The only thing that could possibly entice the Gravel-Spec Rallysport crew to the land of lutefisk, painfully slow internet connections and Brett Favre is a rally, and it figures that they have the best roads in the country, and host several spectacular events every year. Some say The Curse's mysterious origins lies with Gravel-Spec's driving and lifestyle coach, soon to be married, Wisconsin rally icon Dennis “Hollywood” Martin, all we know is theres a boulder off the road known as Dennis' Rock, and anytime we mention it he goes into a trance-like state and begins speaking in tongues with scattered mentions of 34mm restrictors and media vests. This weekend the car I was chasing a ride in managed to roll spectacularly, and while filling Piotr's service rig, the diesel pump hose burst. When the fuel stopped flowing at $66.60, the price of the beast. Our rally ended before we reached Friday's service park with an engine failure on the second stage after a spectacular showing on the Bemidji Speedway super special. Not even a spoonful of bacon bits makes that easy to swallow.
Despite our early exit from the rally good times were had accelerating the depreciation of my car, and new connections within the rally world were made working for the first time with co-driver Greg Dorman and crew chief Gary Grahn, professor of the Pacific Northwest school of mooning rally cars, and Matt Johnson's Subaru specialist Margarite Parker. Special thanks go out to Worldrallysport.com for their thorough coverage of our weekend, 103.7 The Mix FM in Bemidji for their rally coverage and an excellent interview with Piotr, The Super 8 and Hampton Inn of Bemidji and all other local businesses who put up with our attempts to spend the most cash possible.
Congrats to Adam Markut for representing the DSM clan with a 3rd overall finish in his Talon, to Damen Williams for finishing his first rally, and to Travis Pastrana for clinching his fourth consecutive Rally America national championship.
Check out worldrallysport.com's coverage here:
[url]http://www.worldrallysport.com/news_centre_all[/url]
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