The 16 car field for the Mt. Hood Rally included many local veterans and some novices eager to take on the 6.14 mile “Road 17” just south of Hood River. I drove the stage in my passenger car and it was amazingly fast and flowing with only a few long sweepers that would require some good timing as to when it tightens and opens back up. I had thought it might have had a few twisty bits, but not really. The fastest person on this stage is the one that…
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First of all, I must admit that I’m not the best at following the local/regional rally competitors here in the Pacific Northwest. That will change this year though with the new Cascadia International Rally Championship having their first event at the Oregon Trail Rally. As Dave Henderson of Suspect Motorsports told us in our interview a few weeks ago in podcast Episode 226 , the Cascadia IRC is a new “Championship within Championships” designed for regional teams in the Pacific Northwest to compete beyond just single events. This means some…
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