Alabama thread!

I guess it works either way, interesting.

 

This trip could very well end up being pretty epic. This is the latest email we have gotten.


Hello,

*First and foremost BE SURE all of your teammates are receiving this message as it contains extremely important information. YOU WILL NOT HAVE CELL SERVICE FOR NEARLY THE ENTIRE ROUTE. I still get error messages on a couple emails, stating the email is incorrect. Please get with me asap to fix this if your teammate isn't receiving this update. *

This weekend marked the first time the entire Rally course was completed. Erik (the 1st gen 4runner guy) and I left Saturday morning and headed south. Day 1 is in the heart of the Appalachian mountains and the terrain is navigable but if you are inexperienced, or tend to get excited while on questionable terrain, you should be extremely cautious while navigating the course. There are many opportunities for you to flip, or obtain body damage. This can be avoided by choosing a common sense safe route through the trails. You will get scratches. I know some of you have purchased brand new vehicles and plan on driving them. Please realize that when doing this type of activity pinstripes are inevitable, but a good buff will take most of these out. Throughout the day, a small oil leak in Eriks first gen became bigger and bigger. If you don't count our stops, our tires were moving 9 hours 52 minutes and 39 seconds. We finally made it to our destination late that night, set up camp, and talked about whether or not Erik should continue.

Camping location for night 1: Dark Holler Off Road Park

DHOR has stepped up and offered group camping for the entire group on night 1. This is where we settled down after night 1 of our tracking. The owner and his sons are very stand up people and are very welcoming and excited to host such a large event. DHOR will be the ONLY location during this rally you have the opportunity to remove points... so although you will be tired, I really encourage all of you to hit some trail to remove points. The harder the trail, the more negative points it's worth. Nobody will get a perfect score. The park is only a couple of years old, and has trails from mild to wild. I will be traveling back down there at a later dates to track trails and with the help of DHOR staff, determine how many points each trail will be eligible to remove from your score. Please note that due to us camping where vehicles normally traverse, GLASS BOTTLES ARE NOT ALLOWED. If you are found with a glass bottle you will immediately be disqualified and escorted off of the property. Cans, (and sippy cups for you jeep guys) are permitted.

We woke up on day 2 and Erik and I felt it was best if he turned back. The route only gets more remote on day 2 and we feared that something may go wrong deep into the wilderness. I continued south and again drove from daylight to dark. Day 2 has more high speed dirt and gravel roads, as well as some gritty trail. The average moving speed rose by several mph on day 2 and there are plenty of opportunities to hit higher speeds on forest roads. I travel through a few campgrounds while on these roads so please slow out of courtesy and safety to 15mph when approaching these campgrounds. Children may be present. Some trails are extremely hidden and if your codriver isn't paying attention you WILL pass them up. The codriver is much more important than the driver on day 2. If you're running solo, PAY ATTENTION CAREFULLY. I moved a total of 8 hours 40minutes day 2. Tired and nearly out of fuel, I decided to sleep right beside the road on night to in hopes that if I ran out of fuel, I could flag someone down. Nobody passed by. Camping is still in the works on day 2 and I will update you when I figure something out.


I awoke the next morning to an annoying ass bird chirping a monotonous song that made me want to kick baby seals down a colonial era stairway. Tired and flustered about the fuel situation, I continued south. Running on fumes, I finally found a small town to refuel. After fuel, I continued south and reached the last of 3 states we will see: Georgia. The flora and fauna of this area is completely different from the mountains north of here. The dirt is sandy, it's hot, dry, and prison crews work in in the ditches. I had finally reached the dirty south. I passed through areas where gas station windows are barred, roads are straight and the earth is so flat, if you look far enough you can see the back of your head, you should try it sometime. This is the highest speed sections of the rally, and you will reach 70mph. You will enter Gainesville, GA and the finish line is so close you can taste it:

Left Nut Brewery: The Finish.

This brewery is the epitome of Red Clay Rally grit. The building is an old Johnson & Johnson bandage factory, and the owner and his employees are of an awesome caliber. Between DHOR and LNB, I have never felt so welcomed in my life. I was treated like family. In 1936 Gainesville was hit by a devastating F5 tornado, one of the most destructive in US history, the brewery building even served as a makeshift hospital as the citizens rebuilt their city. The staff went above and beyond providing a tour, taught the history of the area and providing me with a much needed drink to wet my whistle. Georgia law is strange, as you cannot sell beer directly out of a brewery. They simply sell a souvenir glass and tour, then the beer is a complimentary sort of thing. The Brewery has agreed to name a special brew after the Red Clay Rally, and I hope to see all of you enjoying a glass or three.


You will be absolutely drained after this rally. I cannot explain how tired I was while driving this route. It will challenge your machine, but that pales in comparison to the level of fatigue you will experience after this event. Please get good sleep each night and ensure you and your crew are ready for the following day. I enjoyed this more than anything I've ever done, and I think you will too. Prepare your vehicles. I cannot emphasize this enough. If you block the trail due to breakage or getting stuck, remember you will accrue not only your points, but every teams which is blocked also. This will absolutely destroy your chances at winning the rally. This is not a weekend camping trip. This is a 3 day expedition through the oldest mountain range on earth. We passed an old plane crash in the mountains, abandoned vehicles presumably left forever, and drunken armed mountain men in the middle of nowhere. Completing this is quite the feat. Winning it is near impossible. I wish all of you the best of luck, and hope each of you make it through.

52 days left. I repeat, Five Two days left.

Zack Smith
Founder
Overland Tenneseee

 

I said from activision. But what I meant was treyarch

 

Oh my gosh we just drove 1 hour out to pick up a puppy for my grandma and I was holding it riding on the way back and it threw up all over me. Riding back shirtless it is

 

Modern 2. And you can't say I'm "wrong" because opinions

 

My little brother first experience off road, in his first capable vehicle.

 

Nice but why didn't you tell him get a taco lol

 

Because he wanted a jeep. It was the first vehicle I ever had when I turned 16. 1988 rusted pos, but still. Minus the lack of a locker(on the sahara) jeeps are more capable anywho.

 

I thought jeeps had a locker, but they can definitely be more capable if you mod them. Stock the lack of lockers would be a turn off to me

 

You're both wrong. CoD2 followed by 4. The rest are dead to me. But the best FPS in all of history is clearly Counter Strike.

 

More capable at flipping over maybe.

 

You're all wrong, video games are a waste of time
- the youngest one here

 

Rubicons do not the Sahara from that he has.

 

WDE

 

WDE

 

What did you get?

 

Icon stage 2 lift, total Chaos uca, new rims with 4.5" backspacing (16x8), and Cooper s/t maxx tires (285/75-16)

 

wow that was fast
What wheels?

 

https://m.summitracing.com/parts/rlw-98168060

 

those will look good, we're going to have a lot of lifted 3rd gens soon.