We made it to the X-Games!

[driftstyre]

http://www.dentsport.com/gallery/d/3358-2/DSCF2179.JPG

Its been a year since Ramana Lagemann has driven and a year since the '95 Spec Group A Escort Cosworth has been run but Weegee Smith and the crew at Dent Sport Garage pulled off a last minute effort and achieved an overall win at Maine Forest Rally, qualifying for the X-Games. After day one, the top 7 cars were seperated by less than 30 seconds which shows how many good drivers there are in the US now. With Jamaican co-driver Michael Fennell, Ramana really put the pressure on and reminded people that he is still one of the top rally drivers in the country. All of you SoCal guys better show up to the Home Depot Center for the final superspecial stage. There are 11 other cars, including Colin McRae and Nicky Grist, but you know who to cheer for.



Photos from Maine.

http://www.rally-america.com/event.maineforest2006.php?section=photos


The 7 speed FFD/Ricardo gearbox will be checked over tonight and a new Mar-M 247 group A turbo will also be installed. We were logging most of the stages and maximum EGT with the ALS on high was close to 1400 CELCIUS!!!! There is a reason the Mar-M 247 turbine and shaft alone are $2200. Boost off throttle at 1800 rpms was 3.1 bar absolute.



We have a lot to do before I leave with the car on Wednesday.

[S13SilviaGirl]

congrats! and good luck on wed!

[driftstyre]

Thanks Silviagirl,
I'm not sure if youc an get US television on the base over there but the hour long final stage on the 6th will be live on ESPN and ABC. Hope you can watch.

[Pennyman]

Congrats!

I love rally. I cried the day Speed dropped WRC.

[bboyt3nsk]

Yeah congrats for sure!!!

(yeah they drop WRC and double NASCAR Content! but their smart about it, i guess,haha)

[BRB26]

Driftstyre! you guys bought the group a escort! jesus that thing costs like $70k on rallyclassified!

ill definitely be there..as rally is my favorite sport, and i live in carson..its perfect.

haha colin and nicky..i didnt know they werent bickering anymore.

[driftstyre]

I wish we owned it. We are just running it for two events and then it goes back to the owner:( Its a hell of a deal for someone looking to compete for the overall championship next year. There is about $100K of spares that come with the car (including a brand new boxed mountune YB Maxi Group A spec motor which is $35K, an FFD Ricardo 6 Speed and another 7 Speed both fresh and enough gears and dogs to rebuild both, two lightly used Mar-M 247 T34 Group A turbos priced new at over 6K a piece, many sets of Dynamic 3 way dampers and about 40 AP discs and bells, 8 AP 4 pot gravel calipers, Magnesium rear arms, mag uprights, lat arms, torsion arms, various gravel rate sway bars etc etc.) We are waiting to hear back from some sponsors but it will look crazy regardless for the XGames.

[iwishiwas-all*]

x-games hass rally?????????? holy shit

[P4rD0nM3]

Congrats! You can still watch rally shows in some websites. I need to dig in the actual episodes...but there are some clips in youtube (As if you dunno). CONRGRFGFATS!

[BRB26]

yea x-games has rally now..
at rim of the world in lancaster, my buddies and i met travis pastrana..he seemed pretty dead set on winning (one of the main reasons he ran the event was to get experience on the x-games courses, as they share most, if not all, of the same stages)

One of the dudes i was crewing with (for Joanna Balsamo) is trying to build his STi for GT...its gonna cost a lot of money..

[Rennen]

Congrats on making the cut, and your team finishing 7th at the X-Games! :w00t:

I think this is just what rally needs to take off. That was one helluva finish, with McCrash living up to his nickname. I can't imagine the balls it takes to flick a jump like that.