Race Day 1-June 21st

6-22 STATS:(St.Paul MN to Rochester MN)

TEAM 95:  

  • Start position 40, 
  • #race legs: 5
  • Overall time 2:20, 
  • #Aces today/overall: 1/1
  • Todays place in division: 9 out of 60
  • Todays place overall 71 out of 120
  • Cumulative rank in division.  9 out of 60
  • Cumulative rank overall/adjusted time - All divisions:   N/a

TEAM 100:

  • Starting position 24
  • #race legs: 5
  • Overall time 2:23,
  • #Aces today/overall: 0/0
  • Overall place in division:   39 out of 56
  • Overall place - All divisions 69 out of 120 
  • Cumulative rank in division:  39 out of 56
  • Cumulative rank overall/adjusted time - All divisions n/a

DAY SUMMARY:

Today started with the opening ceremonies at the MN fairgrounds with a parade of all great racers driving through the middle of the massive “back to the 50’s” weekend event(there was people everywhere and over 11,000 show cars.

The official race started at around noon with a 30+ minute speedo calibration followed by actual racing.   It was hot!!!  95+ degrees.   On the way to the fairgrounds we encountered 45 mins of stop and go traffic trying to enter the gate.  Both cars approached overheating w/ needing to shut them down.  We managed to get into our line up and once the cars got moving they cooled right off.

Today’s race drove through some beautiful endless areas of farmland. It had some challenging maneuvers which ultimately hurt our scores today but we both came in under one minute, which is still pretty good. And our rookies got their first perfect leg score with an ace sticker! Full day racing tomorrow as we progress from Rochester MN into Moline IL. 

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Results/Race Stats here: https://www.greatrace.com/rally_details/scores/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLDAyxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtR25SV0BS7kPh9RYnNNUaP3T1cNCQgRAef61_6ExulxNHlnUzjm2D7UL9gn_aem_LsbYfWsNcZSe06ybF1O-4g


Comments

  1. JasonJune 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM

    It must have been nerve racking to almost overheat before the race even kicks off. Aced a leg, that is great! Good luck for the rest of the race!

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