Olympia/Shelton, WA – The Subie Gal Racing team and team car "Burnsie the Rally Wagon" took on Round 2 of the Western States Rally Championship  in a typical wet, rainy contesting of the Dryad Quest and Shitepoke SCCA ClubRallies.  The team was still licking their wounds from damage received at the Rim of the World ProRally, but with the car mostly intact, managed to win the PGT class in fine style on both days and also placed an impressive 3rd OVERALL in the Shitepoke Clubrally! This gives the team another 100 points to ad to their WSRC lead!

As is the norm in the Northwest, Dryad/Shitepoke Clubrallies were there to challenge the entrants with rain, mud and "gotchas" everywhere. Most teams slipped and slid their way around the nearly 140 miles of special stage terrain.  The entrants were greeted with anything from light rain to all out downpours - this put most teams on the edge and kept them at the top of their game.

“The car felt great this weekend, even considering the conditions,” Subie Gal Racing team driver Jamie Thomas stated, “We have spent the past 2.5 weeks repairing all of the damage sustained at the Rim Rally.... so this outing was very rewarding.   It felt great to have a nice, solid drive with no serious issues or offs to contend with!  Yeah... it rocked!“

Starting 5th on the road on day one, the team encountered the only big moment of the weekend.  Paul Eklund was first car on the road and had an uncharacteristic excursion at an approx 4th gear 70mph "easy left" (unmarked in our route books) into a nice medium right.  Well, Jamie and the team followed his footsteps into the same ditch, collecting nothing less than a small stadium full of grass & weeds into the wheels, wheel well. Finding themselves off the road and in a bit of trouble, the team followed Eklund's ruts through the grassy ditch and back onto the road - ignoring Eklund's ruts which continued across the road and off into the ditch on the opposite side!!!  Small moment, nerves shaken, but no harm done.

"Third overall... we were flying," commented team navigator Matt Gauger, "We just drove our race, and it turned out really well!"

The success of this weekend adds to the team lead in both the Northern Pacific & Western States Rally Championships. The team now has a significant lead in both championships and can only hope to add to that tally in upcoming events.

Next Event:  Mountain Trials  - Merritt, BC - Canada -

Subie Gal Racing team thanks 2004 season sponsors: Carter Subaru, Allsubaru.com, Need-Desire  StonGard.com, RallyPerformance , Rallispec CavettRally.com, Smart-Service. IonPerformance.com, Rallitek.com, Nasioc. Grillcraft.com, Karttrak WoodinvilleWindshield, Shaneyfeltmotorsports Subie Gal Supporters

Very Special Thanks to Crew members: Nick &  Mike for their help on this event & to Russ for the use of his trailer once again! Thanks gang!

Member of the NorthWest Region SCCA  SCCA Regional Achievement Award Winner (1996-2003)

SCCA RECORD  SEVEN  YEARS  IN  A  ROW!!!

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