Day 4’s challenge was easy enough: take a photo of your team in front of the number 1 gas pump at BP/Amoco stations. Maximum six stations. That was largely just an excuse to get out of the car every 50-100 miles and stretch, breaking up an otherwise all-interstate drive in the Southern heat.
All teams coverged on New Orleans, and the results were announced. The popular vote for the worst pile of rubbish was given to Tossers with Tetanus, who drove the genuinely awful Triumph Spitfire (Spitty!) made of rust and tarp, which leaked differential fluid badly, was all rusty inside the cylinders, had been a cat’s home for years… you get the idea. They also got the spirit-of-the-event award from last year’s winners, Misfit Toys Racing.
The rallymaster’s choice (of rubbish-ness) went to Two Guys Do One BABE (hey, I don’t make up these team names), who drove a 1950’s Plymouth with a 15 mpg V8 under the hood.
In terms of challenge points, Misfit Toys fell to 2nd place this year, while Team Born from Jets took the top spot. The take home the sculpture/trophy made of old brake rotor, spark plugs, transmission gears, and the like.
Addendum: I forgot to mention that Economy Superstar and the Crapiolet did in fact make it to New Orleans on time and sort of trouble-free. It seems the gear shift linkage is still screwed up, so the Day 3 repair didn’t hold for long. Their plan for the trip home to Wisconsin is to force it into 5th gear and only stop when they absolutely, positively need gas. Good luck, guys!
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