Even the solar got here out on Saturday and stayed till Sunday. That sort of labored for me. Happily, it wasn’t too heat for the jumper, however I stay very a lot a fan of a moist Olympus – it takes me again to Juha Kankkunen and Markku Alén in one of the crucial iconic, era-ending battles within the all-too-short historical past of Group B.
As I discussed, 1986 is being parked for some time. However don’t fear, we’ll be again there quickly sufficient.
Lexus crew Colton Edwards and Jack Ramie flew the DirtFish flag brilliantly with second in Regional L2WD on their first ever rally, whereas fellow teacher Michael Honn additionally completed effectively on a welcome rallying return in his just lately constructed Subaru.
Lacking from the end was Michelle Miller. Her return to ARA motion alongside Richo Healey was lower quick by teething troubles on a Lexus being elevated from Restricted to Open class two-wheel drive competitors. America’s reigning L2WD champions had been out from early on Saturday, leaving them with little to do however look to the skies and await their flip to leap out of a airplane excessive above service at Sanderson Airfield on Monday.
Having spent a superb portion of my time on airfield-located service parks, from Hagfors within the north to Raglan within the south, they are often pretty desolate locations. Not Sanderson. Not final weekend. Each time one of many DirtFish vehicles got here in, the place was bouncing with Kelley Clausen-Walters main an superior crew together with Ryan Skinner, Micah Wesson, Trevor Dixon, Josh Sommer, Vanya Michaels and, sadly, for sooner or later solely, our proprietor Steve Rimmer.
