Sno-Drift '10

Ultra · January 16, 2010, 02:59:01 PM

Every member of this site at the time I posted this is welcome at my home for the event. I live 10 miles from the rally.

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Sno*Drift | www.sno-drift.org

Sno*Drift is the first stop on the Rally America National Championship calendar and it is a full-on battle that takes place over snow and ice across the back roads of northeastern lower Michigan.

LOCATION | Atlanta, MI Jan 29th, 30th 2010.

The Sno*Drift Rally - held in the middle of winter in northeastern lower Michigan - takes place where snowmobiles and Elk probably outnumber cars. As in past years the rally is headquartered in Atlanta, Michigan but it also passes through the towns of Lewiston and Hillman.

CONDITIONS | snow, ice, frozen gravel

Winter conditions in Michigan are hard to predict, but some combination of fresh snow and glazed ice can always be expected. Current rules restrict rally cars from using studded ice tires which makes finding traction extremely difficult for the drivers. If there has been good snowfall in the days leading up to the rally expect to see large snowbanks lining the roads. These snowbanks can be a help and a hazard for drivers as they try to stay on the road. Dress for warmth and don't forget to bring your snowmobile!

Ultra · January 17, 2010, 10:37:03 AM

Looks like Dan Speed and Boxer are going to attend. Anyone else?

faksta · January 18, 2010, 11:09:26 AM

Well, hardly me :)

Ultra · January 18, 2010, 03:01:49 PM

Quick flight over the pole or you could drive this over:

Ultra · January 28, 2010, 12:54:33 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/9vWN0csewwg

http://www.youtube.com/v/zE6LbEuKxBo

http://www.youtube.com/v/fS1OpLclz4o

Then everyone eats my pizza at the awards dinner!

:drink:

Ultra · January 29, 2010, 02:25:21 PM

Boxer and Dan Speed are just south of Flint Mi. and should be here in 3 hours.

Gonna be a good weekend!

Ultra · January 29, 2010, 04:49:38 PM

They are picking up the pizza from my pizzeria right now. We'll let you know how the weekend goes.

Whiskey on the house! :drink:

Ultra · January 30, 2010, 04:31:03 AM

My two house guests are sleeping one off in preparation for the race in a few hours.

Paul Jaray · January 30, 2010, 04:38:55 AM

Don't forget to take pictures!

Ultra · January 30, 2010, 04:44:53 AM

I don't get to go because I have so much food to prepare for the dinner afterwards. I will get those two to post their pics and will post mine from the awards banquet.

faksta · January 30, 2010, 08:49:27 AM

Tell them you won't feed them if they don't bring quality photos!

Paul Jaray · January 30, 2010, 09:47:05 AM

When they get back, if their car stop along the way, tell them to make a phone call and not to get out in the cold with the ski and a map....

Ultra · January 30, 2010, 12:15:13 PM

They should have made it to the Special Stage. Boxer has his camera. Ken Block's Fiesta has trouble and is out. Travis Pastrana is here racing. I'm getting ready to head to the restaurant and start the build up for tonight's awards banquet.

Ultra · January 30, 2010, 06:15:54 PM

Two shots of the awards banquet before the teams finish their final stage.

Bezor · January 31, 2010, 02:51:03 AM

Quote from: Ultra on January 30, 2010, 06:15:54 PM
Two shots of the awards banquet before the teams finish their final stage.

Good stuff! Fun times. I bet the food was decent.

Waiting for pictures....

Ultra · January 31, 2010, 01:01:39 PM

Here come the pics, courtesy of Dan Halsey. We know him as Boxer.

I will get the pics of a couple of the girls in my crew with Travis Pastrana from the girls and their phones ASAP. :)

Paul Jaray · January 31, 2010, 01:20:03 PM

These are (litterally) great pictures!
I wonder how those photographers trust the drivers so much!

Ultra · January 31, 2010, 01:29:06 PM

Ultra · January 31, 2010, 01:47:34 PM

Ultra · January 31, 2010, 01:58:37 PM

Otto Puzzell · February 01, 2010, 04:31:18 AM

Quote from: Ultra on January 30, 2010, 06:15:54 PM
Two shots of the awards banquet before the teams finish their final stage.

Those beams must make for some wicked ricochets during dodgeball games.

Otto Puzzell · February 01, 2010, 04:34:02 AM

Having bandwidth issues. I'll have to peruse the action shots at the office.

Boxer2500 · February 01, 2010, 04:46:23 PM

Hell, *I'm* having bandwidth issues loading those and I'm on a 15 mbps collection. Ultra, would you like me to batch resize those shots down to 800x600 or so with high res available via e-mail on request?

Ultra · February 01, 2010, 05:33:32 PM

Please

Dan Speed · February 02, 2010, 07:41:23 PM

I would have posted sooner, but have been fighting Internet Security 2010. I think I may have won. Thanks for the hospitality this weekend, Ultra. Great pizza, great bourbon (Even if it all tasted like whiskey to me), and we even got to see some rally cars drive by. I've got a few pictures and video clips, none of which are very good. I'll get around to posting them in the next few days.

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