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The Overcrest Rally trip report, life changing |
Optimusglen |
Sep 30 2021, 01:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 911 Joined: 26-February 16 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 19,709 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I wanted to share with you all my experience at the Overcrest Rally for 2021
This was, beyond a doubt, the best automotive event I've ever been to. Even now looking back it's hard to take it all in and unpack, so I'll just start from the beginning. 2 years before the event. Get comfy, grab some popcorn, because this is a doozy. Prelude: A couple of friends of mine, Kris and Jake, run a podcast called Overcrest. It's an automotive-based podcast and generally has automotive topics. Both of them have long hood 911's so Porsche comes up frequently. I've known Kris forever, we were in each other's weddings, etc. We've also been doing fall drives together for quite some time, so it was no surprise when they wanted to plan a rally for the podcast and their listeners. It was 2019 and I helped a bit with some of the graphics. The 2019 rally was a great local rally, it picked up several nice roads on the border of Wisconsin and Minnesota. This was the last year I had my 914 at the rally, and it was the year I overcooked my brakes and had a little "off" that sent me home with my tail between my legs but more or less unscathed. In 2020 they wanted to do a national rally, but they knew they weren't there yet. The two pulled in another friend, Jeff, to help them along. The year was thought of as a stepping stone to get to the point where a national audience would take them seriously. So it was a 2-day rally, planned and plotted out. Cool swag, and really thought out. I attended, but at this time my 4-cyl was dead and my 6 was yet to be built, so I drove an Audi TT that I rented using Turo. Again, it was immensely great for a local rally. It drew some audience from outside the midwest, but not much. |
Optimusglen |
Sep 30 2021, 01:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 911 Joined: 26-February 16 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 19,709 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Tuesday, September 21st
The 4 of us connected in North Platte for fuel and coffee and then hit I-80. The 914 was running great, but I wasn't comfortable doing 80-85 between big-rigs quite yet, so I told the guys to move on and I'd be a slow-poke. Planning to meet back up in Denver for lunch. The sun was out now and the car was running well. At one point on this stretch, I noticed the oil pressure was now hovering just above 60 when on the highway. I seemed to remember it being closer to 90 on previous drives. Slightly concerned I messaged Kris, who said he was at 90, but didn't know what was normal. I exited the highway to evaluate, and a quick Google search told me that it was generally accepted that anything over 10lbs per 1,000 rpm was ok. With that peace of mind, I hit the road again. As I neared Denver I messaged the group to see if they had already found a place and eaten. My initial calculations put them about 40 minutes ahead of me. To my surprise, they were now 20 minutes behind me. Kris had pulled off to swap jets. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-19709-1633030974.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-19709-1633030975.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-19709-1633030975.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-19709-1633030976.4.jpg) We found a cool spot in the RiNo district for sandwiches and photos, and then once again split up. I was going to pay my sister a visit since we were going right through town. After a nice visit and a video-call with my wife and 4-yr-old daughter I started out once again, this time on 285 heading south-west out of Denver. It turned out that Chad had broken off of the pack as well and was heading the same way, so I connected with him and made our way to our lodging for the night in Salida, Colorado. This was my first experience with the 914 at any elevation. Home is about 900ft above sea level, and I didn't do any jet swaps, so most of the time my car was running rich and underpowered. We arrived in Salida for the night, tired but excited. |
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