The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Rally Club presents:
Rallycross!
When: September 10th, 2005 (Saturday)
RallyRPI is presenting its Inaugural RallyCross Event catering to everyone who has any interests in rallying, off-roading, and sports of the like. The purpose is to bring back the sport and spirit of rallying to the Upstate Region and provide an inexpensive avenue for amateurs to participate and the pro's to practice for the next Stage Rally Event.
This is their first event and Washington County Fairgrounds [in Greenwich, NY] is gracious enough to help them with the financial situation. The most important thing right now is to reach the break even point for the first event, and if everything goes well the price will eventually drop and the number of events will go up. Trust them when they say they're non-profit.
Please check it out and email rallyrpi yahoo com (or reply to post) for any questions what so-ever regarding this event. They're looking for at least 30 early registrants or else the chances of this event happening might be slim (deadline August 10th). Please spread the word around and get this going! They promise it will be BIG and Enjoyable to all once everything gets on track. Help them make this happen.
Info:
Early-Registration $45/Car (August 10th Deadline)
Normal Registration $55/Car (After August 10th)
Operation is Non-Profitable and based on meeting minimum event cost
Normal Registration Amount may change depending on Early-Registration Outcome
Condition:
Flat, 100% Grass & Dirt, Fair Parking Lot
Rules& Classes:
TBA (Expect at least 2 classes: Pro & Amateur)
For Mapquest directions here's the address: Route 29, Greenwich, New York 12834
Last edited on Wed Aug 3rd, 2005 02:01 am by Mike Kamm
There was an organizer's meeting yesterday at the site. Here are two pics showing the vast depths of the field they are using. It is 4 tenths of a mile around the perimeter. That's about 17 acres! I am really excited about the course possibilities here. The course will be larger than expected. They could make a course up to 1.5 miles long! This is great news for all participants. Rally RPI has an electronic scoring system that will be employed.
Folks, rallycross events don't grow on trees in NY. This is a great opportunity for forum members and guests alike. They've got 22 signed up and they need 30 to break even. Let's make this happen!
Last edited on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 02:37 am by Mike Kamm
As a participant of the inagural RPI Rallycross, I have to say that it exceeded all of my expectations. It was well organized, and ran like clockwork all day. The weather was perfect and the course was very well laid out. It included some challenging technical corners coupled with plenty bursts of accelleration through the numerous short chutes joining them. The Washington County Fairground's site terrain is fantastic for rallycross.
It was nothing short of impressive that World Media's Senior Programmer Brandon Cheely, brought Peer Impact on board with their new online digital content distribution network to support this inagural event.
They supplied all event participants with complimentary RPI Rally- Peer Impact T-shirts. They were really appreciated by all participants!
I'd also like to thank all of the people that made this event an overwhelming success. It was truly a team effort starting with a small but determined group of college students with a passion for rally and the desire to make this happen, coupled with the support of some of the most experienced people from the northeast rally and rallycross community.
We all owe a great deal of gratitude to the key players like Gus Lin, Chris Brenton, and Ivan and Olga Orisek for their major contributions to make it all work and work well.
Olga Orisek supplied the scoreboard and quickly transferred all of the run data from Tim Chevalier onto it for all to see.
Additionally, Red Bull also came on board and had their Austrian built six wheeler there and also their pickup with the big can in the bed. The Red Bull girls were on hand to chat with and hand out plenty of complimentary liquid refreshment.
For the full posted results and photos on click HEREfor the RPI Rally website.
RPI Rally Club is also planning to host a winter rallycross in December, once again at this incredible Washington County Fairgrounds site. Stay tuned for future upcoming announcements.
