TeamD Adventures

Sometimes it pays to stay up way, way too late. We have to get up at 4:30 AM for Day 3 and I’m still up sharing the internet connection with Satch Carlson at 12:25AM. But as we sat the Day 2 provisional scores arrived in our hands. The results improve my mood considerably.

The TeamD summary is that Eric and Steve move the BMW to first in class and fifth overall. This despite taking max points at Gold Pan Speedway and ruining a tire and some bodywork. Eric and Steve were also the only team to score zero points on the controversial Do-It-Yourself TSD section late in the evening.

Nick and Rob make waves in their lowly Mazda 323, taking only 4.5 points in the unstudded tire group at the Gold Pan ice race. This means they were only 4.5 seconds slower on their two runs than a high-performance Mitsubishi Lancer EVO driven by a professional driver!

Both Jim/Dan and Rob/Nick have outstanding queries in to the scoring committee about confusion at the DIY section and until those are resolved they stand with max scores of 200 points for that section, making their day two scores abnormally high.

Top positions have all changed around, read on for full scores:
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It pains me to be the one to say that TeamD got off to a rocky start today on day one of the Alcan Winter Rally. After an easy day of rally Eric and Steve are standing second in class with a score of 23. Dan and Jim are third in class with 34. Rob and Nick are fourth in their class with a score of 84. But overall those scores make us a little sad.

Read on for more detail including full standings.
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For some reason my head is pounding. Could it be that it is now 1:00AM, the day the Alcan Rally starts and I’m still up packing? That I ate way too many cookies at registration today and at the Alcan reception tonight? That I’m grinding my brain trying to think of what I’ve forgotten?

The out of town teams have it easy. They went through this already. They left home days ago. They already know what they forgot and bought new. They are sleeping soundly dreaming of ice and snow and second place trophies. I’m awake, yet dreaming of sleep and starting the rally rested. Such sweet thoughts those are…

One of the common questions I get when telling people about the Alcan Winter Rally and Time Speed Distance (TSD) rallying is how the rally and scoring works. I’ll try to give a brief overview.
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