Hi there. Just checking in to let everyone know what’s going on. I recently just got back from my second rally in Dalton, New Hampshire at Tim o’Neal’s rally school. This was an amazing rally and yes it was snow and ice. Very tricky and there were some pretty technical roads that allowed no mistakes.

I started out well in stage 1 with a time 4 seconds slower than the fastest time recorded. I was really stoked and it was smooth. Going into the second stage I felt good. I had a little trouble on a hair-pin right at a juction into a very narrow road where I clipped a tree and spun out.

Stage 3 was pretty narrow and with a little understeer I went in a ditch. The thing cool about rally is that other competitors will help pull you out so you can finish. The rule is if someone needs to be pulled out, help, because you never know when it’s your turn. Simple.

So the rally went really well up until the final stage about a mile from the finish. Everything was fine until I relaxed for a second and slid into a ditch hitting a tree. I was out. What a bummer, to say the least. At the end of the day the o’Neal rally was a blast and it was great for the experience.

I head to Michigan in a week for snow drift. Stay tuned and thanks to everyone at Vermont Sports car, Monster, dc shoes and the o’Neal rally for making it an unforgetable weekend.

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