News from Team Jardevall

2011 Racing Updates

The first event for the 2011 season on our end was again the Olympus rally. The weather God's are much kinder this time around and the event starts out ok for our team. This time around I have experienced navigator Jason Grahn in the right seat. The competition in the SP class is fantastic and leader Travis Hansen in a Subaru is giving everybody a hard time. On the second day on one of the longer stages a tuff dip was enough to call it the day for us. A cracked oil pan turned out to be the result and a following DNF. One more time the car needed some TLC.

2011 Season Preview

During later part of 2010 the car were converted to SP class. This was done to keep expenses in better control and also to have a more competitive vehicle in class. Our first planned outing with the car will be the famous Olympus rally in Washington state that have a rally history dating back to mid 80:s. At the time it was host for world rally championship competition. Now days it's back to national championship level. See full schedule at www.Rally-America.com

2010 Racing Results

After winning last years Wild West event and having high hopes for the 2010 season the car had a visit to Cascade Autosport. Under the care of Peter we had a hydraulic e-brake installed and also a brake bias valve added to the car. One rally that always been close to my heart is the Doo-Wop rally in Washington state. The organizers Ray and Janise Damitio and crew always put on a great rally. With good friend and SAAB rally driver Nate Tennis navigating we had high hopes for a good finish. Two run's on a short tarmac stage have us in second place. The first run on gravel will be the Pico stage near the city of Montesano. After only a few miles into the stage the car starts to run very rough. We make it back to service and a feverish hunt for the problem starts. We continue long into the night but to no avail. Unfortunately the only thing we can do is load up and go back home.

Next event is the famous Olympus rally in Washington state out of Ocean Shores on the far west side of the state. The weather God's are really angry this weekend with rain and cool winds. For this event I have a new navigator Tracy Manspeaker from Washington state. The event starts out ok until the second day when we have an overheating issue on the famous Brooklyn Tavern stage. Unfortunately we have to call it the day before finish.

After getting the car back home we had it converted over to the growing US SP class. After doing the proper repairs to the vehicle we had it shipped up to Peter at Cascade Autosport. We still had a nagging engine miss that needed proper attention. Finally we have the car running ok and we are entered to Mt Hood, a club event in Oregon state. As usual the goal is to finish at the top. Driving the car to start of stage one everything feels fine. During stage one the turbo intake hose comes off and off course ruins the day. Later in the event things starts to come together but unfortunately to late. It was still a good test with the car in the new SP trim. Cascade Auto Sport had also changed the mapping of the car and it run great.