Dust is the enemy, so we must eliminate as much of it as possible. And we did!

We had a great time at the Radium Hot Springs Rally this past weekend. It was a hot, dry, and dusty day with conditions being pretty demanding on the cars and the crews.

We started 25th out of 26th on the grid, due to this being our first rally, and after an incident where an FRS took out a tree and almost started a forest fire, we actually got reseeded up a few spots and were potentially on-pace for a top 10 finish!

We completed 4 out of 6 stages, and were given a provisional time on the 2nd stage due to the accident, but unfortunately we got to a point where our bodies couldn’t take the abuse anymore. Combine dehydration with dust inhalation and really rough transits where we couldn’t get the rally suspension up to the proper speed to absorb the bumps, meant we voluntarily retired. For our first event in an unknown car, we did great, had fun and didn’t crash, so it was an all-around win!

Next event is Pacific Forest Rally in October, where we will be more prepared and looking to get better results. We’re placed into Open 4WD where all the big-boys play, due to the car being built to different rules in the Rally America sanctioning body, so don’t expect any podiums.. or maybe we can? 🙂