01945 Summer 2024
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rental car. The navigator will jot down<br />
notes for nearly every twist, turn, bump,<br />
and hole in the road.<br />
During the race, the navigator will<br />
communicate those notes in real time<br />
to the driver through microphones<br />
installed in their helmets.<br />
“While it’s a fast sport, it’s a very<br />
precise sport,” Phillip said. “You need<br />
to know down to the hundredth of a<br />
mile where you are.”<br />
“It’s a brains and muscles sort of<br />
situation,” David added.<br />
While it’s a costly hobby in terms<br />
of time and effort, that works out just<br />
fine for Phillip, who is an aerospace<br />
engineer by day.<br />
“I’m an engineer, he’s (David) an<br />
engineer by training. This is kind of a<br />
showcase of what we can build. We’re<br />
building it and competing in it, so it’s a<br />
point of pride,” Phillip said.<br />
With the sport already in the family,<br />
it wasn’t a question of if Phillip would<br />
start rally racing, but just a matter of<br />
when.<br />
In 2020, he found the right fit, a<br />
2006 Toyota Yaris. Though the car<br />
was in need of pretty heavy repair due<br />
RACE, continued on page 30<br />
Driver Phillip Giliver zips up his race<br />
suit before the start of the rally.<br />
The Sunrise RallySport team,<br />
from left, Lenny Giliver and<br />
his sons Phillip and David,<br />
have started competing in the<br />
American Rally Association.<br />
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