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Gravity Park: Caution! Jump

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

What happens when you take a rally car on a moto-x course? Air, followed by the crunch of steel hitting dirt.
I was prepared for a rough event at the Gravity Park Twin Performance Rallies in Chilton Wisconsin, yesterday. I wasn’t expecting quite so many jumps. The Gravity Park event is run in [...]

Look ma…no trees!

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Step2Racing headed up to Minnesota for Nemadji I this past weekend. It was a last minute entry, as I wasn’t sure the car would be ready in time. That meant Jay had made other plans so Colin stepped in to codrive for me. Colin codrove this event last year, so we both [...]

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 [...]

Sno*Drift 2009 Day 2

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

As happens at most rallies, Saturday morning came way too early. Brent and Jose were up at 7 to make sure there weren’t any loose parts, add some gas to the car, and then we were off to Parc Expose. My focus for the day was avoiding the “red mist”, and the snowbanks [...]

Sno*Drift 2009 Day 1

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Wow! What an event. It was a long, cold, icy weekend, but in the end it was a great event.
It started out like always, with little issues causing concern. Tech found a front wheel bearing that was starting to go, so we watched that all weekend, hoping it didn’t get loose enough [...]

W-A-G Rallyx

Monday, November 17th, 2008

I took the cheddarwagen up to Chilton for the final rallycross of the season at Gravity Park. It was a little wet and greasy to start, but the weather held, and it got pretty grippy by the end of the day.
I ended up second in class, and second overall.
Here’s my sixth run, fastest of [...]

LSPR 2008 Recap - Day 1

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

First I’d like to thank the organizers, workers, spectators, service crew, MaxAttack!, and everybody else who made this event possible. It was a great time, even if we almost never made it.
It started four weeks ago when I rolled the car at a local rallyx. I found a body shop willing to do the job [...]