Well...here we are with a web presence. The purpose of this blog is to post information regarding the Gopher Rally Racing team. The team is made up of myself, Chad LePoudre (car owner and driver), Heath Hrappstead (co-driver, ballast, and all-around good guy), and various friends and family who take time out of their own schedules to come and assist us at events. We campaign a mk2 VW Golf in a modified 2wd class (Group 2) in the Western Canadian Rally Championship.
My hope is that there will be information regarding our recent events (racing or otherwise), photos, etc. I also hope to create a link to a photo gallery that has pictures during builiding of the race car. I consider this almost as a duty to the rally community since I relied so much on other peoples websites during the construction of my car.
One of my philosophies for our rally team is to get as much fun for the $$ as we can. That means that I bag lunch almost everyday, use Canadian tire money to its fullest potential, buy parts from ebay or wreckers, and rely on free web hosting space (thumbs up for blogspot). Since rally is a relatively expensive sport, we also have support from a few different companies and I like giving them as much credit as possible (within the constraints of the blogspot terms and conditions, of course).
Our next rally is coming up on us quickly. It is the Cochrane Rally of the Ranchlands held out of Cochrane, AB. I noticed this morning that our entry form is the first to arrive. It appears that there will be a relatively large field of competitors for this event (almost 20 have confirmed already).
A few links for those of you who land on this blog.
