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Gbeck
07-21-2023, 04:13 PM
I drove my Gen 2 Type 65 Coupe in Rally North America's 2023 Backroads Appalachia Rally. It was four days of road-going fun on the back roads of western Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana. The highlights were paced laps on Bristol, some hard-charging runs on The Dragon Slayer, a tour of the Corvette plant in Bowling Green and the gratitude of the Concerns Of Police Survivors representatives for us raising over $225,000 for fallen police officers!

The round trip was a little over 3,000 miles. The car performed flawlessly, but the AC can't quite keep up on sunny days over about 90 degrees. That's when I leave the AC on and open the windows!

More info at http://RallyNorthAmerica.com, and my "Team Limer" page on Facebook.

Here's a few pics for you to enjoy:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53062112994_f929f684c6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQVcx9)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53061350292_f7ba67e933_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQRhP7)

Ad the Day 2 start line
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53062321775_c7bcd4fb21_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQWgAP)

Gotta love the twisties!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53061928936_3ec5b6a442_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQUfPJ)

Ready to roll
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53061932976_4f0ef17ae8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQUh2o)

Paced laps on Bristol

https://flic.kr/p/2oQWKLj

All stickered up
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53061349242_79aca9a5f8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQRhv1)

kurtbob
07-21-2023, 09:26 PM
I drove my Gen 2 Type 65 Coupe in Rally North America's 2023 Backroads Appalachia Rally. It was four days of road-going fun on the back roads of western Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana. The highlights were paced laps on Bristol, some hard-charging runs on The Dragon Slayer, a tour of the Corvette plant in Bowling Green and the gratitude of the Concerns Of Police Survivors representatives for us raising over $225,000 for fallen police officers!

The round trip was a little over 3,000 miles. The car performed flawlessly, but the AC can't quite keep up on sunny days over about 90 degrees. That's when I leave the AC on and open the windows!

More info at http://RallyNorthAmerica.com, and my "Team Limer" page on Facebook.

Here's a few pics for you to enjoy:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53062112994_f929f684c6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQVcx9)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53061350292_f7ba67e933_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQRhP7)

Ad the Day 2 start line
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53062321775_c7bcd4fb21_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQWgAP)

Gotta love the twisties!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53061928936_3ec5b6a442_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQUfPJ)

Ready to roll
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53061932976_4f0ef17ae8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQUh2o)

Paced laps on Bristol

https://flic.kr/p/2oQWKLj

All stickered up
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53061349242_79aca9a5f8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQRhv1)
Sounds great. What happened to your exhaust???

kurtbob
07-22-2023, 09:51 PM
What happened to your exhaust?

Gbeck
07-24-2023, 10:02 AM
One of the rally participants wrote up this great article on Autoguide about the event. Enjoy!!

https://www.autoguide.com/auto/featured-articles/the-great-american-road-trip-alive-and-well-44607070