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