ARA’s STPR Rally was this weekend in Pennsylvania. They have some livestreams up on youtube

Oh and there’s no prize money either

There are some shorter events that cost less, but that’s about the cost of a full two day rally (~120 competition miles). There’s Summer Sno*Drift in Michigan that’s ~350 for 40 stage miles and a few events like that at Team O’Neil

That’s just the regional entry fee, national entry fee is 3-400 more

Yeah but you only get up to like 50. It’s great to start out but it’s not quite stage rally

$950 gets you two full days of racing through forests

Rally also has the added cost of having to pay to fix the roads afterwards since they get very heavily rutted

Sponsors? In rally? ahahahahahahaha

Not quite. I’ve only got a few actual sponsors and all they give me are parts discounts. Way harder to find someone to hand out cash (I’ve been working on it).

Not really, my job just pays decent :)

Also, split the rental houses with other teams

The best way to do rally is to make friends with locals that will let you crash for free. There’s also airbnb/vrbo so you don’t have 4-5 people in one small hotel room.

ARA’s official media packet lists ~6000 spectators average per event. Plus some more on social media. That’s pretty much shit. Even Continental or TCR teams can at least list some actual TV broadcasts and/or show the entire race on youtube

Love it, can’t wait to see it in gravel spec

can confirm, we had a sisu challenge

No spectators nearby :( just had to wait until another racer yanked me out

Fuck. Yes. Love this article!

Rovanperä really wants to get in to WRC as well. A lot of contracts are up this year but I don’t see many people moving. Maybe Craig Breen would come on as another part timer to Hyundai replacing Loeb

Bottas to WRC

People in rally don’t need to heel-toe that much. Left foot braking is a much more important skill