New England Dragway Hosts Winter Rally Race
February 29, 2008
Cars were sliding all over the place in Epping last Saturday. The cause wasn’t Friday’s storm, however.
The Sports Car Club of America came to the New England Dragway for a winter rally race. More than 40 drivers showed up, with every state in New England represented, and raced their vehicles through an ice and snow covered course, set up in a field behind the grandstands.
In a rally cross race, the cars do not race side by side, instead, they compete to see who can navigate a pre-set course, through hairpin turns, over snow and ice quickly.
“It’s about the adrenaline,” said Tim Chevalier, one of the drivers at the event. “It’s fun. You have a good, safe environment to try things that you should never dare do on the street.” Chevalier and his fellow drivers gathered to race at 9 a.m. Saturday morning, and raced throughout the day until 5 p.m. The competitors could be seen throughout the day working on one another’s cars, eating lunch together, and exchanging stories about past rally crosses.
Terrill Covey has the full story on Seacoast Online.
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