Thunderbird Results
Jul
2009
The cars and people of TeamD had an impressive showing at the 2009 Thunderbird Rally in British Columbia. “TBird” as many call it is fairly called the biggest unpaved TSD rally in western North America. Overall kudos go to Satch Carlson and Russ Kraushaar, repeating their 2007 overall victory in the Historic class 1969 Saab Sonett with a finishing score of 6 — proving once again that AWD is not necessary to take the win on TBird’s challenging roads and conditions. Two additional classic Saabs were in the event, with Garth Ankeny and Ben Bradley piloting their red 1969 96 to an impressive top-ten overall finish and 2nd in Historic class. The other 96, a 1970 edition, was driven by John Vanlandingham and Adam Crane. Rules for the Savoia Aero Team prize precluded TeamD from competing in that arena — they needed to have entries in more than a single class. The team prize was awarded to Arctic Challengers.
February 13th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
We missed you, Dan! It was cool seeing all those Saabs there. Fortunately, we didn’t need any large bolts or bailing wire to finish this year. I want to thank Steve for helping us set our clock Sunday morning. It was a full second different from the time we were shown at breakfast. . .
February 18th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Just for correctness, Marinus and Renee in car 8 tied us for first unlimited with 8 while Eric and Steve sat in 3rd unlimited with a 9, not the other way around as reported.
February 18th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Ay yi yi how embarassing. Thanks Jeff, I fixed it. You know, all those BMWs start looking alike…