The dirt doesn't have enough Grip to Chew up your tires. they plow it with a Tractor.
the risk of suspension damage to a car is ~~ the same as Driving down a snowy reno/carson or tahoe road (actually the snowy tahoe roads are usually much worse than the RallyX surface)
I really can't ever figure out why more Seccs members won't do these events. Often the dates over lap AutoX events, and it makes sense that they would skip them. But there are enough events that don't over lap. And yes your car will throw dirt onto it self and that does tend to dull and in some rare cases chip your paint. So if you are obsessed with a show car finish, then its not for you.
Maybe Derick will come out seeing how he has Mud Flaps !!!
I Know Cody has done a 70 mile Dirt drive. Come out on and RallyX !!!!
Watch my car carefully and see how little is Bounces.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnLE9P9-dAg
SMOOTH SURFACE!!
The squaw AutoCross site was MUCH MUCH rougher and worse on suspension than these rally crosses. (The Antioch Site was actually pretty rough, i'de say on par with squaws pavement) However dirt is softer than pavement . You could get away with an STI that's been lowered a full Inch and probably wouldn't hit anything. I've never bottomed out, or tagged my front end. (Again watch the video) The speeds are much slower than at some of our higher speed AutoX's (I've never used 3rd, or even hit the rev limiter in 2nd)
WRX's have 6" of ride height, where as an STI has 4. (and the RS has 5)
I think Cory's subaru is about the most slammed i've seen , but its on very stiff suspension and also wouldn't have any problems.
I've seen a fair amount of Guys on RE070's and a few guys show up on 18's (Love how some peeps won't let tires or rims get in the way of a good time on dirt)
I **think** it comes down to these guys not wanting to throw dirt on their paint..
That or they don't want to show up to an event where i'll actually put a whooping down on them
