The Rental Car Rally is a 36-hour city-to-city road rally that takes place on public roads several times a year in different cities, with a different route each time. Founded in 2008 by the organizers of Wiimbledon and Street Wars, RCR sees an annual entry of about 30 cars per rally, with each team required to compete in a themed costume of their choosing, so long as the costume includes their vehicle. The rally is not a serious race in the traditional sense of competitive rally driving, though teams win by merit of their costumes and low mileage. Organizers emphasize that Rental Car Rally is a road trip and not a race.
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History
Drawing inspiration from the Cannonball Run films, Smokey and the Bandit, the Wacky Races cartoons as well as the Gumball 3000, the Rental Car Rally was born as a more reasonable alternative to for those wanting to participate in a rally but who may not have the time and money required to complete in events such as the Bullrun and the Gumball 3000.
The first Rental Car Rally took place on August 15-17, 2008. The route required that participants drive from New York to Montreal, attend a party and drive back to NYC.
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Rally
2008 NYC to Montreal
The inaugural rally featured 74 cars and 189 participants, and traveled from Long Island City, Queens to Montreal, Canada. Drivers were required to stop at 5 checkpoints along the route (which necessitated that mostly local roads were used) and collect evidence of their passing through them. 3 cars never made it to Montreal due to mechanical problems and 1 team - Jake's Clown Car - did not make it back from Montreal due to an accident in which no one was injured. The winner drove a van converted to resemble an emergency blood delivery vehicle.
Winners
2011 LA to Las Vegas
- Overall Winner - Party Pirates
- Best Style - All Hands on Deck, She's Goin' Down!!
- Lowest Mileage - Horny Hassel and the Hoffettes
2011 LA to Tahoe
- Overall Winner - Shawskank Redemption
- People's Choice - Shawskank Redemption
- Lowest Mileage - Accidental Protagonists
2010 NYC to Raleigh
- Overall Winner - Los Malditos
- Best Style - Mario Bros
- Lowest Mileage - Team BP
2010 LA to Tombstone
- Overall Winner - The Underground
- Best Style - Team Outatime
2009 NY to Detroit
- Overall Winner - Cheat To Win
- Best Style - Ghostbusters
2009 SF to Yuma
- Overall Winner -
- Best Style -
2008 NY to Montreal
- Overall Winner - Team Vampire
- Best Style - Team Knot
Founders of Rental Car Rally
Rental Car Rally was founded in 2008 by Franz Aliquo' (aka Supreme Commander), mastermind behind the international water gun assassination tournament StreetWars and Flavor Tripping Miracle Fruit parties and Steve Bryant (aka Pants), founder of Wiimbledon. .
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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