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Part 5

Ron approached the hose perfectly and seemed to hit it right on, but the Checkpoint crew added another one to our score! We took Bear Mountain Boulevard all the way out to Wheeler Ridge Road, then South to find Checkpoint 11. We looped around on Laval Road then up Rancho Drive. By this point we were late and Ron was pushing hard. We weren’t at triple digits, but close to it when the checkpoint appeared far in the distance. The clock was counting down and then we saw car 15 sitting right in the middle of the road in front of the hose. It was very frustrating, because the clock beeped down to zero and we couldn’t get across. But this has happened to me before and I knew that if you claim a block at a Checkpoint you get an automatic zero. That’s one we didn’t have to worry about.

It was a short run across Sebastian and down Kraft Road to the final In-marker 12. Again, Ron timed it well and it looked good but we were awarded another one for our effort. The rally was done and with a total score of 7 penalty points, we had a good shot at a trophy.