Black Box rally team completed the inaugural Empire State Performance Rally(ESPR) in Rock Hill, NY as the “best-placed stock vehicle”, finishing 6th overall. The rally covered over 230 miles of roads through the city of Rock Hill, NY, about 80 minutes from New York City.

ESPR is the only national tarmac rally in the United States, a rarity since almost all other US rallies take place on gravel. The event was fast, with rally drivers getting up to triple digit speeds frequently, and averaging over 80mph throughout the event.

Thanks to all the rally organizers and volunteers for making this event possible!

http://esprally.com/roumiantsev-fabian-win-first-empire-state-performance-rally-reillybenthien-take-2wd-class/

Gallery:

[Show as slideshow]

12►

[Show as slideshow]

123►

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Recce/Tech/Parc Expose:

[Show as slideshow]

Day 1:

[Show as slideshow]

Check out facebook.com/blackboxrally for the latest!

• Rally Perce-Neige
• Rally New York USA
• Hyperfest RallySprint
• Rally New York RallySprint
• Gorman Ridge Rally
• Black River Stages
• Prescott Rally

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Black Box rally team debuted their new look for 2013 at the Uconn Car Club show this past weekend. Over 850 cars showed at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT where thousands of spectators came throughout the day to peruse the wide array of domestic and import tuner and show cars!

Ryan Wilcox of River Valley Rally team also showed his Open Heavy class Subaru at the show!

For spectators at the show, Black Box rally team put together their own rendition of the Empire State Performance Rally(ESPR) flyer, a rally taking place next weekend, April 20-21st, in the town of Rock Hill, NY:

ESPR is about 90 minutes northwest of NYC. The Rally Headquarters is at 61 Glen Wild Road, in Rock Hill, NY. More information about the Empire State Performance Rally is available here: http://www.esprally.com

Also, a 5 step guide to stage rally was handed out for new found rally enthusiasts that will be available for download at blackboxrally.com shortly:

Finally, the team presented their 2013 season schedule which includes NASA RallySport events ESPR and Black River Stages, and new to this season, Rally America events Susquehannock Trails Performance Rally and New England Forest Rally!

Black Box rally team will be at the Uconn Car Club show Sunday, 4/14/2013 to unveil this year’s rally car.

The NASA RallySport stock heavy class rally evo will be shown in all its glory, prior to its running of the 2013 Empire State Performance Rally, taking place the following weekend, April 20-21st.

We”ll be posting pictures up at the show on Facebook.

[Show as slideshow]

Information about the upcoming show:

Location:
Rentschler Field, East Hartford CT
Directly off I-84, use the Silver Lane entrance
Click here for Directions

Hours:
Gates open @ 9:00 am (Please try not to come earlier because the lot will not be ready)
Registration closes @ 12:00 pm
Gates will remain open until the beginning of awarding Trophies
Trophies by 1:30-2:00 pm

Price:
$10 per car to show,
$3 per car for spectator parking in separate lot.

More information is available here: http://www.uconncarclub.com/2013-show

Black box rally team would like to thank Unlimited Signs for their vinyl support and helping to take the Black Box design to a whole new level! They are located in Brookfield, CT. Email info@unltdsigns.com for all your sign & vinyl needs!

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Excerpts from the article:

An amazing weekend filled with expanding the rally vibe into the mainstream motorsports consciousness just happened in West Virginia. NASA Rally Sport held a rally sprint event, as well as a very extended public rides session, at the Summit Point Motorsports Park. The event was a part of the HyperFest weekend, an annual motorsports festival that attracts over 10,000 visitors. Located in the northern end of West Virginia, the area is conveniently located to major metropolitan areas like Washington DC and New York City.

‘It was a huge success.’ said Anders Green of NASA Rally Sport. ‘We gave over 200 rally rides, and they all got out with huge smiles on their faces. These people are the next generation of rally drivers and volunteers. As a sanctioning body, investing time developing interest in rally, and educating people about how they can get involved and get started racing is one of the most important things NASA Rally Sport does.’ Maria Orsini of Summit Point Motorsports Park added ‘We had people at the gate saying that had driven all the way here specifically for the rally rides.’

The second day of the event was all racing. Two highlights stand out. First, was Alvin Fong winning the sprint. ‘It was HyperFest last year that pushed me to actually finish my rally car and get out on the stages.’ said Fong. That Fong could go from bystander to event winner in a year really speaks to the reach that this event has. That he managed to win by pulling out an amazing final run, besting hot shoe Charles Sherrill, is even more impressive. The second highlight was the new team of Corey Kline and Ben Brown managing a class podium.

http://www.specialstage.com/2012/06/25/nasa-rally-sport-explodes-with-grassroots-rally-action-at-hyperfest/

USRC officially announced Black Box rally team’s Production AWD Championship win for the 2012 season! Congratulations to Marra Estep for her third USRC championship title, Ryan Gates/Ryan Hegel for an amazing initial rally season, and Michel Hoche-Mong for his 2wd campaign this year!

Thanks again to all our family, friends, and fans for coming out to support us at the rallies.

United States Rally Championship, Inc. honored the United States Rally Champions for the 2012 Championship season that concluded a month ago with the final round at Prescott, Arizona…

The second place in AWD goes to Alvin Fong who also won the AWD Production Cup title. Alvin went through the season with three different codrivers but ended the season with Billy Machin with whom he started in 2011. Fong and Machin burst onto the rallying scene in 2011 when they placed narrowly second at their first rally ever – the 2011 International Rally New York. The third place in AWD belongs to Ryan Gates.

Mara Estep is the 2012 United States Rally Champion – Codriver in the AWD Championship. This is the third Championship title for Mara. She won the same title in 2009 and 2010.

…

Alvin Fong is the winner of the AWD Production Cup Driver title. Paul Willemsen is second and Ryan Gates is third.

Among the AWD Production Cup Codrivers, the title goes to Ryan Hagel with Amber Stacy second and Kathryn Hansen third.

…

http://www.usrallychampionship.com

Thanks to Christopher Meegan for the amazing shot of us at the RNY RallySprint!

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Also want to thank Micah Schisel for sending us some external shots of us:

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Again, thanks to all the organizers and volunteers that helped make this rally happen, and the spectators at areas A, B, and F for giving us a reason to drift the car around