We attended our first rallycross put on by the ostentatious Gravel Crew. A start delay meant that we would be doing runs #2 and #3 in the dark. This is the first time I’ve run an event at night and it was a thrill. We had some drama on our first run, as a pallet got knocked down onto the course from a previous competitor. I had to make quite a manuver around it. Later, Scott (from the Gravel Crew) graciously offered a re-run to us.

We placed 2nd in class with lucky number 13! There was some strong competition out there and I’m pleased with how well we did. I will be following the CRS points race closely. I’ll update the post with the official results when they become available.

Once again Christine did a great job of calling the notes out. It’s less of an importance in rallycross to have notes, but very important that we get in-car experience together. I told her that I was going to ‘haul ass’ by the barn on my last run and she didn’t flinch. I’m on the lookout for any spectator pictures or video that may be posted to the forums. If you have anything please contact us. I once again encoded all three in-car runs as .wmv files.
Rally Air II Run #1 Day
Rally Air II Run #2 Night
Rally Air II Run #3 Night +infravision (best run)

Update 4/20/2005: We placed 11th overall! The results are posted. Speaking of competition, the name George Doganis who took first in our class, sounded familiar to me. So I googled him. It turns out George is a several time national autocross champion and no stranger to rally. Some very strong competition indeed.