News from Team Jardevall

2006 - Photos & Results from 2006
• 2006 Mar 1 - New car coming soon!

Team Jardevall building a new car for 2006

The former Team Jardevall Evo IV, just before leaving the shop in California.

Conversion of the Evo VIII to rally use is underway.

The Evo IV has found a new home

Team Jardevall is building a new car to compete in NASA Rally Sport and Rally America stage rallies for 2006 and beyond. The new rally car is a Mitsubishi Evo 8 which was purchased new from San Rafael Mitsubishi.

The 1997 Mitsubishi Evo IV that Team Jardevall has driven for the past four years (2002 thru 2005) has found a new owner on the East Coast. It was repaired and painted following an off road excursion at last September's Colorado Cog. It is pictured here just prior to being loaded onto a trailer for the trip east.

The Evo IV was a potent competitor with Carl Jardevall behind the wheel. It finished in the top five overall several times on national stage rallies, won the Open Class at last year's Oregon Trail, and was the overall winner on many regional rallies in Washington and Oregon.

Jardevall hopes to do even better with the new Mitsubishi.

Team Jardevall had hoped to have the new car ready for Oregon Trail, but that looks doubtful. A more likely debut will be at the Olympus International Rally based out of Shelton, Washington, on May 19-20.

UPDATE: May 15, 2006 -- The new rally car is not ready, so will not be at the Olympus Rally. The roll cage is still being installed as of this date, so the debut is uncertain. Watch this site for further updates.

Work progressing slowly on new rally car

28 Aug 2006 A busy summer at the shop has delayed the debut of the new Mitsubishi Evo 8 rally car. The roll cage is now in place and other safety equipment is being installed as time permits. RIGHT & BELOW: Shortly after the cage was completed. BELOW RIGHT: The cage has been painted, seats and other rally equipment are being installed.

New car nearly finished, but not in time for 2006 season finale

Despite an attempt to finish the new Team Jardevall Mitsubishi in time for the final rally of the season, Wild West in Washington, it will not happen. Though the car is nearly complete, it would have taken a Herculean effort to wrap up all of the details, so team owner Carl Jardevall chose to take time to finish the car properly.

Carl recently reported: "The brake plumbing is done. The exhaust and catalytic converter need to be installed, though the downpipe is in place. I fired up the engine the other day and it runs, a big plus. Clutch and ACD systems are bled."

Head-on shot.	Underbody protection
Interior	Suspension and brakes installed