For those of you not quite certain of what the SCCA Pro Rally was, or our friend Joe Alexander's participation in it, let me reprint what I wrote about this some years back on a bio of Joe...
In the late 1970's Joe built a highly modified 1968 250 S sedan to compete in the SCCA Pro Rally Series. Madmen who like to break cars and spirits created this nearly forgotten race series in 1973. These events were devilishly difficult on drivers and even worse on the cars, often with an attrition rate of 80%. The SCCA held these rallies all over the US on some of the most demanding secondary roads—if you could call them that—and forest trails in the country. They ran at all times of the year, in all weather, mostly at night and at full speed. Most of the field of competitors either crashed or suffered mechanical breakdowns. Factory sponsored teams from Audi, Datsun, Triumph, Toyota, and Fiat all ran this grueling series, with famous rally drivers John Buffam and Rod Millen competing. There were just two classes in the series, stock and full-blown modified; Joe ran in the latter. This class provided tough competition—his 250 was often the oldest vehicle in these events that he ran for nearly ten years as economics permitted. By the time he retired the poor sedan, he had rolled it; crashed it; and campaigned it from the Ozarks to the unforgiving Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He finished third overall (unheard of for a non-factory team) in one event, with some other good top finishes during that decade. Remember, just the word "finish" was a major accomplishment.
