Gustaf Kupetz directing traffic
Story and Photos by Matt Martin

[Matt Martin, Rovers North’s Marketing Director, beat out everyone else in Westford for the chance to attend the 2009 SCARR event. Read why we’re all jealous –ed.]

Dirt, rain and mud. Fun, family and friends – and more mud… Everything’s bigger in Texas and the 2009 SCARR (South Central Area Rover Rally) was no exception. The Texas Rovers Club hosted the sixth anniversary event on April 16th-19th at the Barnwell Mountain Recreational Area. I went to cover the mirth and mud; hey, someone has to take on the tough jobs!

My journey began with a flight to Tampa, Florida, where I met up with the industrious team from Land Rover Lifestyle (LRL) Magazine. They had just started to kit-out a trio of new LR3s, making them off-road warriors for their 1st Descents project – an effort to test the limits of the LR3 on the roughest terrain in North America. (…)

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Story & Photo by Jim Edson
[Jim Edson, Irving, TX, entered the Land Rover world with a rare ’95 Discovery manual transmission. Once hooked, he upgraded to a 2004 G4 Discovery. He’s a past president of the Texas Rovers and now serves as the webmaster of their site, www.texasrovers.org. Here’s his story on the 2008 South Central Texas Rally –ed.]
Five years ago, the late Ross Mabey and fellow Texas Rovers Club members (texasrovers.org) started an annual event for Rover enthusiasts in the Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas area. Each year, it’s been hosted at Barnwell Mountain, located in northeastern Texas (Four Wheeler Magazine listed it as one of the 101 places to wheel before you die). Each year, it has grown; this year, with over 150 participants and great sponsors, Texas Rovers rented the entire park for the nearly 100 Land Rovers. The vehicles ranged from a 1962 Series II to a 2008 Range Rover Sport – but the majority of trucks were Discoverys. (…)

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Tami Sutherland interview
Photo: Janet Poelsma
[How do Land Rover enthusiasts get started? We asked that very question of Tami Sutherland. Here’s her response –ed.”]
“I am an internet software developer and run a small business out of my home in Grottoes, VA. However, I grew up in Napoleon, MI, as mall farming community. As the saying goes, you can take the girl out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the girl. I escape to nature whenever I can.
“I love to travel and my business allots me the freedom to do so,so I take advantage of that often. Road trips are my favorite. I enjoy a variety of outdoor recreation: wheeling (of course), gardening,camping, hiking, canoeing, swimming, biking; anything that gets me away from concrete and into God’s country.”
“I had a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and the transfer case failed at 150,000 miles, right after the payments ended. I wasn’t planning on a Land Rover. (…)

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