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My result from the Maine Forest rally: Third in class, PGT, and 20th overall. Wow, that sucks after the great run we were having, but that's they way it goes in rallying. Things change in a split second and you push on with what you have.
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I'm eating my midnight Tostitos and Herdez salsa dinner in the back of a rental van, out here with the animals. No kidding, I think I just saw my first-ever porcupine on the twisty little road that led into this state park in northeastern Pennsylvania. I'm not sure if I'm even allowed to be here. I saw a camping sign on the interstate and figured I'd give it a shot.
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Jalopnik is particularly psyched to introduce Rally Blog, an ongoing series by rally driver Matthew Johnson, 29, pilot of a bright-orange Subaru WRX in the PGT rally, for team Carolina Rallysport. "I've been rallying in an actual car since 2000, I've been rallying in my heart since I was born," he says. "I enjoy sharing some of the details of the sport of rally and what it's like as a competitor trying to figure out how to make a living out of his dreams." Johnson will be writing on the joys and heartbreaks of being an aspiring driver in a sport that's just recently been included in the X Games, giving it a modicum of recognition (and vindication) in the US. He's from Apex, North Carolina and has a degree in international business from UNC Charlotte.)
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