I Won a Medal

"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii) 07/29/2017 at 19:32 • Filed to: RallyCross, Lone Star RallyCross

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3rd in class! Behind a M2 and GTI. Not bad out of eight.

Mild panic ensued as during the 3rd afternoon run it refused to maintain idle. A quick oil check showed no oil. FUUUUUUCK. It’s a Subaru/import junkyard so that was my plan B.

Fortunately, it wound up being a loose vacuum line. Bullet dodged. I’m obviously burning more oil than I thought, but alls well that ends well (assuming I make it to Austin)

Edit: drinking beer on 6th street. Things are alright. I’ve tried driving home on a blown motor before, works about 5-10 miles.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > LongbowMkII 07/29/2017 at 19:55

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Someone rallyx’d an M2?!?!?

Chariotoflove > LongbowMkII 07/29/2017 at 20:02

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Awesome!

Captain of the Enterprise > LongbowMkII 07/29/2017 at 20:03

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Congratulations!

LongbowMkII > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/29/2017 at 20:25

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Yup. It was much faster in the afternoon session after the track had been cleared. Stupid grip and horsepower making other cars faster.

Also a modded S3 and AllRoad as well.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/29/2017 at 20:40

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Can confirm. It was blue and it was sexy as hell. Here’s an BMW M2 and a Cadillac SLS on the track at the same time. Filed to things I never thought I’d see...

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > LongbowMkII 07/29/2017 at 20:43

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Congrats! Glad you and the Yaris survived the crazy heat. Heck not only did you survive you got some hardware! Sorry I had to bail early. I was hoping to find you and shake the hand of the person crazy enough to run a RallyX 1,000 miles from home.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/29/2017 at 20:57

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That’s amazing.

shop-teacher > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/29/2017 at 21:05

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That’s way fancier hardware than I’ve seen running at any rallycross I’ve been to!

shop-teacher > LongbowMkII 07/29/2017 at 21:05

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Well done!!

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > shop-teacher 07/29/2017 at 21:28

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I was actually shocked at the level of new vehicles there - the M2, an S3 (I’ve only seen like 3 of them on the road total), a current allroad, multiple current generation WRX’s including an STi, and a Mk7 GTI. I mean AutoX sure, and all these cars can handle it, but usually folks aren’t bringing basically new cars to a rallycross. Edit to add - I didn’t get the best photos but I’ll do a dump tomorrow.

shop-teacher > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/29/2017 at 21:40

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Yeah, that’s wild. I’ve seen a few nice DDs at rallycrosses, but never anything new or particularly valuable. Looking forward to the photodump!

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > LongbowMkII 07/29/2017 at 22:27

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M2 person is my hero.

LongbowMkII > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/29/2017 at 22:48

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I’m low key so damn relieved I wasn’t beat by an STS.

Though that oppo would’ve made it better. Cane that Luxo-barge!

Stef Schrader > LongbowMkII 07/30/2017 at 10:55

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Ah heck yes, congrats. Very jelly. Would rather be there (or basically anywhere) than here.