seeing what interest there is for a rally course at etown

[evomike]

ok well me and a friend were talking to the owner of englishtown about a rally course. i am trying to see if there actually would be any interest and if anyone would actually come. matt set up the whole drift thing for him so he trusts us but wants to know if there is any interest so i am curious. its just a thought as of now but he is very interested if it seemed like it would make him money

[Scapegoat]

define rally course

[evomike]

we havent really decided yet, we have talked about having some jumps for the for serious dudes but a longer way around, its all just talk as of now we are curious if there is enough interest to even persue it

[Wiisass]

It's going to have dirt, trees, bushes, jumps and whatever else a sweet rally course would have. I want to put a moat in with a jump over it, maybe a draw bridge, something like that.

I also want a ring of fire.

But before all that happens, we would need people to come out and actually participate if we were to hold events. It's a definite possibility and there are a lot of people on here who have cars that would be great for this, but how many would actually drive their cars on a rally course? They don't have to be AWD cars, pretty much anything could work.

[Dave]

what you need is a head to head super special stage course

portugal tarmac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ1jk...eature=related

argentina dirt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWhgH...eature=related

and yeah if something like that existed here id build a car

[Scapegoat]

I'd take the srt through the dirt and mud and real shallow water. But no jumps and no horrible bumps. I'm not asking for a smooth surface, just nothing like speed bumps over and over and over again...

but i'd def love to get the srt dirty

[Vypurr]

I would like a local Rally-X course. There is no way I would ever put my DD on a true rally course with any jumps though.

[evomike]

Well people need to show interest and it could happen.

[sisforsurfing]

I would 100% do this. My car as it sits is perfect for this, and even if I end up making it not dirt friendly I would go buy a beat ass VW or Subaru andparticipate.
If you guys can figure out a way to make it happen, or would need help doing so, I am in full support. Curious to see how this would work.

[RSX Type-Slow]

i'd rally the sh!t outa my acura.

[asdfasdf128]

hellz yea!

[Kerplunk105]

Yup yup.

[FocusDude]

NJ Police require all cars participating in a off-road rally to have full cage and fire suppresion. This is why SJ SCCA has been trying to hold a event, but have not been able to do so in the past few years.

[evomike]

I've searched for what your talking about and can't find it, do you have links to this so we would know what cars need.

[JDMgoodness]

I would love that. But like stated above Im not jumping my DD (anymore) ;)

[FocusDude]

Originally Posted by evomike

I've searched for what your talking about and can't find it, do you have links to this so we would know what cars need.

I need to search around the local SCCA Rally-X boards. (may take a day or so) I have yet to look in to this personally, but I've heard a story of the last rally-x in NJ being shut-down by the po po, and the fines weren't easy to take Things may have changed but I just don't want the same thing to go down again.

I'd be all up for helping where I can, I doubt I would submit the focus to that kind of torture... Specially since I know it's just waiting to blow-up on me in the most in-opportune time!

[Menacing_Gc8]

I MIGHT be interested, But Thing is, Would it be open on non event Days to practice.. kind of like Drag's TnT days.. I mean, people DO need a place to Practice. Same with the drifters complaining of not enough practice time.. Once a month just doesn't cut it... Also, What would be required for such things.. I mean If This guy is right, we would need Rollcages and Fire suppression in EVERY car.. Some of us don't have money like that or Just Dont have a car that has that stuff in it let along a necessity for it yet.

[Roto]

Would buggies be allowed?

[slowacura]

I know at least four people that would be interested.

[acidbyte7]

mike you know im definatly down and you and i both know about 20-30 people thatd be down also...why dont we start a list or something of people that would be intrested in this whole bit and maybe you can present it to the owner, rally x track is better than being chased by park patrol in the pine barrens, believe me haha. this would turn e town into an automotive amusement park!!