Just a heads up for people, that the Fatboy Raceworks team will be competing with the Production Class (P3) Integra GSR rally car at the Pacific Forest Rally in Merrit, BC this weekend.

Pacific Forest is a two day event featuring 27+ miles of nighttime special stages on Friday and 75 miles of special stages on Saturday. The event is primarily gravel, with patches of asphalt, and will take place between 2000 and 5000 feet above sea level with a likelyhood of snow at the higher elevations. Total rally length, including transits and special stages will be approximately 250 miles.

Unlike most North American rallies, teams participate in a Recce (which is short/French for reconnaissance) in which they drive the rally stages at vastly reduced speeds, taking detailed notes of the corners, terrain that they will then use as stage notes during the rally.

We’re just finishing up our rally light system which features two 7″ Hella FF1000 HID, two 7″ Hella FF1000 Halogin off road lights as well as Hella Micro DE foul-weather/fog lamps as well as Toshiba Halogen Infrared headlamps. We tend to excel at nightime driving stages, and the addition of the new lighting system should help us do even better.

Spectators are encouraged. The stages are all very close to the town of Merrit, BC where the service areas and rally headquarters are. It is even possible to see the cars racing in the hills from service park.

If your’e interested in getting involved as a volunteer, the organizers could probably still use some additional help. Let me know and I’ll get you in contact with them. Futhermore, we are looking for one or two service crew members that are familiar with Honda/Acura vehicles. If you’d like to help us out, please PM or email me.

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