wild west rally 2009

[SaabsBreakDown]

http://www.wildwestrally.org/results.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6yi4t7u ... r_embedded



I had a great time on day 2 of this event, day one was a bitch. it was sweet on this stage called "breakdown" (as the road sign off the main road states) some people started slowing down, and i pushed pretty hard and ended up cracking the gearbox... happy with my time though! :)

great event, all in all. More on the blog: http://www.northwindracing.com

[Luke]

Nice work Quinn! How bad is the crack? repairable?

[SaabsBreakDown]

just replacing the gearbox, it was a junk unit i tested with a drill one night and 5 rallies later its time to be retired.. :)

the crack in the windshield, however.. might require some body work before i can replace the window. i think it can be pulled, but i'm no body man.

i think this is our last event until february, so we will get a different engine/trans and try to fix this body. also we got some free kubota orange paint for after the body is fixed, enough to paint the service rig and the car. :)

[paulh]

Kubota orange is probably close enough to sunset orange to not matter

Paul

[Geoff]

good job!
I still love the masking tape numbers!

A busted gearbox and he still finishes the event. James F., eat your heart out!

[SaabsBreakDown]

Well, we dont stop for anything. My co-driver and I have talked about this in the past and i suppose if we were in a points battle it would be different, but if anything gets fucked up we just push ahead and so far it hasn't failed us. :)

James pulled the skid plate down (which was severely deformed) and some chunks of gear box came down with it! ha