I had to go on a unplanned business trip the week before the Idaho Rally, and Dad had just gotten back from a business tirp as well, so we were forced to withdraw.  The Civic is in pretty good shape, nearly all the issues we had at Oregon Trail (update coming soon) have been resolved, including:

• Heat. New catalytic converter at the back of the car rather than under our feet.  Better heat shielding.
• Fenders. New fenders were purchased and painted.  We’ll try not to hit anything next time.
• Front Radius Rods / Cross Member. Fabricating a new “rally spec” unit.  Bent/broke the Place Racing unit.

Photos of the new work will be up shortly.

Next rally will be Wild West out in Eastern Washington in September (just have to figure out a way to get some taller gearing, or more RPM, for the long straights).  We may also do Pacific Forest to make up for the Idaho Rally.

The 2006 season was a great success, culminating in the Rally America West Production Class and 2WD championships (Driver and Co-Driver), the 2006 Production Class Regional Rally Championship (Driver and Co-Driver) and the Production Class Co-Driver Pacific Northwest Rally Championship.

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Just a heads up for people, that the Fatboy Raceworks team will be competing with the Production Class (P3) Integra GSR rally car at the Pacific Forest Rally in Merrit, BC this weekend.

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Although we had a bit of bad luck, the Wild West International Rally was a good event for us.  We placed 2nd in Production Class on the Sou’Wester Divisional Rally and 3rd in the Pacific Rally Groups Driver Class 3.  Over the course of the weekend we set 4 P class stage wins and set the fastest Nawhatzel time for a
naturally aspirated, 2 wheel drive car, even though we only got one attempt at it and are in an extremely limiting class.   We improved dramatically and now have the confidence to get class wins.

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The Fatboy Raceworks Team brought the Integra GSR Rally Car into a 3rd place finish at Mt. Trials in Merrit BC this weekend.

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The Fatboy Raceworks team is packing up the P3 Class Integra GSR and
heading to Canada for the Mountain Trials rally near Merit, BC. 
This will be the team’s first canadian performance/stage rally, and
we’re hoping everything will go well.

We’ve made some minor tweaks to the skid plate and speed sensors for
the rally computer.  We’re also using a different front spring
setup and we’d like to thank Motorsports Distributing for their assistance as we get the supsension tweaked.

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Team Shows Speed, mechanical failure end day early

After an finishing Saturday’s Dryad Quest rally in good shape, and getting a feel for the car, the driver/co-driver team of Kris Dahl and co-driver Ed Dahl were eager to tackle the Shitepoke Rally stages June 5th in a Production Class Acura Integra GSR.

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Fatboy Raceworks Rally Team Scores Trophy At 2005 Dryad Quest Rally

Driver Kris Dahl and co-driver Ed Dahl set out on June 4th to complete their first rally in a Production Class Integra GSR.

The team and car are still early in development, but proved they do
have the speed to compete for the class leadership.  The team
finished the 69.83 mile long Dryad Quest rally with a total time of
1:33:04, averaging 45.0 mph over rough gravel terrain.  They
finished 3rd in Northwest Region Driver Class 3 and 6th place in
Production Class, just 1 second behind the 2nd and 5th place finishers
respectively.

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We competed in the Coast To Coast TSD Rally on Vancouver Island in the Novice class. The briskly-paced rally featured approximately 550 miles of almost entirely gravel stages.

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