It took longer to type the title than it did for us to be out of the rally, almost.

We finished again! That was even more of a feat than usual thanks to a complete lack of testing or practice! Which – spoiler – means we got the car built and running.

Since it’s been a while since we rapped at you, and there’s a while to go until Pines, here’s what has been going on.

So you may be wondering when we’re going to be ready for the 2017 rally season. Yeah, us too. But we have some plans afoot…

In which we prepare to dig into some unplanned and undesired motor work.

We got the “winter roads, summer ditches” Pines of lore this year. With more than half the field falling prey to the conditions we were happy to finish, although we also had our issues. What else is new?

We have started to prepare! Like bears foraging before hibernation we…wait that’s no good. Like an Eagle preparing to defend the nest, we are sharpening our Talons and…

Here’s a quick photo collection of the damage from Galway (not words we ever thought we’d use together) and Black Bear.

If you follow our results with a big chart on your wall then you won’t need a reminder, but for those of you not institutionalized we will remind you that we have never finished the Black Bear rally. Until this year.

The day dawned bright and sunny…ok not even close.