RallyCT
1st July 2010, 22:21
Did anyone see the near massacre at the BS "Robin Hood Rally"? Reminded me of Mille Miglia.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKOkchJJ_Yk
Corvette nearly took out a dozen plus people. This series is the most unsafe event I've seen since the Toddler Lawn Dart and Three Wheeler Championships.
There are almost no safety rules, no cages, no licensing, no fire extinguishers, basically if you have $5k and a fast car you can enter. This is breeding a climate of the ultimate in unsafe conditions. Over on SpecialStage.com there is a big discussion about it, with virtually everyone agreeing that it is unsafe and risks the good name that rally racing has built up. To that end, we have started a Facebook group to get Robin Hood Rally to remove 'rally' from their name. Intercity Lines, their transportation sponsor, has already pulled out of their sponsorship agreement and told RHR to not use the Intercity logo. We are not doing this out of a vendetta against the RHR people, rather for the safety of those participating in and watching the rally, and the good name of rally across North America.
Please join and support real north american rallyists!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=134094499947886&ref=ts
If you wish to write or email to the sponsors, here they are.
http://www.apexperformance.net/
http://www.carhartt.com
Thank you.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKOkchJJ_Yk
Corvette nearly took out a dozen plus people. This series is the most unsafe event I've seen since the Toddler Lawn Dart and Three Wheeler Championships.
There are almost no safety rules, no cages, no licensing, no fire extinguishers, basically if you have $5k and a fast car you can enter. This is breeding a climate of the ultimate in unsafe conditions. Over on SpecialStage.com there is a big discussion about it, with virtually everyone agreeing that it is unsafe and risks the good name that rally racing has built up. To that end, we have started a Facebook group to get Robin Hood Rally to remove 'rally' from their name. Intercity Lines, their transportation sponsor, has already pulled out of their sponsorship agreement and told RHR to not use the Intercity logo. We are not doing this out of a vendetta against the RHR people, rather for the safety of those participating in and watching the rally, and the good name of rally across North America.
Please join and support real north american rallyists!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=134094499947886&ref=ts
If you wish to write or email to the sponsors, here they are.
http://www.apexperformance.net/
http://www.carhartt.com
Thank you.