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400 Miles to Clear My Head: A Northern California Rally

A 5 AM start, 400 miles of Northern California backroads, and a long day learning how much I still don’t know about driving a 911. Somewhere between Skaggs Springs, the coast, and trying to keep up with much better drivers, the day became less about the car and more about getting outside my own head.

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