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The Sun Valley Road Rally Pulls Off a Nail-Biter, words and photos by David Concannon

7:00 a.m., Saturday, July 23. Twelve miles north of Ketchum.

As the Sun Valley Road Rally wrapped up its annual event, media sponsor SVPN was on site to tell the stories of the wildly successful weekend.

The mid-summer sun is just peaking above the mountains to the southeast, casting its first warm glow onto volunteers and crew assembled in a pullout to the side of Highway 75. The sound of the nearby Wood River is evident in the heavy morning air, still thick with mist and cold from the night before. People shiver and warm themselves with steaming cups of coffee as a bevy of supercars enters the area, and the sound of the rushing river is replaced by the crunch of gravel, low voices, the revving of engines and the nervous energy given off by the drivers and their teams of mechanics and guests. A sense of energy and excitement fills the air.

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