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esults; Arthur can just plain drive. Allan Dennis
driving his rally prepared Eagle Talon has been
hot on Chabot’s heals all year. And rounding
out the March duplication, Kory Rooks took his
modified turbo Toyota Pickup to a third place
finish.
Subaru swept the 4wd Prepped class. Rich
Swan and his WRX led the way, followed by
Brian Goss’ WRX and Kathy Moody in her 2.5
RS. Positions three thru seven were separated
by a total of six seconds. Nick Holland wedged
his Mitsubishi EVO 8 into the middle of the
heavily Subaru field.
April usually finds the RX gang at Loon
Mountain’s South Mountain area. Newly begun
construction on a new base lodge and condos
has ended three years of fun at Loon. We thank
Loon for the opportunity to play there during the
formative years of NER RallyCross. In March,
RallyCross racing took place at the dogtrack
in Belmont, NH. The ground was frozen,
almost like pavement, until late afternoon,
when it finally thawed a little showing some
soft sandy areas. Upon return in April, there
was no frozen to be found. The soft sandy
conditions kept the corner workers and Safety
Stewards busy, raking and picking rocks to
protect cars from damage. Well done to all that
participated in this aspect of the day.
In the 2wd prepped classes, first timer Scott
Carlson bested Matt Anderson in a VW vs.
Toyota shoot out. Kory Rooks drove his Toyota
Supra to the Rear Prepped class win over Dave
Burdens Cadillac Limo. Dave did an awesome
job captaining that ship through the course. I
wonder how many limousines besides Dave’s
have ever had rally tires lugged on? In 2wd
Stock class, Chris Rizzon, pushed hard all day
and landed his Saab on the top step of the
podium for the third straight event in 2006.
Chris was chased by Jon Dresser, VW Golf, and
Michael Beliveau, Saab.
The top six spots of 4wd Stock class were
closely packed over a seven second stretch of
time. Scott Beliveau put his Toyota RallyTruck on
the podium after a long absence. Second, was
Cliff Collins in his Mazda 323. Nick Nemchuck
placed third in a Subaru
Arthur Chabot (below) and another Mitsubishi Galant competitor kick up the dust at the Back-to-
Back Dogtrack Rally-X. Photos: Andrew Hobgood
PIT TALK May 2006