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February 8th, 2009

TIM wins at Sno*Drift!

Not what you think but the team did score a victory at the Rally America event in the Sno-X held at the special stage venue. The Sno-x was a rally-x style event using the same course that the stage rally cars ran but without the full safety requirements. Kudos goes to the organizers of this new for 2009 event as they had very little preparation time and a narrow window in which to run the thing but we all had a great time. I mean, how many opportunities does one get to run a stage of a Rally America event?

It was kind of appropriate that we won the sno-x but only coincidental that we sponsored the Super Special stage in conjunction with our new wheel supplier BRAID. The stage was a great hit with spectators who lined the rim of the bowl-like gravel pit to see the stage cars fly through the snow between the piles of frozen gravel.

As for the rest of the event we received a lot of attention for our new BRAID wheels at registration, Lewiston service area and the awards dinner and had a great time hanging out with the Rally America people too. As part of our sponsorship package we had our famous TIM stickers on every car entered in the event and as a result are now exposed to a much wider audience. This years event was blessed by much milder conditions than last year with temperatures in the upper 20s most of the time. Still, with a stiff breeze blowing through the Super Special gravel pit on Saturday appropriate clothing was the order of the day which is probably why Brian Line was so happy to win the TIM beanie by being the first person to drop in and say "WOW, these BRAID wheels are really cool. Now where's my free hat". Brian wasted no time hitting us up at registration on Thursday afternoon.

Can't wait for next year's event .

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January 24th, 2009

TIM off to Sno*Drift

It's that time of year again, the annual migration North to witness and join in the festivities surrounding the Sno*Drift rally. This year there's a twist though as we are sponsoring the super special stage on Saturday and competing in the new for 2009 Sno*Cross that accompanies it. We are using this opportunity to introduce our new line of European Competition wheels from BRAID and will have samples, pricing and brochures available all weekend. We will be at registration Thursday (Jan 29th) afternoon and evening, as well as Friday morning then in the Lewiston service area Thursday afternoon and evening. Saturday sees us at the super special stage area north of Lewiston all day then over at the awards dinner in Hillman.

No TIMAlba rally car in action this event as the crew is off having a baby (lame excuse) so the rallycross wagon, in it's new BRAID livery will have to carry the torch for us.

So please stop by and say "Hi". in fact, there's a free TIM beanie for the first person to drop in and say "WOW, these BRAID wheels are really cool. Now where's my free hat".

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