Roshambo Racing

Thursday, February 3, 2011

2010 Mt. Hood Rally

The Mt. Hood Rally was in October.

Dan got to drive!  He drove two stages, and was doing great!

But the, I got very, very carsick (again!).  I never barfed, but nearly fell asleep waiting for stage 3 to begin (while laying on a gravel road).  We made the decision that I would have to drive the 3rd and 4th stages - which is allowed by the rules.

Then we got to service, and were lucky to find a very good navigator, Kathryn Hansen, ready to sit in the car with Dan.  There were three stages to go.

I was listening on the radio, very eager to hear how things went.  Stage 5 went great!  But on Stage 6, I heard that they'd started, but never finished the stage.  Uh oh!


It turned out that they'd just barely slid off the road.... just enough to get stuck. Here's what it looked like:



Dan said that they were on a twisty downhill section, and the car just over-rotated a bit.  We're going to get the alignment checked out to see if that contributed a bit to the poor handling.


Here's a much cooler photo!



In the end, we did finish the rally, and we posted some competitive stage times.  Looking forward to 2011!


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