Where? Cheraw, SC
When? February 9, 2008
More info? http://sandblastrally.com/2008

This years Adventurers Workshop Sandblast 2008 team

Gregor Halenda 8th overall 3rd in Dukes KTM LC4	Mike Gilkey 2nd Overall 1st Place P1 KTM 950 ADV	Seth Strait IronMan Award KTM 950 ADV	Gino Piscopo Broken Leg (ouch) KTM 450 EXCR	Chris Wyckoff 6th Overall 1st Place Kings KTM 950 ADV	Andrew Fekete 19th Overall ;) I finished!!! KTM 450 EXC

We are proud to be partly sponsored by the following companies. Each company has fantastic gear that has proven race ready and every day riding effective. Check them out and if you have any questions about any of their products please call us!

Finally Sandblast 2008 riders pictures shot by Jeff Elkins Photography. Jeff was fantastic to work with and was always enthusiastic about the job. Please contact Jeff Elkins at jeff@gregorhalenda.com for all your professional photography needs.

Moving on...We arrived with plenty of time to get the bikes ready and make them look all pretty.

The machines ready to take on the deep sand of Cheraw, SC. The sand was unforgiving, deep, and made the best riders look beat. All good fun especially when your racing for big $$ like we here in RallyMoto ;). Shake down is always fun and brings out the good and bad before race day. While Gregor suffered an engine failure, Gino's brandy new 450EXCR got caught in the new dealer over fill my oil syndrome. Chuck one to us for not double checking the oil levels but never the less it was fun watching a brand new bike appear to blow (I'm very glad it didn't). Gregors's engine failure left us scrambling for a way to get him to race. Lucky for us James Embro (Dakar Competitor) showed up with 6 bikes in a trailer and only 4 riders. Gregor and James struck a deal. Gregor was back in the saddle but it's never that easy.