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Ride Of Their Lives

Couple with Detroit ties hope to win
televised cross-country road rally.

Jeff Nash, formerly of West Bloomfield, and Margot Baill are competing

in a cross-country road rally.

W

est Bloomfield native Jeff
Nash, 29, and his girl-
friend, Margot Baill, 27,
are finding out whether their relation-
ship is truly a winning team.
Through March 7, the couple is
competing as Team Silver in the real-
ity show, Focus Rally: America.
Driving a 2012 Ford Focus, they
are racing against five other teams in
a cross-country road rally, compet-
ing in various challenges for a grand
prize of $100,000 and a new car. Ford
launched the contest in Miami during
Super Bowl weekend.
Focus Rally: America is an inter-
active race in which challenges are
completed by the teams and also by
online users who can follow and help
a team through the show's website,
www.focusrally.com . While the teams
are competing on the road, users can
help answer questions and clues. New
episodes are posted on www.hulu.com .
Baill and Nash, who are both Jewish,
live together in Chicago. Baill, who
grew up in Minnesota and whose
parents are from Metro Detroit, always
joked with Nash about how she would
be good on reality television. She
applied online for the show Survivor;
however, to her surprise, she heard
back from CBS producers who instead
asked her to be part of a new show.
"They told me it was going to be
and since
like The Amazing Race
I love to travel and try new things, I

immediately said yes:' Baill said.
When told she would need a
partner, Baill right away asked her
boyfriend of four years, Nash. A fierce
and aggressive competitor, he could
not turn down the opportunity. He
said the show is a great chance to
compete at a high level, and also a
great way to spend time with his girl-
friend.
Nash owns three popular bars in
Chicago, and his father, Michael, is
the founding partner of Metro Detroit
restaurant chain Mr. B's. Baill works at
Hireology, wa Chicago-based startup
hiring systems software company.
"We've had some great experiences
over the years, but nothing like this
— this is the adventure of a lifetime:'
Nash said. "We also work in opposite
fields with opposite time schedules,
so it'll be great to spend more time
together:'
Although Nash and Baill hope they
generate a lot of support from follow-
ers, they still believe they are the team
to beat in the competition.
"I think that with our individual
skill sets, team chemistry and the
help of online followers, there's no
stopping us," Nash said. "We're ready
to throw caution to the wind and do
whatever it takes to win in this race:'
To join their team, go to www.
focusrally.com/team/silver/.

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Jewish News staff report

February 24 d 2011

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