Ahhh, yes, STPR. High speeds, narrow roads, and trees that grow out into the roads. It's like trying to thread a needle at 100MPH. Even though Paul drives something other than a Subaru, I still posted this on subaru.net as I think it to be a good article. We originally used it for the RA newsletter last year. The Voice of Victory: The winningest driver in STPR history talks about what makes it special What's it like inside the car? This vid has been around but is from our run in 2006-on the upper left hand corner of the Coralba is the speedo, and though you can't read the speed, it will occasionally go from two to three digits as we go through 100MPH. Scott Putnam www.subaru.net
That sure makes me miss PA. I don't want to offend any of you guys, but STPR was a quite a lot funner to watch then the race in Bemidji.
An event like Japan, yes but most? I don't think so. STPR has it's somewhat wider sections but has a a lot of stuff that you go screaming through that is narrow, and the high speed makes it seem narrower yet. One thing that is unique to STPR is that the trees grow out into the road.. you will come to the apex of a corner and a foot and half out in the road will be a six inch in diameter tree. I would agree STPR is more fun to spectate than Ojibwe due to the long established spectator areas. If you are running it, however, it gives one a chance to screw up in front of a lot of people. On this clip Lauchlin went to throw the car sideways entering the turn, but we were too close to the bank, and the rear end smacked into that. It prevented us from rotating properly so we ended up missing the turn. Luckily Ken block had taken out the hay bales when he came through a few cars earlier, so all we had to do was back up and continue on our way losing a few seconds. I always thought the shot of the flaming brakes was kind of cool. Ojibwe is more fun to run and is somewhat like Finland. You can get into a good rhythm and it is a gas. Scott W Putnam www.subaru.net
