The Overcrest Rally trip report, life changing Options

[Optimusglen]

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]

Sunday, September 26th 

With the rally itself completed everyone made their way out of town, back to their home states around the country.  I headed north, along the route I had taken into town, jumped over the mountains, and made a pit stop in Price Utah where I found an Oreilly Auto Parts that had my oil, a filter, and were generous enough to let me change the oil in the 6-cyl behind their place. With the checkup complete I again set out alone, headed for home. 

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My route took me north through some MORE amazingly beautiful countryside and into Wyoming where I hopped onto I-80 around Rock Springs. At this point I stopped for fuel and was greeted by a gentleman at the gas pump.

"What year?"

It's the classic foot-in-the-door conversation starter for gearheads. We got to talking and he told me all about the old 911's he had, and his adventures with a 240Z blasting through Wyoming. It was a good break, we parted ways and I set out towards Rawlins, Wyoming. On my way, as the sun lowered behind me, I found an exit and was able to capture the sunset in solitude. 

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Once I landed in Rawlins I got a message from Jeff, the guy with the gray Targa, that he was 30 minutes out. We set the schedule to connect in the morning.