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bigbobchamp
12-31-2011, 04:15 PM
February: The DRT Components GD line is complete, I immediately test and make this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hheUfVFALCw
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/396577_871733681620_6904255_39909687_1671163928_n. jpg


February: Two weeks in Oz. My first 'vacation' since 2008.
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/381055_871733701580_6904255_39909688_770657151_n.j pg


March: I head to LA/Seattle to help the Global RallyCross Championship launch its first ever season.
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April: 3 epic days driving Group N STIs at DirtFish Rally School
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/396235_871733796390_6904255_39909690_1347215447_n. jpg


May: I return to Maui to gather my things and move off island to become a vagabond. My roommate ops to run over my surfboard.
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/384975_871733821340_6904255_39909691_1694149422_n. jpg


June: The team and I move the Wicked Big Meet to CT. 500 more people attend bringing the total attendance to over 2300, making it the largest Subaru enthusiast gathering in US history.
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/395990_871733856270_6904255_39909692_2067403985_n. jpg


June: I head up to Mt Washington to help the guys at Vermont SportsCar revive the historical hillclimb.
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/409740_871733866250_6904255_39909693_307967787_n.j pg


July: Took a few days off. In one weekend, spent time w/ friends in VT, stopped for a quick getaway in Chicago, then off to Lake Tahoe for some 4th of July snowboarding.
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/383303_871733896190_6904255_39909694_1607406085_n. jpg


July: Debuted the first ever Big Northwest Subaru Meet.
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/409612_871733931120_6904255_39909696_949025696_n.j pg


July: Was invited to play host to the GRC sponsors and spent X Games viewing from the suite.
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/405021_871733956070_6904255_39909697_1876467859_n. jpg

bigbobchamp
12-31-2011, 04:16 PM
August: I head straight to CT, home of ECS Performance to oversee the beginning of the rallycross car build.
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/406304_871733976030_6904255_39909698_1817223371_n. jpg


August: ECS Performance invites me to drive not one, but two Forester STIs that they built during a track weekend in NJ and also NH.
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/388881_871734055870_6904255_39909699_140804785_n.j pg


October: I drive the ECS RallyCross WRX for the first time ever, doing skids for over 200 enthusiasts that came to hang out, watch, and ride.
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/396697_871734125730_6904255_39909700_974142994_n.j pg


October: DRT Components can't keep up with orders.
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/384551_871734170640_6904255_39909701_2124879355_n. jpg


October: Subiefest relocates and reformats. The team and I attract 1000 (yes, one thousand) more attendees than the year before, bringing total attendance to just over 2300, a tie with WBM.
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October: I bolt to Maui in time for my sisters wedding and a few days off with the fam.
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/396978_871734250480_6904255_39909703_758400877_n.j pg


November: I head to SEMA, walk off the plane and into the Hoonigan party. That night and the rest of the week are somewhat of a blur.
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December: Phase 1 of the race car build is complete and I immediately start building up content for '12 sponsorship.
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/383607_871734315350_6904255_39909705_1699824374_n. jpg


December: STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY invites us to test the race car for the afternoon. The thing screams and is put away for winter, eagerly awaiting some door to door action in '12.
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xxthat girlxx
12-31-2011, 09:47 PM
Oooooh Robert.

I'm glad that I've become your friend, a team mate, a business consort, etc.

And I aspire to be a rockstar in 2012. So keep encouraging me. ;)

bigbobchamp
01-03-2012, 01:42 AM
Lovey feelings

xxthat girlxx
01-03-2012, 08:20 PM
!!!!!!!FEELINGS!!!!!!!


:sarah:

bigbobchamp
01-03-2012, 09:35 PM
Hahaa

Lperkins88
01-05-2012, 05:39 PM
Looks like you had a fun traveling adventure!