Tonight's post will be quick. It was an interesting day that culminated in a trophy run (practice rally). This allows veterans to scrape off the rust, and rookies to gain experience before the big show begins. The car performed flawlessly. No flat tires! I was worried about our "tubeless" set up, but so far - no problems. The same couldn't be said for our friends Barry and Juke. They too have new tires and went with the recommended tubes. They had not one but TWO flats today! Uggh.
Our problems didn't start until AFTER the rally, on the way home. The skies opened up and a torrential flood came down. The car stalled out and had to be towed home the final 10 miles (thanks to Jim and the guys at Hemmings Motor News for the help!). We dried out the distributor cap and should be good to go for tomorrow.
We did well today considering I haven't rallied in two years and my nephew has never rallied before. We ended up with a 17.33 second day (33th out of 99 cars)
Raw scores:
Leg 1: 1 sec late
Leg 2: 14 sec late
Leg 3: 3 sec late
Leg 4: 3 sec late
(note: our raw score was 21 sec (x) times our age factor .825 (1935) = 17.33)
The winning time in our class was a 3 sec raw score: Ace, Ace, Ace, 3...... whew! That's good.
For the record: we got a 14 second on leg 2 because we missed a turn. Preston saw it, called it, and I drove past! Totally my fault. Uggh.
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