I know it has taken a couple days since a new blog, but it has been a busy few days at the rally as well! In the last 3 days, I've spoken to Steve for all of 5 minutes on the rest day so my information is limited.
Stage 6:
Steve said that stage 6 was a really rough day, full of silt! He spent 3 hours digging the hummer out of the sand, the alternator blew, and some other random parts were completely filled with silt. He said they were lucky that they even made it back to the bivouac! He had told me at the end of stage 6 that he had been pretty worried about it, and now he's officially looking forward to the rest day.
Rest Day:
I called steve while on my way to work saturday morning, knowing that may be my only time to catch him! It was 11 am or so his time, and he said that after all the silt, the hummer was being completely torn apart and being rebuilt. Other than that, he was anxious to get started on his road book for day 7, but the ASO wouldn't release them until 2 pm.
Stage 7:
All I got from steve today was one text message a few sentences long.. Apparently today was not a good day either, a lot of sand and silt. Steve said they got stuck in the dunes twice, and he got to officially test his HANS brace device, now his neck and head are not feeling so hot. He also stated they damaged a front clip and the mechanics are working on replacing it tonight. I saw the stage 7 video summary of the car class... it looks like a few cars flipped and many more are out after today.
Tomorrow brings a 700+ km day.... lets all send positive energy toward the 327!!
Video from stage 7!
SPEED energy setup on rest day
The Hummer in pieces on rest day
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