Saturday, February 2, 2008

Latest rally prodigy teams up with wise old mentor for Rally-America 2008 Season.

Nunnemacher at 100AW, 2006


Nunnemonster Rallysport announced that their driver Heath Nunnemacher will team with veteran co-driver Kim DeMotte for the 2008 Rally-America Season. This pattern falls in line with that last two successful pairings of Kyle Sarasin with Mika Johanssen, and Chris Duplessis with Martin Headland, both relative youngsters riding with experienced co-drivers in mentor roles.

Nunnemacher spent the 2007 season with his mom Heidi Nunnemacher sorting out the 2002 Subaru WRX and getting valuable seat time while training at Team O’Neil Rally School and Car Control Center in New Hampshire.

“I watched Heath and Heidi most of last season, while co-driving for Justin Pritchard and Dennis Martin, and being very comfortable with the PGT environment, (DeMotte and Matthew Johnson teamed up as National PGT champs in 2006) watched his speed factors steadily increase. Heath’s going to continue to improve and give the regulars (Stephan Verdier, Pat Moro, Travis Hanson, the Conley’s and more) some great competition.

“I’m totally excited about having an extremely experienced co-driver call the notes for Heath this season.” Heidi Nunnemacher told us. “I’ve had an incredibly fun time co-driving for Heath, but he’s ready to go to a new level, and he needs someone like Kim with the experience to help get him there. I’m delighted to continue to crew and can’t wait to see them compete.”

Nunnemacher is a full time student at Michigan Tech in Houghton, MI, sometimes known as Rally U. since a vast number of graduates are deeply involved in the sport.

DeMotte is Management Consultant, Speaker and Author who’s developed the Corporate CoDriver Programs for Executives wanting to improve their communications and relationships with their direct reports.

The team’s first event will be the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood in Salem, MO the weekend of February 22 – 23.

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