check out that race between the two subis its fawking bad

 

heres sum vids not to good but im still looking

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6Nc-VAeawOI

http://youtube.com/watch?v=n_fDGFvfrW4

 

Sorry for the low quality - but here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr6e7SoNd5I

Mike Huml
SBR Inc.

 

Breaking down?

That's what you call it eh?

Glad you know -

UGG.

Mike Huml
SBR Inc.

 

UGG.

Mike Huml
SBR Inc.

 

Your heart, sponsors wallet's - same difference LOL

We had trouble with the jump all week - hit to fast go end over end, to slow - and you see what happens... about a 3 MPH window in an EVO to hit it right.

Mike Huml
SBR Inc.

 

Subaru has a nice seven figure budget to run the two cars - we have barely a six figure budget - as do most rally teams - we are VERY proud of what we accomplished this year.

If Mitsubishi comes to the table, Subaru will have their hands full.

Mike Huml
SBR Inc.

 

Boris was in a Subaru and was a hired gun from Nascar - he did not make it through the qualifying round.

Mike Huml
SBR Inc.

 

Hey, better luck next year at X-Games and hope you do well at other events too. We need more rally broadcast coverage for sure and if it takes these type of extreme jumps to pull more people in to the sport then I guess that's what it takes.

 

Whatever it takes is the right attitude - I have heard some 2 million plus live viewers - hopefully some will catch the "bug".

Mike Huml
SBR Inc.

 

Just marketing by Subaru.
I bet the evos werent allowed to win.

 

That second part is not accurate at all. Boris was in a Group N Subaru. Big respect to him for showing up with no practice and jumping a 70 foot gap, putting his reputation on the line as a paid gun and driving a car in a race without setting foot in it for even 5 minutes before race day. Boris is a badass.

If any other shops on here can build a winning rally car they should give it a shot... then qualify. Ask Mike H. what a commitment it is to do even one event.

Insofar as the X Games go the fan broke for us on round 1 which wasn't televised- probably due to the impact of the 70 foot jump landing. We advanced to round 2 after winning round 1 and sat in staging for 15 minutes to wait for a television commercial break. During that time, despite cycling the engine on and off and with no fan, the Autronic went into limp mode, triggered by the high water temperature. Limp mode limits the rev count to 4500 and retards the ignition timing. The car had no power to make the jump. During the 10 minute layover we hard wired the fan and went out for another run. (also not televised)

So, to ease everyone's tension an Evo finished 4th overall and it was probably the lowest funded car there.


http://rally-america.com/story.php?article=244


Driver / Co-Driver / Hometown / Hometown
1. Tanner Foust / Chrissie Beavis / Steamboat, CO / San Diego, CA
2. Ken Block / Alessandro Gelsomino / Encinitas, CA / Los Angeles, CA
3. Travis Pastrana / Christian Edstrom / Annapolis, MD / New York, NY
4. Ramana Lagemann / Mark Williams / Boston, MA / North Potomac, MD
5. Colin McRae / Carolyn Bosley / Lanark, Scotland / Burlington, VT
6. Andrew Pinker / Robbie Durant / Perth, Australia / Oxford, England
7. Paul Choiniere / Jeff Becker / Shelburne, VT / Great Neck, NY
8. Andrew Comrie-Picard / Marc Goldfarb Edmonton, Alberta Canada / Atkinson, NH
9. Boris Said / John Buffum / Carlsbad, CA / Colchester, VT
10. Pat Moro / Mike Rossey / Dublin, OH / Rochester, MI
11. Matt Iorio / Ole Holter / Marlborough, NH / Long Beach, CA
12. Otis Dimiters / Alan Ockwell / Great Neck, NY / Stouffville, Ontario, Canada

 

How many professional motorsports events have you raced/crewed built cars for? If anyone here understood the magnitude of an event like this they would have respect even for last place.

 

Ramana and that Evo took 4th place in the competition beating out Colin McRae.

 

Sucks because no Evo even finished.