“It went very well,” Wood told DirtFish. “Operationally it was a success. We had a lot of little issues, but this is an area where [a] rally has not been held for a long time. We lost some stage miles, but we didn’t drop a whole stage. We had nine cars, not a lot of cars, but we had some good success – there was a lot of talk to sponsors and we’ll have groups going to [WRC rounds in] Latvia and Finland now.”
Ahead of the event, Wood talked about the importance of engaging local communities and agencies.
“Operationally, that was the most important thing,” he said, “and that was a success. Honestly, they had no understanding of how a rally works, but that changed. The first car goes by and click, they got it. They saw the process and one second they didn’t understand it and one second later they did – we all know that’s how rally works.
“I had 50 conversations with them and the answers were always the same: “You guys run a tight ship, you guys understand how to manage the safety on event.”
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