I have been watching these forums for months now and I figured that it's about time I register. I don't own an Evo, just like many people on here, and, like most of them, would kill to have one...My main reason for finally registering was to find out about some EVOs running around my town of Teays Valley, WV. There is a blue Evo from autocross and a white one that a high school kid owns. I would like to get some video of these cars, or of anyone else who lives in my area. If I get it, I'll post it as long as the respective owners do not mind. Sorry that my first post was so irrelevant to most of you.

 

If you are referring to the Blue Evo at the auto-x at Mercer County Airport, that was me. I live in Virginia though.

 

Well, it's cool to hear that you have raced in WV, but no, I have videos of autocross and another SCCA event on a small road track near here. His times are actually damn good, and the road track times were after only a week of ownership.

 

Why did my post get moved from EVO General to Mid-Atlantic Regional?? For christ's sake, West Virginia is in the Northeast Region...if you're gonna move it, then at least put it in the right forum. I guess that's why no one was from WV...

 

West Virginia = The Mississippi of the North.

 

lol...funny man, the average new house around here is probably $200,000 or more. Nothing racist ever happens around here, and most of us don't have much of an accent. Hell, we're nothing in comparison to Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. If you would think about it, we are the civilized ones, as we were formed by remaining in the Union while Virgnia suceded. People are so misinformed. We talk about that kinda **** when we're sittin around drinkin courvoisier while watching skiers and snowboarders on the slopes of Snowshoe Mountain Resort out the window of my friend's $600,000 resort house. That's when you feel warm inside because you know that you have the upper hand. I live in paradise, and no one wants to come here...it's nice. I have never seen roads that are as beautiful and seemingly made for spirited driving (55 mph speed limits on mountain roads). I can't remember which magazine it was, I think it was Motor Trend, came here and tested luxury sport vehicles around the Greenbrier Resort (rated #4 on Travel Channel's most luxurious suites) and made comments about the roads and also the locals' ability to drive them. Another magazine came here and did their M3 testing at Summit Point Raceway. I have downloaded the video of that before. It's funny that every topic on here has to do with "I saw an Evo in this city" when I had to think hard to narrow the Evos around here to two. 5 miles from my house there is small road track owned by a man with a new Ferrari 360 Modena, among others. We have plenty of local athletes in the Pro leagues, too. Randy Moss, Chad Pennington, Byron Leftwich, Jason Williams, and Troy Brown just to name a few. Jennifer Garner, the chick from Daredevil, Alias, and a bunch of other ****, is from South Hills, 30 minutes away from my house. The guy that won the world's largest Powerball, Jack Whittaker, lives a mile away, and bought the ticket a mile the other direction. It's funny that he already made multi-million dollars per year at his construction firm, and then he won 300 million more. Charles Ryan and Associates, one of the largest Public Relations firms on the East Coast, is located in downtown Charleston and has an office by my house. I can think of 5 major motion pictures that were based in WV in recent years. Watch October Sky, it will tell you about another important person from WV, Homer Hickham, who helped to pioneer many things for NASA. I could keep going but I'm tired of it. I know that these things don't make us any better than Mississippi, but it shows we're not all retards. Besides, remember the Civil War? We are West Virignia because we beat your asses. lol

 

You're in the right forum now. Who'd have thought one little comment would have spawned so many in response?

 

Well said. You represent WV well.
Anyway, I'm from WV as well. I actually live in the DC area, but I drive in to Clarksburg fairly often. My dad lives in cross lanes so I'm down that way every now and then as well. Next time I'm in town I'll send you a PM.

 

Sounds good man. I appreciate what you said, I figured I'd get a bunch of stupid-*** remarks on that one.

 

Uh... The well kept secret of Payne Engineering? The event that we refer to as "Gartersnake". That Blue By You was someone I know.

Write a longer message later... I'm at work right now.

AutoXer ~ West By God Virginia native

BTW... there is a school here in WV... "Man High School Hillbillies"... and thats no lie... GO BILLIES!!!!

 

I love any state where the speed limit is 65 on roads other than interstates, and WV and FL are the only ones I've been to like that. I HATE VA and all of its slow *** speed limits. However, some of the scariest looking places I've ever been were also in WV - I remember going to summerville via I64 and US 60 (behind a dump truck going 15 )- fun road but I'm amazed people don't revolt at having to live in some of the run down shacks I saw. I guess I missed all of the $600,000 houses....

 

US 60 from Gauley Bridge to Fayetteville is the bomb. I used to live in Montgomery and traveled that road all the time. Too bad I didn't have the Evo then.

The houses that you find here vary a lot. Lots of shacks and lots of nice houses if you look in the right places. Housing is a lot cheaper than a lot of other places.

ShortysTRM, try www.swvrscca.org/forums . Its our local SCCA regions forum site. Come to the next event (Riverside) and look me up. I'd be happy to take you for a ride.

 

If anyone is interested in a WV meet, I'd be willing to help orginize it. Any interest? We could go drive Rt 60 from Gauley Bridge to Fayetteville.

 

I'd need some advance notice, but I'd be down for that drive.

 

Just saying hi, another WVer. Not an evo owner but I do own an AWD fun little car to drive.

Rick
99 2.5rs