I'm finally in a position where I could take a Saturday an attend the Rally America, Oregon Trail Rally. So at 7am I head to Goldendale, Washington. I make a quick stop at the Parc Ferme in The Dalles at 9am. Here's a shot of our local Hoosier race tire service owner Garth Ankeny's new car.
Click to view attachmentI was pleasantly surprised at the amount of folks at Spectator Area #1. My motorsports career started in SCCA Pro Rally in the late seventies. Nothing to exciting, service member and car builder. But back then it was just us participants.
Click to view attachmentI arrived at Area #2 a little too late.
Lesson learned for next year. The walk in was about a mile downhill. All my phone pictures were pretty crappy.
Click to view attachmentHere's a shot of Garth and David Higgins last years winner.
Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentAt the end of the day I covered 354 miles in my 73 appearance group DD. For some reason the fuse to radio blew after crossing the Sandy River at Troutdale.
Come find out I had the radio tied to the 7.5 amp #2 fuse. Oh yeah, this was a solo trip so all I had for entertainment was the hum of my self built 2056. What a beautiful thing.
Click to view attachmentStats:
Averaged 70-80 mph
Oil pressure 60 psi
195 degrees
36.7 mpg
Before WCR projects:
Reset rear braking venting
Bleed brakes and or adjust brake push rod
Tires rebalanced, bad spot 63-67 mph
Move shift rod back just a smidgen, need a little deeper shift into 1st.