Rally America 2013 Opening Round: Sno-Drift!| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

HiTempguy UltraDork
1/23/13 11:13 p.m.

It's this weekend, and in case you guys didn't hear:

Ken Block is back for the whole series! Should be a great battle between him, David Higgins (SRTUSA) and Antoine L'Estage (Rockstar Mitsu).

Some videos from last year and a preview of this year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRELj9PmjxQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S02Setbflnc

Sounds like they are getting a ton of last minute snow, so it shouldn't be ice-drift like 2011 and 2012

New liveries for all, but Antoine is being tight lipped. Yellow something. And just to stir the pot, it is well known Antoine was testing one of the last Mitsu WRC cars produced (that has been upgraded since within old WRC rules, but isn't currently homologated) and is looking at bringing it over. Sounds like he was doing some testing somewhere last week but is also hushhush about that.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/27/13 8:08 p.m.

Just spectated Sat this year and didn't crew.

Link to pics https://picasaweb.google.com/117219542842084007677/SnoDrift2013

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:15 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:16 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:17 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:18 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:19 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:20 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:21 a.m.

Three boom, six rotor camera drone of one of the pro photoraphers. Way way cool, hovering over the cars, track, peopla. Totaly stable. Short battery life though.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:21 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:22 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:23 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson UltraDork
1/28/13 8:24 a.m.

That's it, the best of my shots

Donebrokeit HalfDork
1/28/13 8:46 a.m.

Very nice, thanks

xflowgolf HalfDork
1/28/13 8:56 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: Three boom, six rotor camera drone of one of the pro photoraphers. Way way cool, hovering over the cars, track, peopla. Totaly stable. Short battery life though.

This rig is most likely the work of Matt Johnston, who's shooting a Feature Length Rally documentary "Easier Said than Done"

info here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rallymatt/easier-said-than-done

He put a quick speed metal and slow mo video of sno-drift testing with Ken on Friday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGwvyVBOyv4

logdog GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
1/28/13 8:59 a.m.

Here is a video of Block wiping out on stage 19 marshal point J. There are five of us going "oh poop" at the end.

Edit- I guess I need to load to youtube. I thought I could link to Photobucket n

logdog GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
1/28/13 9:17 a.m.

Here it is

http://youtu.be/IZG5IyNqUIc

irish44j UltraDork
1/28/13 2:51 p.m.

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

This is two of our local rally-x guys - John Kramer and Adam Kimmet.....Adam is the new chair of the WDCR region rally-x and was co-driving.

I think they finished first overall in the regional 10/A - admitted I'm not sure how the classing and events work, but I know they won somthing, lol...