Terrible News!

Using his mechanic super powers, Hayden was able to get the car running decently while Team 54 was in Ulaan Baatar. Unfortunately, a mere 125 km outside of the city, on their way to the next check point, tragedy struck. Garrick somehow managed to roll the Bug. It wasn't a bad roll and both Garrick and Hayden are OK. The car landed on the drivers side, so Hayden got knocked around a bit and his neck is a little sore. It seems the Bug got the worst of it - a broken steering knuckle and crunched-in driver's side door.  Garrick says that the car still runs, but only at about 30km/hr...and it can no longer turn left. The insurmountable car troubles coupled with the knowledge that the next 5 days will take the rally through the barren wastelands of Mongolia and topped by the fact that they are now in last place have impeled Garrick and Haden to decide to drop out of the race. They are currently in the Mongolian desert waiting for a truck to tow them back to Ulaan Baatar where they will catch a flight back home. It's a sad ending to this illustrious adventure.