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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, 01:46 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 |
Friday, September 24th
The first day of the rally. The start point of the rally itself was 30 minutes away. and we had to be there ultra-early. It was planned, the sun rose over monument valley as we were all in attendance at the pre-drive meeting. One guy, Jesse Bohan with the red RWB 911 who is also a 914 fan, snapped this pic of my car. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-19709-1633031214.1.jpg) There were three possible route options. Route 1 went east through Moki Dugway, then north and along Hogsback Ridge to the finish in Escalante, Utah. It was slated to have a slight amount of gravel roads. Route 2 went the same way, only cut off and had a major gravel section. Route 3 was the fully-paved route that went Southwest into Arizona and then north through Dixie National Forest and Red Canyon. All routes finished at Escalante where we ate and drank and hung out in a pre-arranged lot to tell stories of the day. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-19709-1633031214.2.jpg) I chose the fully paved route. With a build so new I didn't want to shake anything loose and be stranded. Besides, I don't have any of the GT stiffening plates. The route was fun but long. The app estimated it at 8 hours long and by the time I got to the best section of the route (Dixie National Forest) I was exhausted and chose to bypass it and head to Escalante. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-19709-1633031215.3.jpg) |
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