Featured events started around sunset
A quick tire warm up before lining up at the start.
Sverre Isachsen of Subaru X Puma Rallycross Team with his 2012 Subaru WRX STi
Stephen Verdier of Motorcity Disney XD with his 2012 Hyundai Veloster
Brian Deegan of Rockstar Energy Metal Mulisha Ford
Toomas Heikkinen of Bluebeam/OMSE with his 2012 Ford Fiesta
I positioned myself around the starting line and immediately regretted it as I was restricted on angles. You’ll see below…
Starting Line Up
Liam Doran of Monster Energy-Citroen Racing with his Citroen C4
Timur Timerzyanov chasing Tanner Foust
Toomas Heikkinen of Bluebeam going around the front curve pavement area
Brian Deegan with his 2012 Ford Fiesta
Bucky Lasek of Subaru X Puma Rallycross with this 2012 Subary WRX STi
Tanner Foust of Rockstar Energy Etnies Ford with his 2012 Ford Fiesta
Timur Timerzyanov of Best Buy Ford Fiesta with his... you got it, 2012 Ford Fiesta
Rhys Millen of the Hyundai Rallycross with his 2012 Hyundai Veloster
And of course we can’t forget the 70-foot gap jump.
Rhys Millen high up on the gap jump
Rhys Millen chasing Timur Timerzyanov
Brian Deegan doing a solo
Tanner Foust on the jump over Timur Timerzyanov
Taking off from the line
Because I wasn’t there early enough and couldn’t stay late enough, I
missed quite a few key moments of the final round. Especially the jump
crashes by David Binks with his eBay Motors 2012 Ford Fiesta and Jimmy
Keeney with his 2012 Subaru WRX STi. Both cars were done for after the
unfortunate crashes but the good thing was, both walked off unharmed. By
the end of the day Tanner Foust won the final round and ultimately, the
2012 Championships.
Glimpse of David Binks' eBay Motors ride
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Tanner Foust's Rockstar Etnies FormulaX Ride
That basically wraps up my first day at SEMA. A lot of GRC goodness.
We will bring you a second part, sometime this week, on what went on the
exhibit halls and the outdoor show cars.
You can view the rest of the photos HERE.
Ervin L (el_venn)
venn@maydaygarage.com