Archive for March, 2009

Time to fix it

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Finally got the van unloaded and started to figure out what’s wrong with the car.
First, some pics of what we bent/broke at 100AW:
Stage 3:

The tire is still holding air…I love rally tires.
That caused the axle to self-machine the subframe over stages 4 and 5:

My trip into the woods on Stage 14 sliced up my tire:

And [...]

Do you know this 100AW volunteer?

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

It looks like he was holding a camera. I’d love to see what pictures and/or video he took.
This was “the corner” on Stage 3. I think it was about 9 miles into the stage, just a mile and a half from the finish.
P.S. Thanks to all the workers, organizers and volunteers for making [...]

100AW: The Heavyweight Fight

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

I went into 100 Acre Wood knowing it would be a battle. My goal for the weekend was the RRC, with a secondary goal of 2wd overall. I had no idea we’d take so many knockout punches. But, much like Rocky, we made it to the finish. Unfortunately, this was Rocky I, and we lost.
Round [...]

Back from 100AW

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

I’m thinking Chad will be working on videos and stuff, but just to update-
Friday we finished 1st in G2 after a surprise turn and brush with tree that almost ended the rally.
We go the car all repaired and other than alignment issues Saturday we did OK, with the exception of a stage with an electrical [...]