TeamD Adventures

Saturday October 6 saw three TeamD cars converge on Snoqualmie Pass for the 2007 running of Night on Bald Mountain. Held every year by ORCA, this one day, usually night, event brings rallyists from the region and gravel together in what usually signifies the start of the fall/winter season. Start time this year was 6pm so the majority of the event was in the dark. It’s times like these where I really enjoy the big PIAA driving lights I mounted on the front of the car. With those lit, the path ahead is much clearer. I can’t even imagine how I coped without them the first few years. The route took us up into the cascade mountains and looped us through the starting location (the Family Pancake House at the pass) at mid-break for gas. Despite the cold snap the previous week, there was no snow on the ground. There was, however, mud, as rain followed us most of the evening. ” times are right, we started losing time and gaining points. We exited regularity 6 with 29 points. Ick. Now, being conscientious rallysts, we noted our error (after the fact) and noted the location of the checkpoints so the next time through that route, regularity 8, we applied add-hock corrections on the way up the hill and finished the same drive with a much more reasonable 10. Eric and Steve in car 1 (they won last year) came in second overall and second in Unlimited class with a 28, 9 behind winners Ben Bradley and Russ Kraushaar. In reality, Eric and Steve tied third place finishers April Smith and Marcus Song who also finished with a 28 but were awarded 2nd by tiebreaker (most zeros, 8 versus 4). Joe and I came in third in our class (equipped) and 10th overall with a 67. Dan and Hans finished fifth overall and in class (unlimited) with a 44.