caught. They didn't deserve any of that. By the way those guys were from search and rescue, guys that try to help people. End rant.

[WavMixer]

I wouldn't want to see anyone get hurt, and it's a shame that a search and rescue vehicle was damaged. However witnessing the incident as a spectator in the grandstands, was classic comedy reminiscent of the Keystone Cops era. :police:

[chromedome]

had a good time at rim of the world rally... police crash was great, so was the drifting,,,, indianevodriver check your pm..... oh bt the way nice pictures of the cops vehicle :laugh:

[bzzbee2]

heres a shot of the two involved in the joke that went bad.

http://www.talkingpeanut.com/images/myspace/4-29-06%20020%20(Medium).jpg

[apexstrafer]

that was crazy. great rally otherwise though (like every year, my gf and I were working with the press team, getting interviews with the drivers, etc). btw, nice meeting you wav. I didn't realize that was you last year too.

[WavMixer]

that was crazy. great rally otherwise though (like every year, my gf and I were working with the press team, getting interviews with the drivers, etc). btw, nice meeting you wav. I didn't realize that was you last year too.
I plan on being a regular as long as Mike, Paula, Donna, Ray and MaryAnne will put up with me :buck2: