Rebelle Rally - Team Dirty Tires

After a week of being home, I am finally feeling like I am feeling rested. I would like to thank Emily and her amazing crew. The amount of effort and kindness by the Rebelle Rally staff is beyond words. Macie and I had an unforgettable rally. We went in with the intention of making friendships, applying the knowledge we gained from last year, and having fun chasing checkpoints and seeing all the places California and Nevada has to offer. The rally did not disappoint! I believe we finished the rally strong and came away happy with our results. Over the next few days, we hope to post more incredible pictures. But here are a few from my camera. They show only a glimpse of what we saw. They show our home away from home, the landscape, the long days ending sometimes with Macie plotting in the tent after the sun went gone down and the finish line happiness we had when we knew we had completed such a grueling and fun filled adventure. Thank you all for following and supporting us on this journey!

Wave the checkered flag, stand, and applaud, they have crossed the finish line! The 2023 Rebelle Rally concluded yesterday with a scorching 100+ day in the soft, shifting sand of the Imperial Dunes. The scoreboard and YB trackers show how difficult the day became for many of the teams, including the returning winners from 2021 and 2022, who were towed back to camp due to fuel issues. In fact, more than one team ran out of gas, and most had only fumes left, as the length of the course and the course conditions were as extreme as ever before.

Team 115 had a great dune day…in her interview Fonda said, “We had a great day today, helped some people out, got some points, that is what it is all about”. Fonda and Macie were all smiles as they crossed the finish line, with looks of relief and pride showing on their beautiful faces.

Today the teams will enjoy a celebration day with food, games, and a gala and then they will camp out for one final night before navigating to their final checkpoint ... home!

Macie and Fonda will take over their social media accounts moving forward. Thank you for following along and helping to cheer on our team, it has been a fun week watching the drama of the 2023 Rebelle Rally.

Will there be another race for Fonda or Macie in the future …. only time will tell.

Congrats Team 115!

Day 5 began with back-to-back enduros, moving the teams from Base Camp 2 into the Johnson Valley OHV area. Along the way they had to cross a massive dry lakebed, and you can see Fonda with compass in hand navigating the way. Day 5 was a first for the Rebelle Rally with a 2-day checkpoint challenge. The teams were given a fixed amount of time, over 2 days, to collect approximately 50 checkpoints. This is more than double a normal day. The teams had a hard stop time of 6:30pm last night, where they would camp in place, meaning that the teams would not all be in the same camp location. The difficult decisions yesterday would have been which checkpoints to get and which ones to leave for Day 6.

Today begins the 6th day of competition, and the teams will collect as many of the remaining checkpoints in Johnson Valley that they feel they have time for, but watch out, because they also must transition down to Glamis and collect a final set of checkpoints before their time deadline to arrive at Base Camp 3 expires. There will be some hard choices of points vs time trade-offs for sure.

We have a few Team 115 photos included with this post, and a few others that show the Johnson Valley terrain, as well as an example of the Blue checkpoint flag. This year we have been told that there are many decoy blue flags out there, so the teams really need to use the map and compass accurately or they can select the wrong flag.

Have fun out there Rebelles and let’s go Team 115!

Welcome to Day 2 of the Rebelle Rally 2023. Team 115 had a great day yesterday, hitting most check points for full value! It was exciting to watch them as they were driving alongside some of the legends and top performing teams!

Day 2 take the teams from Base Camp 1, through the White Mountains and ends at the historic mining town of Gold Point, NV. This is a Marathon stage, which means they will be camping out tonight without the support of a base camp!

As always, we appreciate you for following along and hope you are enjoying the show.

Good luck to all those incredible Rebelles and LET'S GO TEAM 115!