Mendocino Forest Rally 1975
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:31 am
Mendocino Forest Rally – in a Mini
By Don Racine
Note: this was written 1975.
Mini Owners of America – S.F. Chapter
1st ever SCCA pro-rally event. Mendocino Rally, Humboldt County, June of 1975
See the original document here.http://w ... o-tour.pdf
The rally was one of SCCA’s Pro-series rally. It was run on dirt roads at as fast a speed as possible. It climbed to 6,000 ft. and back down again several times. Average speed was somewhere around 7,000 RPM’s in second gear. The highest speed on a particular semi-smooth gravel road was over 100 mph. At this speed on gravel the car is constantly dancing and swaying – you must continually correct the steering to keep the car going in a straight line (or on the road).
And the rest of the story:
http://www.minimania.com/web/DisplayID/ ... ticleV.cfm
By Don Racine
Note: this was written 1975.
Mini Owners of America – S.F. Chapter
1st ever SCCA pro-rally event. Mendocino Rally, Humboldt County, June of 1975
See the original document here.http://w ... o-tour.pdf
The rally was one of SCCA’s Pro-series rally. It was run on dirt roads at as fast a speed as possible. It climbed to 6,000 ft. and back down again several times. Average speed was somewhere around 7,000 RPM’s in second gear. The highest speed on a particular semi-smooth gravel road was over 100 mph. At this speed on gravel the car is constantly dancing and swaying – you must continually correct the steering to keep the car going in a straight line (or on the road).
And the rest of the story:
http://www.minimania.com/web/DisplayID/ ... ticleV.cfm