What Diddles left out was the fact that everyone forded rivers except Pastrana. He paid a hippie river guide to take him across. It's the only logical explanation for a 1 minute lead.
Meanwhile, in Dearthair's Canuckistan.....the 2009 Canadian Rally Championship got underway over the weekend. The Quebecois team of Antoine L'Estage and co-driver Nathalie Richard won the Rallye Perce Neige, in their Rockstar Energy Drink liveried 2009 Mitusbishi Evo X. I may be mistaken, but I believe that is the 1st rally win anywhere in the world for the Evo X.
@Kelan Adachi & fodder650: Actually, you'll find that that Tiburon is indeed AWD as he ran in Open (i.e., 4 driven wheels & major engine mods). From Tanner's website: "[Tanner] Foust, with co-driver Chrissie Beavis, drove a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon prepared by rally legend, John Buffum's Libra Racing..." which sounds like the same Tiburon unibody w/Mitsubishi Open AWD system that L'Estage won Sno*Drift with last year and did well in years previous.
Also, looks like front and rear wheels are being driven in this pic:
@Landau_Calrissian is a Plastic Paddy: More than one Jetta, of course, are "Jettae". My uncle's had A1, A2, and A3 Jettae and an A3 Golf; he came up with the pluralizations and I'm stickin' with 'em.
Simply a wonderful event...and I knew nothing of it until I saw rallye cars-o-plenty bookin' it up I-75. And THANK GAWD for Jalopnik or I would have had to search the far corners of the Earth to figure out what the hell was going on...and now, I will be at this event next year for sure! I mean, it would be stupid for me NOT to go when my new pad is only like fifteen miles away! I am really starting to dig this "up north" stuff.
@evoCS is possibly NSFW: I was just thinking the same thing. This year marks 10 years. Oh well, just like the Lions and Michigan football: There's always next year!
I think it's pretty funny that the Detroit 3's snowy back yard gets utterly and totally devastated every year by a throng of foreign cars, while the few entries made by them are 'of last resort'.
Just goes to show how totally out of touch the Big 3 are.
@SoK: Dodge yousta show up with their Stage III & 'IV' Neons and, with Subie of America, add $$$$$ to the kitty so all of'em would show up on TV (ESPN and, previously, Speed contracts)
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"3' hippie penetrating diamond tip"
is unquestionably the best thing I will read this week. Thank you.
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Did his whole family then die of dysentery?
/obligatory
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[www.carsrally.ca]
[www.rallybuzz.com]
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Also, looks like front and rear wheels are being driven in this pic:
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I swear you guys only picked that Subaru for the topic image 'cause of the Vermont plates. There's so much cooler stuff to choose from.
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I heard Pastrana's car only made to Tech 1/2 hr before it closed!
When we past them on I-75 Thursday PM, I remember commenting, "They're usually up there by **Wednesday**, not today...
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Shame on me.
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Just goes to show how totally out of touch the Big 3 are.
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