New England Forest Rally 2008

[Scooby3]

Im planning on heading up to the New England Forest Rally in Maine on July 11-12. I went to STPR this year and last year and it was awesome. Anyone planning on heading up there in a few weeks???

[Menacing_Gc8]

Originally Posted by Scooby3

Im planning on heading up to the New England Forest Rally in Maine on July 11-12. I went to STPR this year and last year and it was awesome. Anyone planning on heading up there in a few weeks???

Might be interested.. Details please?

[Scooby3]

July 11-12 in Bethel, ME. im prob heading up the night before. rally-america.com has all the details about the event. im trying to get some friends to go. let me know if your interested. have you ever been to a rally before?

[timp]

I'd love to go, but I'm sure I won't be able to make it. I did go to STPR this year though... went to 2 stages on Saturday (Colton Point and the Super Special). You might have seen my Talon running around town.

I missed last year, but I've been every year before that since like, 2003 or something... Met Mark Lovell/Roger Freeman and got their autographs right before they were killed... I used to go up for the rally, but now I just go because I love the Wellsboro area so much... The rules and changes that have gone on in the last several years are getting a bit out of hand... I still remember when there weren't specified spectator areas so you could sit/stand anywhere on the corner you wanted... those were the days.

[turbo4g63]

Is there partying? Race events are always better when you have a drink in your hand. I went to the Manayunk bike race a couple weeks ago and i had a blast...i was wasted all day...we started drinking at 7:30 in the morning

[timp]

Originally Posted by turbo4g63

Is there partying? Race events are always better when you have a drink in your hand. I went to the Manayunk bike race a couple weeks ago and i had a blast...i was wasted all day...we started drinking at 7:30 in the morning

RallyAmerica doesn't allow alcoholic anything at the stages anymore... they didn't used to care (actually, that was back when these were still SCCA Rally events)... that's cool by me really, since it makes the crowds a lot more obnoxious.

This year at STPR even, they did away with night stages because apparently some guy decided that it would be a good idea to run a stage in his pickup truck at night... drunk... with his bed full of teenagers with bb guns...

I don't think anybody got hurt, but because of stupid crap like that, they're starting to be more and more strict on the rules. like I said before, you used to be able to hang out anywhere and spectate... now they have caution tape up and specified spectator areas... all because some guy (again, drunk I believe) decided to wander out in front of a rally car and got himself killed.

rules are lame.

however, you're welcome to go hang out in one of the local bars or whatever in the evening... they're usually full of rally fans... and if you're a subaru guy, keep your eyes open, Rally events are huge among the subaru crowd (seriously, probably 2 in every 3 cars is a subaru), and they often have meets somewhere nearby.

Next year, maybe we should all meet up in the Dunkin Donuts lot or something in Wellsboro and have a bit of a TST meet type thing... see how many people show up.

[kas14slider]

I wouldn't mind going and checking it out.

[Kerplunk105]

Too far.

Went to the Wellsboro one, which was fun!