Kyle Sarasin impressed all taking third overall at Sno*Drift this last weekend in Atlanta, Michigan. Driving a 1994 Subaru Impreza, Kyle was only outpaced by Antoine L'Estage/Nathalie Richard who took first, and Andrew Comrie-Picard/Marc Goldfarb who took second, both teams fielding cars at least 12 years younger. 

At under 20 years old, Kyle is a former Rally America Rookie of the Year and MaxAttack Overall Drive of the Year. He is clearly one to watch. Congrats Kyle!

Sno*Drift is the first rally of the season for the 2008 Rally America National Series and takes place on the snow and ice covered roads of the Michigan LP.

From  Bruce Weinman:  Just a reminder that you only have a few days left to enter the MaxAttack raffle for a Team O'Neil School. One entry for each $10 donation to MaxAttack.

Mail entries must be received by Tuesday, January 22, 2008...so it's probably too late to send them now. Entries via PayPal will be accepted through midnight Friday, January 25 at Max-Attack@earthlink.net. The drawing will be held at the awards banquet at Sno*Drift on Saturday night.

About MaxAttack:
Max Attack is raising the level of two wheel drive rally racing. The Rallysports Group of America (RSGA) will pay out a total cash purse of $24,000 USD to be divided amongst the fastest teams competing in the MaxAttack!

We discuss the latest rally news and Anders Green, organizer of the Sandblast Rally takes us inside the mind of an organizer.

Rally New York media issued a statement yesterday announcing a three year agreement with the local municipalities that host Rally New York to guarantee access to a variety of tarmac and gravel roads. Erik and I had a chance to run that event in 2001 and we found it to be very unique. Having both tarmac and gravel surfaces, often on the same stage, makes for a challenging event. Congratulations Ivan and good luck with the your events.

"Rally New York organization is the promoter and the organizer of the Rally New York USA, the first round of the United States Rally Championship, scheduled for April 4 – 5, 2008 with the headquarters at the Nevele Resort in Ellenville, New York and the International Rally New York, the final round of the United States Rally Championship with a year-end Championship Awards Ceremony, which will take place on October 31 – November 1, 2008."
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After concern that the event might be cancelled due to lack of entries, the Tim O'Neil Rally will press on for January 18-19, 2008. Part of this success is attributed to a colaboration with Safe Drives which will provide R3 H&N restraints to competitors at cost built into the entry fee (although its unclear how many additional entrants can be attributed to this program). In any case, it makes us wonder if any other regional Rally America events might have similar programs should entry lists be short due to a perception that potential entrants are turning away due to the H&N requirement.

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