Thought I would share.

While I was helping to run time control at a couple turn around stages* this weekend at the Seed 9 Performance Rally just south of Vegas, the Galant was parked atop a mountain with a HAM radio repeater stuck to the roof. My Galant not only made it out to Vegas without any trouble at all, but enabled communication between the remote stages of the rally and net control back at HQ. It was very cool.

I even got 26mpg on the drive back. Phoenix to Vegas on 1 tank of gas in an AWD DSM. Not too shabby!

* Turn around stage: All the cars run the stage one direction, then turn around and run it the other way. Known for being a major clusterfuck because you have thirty or more rally cars show up and have to park in order while they wait for the last of the cars to complete the stage and controls to be set up for the other direction.

I'm looking to get some people to lend a hand at the Desert Storm Rally in Blythe, CA (on the AZ/NV border on I-10) the weekend of March 24th and 25th. We're looking for volunteer service crew to act as pit crew for a rally Neon. If you're interested, PLEASE let me know and I will do whatever I can to make it happen for you.

Cheers.