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Rally NY USA 2012 | Apr 21-22

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First event in the United States Rally Championship!

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Black Box rally team has been prepping for their first tarmac rally event; Rally NY USA 2012. Here’s a look at what really goes on at the BBrt facility – “The team has been hard at work retrofitting our Evo with TARMAC RALLY technology.
First, Billy has prototyped a new racing shoe made completely out of lead, while Mike has been fine-tuning the new vortex generator on our evo to allow us to steer while airborne. We feel these kind of technologies will give us an edge over some of the other racing teams.

Personally, I’ve been hard at work developing our optimum jump angle actuator. So far, our field testing has proved very valuable producing a wide array of broken parts,” stated driver Alvin Fong .

New to the team this rally is Co-Driver Amber Stacy. She had this to say “Well… almost all of our training has been exclusively spent in rehearsing the roll-over procedure. I’m not sure what to make of that…”

“After Perce-Neige, we will have to recalibrate to driving straight on roads again. Watch for the Black Box rally evo at Rally New York USA to see our new driving prototypes at work!”

Interested parties can also order our prototypes here.

Rally NY USA is the first round of the 2012 Rally New York Championship. There will be over 100 stage miles including a 20+ mile stage, and Super Specials at the Monticello Motor Club track. New to this rally is the HillClimb & Racing car class, along with the introduction of the Tarmac Rally Championship. The HillClimb & Racing class essentially allows for caged cars racers to run without the need to retrofit their vehicle with rally-specific requirements such as intake restrictors, codriver necessities, or even street legality.

You can find out more information on Rally NY USA 2012 here:
http://www.rallynewyork.net/rnyusa2012.html
http://www.blackboxrally.com/black-box- ... -usa-2012/
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Good luck dude!!!!
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Re: Rally NY USA 2012 | Apr 21-22

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LOL....
Good luck this weekend! I gotta check out your car in action sometime this year.
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Thanks! We're gonna try to bring the car down for hyperfest in June so you guys can finally see/ride in it.

also have some good news, marcel ciascai has taken upon it himself to try to stream this event live over ustream in case you find yourself needing some rally action this weekend!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rally-new-york-april-2012


Rough schedule of live broadcasting :
Friday - ~19:00 ceremonial start
Saturday -
8:10 SS 1 start
... 9:00 Service
13:00 SS 5 finish
14:30 SS 6
17:15 SS 8
18:00 Service

Sunday
9:00 SS 9
10:00 SS 11
12:15 SS 14
14:00 Service
15:00 SS 17
16:15 SS 19 at the finish of the last stage of rally
~16:45 Ceremonial finish plus champagne
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Re: Rally NY USA 2012 | Apr 21-22

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Today, I’m happy to announce that Black Box rally team secured 1st in Production AWD class and 4th overall, out of the 26 starters at Rally New York USA 2012! This was our teams’ first tarmac event, and Co-Driver Amber Stacy’s first rally ever.

To quote a rally slogan, these were “Real Cars, Real Roads, Really friggin’ Fast!”. It was not uncommon to see triple digit speeds throughout this entire rally, and these were on street roads! I really want to thank the folks that live in Rock Hill, Thompson, and Monticello that allowed us to race through their roads…particularly i want to thank the family who’s front yard i stepped into after I cut a 2 right too early:

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Photo credit: Dominik Pelc <dominik.pelc90@gmail.com>

This was an awesome tarmac rally. We pushed hard throughout the event. Even though we’re down on power in production(stock) class, we were able to give the open class teams a run for their money! One stage, I was flat out coming over an unmarked crest and suddenly, all four tires just left the ground. At that point, I knew we were in for a wild ride. The big hit made it impossible to shut the hood, so Amber finagled a hair tie into keeping the hood down until we got to service.

The start of the second day centered around the Monticello Motor Club. Wow, what privilege to be able to use this exclusive race track. It was quite a sight to see 20+ rally cars lined up at the grid.

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It wasn’t until the last 3 stages of the rally that the rain came, and did it come down hard! With much slippery conditions, i felt right at home; kicking the tail out, powering through the turns.

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Photo credit: B Machin <billy@blackboxrally.com>

Overall this was a great tarmac rally experience. I still can’t get over the incredible speeds we experienced, and the jumps! We’ll see everyone again at the Rally New York RallySprint!

Cheers,
https://www.blackboxrally.com/rally-new ... 2-results/
Rest of the set is here:
Recce/Shakedown/Start - http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 510&type=3
Rally Day 1/Day 2 - http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 510&type=3
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Holy crap dude, congrats!!!! I couldn't be happier to see you all doing so well!
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That is really cool, man.
And congrats for picking a co-driver with long hair to keep things tied down.
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I'll have to grab another DCAWD sticker from Sabre :)

Our Big Jump on SS6!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-tNLJ1iuPY&hd=1[/video]
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Damn, that was a LOT of air!!!
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:shock:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMAY5NwVi7I&hd=1[/video]

The rally from inside the car!
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Re: Rally NY USA 2012 | Apr 21-22

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Nice recovery from the spin at the end.
And what kind of rally is this that you go on a race track with shoulders and run off areas?
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Re: Rally NY USA 2012 | Apr 21-22

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zaxrex wrote:Nice recovery from the spin at the end.
"Oh there's a ditch there" ::FLOORS IT:: :lol:
And what kind of rally is this that you go on a race track with shoulders and run off areas?
Yeah, i absolutely share that sentiment. The race track was actually the Monticello Motor Club in NY. You may recognize this facility from recent low budget productions such as:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... xrXOUCd2Zc[/video]

This year, Rally NY wanted to have some Super Special stages so that spectators had a place they could come out to and see all the action in one place. It was actually pretty cool to have an audience and race around a normally super-duper exclusive race track. The super specials only made up ~12 of the 100+ stage miles. It wasn't drifting sideways through a forest, throwing gravel, but we did have a bunch of kids come up to us, touch the car, sit in it, and permanently affix smiles to their faces, so that's what made it worth it for me, personally.

I also got a chance to put my rallycross skils to good use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHxIkG0vgio&hd=1[/video]
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that was like 5 cones :)
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congrats man, that's an awesome achievement! great pics and vids too. :)
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