As one team in this years Rusty Nuts Rally proclaimed on the side of their sub 500 pound people carrier – “Kiss Me Hole Cancer!!” That sums up the aim of the Rusty Nuts Rally. For the second year running groups of folks from all around NI teamed up to raise some cash for a local cancer charity.
The brief is simple:
- buy a car for under 500 quid
- make it as mad as possible
- raise as much cash as possible
Last year saw just under 15k raised for Action Cancer, with this years total already close to 16k, a fantastic result. 26 teams drove their modified cars around NI to raise awareness and money for the charity and had some laughs along the way.
Organisers Kieran O’Neill and Hannah Rodgers (aka the Rusty Riddlers) done a superb job in herding everyone round a lap of NI finding time to organise karting at Eddie Irvines, off roading at Todds Leap and accommodation at Sheeps Island Hostel in Ballintoy and Todds Leap chalets in Ballygawley. Throw in some photo challenges and the days flew in despite the miles driven. Some cars nearly saw their end with some track time when the event wrapped up at Alltrak Rallysport in Craigavon.
RNR DJs Harder Better Faster Stronger provided an open air disco at Todds Leap which was as epic as last year.
It all sounds a bit like a wrecking session but you cant deny the commitment of both the organisers and the teams in achieving the goal of raising cash and awareness for Cancer Focus NI. There were plenty of RMSers involved too in a variety of machinery and it was a testament to the event that many teams returned this year for a second time.
Team Names
- Harder Better Faster Stronger
- Two Pac
- Track to the Future
- The Monster Bunch
- The Turmornators
- Kiss…Me Hole Cancer
- Hallion Battalion
- Grandads Army
- Cool Runnings
- The Dark Knights
- Mario Karters
- Team Ramrod
- Completely Confused Racers
- Todds Leap Hillbillies
- Ghost Busters
- Me & Him
- Axis Of Evil
- Knockagh Cowboys
- Team Despicable
- Mena Men
- Rusty Nut Jobs
- 50 Shades of Awesome
- Royal Fail
- Team America
- Rusty Mutt
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RMS Forum Comments
I'm afraid it wasn't me. Mine went to the big highway in the sky a few months ago.
We don't even know our proper route until the brief in the morning just before we are leaving. Which I like as it adds to the weekend, but would be a good idea to upload the route map and maybe rough times for gathering places on the public Facebook page each morning each morning. | unreal weekend. met a few rms guys and despite @weeloaney leaving us behind when we didn't have a clue where we where get bunch of guy and unreal time :) me @Ollie and @jonny.92 went in a merc e240 v6 auto that just wanted to see the redline at every kick down. https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/t31.0-8/11958228_1084480714910623_635243287030344326_o.jpg
I'm sorry, OK. Let it go, you got to belleek didn't you. :p Also then I helped to find lough erne resort, and brought you to the main door. Good meeting you tho, the people taking part made the weekend, everyone was great craic.