Houghton Michigan, where men are men...and some of the women are men. The Lake Superior Performance Rally is billed as the oldest toughest and meanest event in the series, the rally hasn't even started and its already the toughest yet. The Gravel-Spec team nearly repeated last year's non-appearance after blowing our third engine in testing two weekends ago due to another machining error. Turns out our engine builder knows as much about his trade as we do. However a quick transplant of a big-bore Nissan 240SX powerplant (meant for off-season activity) kept us in the game.
The team and car will be at Parc Expose by 1:00PM, starting 39th, aka dead freaking last on the road. With a finish today, Gravel-Spec driver Jim Scray will move into 10th place in the Central Region Group 2 championship. Colin Vickman is in the thick of a battle in the Regional Group 2 Co-driver's Championship, with only Tim Knorr present at this rally, solid finishes on Friday and Saturday will clinch 2nd place for Gravel-Spec's navigator.
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