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Posted Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 2:35am
The rollercoaster ride continues.. A battle for a championship in any kind of motor racing competition can be a rollercoaster ride of emotion, results and hard, hard work. Even wins along the way can be pocked with enormous disappointment, broken parts, brilliant service work and dumb luck. That’s been the championship chase story for Lauchlin O’Sullivan and co-driver Scott Putnam as they battle for the 2012 Rally America Super Production category title. Not only is… Read More →
Posted Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 2:33am
Problems continued to plague Lauchlin O’Sullivan and co-driver Scott Putnam in Day two of three at the Oregon Trail Rally east of Portland Saturday. The crew is 12th overall and fourth in the Super Production category with four stages left on the final day Sunday. Some observations from co-driver Scott Putnam: We came in on a tow strap from the eleventh and final stage Saturday night. That’s the kind of day we had. We’re still… Read More →
Posted Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 2:32am
Here’s a Saturday Afternoon update from Putnam. After SS8 Lauchlin O’Sullivan and co-driver Scott Putnam are 12th overall and fourth in the Super Production category at the Oregon Trail Rally east of Portland in a resort community called The Dalles. At the second service of the day the crew is fourth in Super Production 2:38 from third. We’ve had lots and lots of issues with the car. Everything from brakes going out to brakes locking… Read More →
Posted Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 2:32am
After the Spectator Stages at the 2012 Oregon Trail Rally Lauchlin O’Sullivan and co-driver Scott Putnam are fifth overall and leading the Super Production category by a second-and-a-half over David Sterckx and co-driver Karen Jankowski. In other words, they have a real fight on their hands! Here’s a Saturday morning update from Putnam. Basically we got through the Friday stages. The first couple of runs were getting used to the different tarmac tires. We had… Read More →
Posted Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 2:31am
Pre Event Blog Post #2 At the Oregon Trail rally it’s typically about the roads. The roads here are spectacular. I love three, four, even five day events, three hundred miles worth of stages, I’m there. Give me 25 mile stages. I don’t get a chance to practice so the longer stages and lots of miles equal longer events and they get me warmed up behind the wheel. To me, what gets me going are… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 2:30am
Pre Event Blog Post #1 The next event in the championship is the 2012 Oregon Trail Rally. Scott Putnam, my codriver, and I are tied for first in the Super Production championship with last year’s SP champions Travis and Terry Hanson. We both have a win and a second in the first two events. Oregon Trail is the third of six events in the championship this year. Personally I’m ready. With our budget there’s not… Read More →
Posted Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 2:29am
The team moves into a tie for the Super Production Championship At this time of the college basketball year, everyone is aware of a team that started the season poorly, made some corrections in playing style, then started winning. Their record may not be great but they’re strong and able to win at whatever they go after. That’s the best way to describe the rally team of Lauchlin O’Sullivan and co-driver Scott Putnam. They both… Read More →
Posted Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 2:27am
The team fights through problems and runs down their opposition for the win 2002 U.S. 2WD champion Lauchlin O’Sullivan and co-driver Scott Putnam won their day long battle with 2011 Super Production champions Travis Hanson and his father/co-driver Terry Hanson at the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood in Missouri. The fight saw O’Sullivan start the last two stages .4 seconds behind the Hansons. But at the end they were 43.9 seconds ahead in fourth… Read More →
Posted Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2:26am
2002 U.S. 2WD champion Lauchlin O’Sullivan and co-driver Scott Putnam won their day long battle with 2011 Super Production champions Travis Hanson and his father/co-driver Terry Hanson at the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood in Missouri. The fight saw O’Sullivan start the last two stages .4 seconds behind the Hansons. But at the end they were 43.9 seconds ahead in fourth place overall. Something must have clicked for O’Sullivan and Putnam over the last… Read More →
Posted Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2:25am
Less than a second separates the two teams with two stages to go! 2002 U.S. 2WD champion Lauchlin O’Sullivan and co-driver Scott Putnam have been in a battle all day with 2011 Super Production champion Travis Hanson and his father/co-driver Terry Hanson at the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood in Missouri. The fight has seen O’Sullivan close the gap from nearly 50 seconds when Day 2 of the rally started this morning to .4… Read More →
