Sno*Drift Stuff

"Santiago of Escuderia Boricua" (sdiglesias)
01/31/2018 at 12:26 • Filed to: Rally, stage rally, sno*drift, rally america

I went to Sno*Drift last weekend. It was actually my first time spectating an event. Usually when I’m not competing, I volunteer, but I decided to hang out with some friends and just watch this time. It was really cool to see.

SS11

I took along my crappy point and shoot to try and get some pictures of the field. It was really slow on the shutter. It’s not a good camera, but I got some non-blurry shots.

SS8 medical sweep

I left after work and got there around 8 pm planning to meet up with my crew chief in the parking lot across the street from service and promptly got stuck on the broken ice.

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We hopped in his Legacy and headed to the last stage of the day. My camera did not want to focus, but the cars looked cool. Fervor had a big hit into the snow bank and one person needed help from the spectators to get free. I was surprised that a bunch of cars were missing, and it turned out that there was massive attrition with the bad conditions - standing water over ice.

Bonfire alley spectator corner

Saturday we managed to hit three stages, 9, 11, and 16. Hanging out at Bonfire Alley was really cool. We found some MTU students that remembered my car and gave me food. The stage didn’t seem as epic as when I ran it two years ago in the pitch black night.

SS9, first of the day

After all 17(!) cars passed, we headed to the awards banquet to talk rally and catch up with friends.

Here’s some video from a knock off action cam of SS8 and 9:

I wish I had more vacation time to actually be able to race, but I’m glad I went up anyway and got to see some racing and catch up with friends. Rally people are the best.

DISCUSSION (5)

vondon302 > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
01/31/2018 at 13:03

I really need to go this one of these years.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > vondon302
01/31/2018 at 13:09

This would have been a good one. It was in the 40s

jebidia24 > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
02/01/2018 at 14:19

It was a rough year to volunteer (although I will continue to volunteer until my car is finished), the standing water over ice is why stage 11 was late (it was almost impossible to place marshals with two wheel drive cars, which I have) and stage 15 was shortened. I helped marshal on Bonfire Alley this year and from a volunteering perspective, running during the day helped keep some of the rowdy down. The guy in the chicken suite didn’t get a chance to run on to the course (thankfully as it would have closed the stage down).

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > jebidia24
02/02/2018 at 08:41

I’ve been there... I had to park on a hill two years ago after catching someone with a flat on stage. The control was a the top of the hill, flat. One of them had to come push me to get me going up the hill

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > jebidia24
02/02/2018 at 08:42

Also, thanks for volunteering!