TEAM: Pin It To Win It - Rally Car - RNY USA here we come!

[Pin It To Win It]

TEAM: Pin It To Win It is based out of Central Massachusetts and competes all over New England in all different rally associations. We're a grassroots privateer team that has a deep love for rallying and of course rallying in a Subaru. We consist of 3 friends that met through local auto crosses with a group of friends that support us with extra hands when needed.

Well seeing how after 10 long months of building the car with whatever scrap cash I had laying around we finally are off on our Rally adventure. Our madien staged event was this past January at the Winter Rally New York event. We faced what was expected, snow and ice. Lots of ice.

For a complete story with plenty of pics: http://pinittowinit.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/

** The story ends like this **
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Now after getting a taste we're not looking back. Since that rally we have regrouped, rebuilt the car and looking to capitalize on what we learned in the January event and take it to the tarmac in Rally New York USA 2010 April 16-17th.

If you'd like to catch up on the build from day 1 to now or see videos visit our team blog: www.pinittowinit.wordpress.com (http://www.pinittowinit.wordpress.com)

Also you can become our Fan on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/TEAM-Pin-It-To-Win-It/352320258349?ref=ts

[kburnell]

Sounds like a lot of fun with minimal damage :up:

[Pin It To Win It]

^it's a fantastic time!!

we're hoping to stay away from the trees on the next one :)

[boxer3maine]

Awesome story.

I was glad to see "studded snows".. this is a case of common sense needing them. Helped put that car in a good place. Rally America (?) doesn't even allow them..
couldn't imagine.

I need them to drive on maine roads some seasons. with ten gears to choose from, and 3 rear end modes... :unamused:

I like the down to earth writing... it proves a subaru more than ever.

[Pin It To Win It]

^Thanks, I appreciate the comments and I'm glad you like it.

Yes, USRC Winter Rally New york was the first American rally to allow studs. They were regulated to DOT 3mm studs but proved to be invaluable do to the conditions we faced. They even shut down local roads on day 2 of the rally for the fact that it was too slick and sleeting. Of course we rallied on :)

Check the blog and keep up with us on Facebook. We'll be updating it a lot in the next two weeks as we get closer to Rally New York USA.

We're also trying to make up some Team swag !!!

[Bu11dogg2]

I see you guys work close with EFI :)

[Pin It To Win It]

^Indeed we do. They are our main (only) sponsor for the car!!

Not bad being sponsored by the best shop in the Country :)

[Pin It To Win It]

The Easter bunny dropped off some sticky tires for our tarmac events this year!!

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Only 10 more days until Rally New York USA!!!

[Seraphinwolf]

I just popped a _____ the size of that stack of tires! :up:
Got any good videos from events?

[HipsterDoofus]

I remember seeing this car back last september at the EFI meet. Nice write up!

[Pin It To Win It]

I just popped a _____ the size of that stack of tires! :up:
Got any good videos from events?

There is a video on the "video" page of the BLOG from our first event ever. It's a complitation that a spectator was nice enough to put together for us. There are some hill climb videos from last year as well.

I remember seeing this car back last september at the EFI meet. Nice write up!

Thanks! She was there, right before she got her custom exhaust put on :D

[Pin It To Win It]

8 days until Rally! !!!!!

[2.5guy]

I should be course marshaling for this event!!! :spin: Just have to convince the gf.....

[Pin It To Win It]

DO IT!!!

[2.5guy]

Oh ya and find a place to stay thurs fri night :rofl:

[stealthS60AWD]

Sick rally car guys!! Can't imagine how fun that is to be out on the rally stages in one of those cars :eek:.

Good luck on your season!!!:D

[Pin It To Win It]

^Thanks!


New Vinyl is on the car !!!! Came out very nice, a little different layout then before the tree incident http://www.iwsti.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif

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car goes for tarmac tires and an alignment tomorrow then it's time to pack up the trailer for the departure Thursday morning!!!

Don't forget to Facebook the team as we'll be updating with how we progress through the stages in New York!!

[Pin It To Win It]

We're back from RNY USA. Placed 3rd in AWD in Saturday's regional and took 6th overall for the two day event !!

Pics and story to come

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[The Internet]

Congrats! :up:

6th overall is great! Is that better or worse than you expected?

[Pin It To Win It]

^we took 4th overall last event but unfortunetly we were given a 3 minute penalty that was hard to swallow before actual racing even started. Without that we would've finished 4th overall again...

[Pin It To Win It]

This past weekend we participated in the second round of theUnited States Rally Championship at Rally New York USA. Coming off our unexpected podium finish in the winter rally in January we tried to get our heads out of the clouds and realize that miracles can happen and everyone once in a while gets lucky. We composed ourselves for the next challenge, high speed tarmac on the technical roads of Walton/Monticello New York.

We departed Thursday morning from our home base, giving ourselves enough time to tech, sticker the car and run through the days recce. With our chicken scratch in our notes, car all jazzed up with numbers we were ready for Fridays competition.

Friday started off rough as we incurred a 3 minute penalty, which we protested to no avail, giving us a very tough disadvantage. There was a confusion that wasn’t settled between the stewards and the seeded starting list. With that behind us, we erased that from out thoughts and focused on driving. We set up camp for the day in Monticello’s service park and got ready for the 6 stages of the day.
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After two stages the rain started to come down. We moved up one spot, subtracting the 3 minute penalty, to 5th overall. As the rain came down, along with the lack of true rain tires, we slipped a spot back to sixth overall and ending the day. We managed to keep the car in one peice, but a miss shift at 115+ MPH, or what we think is the culprit, cost us reverse. The upside was you don’t need reverse in rally unless you spin so we needed to keep our nose clean for the Saturdays 12 stages.
After stage 4
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A slippery R4 on stage 4
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With a bright and early start to Saturdays action we found ourselves on the fastest stages of the event in the Mountains of Walton New York. It would consist of three different chunks totalling 84 miles each, making for a very long day in the car. The roads were warming up in the early sun and the straights warranted speeds +/- 125 MPH for us. The views were fantastic and the weather seemed to change like the wind. We did not just experience stints of sunshine but also a drizzle, a hail storm and periods of snow throughout the day making speed and braking choices a bit difficult.

Taking a few stages to wake up, and with some luck, we found ourselves back to 5th overall and set the 4th fastest time on stage 8. The glory would be short lived as we ran into a moment on stage 9 that would cost us some seconds but kept our 5th place for the next few stages. After settleing into a groove and regrouping we continued to chug along batteling with Bill Petrow, trading stages which would continue to the end of the event.

As the day came to a close we managed to set the 2nd fastest times on SS15, SS16 and SS17 to finish up a fantastic event! Even with the 3 minute penalty we took 6th overall and even more rewarding was a 3rd place in Saturdays regional scoring!

Little OEM handbrake action on Steve Bogart SS
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(Pictures courtesy of Meegan Rally Videos)

We would like to thank our supporters; EFI Logics for keeping the car running like a top and Voodoo Graphics (Sunshine Sign) for working with a short deadline to re-wrap the replaced parts from the last event. We’d also like to thank all our fans who follow our progress through our first year of rallying, we like to hear feedback and hang it sideways for you!

Lastly we’d like to thank our families and close friends who not only put up with us but help out whenever, wherever possible! We would not be here without you!

Our next event is tentatively New England Forest Rally where we will be competing in Rally America’s format against the big boys July 16-17th in Bethel Maine.

If you'd like to follow the team fan us - http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/TEA...0258349?ref=ts (http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/TEAM-Pin-It-To-Win-It/352320258349?ref=ts)

[2.5guy]

MUST GET MY CAR BUILT!!!!!!!!!!

[RobE]

Congrats on another successful rally!

[L.F.O.D.]

We should do a cruz up to Maine to show these guys some support. Oh and to have a good time and watch some rally.

[Pin It To Win It]

^ It's going to be an awesome event!!! Last round of the RallyAmerica season so they'll be battles for points!!!

Thanks for all the comments !!!

Here is a video that a greatful fan put together for us !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLiIFwKqrrI

if you'd like to follow the car as we update fan us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/TEAM-Pin-It-To-Win-It/352320258349?ref=ts

[im_so_blue]

thats awesome! What i'd do to do what you guys do (and yes i just used 3 "Do's" in that sentence :lol:)

[Pin It To Win It]

The car will be taken apart throughout this week. She'll spend some time up on jackstands as we take apart the suspension for regreasing and work on the tranny since we lost reverse. We'll also be taking the bumpers and all off to give the car a proper cleaning to keep her so fresh and so clean.

We'll also be fabbin' up some underbody protection in light of how harsh NEFR is on the car.

We're also looking at events and practice areanas to get some more seat time in on gravel!

Stay tuned for naked pictures of the car

[RCKSTR]

car looks great guys :up:

any chance you'll be bringing it to the NES Super Meet 3??? it'd be really cool to check out in person :up:

[Pin It To Win It]

^if we fix up the tranny and get her all set the way we need her, we'll very much entertain the idea :)

[98Wagoon]

congrats on the wins guys! the car looks/sounds super mean :devil:

the video's pretty sweet, too.. looks like it gets a little feisty at 0:10 :lol:

looks like all sorts of fun.. keep up the good work! maybe we can turn one of the rallies into an NES meet for support

[Pin It To Win It]

^Thanks, we're very happy with our results given that this is our first year on the stages!!

The car is restricted of course but EFI Logics was able to tune the car for max boost and torque so low on the RPM's that she's just a monster out of corners!!

I'll have some new pics up this weekend hopefully as we tare her down and pretty her up.

Don't forget to FB us to follow the action:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/TEAM-Pin-It-To-Win-It/352320258349?ref=ts

[Pin It To Win It]

We are now RallyAmerica APPROVED for our unrestricted license!

[Pin It To Win It]

car's coming apart to take remove the tranny and regrease/inspect the suspension...

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[Pin It To Win It]

another video of the TEAM at RNY USA posted up on our Facebook page !!!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=41503457#!/pages/TEAM-Pin-It-To-Win-It/352320258349?ref=ts