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Older News from the Widget Rally Team

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•  2003

• Partial Victory at Final Rally of the Year
• Widget Rally Team Prepares for Season Finale at the Ramada Express International Rally
• Tombstone Paintball and Widget Rally Team Sponsors Charity RallySprint to help to victims of southern California wild fires
• Codriver Earns Trophy at Mount Hood Rally
• Widget to Field Two-Car Team in 2004
• Team Member Contributes to Rally School Success
• Disappointment Dogs Team in Minnesota
• Widget Codriver Picks Up More Points in Maine
• Tragic Beginning at Oregon Trail Rally -- two competitors die in crash
• Team Successfully Scales Pike's Peak -- Evo Finishes Fifth Despite Engine Failure
• Perforce Software Partners with Widget Rally Team
• Widget Team Prepares for Pikes Peak with Help from Phil Long Mitsubishi
• Worr Games Climbs On Board to Support the Team
• Despite Blown Engine, A Good Result at STPR
• Outstanding Results at Rim of the World
• Porterfield Brakes and Shults Dot Com Sign On For Another Year - Sponsors since 1999 renew commitment for 2003
• 7-24 AirX Named Transportation Sponsor
• Doo Wops Rally Results
• Chad DiMarco Named Technical Director for the Tombstone Paintball Widget Rally Team
• Widget Codriver Partners with Universal Rally Team in One-Off Deal

•  2002

• Widget Earns Another Pair of Championships - California Rally Series Crowns for Styles and Dillon.
• Widget Earns Twin Championships - Victory at Prescott gives titles to Styles and Dillon.
• Despite mechanical problems, Suddard and Dillon finish LSPR.
• Codriver Partners with Lesley Suddard for LSPR - hopes to earn podium finish in Production for the 2002 season.
• Two More Trips to the Podium for the Widget Rally Team at the Wild West rallies.
• Widget Team Models for British Communications Company
• Widget/Tato Earn Top Two Positions at Gorman Ridge Rally.
• Podium Finish in Washington rewards team on Saturday, but engine blows up on Sunday.
• Sampson Racing Communications now provides all of Widget's communication equipment
• Widget Claims Points Lead in California Rally Series after twin podium finishes at the Rim of the World rally
• Oregon Trail Rally a Success for Styles, Dillon, and O'Sullivan.
• Macaire and Dillon join forces for Cherokee Trails International Rally
• Success in Salem at the 100 Acre Wood Rally in Missouri. Halley claims National ClubRally championship with Dillon navigating.
• Leon Styles Joins Widget Rally Team campaigning an Open classed Audi Quattro
• Widget and RealAutosport join forces for ClubRally National Championship rally
• O'Sullivan Partners with Rhys Millen Racing

•  2001

• Major Victory at Season Finale - Ramada Express International Rally in Laughlin, Nevada
• Overall Victory at Treeline Rally
• Crew Rewarded with Rally School - goes on to win RallyCross
• Two Co-Driver Podium Finishes at the Lake Superior Pro Rally
• Widget Teams with RealAutoSport for the Lake Superior Pro Rally
• Victory in Arizona at the Prescott Forest Rally
  • Once again Speedvision News recognizes the Widget Rally Team. (This link no longer active.)
• Widget Team Renews Porterfield Brakes Sponsorship for Full 2002 Rally Season
• Widget Team Acquires New PGT Car for remainder of the 2001 season.
• Widget Team Named Rallyists of the Year for the SCCA San Diego Region.
• Maine Summer Rally: Triumph and disappointment
• Susquehannock Trail ProRally: O'Sullivan sets new stage record in a rented car, but the team fails to finish due to subsequent engine problems
  • Speedvision News described us as "expected PGT challengers". (This link no longer active.)
• Rim of the World Rally: Despite return of electrical problems the team remains optimistic about the rest of the season
• Electrical Gremlins Strike in Oregon - Running fifth overall, first in PGT, when alternator fails
• Triumph in Tennessee! - PGT victory in Team's First Race of 2001, the International Cherokee Trails Rally
  • Speedvision News reported: "Lauchlin O'Sullivan and John Dillon stormed through the field in an older and much slower car, a seven-year-old Mitsubishi Eclipse. They were seventh overall, about 15 minutes clear of [the] class runners-up". (This link no longer active.)
• Budget Auto Works Brings Fresh New Look to Team's Mitsubishi

•  2000

• Victory! O'Sullivan and Dillon Win Big at the Ramada Express International Rally
• O'Sullivan and Bender Earn PGT Podium at Treeline Rally
• O'Sullivan and Dillon Team Up for Laughlin Rally
• Big Win in Prescott!
• Another Podium Finish for Sierra Motorsport/Widget Rally Team at Rim of the World- 11 May 2000
• Sierra Motorsport/Widget Rally Team Finishes Second In First Rally, Behind ex-F1 Racer - 24 April 2000
• Shults Dot Com Sponsors Sierra Motorsport Web Site - 22 April 2000
• Pirelli Selected as Exclusive Tire Provider for Sierra Motorsport/Widget Rally Team - 30 March 2000
• Sierra Motorsport and Widget Rally Teams Sign Up for Full 2000 Rally Season - 10 February 2000
• Widget and Tabor Rally Teams Join Forces for Doo Wops III/IV ClubRally

•  1999

• Widget Co-driver Teams Up with Jose Mercado for the Ramada Express International Rally
• FLX Driver and Widget Co-Driver Successful in Completing Treacherous Lake Superior ProRally - 24 Oct 1999
• Widget Co-driver Named As Champion but Points Out Clerical Error and Finishes Second in Championship - 25 Oct 1999
• Widget Co-Driver Joins FLX Racing for Lake Superior ProRally - 13 Oct 1999
• Widget Team Honored with Carl Merrill Sportsmanship Award at Prescott Forest Rally - 4 Oct 1999
• The Prescott Forest ProRally Race Report - 14 Oct 1999
• Shults Dot Com Sponsors Widget International Web Site - 24 Sep 1999
• Mark Tabor to Drive for Widget at Prescott Forest Rally - 2 Sep 1999
• Ojibwe Forest Rally Solidifies Points Lead for Widget Rally Team - 30 Aug 1999
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• Dillon and O'Sullivan Team Up For Ojibwe Forest ProRally - 23 Aug 1999
• Widget Team Earns Overall Victory at Gorman Ridge ClubRally - 21 Aug 1999
• Widget Rally Team Takes Lead in Production GT Points Race - 31 July 1999
• Dust Settles at STPR and Wild West with Widget and Team LeConte 3^rd In PGT Points - 2 July 1999
• Widget/Team LeConte Returns to Podium at Rim of the World ProRally - 2 May 1999
• Widget/Team LeConte Chooses Porterfield Brakes for Full 1999 Rally Season - 2 April 1999
• Podium Finish for Widget/Team LeConte in First Race of Season - March 1999
• Widget Co-Driver Joins Team LeConte for Full 1999 Michelin SCCA ProRally Series - February 1999

•  1998

• Widget Wins First National at Rim of the World - May 1998

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