[tbtstt]

So I've seen a few threads on here with regards to "Rallycross" in the US and I've just made a comment about it in another thread, so I though I'd enlighten you American folks on here as to what Rallycross originally was:

YouTube - British Rallycross, Round 5. Super Final

YouTube - British Rallycross, Round 5. Supercar B Final
(Features a pair of Impreza's)

YouTube - British Rallycross, Round 5. Supercar A Final

These videos were taken by me at a UK Rallycross meeting a few weeks ago (sorry, not the best quality, but they're watchable), these show case the "Supercar" classes, though there are (slower) classes (Stock Hatch, Modified Hatch etc.). Its pretty much the only race series now where you can still see Group B rally cars running competitively.

The UK is where rallycross was started (in the 60's), but there now pretty major series for it in Europe and elsewhere.

So stop enough round cones and start racing each other round the dirt tracks!

EDIT: This post was meant to convey my love for traditional Rallycross and show everyone what its all about, it was not suppost to be a pretentious rant at everyone. So SORRY and enjoy the videos!

[RallyMe]

Originally Posted by tbtstt

So I've seen a few threads on here with regards to "Rallycross" in the US and I've just made a comment about it in another thread, so I though I'd enlighten you American folks on here as to what Rallycross really is:

YouTube - British Rallycross, Round 5. Super Final

YouTube - British Rallycross, Round 5. Supercar B Final
(Features a pair of Impreza's)

YouTube - British Rallycross, Round 5. Supercar A Final

These videos were taken by me at a UK Rallycross meeting a few weeks ago (sorry, not the best quality, but they're watchable), these show case the "Supercar" classes, though there are (slower) classes (Stock Hatch, Modified Hatch etc.). Its pretty much the only race series now where you can still see Group B rally cars running competitively.

The UK is where rallycross was started (in the 60's), but there now pretty major series for it in Europe and elsewhere.

So stop enough round cones and start racing each other round the dirt tracks!

Ill race people around tracks if you sponsor me so when I damage my car each race you can pay for it!

[Kamrulz4ever]

Originally Posted by RallyMe

Ill race people around tracks if you sponsor me so when I damage my car each race you can pay for it!

[Steve STi]

Originally Posted by RallyMe

Ill race people around tracks if you sponsor me so when I damage my car each race you can pay for it!

[forgedSTi]

cool vids, but you come off sounding mighty pretentious there.

[STi_4_Daddy]

Hey, this reminds me of the video games

[disturbed1]

We still won the revolution...so HAH! Its not rallycross going around the cones...its RallyX. Like AutoX. Chez. And we have dirt road where real rally races go on. Oh yeah and we get great sunny weather here in california. How the weather over there? What the cost of fuel and how big are the cars you guys drive over. Yup. +1 for USA!USA!USA!

[tyler_sti]

Oh boy, I can see where this is gonna go. This member is already off to a bad start. I respect both forms of the sport, but you cant say one is "real" wtf? Like sti's are real and evos arn't? ex.

Both are very difficult, but one screws you car up ALOT more. Hense why alot of don't have time or money to spend fixing super dirty cars, with serious rock chips. To each their own, don't come to an american forum talkin smack!

[crf-sti]

^^haha yeah, but that does look like hell of fun!

[wsirianni]

yea dude u kinda came off like an stuck up guy that thinks that all other sports suck or there not doing it right and did u notice ALL of those cars had sponsors??

[tbtstt]

Originally Posted by forgedSTi

cool vids, but you come off sounding mighty pretentious there.

SORRY EVERYONE. I just read my first post again and it does look mighty pretentious! That wasn't my intention at all, I was trying to illustrate what rallycross originally was/is and how brilliant I think it is, though I seem to have ended up scoring a big "-1" for the UK there. Sorry if I've rubbed you all up the wrong way there.

We're not all up our own a*ses in the UK... honest!

Yeah, it can be a costly motorsport, as I said in the original post (if you skirt round my badly worded text...) there are slower classes which involve more economical motors; for example most of the "Stock Hatch" class are Peugeot 205 GTi's, which can be bought and raised to racing standard for about $3500 (which isn't cheap I know, but its the most affordable form of motorsport I know of). Still given how little you pay for petrol and insurance you can afford that though, right?

[elirentz]

We americans have the same thing except we call it dirt track racing. Our rallyx is different its an autox on dirt.

[topper]

I would love to have something like that here. I also like the rally they did at the x games, that would be AWESOME to have a travling series here that raced at stadiums.