RE: Lake Superior Rally page

["Mark Nelson" <tahoe@msn.com>]

> Add to that, the navigator was new to us (and only had 2years
> experience), the car new to us, and the driver new to SCCA
> ProRally (the car
> ran this event as a divisional, remember ALL divisional entrant cars start
> AFTER the National cars on stages).

John could only run the event as a divisional competitor, being a rookie.
Now that he's completed his first event, he'll get his divisional license,
and will be able to apply for a national license.  He still won't have real
great starting positions until he gets higher seeding.

> I watched with dismay, Chenoire go out with car problems, again.  Neither
> Hyundai ran worth a s**t, and both were being attended to
> feverishly at every
> service.  Considering Buffum was there, this is pretty disappointing.

The cars running poorly sounds very unusual...those cars are always running
well.  BTW, Buffum is at every event and does most of the work on the cars
himself (when he's not competing).  This has not been a good year for Libra,
with a lot of DNF's.

> So, give us some time to get her sorted.  We are planning to go
> thru the 24
> sets of springs and shox on some testing before Snow Drift next
> year.  After
> the rally, I drove the car back to Chicago with the owner/driver.  Make no
> mistake Matt, this guy is serious about not only rallying, but
> winning.  This
> car has the goods to do it, once we get the chassis sorted, there
> is plenty of
> HP to add to the equation.  Right now, I'm happy to have
> accomplished what we
> did.  A finish, a good one, first time out, hardly needs excuses.

Congratulations on finishing the event!  Getting that first event under
one's belt is always gratifying, since it can be a real PITA.  Just ask Paul
T. about his first outing at the '97 Goreman Ridge Rally, where our water
pump let go after the first stage =(.  Now that I've seen that same problem
strike Paul Choiniere this year, I don't feel so bad ;-).

cya!
-mark nelson
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