Olympus Rally 2008
4-22-08.
This past weekend was the Olympus Rally in Pomeroy. Fortunately for myself, they ran into road access problems and had to move it to Pomeroy instead of Olympia. Next year it will be back in Olympia. At least the Wild West will still be run in Pomeroy.
So I spent the weekend volunteering and performing stage marshal duties as well as one stint of flying finish for stages 1, 4, 7, 10, 14, and 16. Also met two dudes from Colorado, Eric and Brandon, who were quite entertaining and very hospitable, allowing me to sleep on the floor of their hotel in Lewistink. :) And there were only 10 cop cars there when we got back to the room Saturday night!
Anyway, it was a blast. Lots of neat cars, nice people, and crazy speeds over dirt. Who could ask for more? The images I'm throwing up are not full resolution, and there are way too many to put them all up. If you see your car, let me know, I'll send you the unedited files. (They're 2816 x 2112.)
Also, the fastest car on Saturday was the blue Volvo at 124 mph. Yep, that's right, RWD old school Volvo 262.
EDIT: 4-29-08 Got all of Saturday's still photos up, now just have Sunday's and more video.
Here's where Tanner Foust tried to visit
us. Wrong turn. :)
Flying Finish, no pics for these two stages :(
It's going to take a little while to get all the footage up. For the videos, I would suggest right clicking and "saving target as" since most of them are 20 megs or more. If you're looking for specific vehicles, I've labeled them this way: or3 43.avi OR is for Olympus Rally. 3 is for 3rd file, then the car number which is 43.
Here are the videos I have uploaded at the moment:
This is all I have up now, I'll work on more later.