Ross Cox Follow Up: Carnage at Benarkin
We struck up a conversation about rally with Ross Cox of Brisbane, Australia back a couple months back. Soon after publishing that story, Ross came to us with some more information and we really wanted to share it with you, but we thought it might get lost if we just added it to the end of the previous story. That said, today we’ve got a follow up on Ross; A little info on his co-driver, some video, and a recap on the carnage at the KCF Short Stages at Benarkin last month.
Do You Have a Multi-Use Rally Vehicle?
In some parts of the United States, surveys have revealed competitors enter just 2.3 rallies per year (RPY). Using generous assumptions that the average rally is 2 days long and provides 300 stage miles, this 2.3 RPY figure means many American rallyists are investing a great deal of time, energy, and money into building a vehicle they will drive less than 5 days (4.6) and less than 700 miles (690) per year. When you consider preparing a race vehicle can cost upwards of $6000 (on top of the cost of the vehicle itself), does rally – by itself – present a good value?
Discussions on Rally Clubs and More
We’ve got a couple really exciting interviews in the works right now. Since none of them are ready to go just yet, we’d like to try something new. Where we usually ask one individual a lot of questions, we’d like to ask all of you just one question. Well, sort of…
Anyone Got An Alternator? ;)
Sometimes deadlines feel like they’ve been fired in your direction out of a cannon. No matter how hard you work, no matter how well-planned-out things might have been, every once in a while, a deadline hits you right between the eyes and you’re just not ready yet. Such is the case this week.
