My First Rallycross!
by brian @ 09:03:46 - [perma-link]A few weeks ago I found a rally car for sale on craigslist. I had
searched for "go cart" and the description for the rally car said,
"handles like a go cart". Good job on the marketing! On Sunday I raced it in my first Rallycross (ever!) at the Washington
County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro. It was so much fun! And the car
totally kicks ass. So many people kept coming up and asking, "is
that the one that was on craigslist?" Its a 1988 Toyota Corolla FX-16 GTS. It has the good motor. Its
front wheel drive. Cold air intake, free-flowing exhaust, fully
caged (well, mostly caged... about 3 bars short of Rally-America
stage rally standards), racing seats (welded into place for the 6'2"
previous driver... gotta move it forward 2", hence the foam pads in
the seat), and 3 sets of wheels with one good set of rally tires. I
don't know much about Corollas, yet, but I'm learning more each time
someone comes up and asks me what it is. Lots of them know way more
about it than I do. It turned out to be a great find. I was only 1 second off the 3rd
place time on my last run. I have to attribute most of that to the
car, since it was my first time racing on dirt. I'm totally hooked
now, so I should be competitive once I get more experience.
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