Washington Rally (UPDATED PICS + VIDS)

[jody-z]

Hello,We're off to the Olympus Rally in Eastern Washington State, which is round #3 of the U.S. Rally-America Championship and Round #4 of the North American Championship. Event details, entry-list/start-order and LIVEupdates begin Saturday morning at http://www.rally-america.com/event.Olympus.2008.phpIn the meantime, here's a short video of us on the icy roads of Missouri back in February...thanks again for finding this Joe, and to whomever posted it:

(imagine the speeds Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, etc must carry through that same turn!)On that note, "199 Lives - The Travis Pastrana Story" is playing in select theatres in the states Wednesday & Thursday...here's the theatrical trailer:

with additional information at http://199lives.motocross.com/Rally On,Jan & Jody Zedril2007 North American Rally Champions2007 U.S. Rally-America National Champions2008 Canadian, Rally-America & North America Points LeadersTEAM PARTNERS/SUPPORTERS:http://www.batteryman.cahttp://www.dmsnorthamerica.comhttp://www.imageplusonline.comhttp://www.mitsubishi-motors.cahttp://www.mitsunation.nethttp://www.napaonlinecanada.comhttp://www.rgna.cahttp://www.rpw.com.auhttp://www.sturgeontire.comhttp://www.vickar.comhttp://www.whiteknucklephotography.comAFFILIATIONS:http://www.carsrally.cahttp://www.rally-america.comhttp://www.rallywest.comhttp://www.wscc.mb.ca

[conebasher]

Good luck guys, keep the shiny side up

[Corey]

I noticed a picture of a familiar car in the lastest Grassroots Motorsports magazine, the one with the WRX on the cover. Jan & Jody got mention in the article on the SnoDrift rally and a nice picture of the car in action.

[NevadaJoe]

.....another success for the Zedril teamNice finish on SS4 - 28th place over all. That is an outstanding performance for a production 2wd class.Way to go boys! http://www.rally-america.com/event.Olympus.2008.php?section=live_updates

Unofficial Olympus Rally Results (April 20th, 2008, 4:14PM)The 2008 Olympus Rally is now in the record books and the unofficial results are as follows:Overall43 Block/Gelsomino 1:30:34.8199 Pastrana/Ringer 1:30.58.74 Foust/Beavis 1:31.47.620 Comrie-Picard/Goldfarb 1:32:54.846 Johnson/Wimpey 1:33.23.7PGT429 Verdier/Crouch 1:37:36.559 Moro/Rossey 1:40:03.6116 Conley/Conley 1:42.55.0G556 Szewczyk/Karynski 1:47:03.353 Jankowski/Wagner 1:51.48.4G2251 Beck/Mizar 1:51:57.7Production708 Zedril/Zedril 1:52.22.2Scores will become provisional at 3 PM.

[jody-z]

This event took place on April 19-20th and I'm finally posting some pictures and video's from it.Lolo Pass, Idaho (on the way to the event):Service:We won our class and finished 3rd among all 2wd cars, and 25th overall (all classes combined). We wanted a top 20 overall, but, there was no chance in hell with the altitude and long straightaways. Heck there were sections where Jan didn't lift-off the throttle for 3 miles (4.8km)!!! The only time he lifted was to shift, and we still only hit 108mph (173 kph) Colin McRae's old co-driver, former WRC champion Derek Ringer stated “I’ve never been in anything this fast in all my life” (he was co-driving for Travis). They reached 137mph (219 kph)...and the entire event was on gravel...no tarmac to speak of This coming from a man that has run the Safari Rally in the open plains of Africa...Onboard video of Ken Block & Alex Gelsomino:http://formulaphoto.typepad.com/flatovercrest/2008/05/onboard-with-ke.htmlAnd, they almost crashed earlier in the day:

Tired of the default windows field background? Try this one:http://formulaphoto.typepad.com/flatovercrest/files/olympus_wallpaper_1024DC.jpg

[jody-z]

Friday Reconnaissance:Andrew Comrie-Picard & Marc Goldfarb on one of the fastest straightaways:And last but not least, Cowboy Kenny Bartram performing for the crowd at Saturday night's festivities...jumping over his rallycar: