Right off the bat Laughlin starts with a fast stage that has lots of exposures and blind crests. Christine and I picked up a new term this weekend: ‘Trust’ – Even in a little production car, in order to go as fast as you can, you can’t be lifting over blind crests. When the notes are spot on and you trust, you fly! About 4:00 minutes in SS2 there is a big long hill and I shift to 4th just before it. ‘Trust.’

You’ll notice that this stage was stopped shortly afterwards. We’re glad to hear that Jason Waples & John Dillon are okay after landing hard. John Dillion hurt his back, but is recovering and even considered getting back in the car for Saturday. Check out this link to their painful video. The big off came from Rafal Listopad & Greg Dorman who flew off one of the big exposures later in the stage. Both driver and co-driver are okay and we’re glad no one was injured.

I have started to add pictures to the 2007 Laughlin Gallery and will continue to add as I get them. The funny ones are all from Dan Green who was on the crew and managed to snap some pics while making fun of Kaiser .

Laughlin International Rally – ‘Trust’ Yellow Pine Ranch – SS2 40.9MB WMV
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