TeamD Adventures

The No Alibi Rally is June 4-5 and it is looking mighty good. Last weekend Marvin and I measured the route, which begins and ends in Moses Lake and overnights in Lewiston. Our cunning plan was to leave on Friday at noon for the start at Moses Lake, run the event as far as Dayton, spend the night there and then measure the rest of the route on Saturday and be home that night in order to not completely use up the weekend. After getting back to Ritzville and Moses Lake, setting checkpoint stakes by flashlight, we were able to change back to street tires and proceeded home over the pass. The I-90 transit home is usually not my favorite drive due to the inordinate amount of crappy drivers and left lane bandits that appear in the Ellensburg vicinity, but midnight on a Saturday makes for a much quieter drive.

For No Alibi this year, I changed seats, and ran as a navigator with Steve Perret . Steve’s got years of autocross experience and done thousands of miles on stage rally roads, which is why his nickname is “Smooth”. With so little experience co-driving, my nickname last weekend would have been “Spaz”. Maybe I’ll stay in Equipped. Oh, Steeeeve…

This weekend is No Alibi 2008, brought to you buy those stand up guys at the Rainier Auto Sports Club (RASC). Starting in Ellensburg, this eastern Washington touring rally will cover 550 miles of highways, gravel roads, and dusty (if the rains stop) farm roads, overnighting in Kennewick, and returning to finish back in Ellensburg. The gravel tires are on, the rally computer is mounted and tested, the harnesses are installed, and all systems are go.

This weekend is the annual No Alibi TSD rally, put on by the Rainier Auto Sports Club (RASC).

(Disclaimer: Members of Team D are also members of Rainier Auto Sports Club .