The LoveSac Rally Racing Team made its debut at the Idaho Rally this weekend. We ALL entered the race knowing really only two things about Rally: Go fast & stay on the road. Being that it was my first rally, my co-driver's first rally, and even my mechanic's first rally, I decided to make the pilgrimage first to my buddy, owner of LoveSac furniture, America's top Rally Car Driver & X-Games Gold Medalist, Travis Pastrana, for some Rally car tips at his house in Maryland over the 4th of July. Unfortunately, between craning him out of his foam pit as he practiced his sick trick for the X-Games, and getting cold-cocked by some rugby player that night in the chaos that follows fireworks & partying, all I could out of Pastrana was: "Go fast & stay on the road." Well Trav, as my wife would tell you, I seem to listen to about half of anything.....we went fast, anyway.
Hopefully the 2 videos below do a good job of explaining how the LoveSac Rally Fiero got upside down, into that river. For any of you considering a career in Rally Car Racing I figured I would make this video in a way that would hopefully give you a glimpse into what the whole 2 day event is really like...as my YouTube Rally research only showed me a bunch of wrecks and some insane driving. There is so much more to rally it than that. Tell me what you think, please COMMENT. Check em out (stay tuned for the jump, crash, & slideshow at the end of day #2 video)...
A HUGE thanks to our sponsors: Action Auto in SLC (who prepped my car and now has to put it back together), Spoon Me Frozen Yogurt, Franchise Foundry, Caballo Negro Energy Drink (which our rally car practically runs on), Team DI for the sick fire-suits and gloves, Loomis Solar (WOW did those helmets and the WATERPROOF dash-cam ever come in handy), and of course LoveSac Alternative Furniture Co....who pays my life insurance, etc.
Not to mention a BIG THANKS to: Ryan Money, my co-driver for life, you are AMAZING dude...oh, and you saved my life. Bill Talbot (Dirty Billy) who can fix anything on wheels. Jeremy Back, who thought he was going on vacation only to find out that Rally is a team sport. Joe Loomis & Jenna who always just show up and help out (not to mention hooked up our Rally suits in entirety). My parents, who came, volunteered, blocked the trail to vehicles for 12 hours and who STILL hate the idea of this whole thing. My partners, Nancy, Ryan, and the rest of LoveSac HQ for tolerating me. And most importantly the women in my life, Tiffany & Lucky Anne...THE coolest chicks on the planet.
A favorite Holiday tradition of mine is to drag my friends and family behind a moving vehicle dangerously fast, preferrably through the busiest streets. This is facillitated, of course, by copius ammounts of snow, and therefore is not always convenient or planned on. This year that opportunity came on Christmas Day night! Tiffany and I had both fallen asleep watching The Zohan when my cousin Richard White called. What he didn't know is that earlier that night, on our perilous whited-out drive home from Grandma's house, I was just trying to convince Tiff to come out with me later to wreak havoc in the snow, and when we brainstormed on who might actually have the guts to come out, we drew blanks. That's why I love my cousin Richard.
As I backed out of the driveway I thought to myself: This is stupid, repeated multiple times. I pushed on. I made the 30 minute (normally 10 minute) drive from Bountiful to Salt Lake City on completely snow-packed freeways - no pavement visible whatsoever. Too much fun. The only other person with cajones big enough to come out on a night like that finally texted me back from inside a movie, Ryan Money. He was on a date, but still down to tear it up. It was about midnight that I finally got suited up at Richards house in borrowed clothes. Richard's car covered in snow. Richard and his wife Emily and I killed an hour just doing 50 mph donuts in parking lots and residential streets. But on with the body dragging.....
HERE'S RYAN DRAGGING BARE-FOOT SKI STYLE BEHIND THE DURANGO...RIGHT THRU THE 7-11 PARKING LOT. HE'S A CRAZY MO-FO.
MAKING THE PREPARATIONS FOR PROPER HOOKEY-BOBBING.
SHAWNY D'S TURN TO NEARLY KILL MYSELF ON A PARKING LOT LIGHT POST. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
WE ACTUALLY RIDE THESE GIANT GARBAGE CANS DOWN RAW PAVEMENT IN THE SUMMER - GOTTA HAVE A STEEP HILL....OR, IN THIS CASE, SNOW AND A ROPE.
I LOVE YANKING MY COUSINS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS DOWN A 4 LANE ROAD...THEN WE CROSSED THE SOCCER FIELD - NOT SHOWING THAT ONE, DAMAGING EVIDENCE.
DID I MENTION RYAN MONEY IS NUTS?....
YEAH, HE'S ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR.
GOTTA LOVE GOING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS....NEVER GROW UP, ALL THE WAY.
YES, some day MY dream is to drive Rally Car, professionally....and once I said I was going to turn this oversized foam bag-thing into a company. You may doubt it now, but someday... You only live once...NEVER stop rockin' the Sac.
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