Damian Yearwood is a Professional Rally Crew Chief
No rally team can go maximum attack without an equally committed service crew behind them, constantly at the ready to do whatever it takes to get the car back out on stage. Many service crew members are volunteers, but we caught up with Damian Yearwood in Barbados, who is a professional rally crew chief, engineer, and number 1 tech.
An Unofficial History of the All Mitsu Cookout
Curt Gendron is a computer programmer from Rogers, Minnesota. You might be familiar with the name. For us, he’s always been “that guy who organizes the ‘All Mitsu Cookout’ every year.” Well, we figured it was high time we learned a little more about this event. Luckily for us, Curt had a few minutes to tell us about this, one of the longest running Mitsubishi events in the world.
Before & After: Aaron Ekinaka
Aaron Ekinaka has been working feverishly to get his Impreza ready for its first stage rally event. That event is rapidly approaching. We caught up with Aaron to get an idea how he views the world on the cusp of his first rally.
Starions Are Made for the Open Road
Some of us might see a StarQuest once in a blue moon. Gary Hazel of Bethany Beach, Delaware, on the other hand, sees one every day. He’s owned ten of these iconic RWD Mitsubishis and, when he shared some pictures of his Fiji Blue ’89 SHP Conquest TSi with us, we knew we had to work up the interview.
The Buschur Racing 2010 DSM/EVO Shootout
Seventeen years ago, Dave Buschur (Buschur Racing) and some DSM buddies got together to race their cars and have a good time. The weekend of August 15th-16th this year, they did it again – only these days, it’s more like 2,000 friends.
Drew McPhee: 2nd Generation Rallyist
The Southern Cross Rally. Ever heard of it? Drew McPhee has. Drew grew up in a rally family that made regular trips out to follow this famous event. Imagine what that must have been like…
Beau Xavier Anderson’s 2GB (FTW) Talon
We at Gearbox Magazine cut our teeth on a 2GB Talon, and so Talons will always be special to us. That’s why we’re super excited to share this interview with Beau Anderson of Payette, Idaho. Beau is an iron worker specializing in steel erection and he’s got some pretty straight forward thoughts on building a DSM. Read on.
Bryan Hull: RallyMatcher
My name is Bryan Hull and I’ve been involved in rallying since 1995, prior to that I had an interest in motor sport but only knew about rallying from magazines and the very occasional slot on TV sport shows.
