Sno*Drift 2011: Day 0 (?)

Today, we made our way up to Lewiston, MI for the 2011 Sno*Drift Pro Rally. We decided to try our luck a bit by driving the rally car up rather than hauling it on a trailer. However, we are also planning on participating in recce, so we brought Sean's 2004 Golf R32 as well. Sean and I were leaving from different places, so he entrusted the R32 to me for the day and we met up about an hour into the journey. I also picked up a friend of ours from the University of Michigan Cycling Team, Cory Dubrish, who wanted to come up to Sno*Drift to spectate his first rally. This was handy for us because he, along with Kyle Steinkamp (half of our LSPR crew) would be able to take the car through tech tomorrow while we're out recce'ing.

This was also convenient because driving the rally car, well, sucks. So we had another person to lay this burden upon, except that Cory thinks that driving the rally car is cool. Win win! I ended up driving the R32 the whole way up (not a bad deal, as it's super quiet and comfy) and Sean and Cory switched off in the rally car. Here's Cory struggling with the belts. He's a little bit bigger than either of us.


The trip was generally uneventful, and we showed up a the Sheridan Valley Motel just before 10 PM. We even got to sign the proprietor's Sno*Drift poster, so that was cool. Signing stuff is still very novel to me. We gave Cory a quick rundown on what to expect in tech, and now we're just waiting on Kyle to arrive from way up there in Houghton. We're excited about recce. Here's a picture of the two VW's.