With Rally Sweden only a few days away, I thought I'd take a moment to write down some of my thoughts, observations, and lessons learned after going to my first winter rally. This past weekend, my wife and I rented a car and made the 500 mile trip north from Philadelphia to Maniwaki Quebec for Rallye Perce Neige. This rally piqued my curiosity for two reasons. First, I had never been to a snow rally, and secondly, it was the opening round of both the Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) as well as the newly formed American Rally Association (ARA). Getting to see David Higgins and Travis Pastrana go head to head against the top Canadian teams seemed like too good of an opportunity to pass up....
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