Oregon Trail Rally 2007
Sirius Team members Gord and Jennifer traveled to Oregon this weekend as Rocket Rally Sevice Crew. The spectating on Friday evening was fantastic; a good view of some tarmac turns and of the final dirt stage, where some of the cars were lost and driving in circles. Many of the people I met while spectating at the track had never checked out a rally before. By Saturday afternoon we were out with a crash and a brake failure. This was only my third trip to America, but there have been some interesting changes since rally became an object of commercial appeal. America seems to have a different idea of what rallying is actually about, changing event location and format to suit PR needs. It wasn’t much of a story for RA this weekend though, with the big US name out on the first stage, and an Australian taking the win.
Congratulations to the Western Canadian teams!
Click HERE for event photos.
Click HERE for the Portland local news version of Rally Racing in America.
about
Our Rally Team is composed of enthusiasts who are Stage & TSD Rallying in the Pacific Northwest….
In February 2008 Jennifer Daly, Gordon Ryall and August Ustare joined up to compete in a 5000 mile rally from Washington into the great cold North and back again. The Alcan Rally began in 1984 and is one of the major driving event challenges in North America. The Sirius Rally WRX wagon carried the team to an 11th overall finish, and second in class IE. The rally began in Kirkland WA, traveled north to Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic ocean, and finished in Jasper AB. The BC crew was joined by Evans and Josh Keatley from ON and AB, in their rescued Subaru Forester, and Bill Beers and Doug Heredos in a Dodge Ram truck. The Sirius team took second place in the team competition.
Click HERE to follow the Sirius Team via Rom Comm’s real time TRACKER for the entire Alcan journey.
Contact siriusrally@telus.net for more information.
Trying Out Twitter- rallygal: Valley Mitsubishi is sponsoring the Big White Rally Weekend - cash prizes for top 3 o/a, top 2wd and lunches for volunteers! #cdnrally
- rallygal: #cdnrally Big White Rally Weekend draft sups up at okanaganrally.wordpress.com/ - bring on the snow!
- rallygal: #cdnrally PBRT Service Alex is helping out @ Targa, blogging @ siriusrallyteam.com
- rallygal: #cdnrally PBRT almost on the road to Rocky, with new suspension and big ideas.... :)
- rallygal: so STOKED for Doo Wops this weekend! We're the only CDN entry, I think.
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