Desert Storm Rally 2009

Dueling in the Desert

Doug Chernis/Craig Macnair Overall – Day 1       
Bill Holmes/Sean Gallagher Overall – Day 2

Well the question has been answered. Can anyone take away the rally sweep of a third win from Bill Holmes? Well, halfway! Doug Chernis beat Bill Holmes on Day One at the Desert Regional by a minute and 17 seconds with Jim Morris in his famous Camaro a bit over a minute farther back.Two Group 5 cars just behind a Open Class car…now that was some competition!

The day before the event; Desert Storm did its first time recce. It took all day for the competitors to get their stage notes done and ready for the event. At the same time quite a few competitors got a few notes about how to do recce from Scott Putnum. Read More

2009 Plan B Rally

Congratulations to Bill Holmes/Sean Gallagher for their win! When I gave Bill his rally car overall win trophy...I told him I am sorry that was not a rally truck on top of that trophy, but mostly it is rally cars that win and not trucks...So Bill has proven the point that rally trucks CAN win a rally...He could not stop smiling. His truck did everything he wanted it to do. I think some national competitors might be for a outlook for Bill to be at Rally Colorado....watch out! Read More

2008 Awards Banquet

The awards banquet was held at Speedzone in City of Industry on December 14th, 2008; a facility that has loads of racing memorabilia with several racing areas for your enjoyment. We had all of the podium finishers and some 4th and 5th place winners from Central and Southern California as well as from the Arizona region. After the awards ceremony we had our big battle between three teams at racing and they were competing at two of the tracks offered for the banquet. Everyone had a blast.... Read More

Rally Colorado 2008

Now in its fourth year as a national level rally, Rally Colorado is shaping up to become one of America's best and biggest rallies. The rally is based in the beautiful year-round resort community of Steamboat Springs, just a short drive west into the mountains from Denver.... Read More

Rookie of the Year – Jon Rea’s Synopsis at Tim O’Neil Rally School

I would like to start out by saying it was a great honor to be the Rookie of the Year for the Southwest Rally Cup Series in 2007.  The award of the Team O’Neil 4 day Advanced Rally School is by far one of the best awards in club level rally in the United States and I felt lucky to have a chance to attend such a great course.... Read More