Last lap…

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The Two Horsemen of the Carpocalypse are in the home stretch

40 miles to the finish line!

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Two Horsemen of the Carpocalypse have the blues… The Mississippi blues, that is

One more state to go!

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Somewhere over the rainbow… Team THOTC tackles the Day 5 challenge

Today’s challenge: Cars of every color. Take seven photos of seven cars that are black, blue, green, yellow, brown or pink (escalating point value). They (and we) must be moving at the time.

Anyone know if there is an Elvis impersonator convention going in NOLA?

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2010 BABE Rally Day 5 begins!

After a heartfelt (and possibly tearful) Day 5 briefing via cellphone and loudspeaker from Justin – the BABE Rally organizer from the UK who couldn’t make it this year due to visa issues) – we are on our last leg and NOLA-bound.

Thanks for everything, Justin. We hope to see you next year.

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BABE Rally 2010 Day 5 weather report — HOT!

With a Heat Advisory all day and the way to New Orleans, Fix-A-Flat, fresh coolant and sunscreen have become highly sought-after commodities.

BABETeamGreen has already had a tire delaminate due to the asphalt temperature and it isn’t even 9AM!

Stay tuned for more Day 5 updates.

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Sweet home Alabama… Team THOTC is headed to Gadsden.

Home for tonight, anyway.

(Delayed posting from yesterday evening. Scroll down to see the Day 4 End of Day Update Video.)

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Team Two Horsemen of the Carpocalypse Day 4 Video Update

Day 4 was an absolutely fantastic one for Team Two Horsemen of the Carpocalypse. Not a whine or a groan out of aRTy (except the ones that were supposed to be there, of course) and a surprise appearance by another BABE Rally team thought to be out of the race for this year made it all kinds of special.  Click the image below to watch the video.

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Team Two Horsemen of the Carpocalypse in Vanity Fair, sort of…

A freelance reporter visited with the organizers of and several teams in the 2010 BABE Rally back on Day 1. The resulting article is featured at VanityFair.com.  In the fourth photo of the slideshow at the bottom of the article, aRTy and Burn are clearly visible, and Crash’s head can just be seen above aRTy’s spoiler. Click the picture below to read the full article.

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Little shop, little shop of horrors… Team THOTC dives into the second Day 4 challenge

Actually, the shop and its proprietor (McGee’s Antiques and Coffee Shop in Talking Rock, Georgia) were lovely – it is the challenge that is the horror.

Observe and document the thousands (literally) of items in this three-room establishment. And, yes, there will be a test later.

Crash and Burn are taking a short dinch (or is it lunner?) break in Cartersville, Georgia and then running hard for Gadsden, Alabama for the end of Day 4.

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