On August 16, 2008 Team Illuminata is going to try it's hand at a new form of motorsport-SuperMoto Rally-X.

Some of you may have heard about this, others may be hearing about it for the first time. Cash prizes $2000, 5 deep, $1000 first! This event will be held at Auto City Speedway in Clio, Michigan, August 16th, late afternoon/early evening. Schedule is to be finalized. Sunday rain day if required. It is running in conjunction with a Motorbike SuperMoto event and is NOT SCCA sanctioned. There will be two cars on track a half a lap apart in a knockout format. NOT door to door. There will be practice runs, knock out runs and final runs . Everyone should get 10 to 15 runs if we run quick and clean according to the promoter. Course is 80%

paved, 20% dirt. There are NO jumps anymore as they proved unnecessary and inconvenient. Instead we will have a little more sliding around on the dirt. The outer and inner ovals are banked and paved and the inner crossover is flat tarmac.

There is an elevation change coming off the large outer oval onto the inner oval (bottom left on the track map ) but my car handled it fine in the rehearsal without getting airborne. Top speed around the long outer banking was top of second in my car, perhaps 60-70 mph. I've seen that speed in autocross before. Here's a video link of the practice session that includes the now defunct "jump" / speed bump so please ignore that bit.

If you want to join the fun and win some cash here are some details:

No tire restrictions. Cars accepted at discretion of the promoter, photo required with entry, He's looking for "proper" rally cars and those that look a bit like them. Clean, loud, fast machines. No demolition derby type stuff. All panels and lights present etc? If you are getting this email then I feel you have a car that fits the bill. Must have mud flaps on driven wheels though [edit: gone for 2009 on]. Need 10 entries min, 20 max, first come, first served. Driver entry fee is $75 - all access, crew pass $25 - all access, grand stand seating only is $15. A white number panel and numbers are required if not already on the car. Official number panel and numbers can be had from David Allan at Link Promoter's decal package is also required (free). Not too much stuff I understand. Insured event. No special safety gear required except for your helmet. Now we just need cars. Please feel free to spread the word to other owners of suitable vehicles. Entry form is available here: It's a bit SuperMoto bike oriented but do your best with it. Please include a photo of your car with your entry. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me or the promoter. For your information, neither myself nor Team Illuminata Motorsport are part of the organization. Just doing our bit to get us all more ways to play with our cars and perhaps earn a bit of prize money.