Post-DINK

So yesterday myself and my friend Ian went to the Rally of the Pines near Bancroft. During the waits between runs we decided that "its coolness was only outweighed by its awesomeness". I believe the term "bowel-loosening" was also used. Sooooooo much fun even with the waiting and such. Seeing the cars turn corners at the speeds they do and the spray of gravel and the close calls (and booing the not so close ones) was worth the wait every time.
The first spectator stage was pretty good. We had good seats atop the small grand stand and could make out the whole part where the cars went by. They took 3 runs past this part so it was totally crazy to see the open class cars take the turn the second and third times as I don't think they actually slow down for the corner much at all. They come very close to the crowd too, within arms reach of some spectators. Its interesting to see how many cars are left by the third time they go past as there were about 60 at the start and only about 20 or so by the third run.
Castledine was even better as it was a pitch black night and you got a longer view of the cars coming into in curve there and the hairpin at the end. The diagram does not do it justice at all. It's crazy to see how fast these cars are going at night, it hard to describe the excitement. There were 2 runs on this one and only about 10 cars left. On the second run through one (a Subaru Impreza WRX) went over the embankment and rolled (much to the delight of the roaring crowd).
All in all an awesome event and much fun was had by and I expect it to become an annual occurrence. Next year I am taking a video camera for sure.

Edit: Yes my spelling and grammar are atrocious at night. So I have fixed up the post.