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June 2001
"Totally Silly Drive" RallPresident's ReportMCO Ground SchoolSolo-II Event #2
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Editorial Exhaust
Vacations are never long enough, but
always seem to increase the amount of
work that needs to get done when you get
back.
Certainly that was the case this month,where I'm just back from 2 weeks in Nova
Scotia. It leaves little time to finish the
Link for the printing deadline. I've been
busy will up coming events, such as the
final preparations for the Shannonville
lapping weekend/school (the drivers
packages have been sent!), the EVCC and
Solo-II on the coming (June 2nd-3rd)
weekend where I'll be the organizer.
We have a full drivers list for the
Shannonville school. There are still a
number of updates and changes in the
drivers list, mostly due to lack of funds or
time. Maintaining the drivers database has
taken up much of the time since I got back
as I've had to catch up with 2 weeks of
email.
For Solo-II (more info later in the Link),
the season has been going quite well. The
timing system was used for the first time,
and so far the weather has been between
nice to terrific. I was thrilled to receive my
first silver pin (second place, B1 class)which is my highest finish in Solo-II in the
second event.
Another update I've been working on this
past week was to be able to set up The
Link for electronic distribution to MCO
members. Please see the article on page 4
for more information.
On the cover, picture of Jim Holmton atDaytona from ZoomPics (www.zoom-
pics.com).
Note: the kart shown at Autorama (shown
on the back cover of the May 2001 Link)
was from Bill Henning.
June 2001
Special ThanksStephen Bolt and
Ayan Gangopadhyay forhelping with Link preparation
2001 MCO ExecutivePresident
Ron WoltmanH: (613) 592-0141W: (819) 997-6988
Vice-PresidentJ.R. Fortin
pager: (613) [email protected]
Past PresidentRob Microys
H: (613) [email protected]
DirectorsPublic Relations
Basil ChiuH: (613) 830-1561W: (819) 953-7251
Karting
Adam MortimerH: (613) 822-2565
RaceJeremy Hamilton
H: (613) [email protected]
Solo-IIChris Holmsten
RallyJim Morrow
[email protected]: (613) 256-0188
MembershipPatrick Weightman
(613) [email protected]
TreasurerRobert Benson
H: (613) [email protected]
SecretaryChris Capowski
H: (613) 228-1180W: (613) [email protected]
LINK [email protected] Muise
H: (613) [email protected]
Ontario Race Committee RepCindy Armstrong(613) 489-2725
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June 2001
2001 Calendar of EventsMCO GENERAL MEETINGSFirst Tuesday of every month, 8:00 pmLouis' Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville Road
MCO EXECUTIVE MEETINGSThird Tuesday of every month, 7:00 pmLouis' Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville Road
2001 Solo II Schedule
April 28 Solo I School SMP - FabiApril 29 Solo I School SMP - NelsonMay 18 Lapping 1 Mosport DDTMay 19 Event 1 Mosport DDTMay 20 Event 2 Mosport DDTJune 9 Event 3 SMP - FabiJune 10 Event 4 SMP - NelsonJune 22 Lapping 2 CayugaJune 23 Event 5 CayugaJune 24 Event 6 Cayuga
July 14 Event 7 Mosport DDTJuly 15 Event 8 Mosport DDTAugust 11 Event 9 SMP - ProAugust 12 Event 10 SMP - NelsonAugust 24 Lapping 3 CayugaAugust 25 Event 11 CayugaAugust 26 Event 12 CayugaSeptember 13 Event 13 SMP - ProSeptember 14 Event 14 SMP - FabiN ovem ber 3 Solo 1/2 B anquet R am ada H otel, T.O .
2001 Road Racing Schedule
April 20-22 Spring Fling SMP
April 27 Test Day MosportApril 28, 29 BARC - Event 1 MosportMay 11 Test Day MosportMay 12, 13 BARC - Event 2 MosportJune 2, 3 CRDA Event 3 SMPJune 30, July 1, 2 VARAC Festival MosportJuly 6 Test Day SMPJuly 7, 8 MCO - Event 4 SMPJuly 21, 22 DAC - Event 5 SMPAugust 10 Test Day MosportAugust 11, 12 BARC - Event 6 MosportAugust 31 Test Day MosportSeptember 1, 2 CRDA - Event 7 MosportSeptember 14 Test Day Mosport
September 15, 16 BEMC - Event 8 MosportSeptember 28 Test Day MosportSeptem ber 29, 30 Celebration - Event 9 Mosport
MCO Solo-II Schedule
April 22 Event #1April 29 Performance School #1May 13 Event #2June 3 Event #3June 17 Event #4July 14 Performance School #2July 15 Event #5
July 29 Event #6August 26 Event #7September 9 Event #8September 23 Event #9October 7 Event #10
All Events are at Jetform Park
Workers Needed:
2001 Canaska CupJuly 6-8, 2001
2001 Shannonville LappingWeekend
June 23-24, 2001If you would like to help out at these events,
please contact the MCO Executive at [email protected]
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Solo-II Event Reportby Richard Muise
Our second Solo-II event of the year wasa wonderful success. We had another hugecrowd (54 drivers signed up), fabulousweather, and our new timing systemworked like a charm.
The event started with set up. Chris' fathershowed up in a van with all the pylons at7:40, and with great energy started throw-ing them out, while muttering "the Austri-an GP starts in 20 minutes; gotta make thestart". The track was somewhat similar toour previous course, but had a differentrhythm, especially in the middle of thelap. As before, the course was 2 completecircuits of the track.
This was the first event that we could usePat Weightman's new timing display. Itworked out great! It was a real joy to workwith for the timers (who had a significantdecrease in "what time get I get, what time
did the last driver get, what's the fastesttime today" type questions). And as adriver, instantly knowing whether Iimproved or not (while still in the stopbox) was simply marvelous. Many thanksto Pat and Plus 1 Performance. The timingdisplay gives a very professional feelingto the event.
This event was also the first that JetformPark (home of the Ottawa Lynx, a seriessponsor) opened its eating area and wash-rooms for our use. The usual ballpark-typefood was available, as were cold drinks.
We had a number of Montreal CADL
drivers up for this event. They seem toreally enjoy our events, and we shouldmake sure that we reciprocate when wecan later in the year. The top driver at thisevent was a driver from Montreal (I'm sor-ry I've forgotten his name) in a very fastblack BMW 3-series. He had come to twoevents last year as well and has been con-sistently fast.
Other notable vehicles were a new Por-sche 911, a race prepared Mini and 2 ofthe new Subaru WRX's.. The WRX's hadamazing acceleration out of the start box,but seemed a bit soft in the corners.
We ended timing around 4pm, but the funruns remain immensely popular, and theycontinued for another 30 or 40 minutes.
After the track was closed and cleaned up,we went back to Hoodoos restaurant forhanding out of the class pins. 15 peoplemade it to the restaurant despite beingtired from the long day.
June 2001
A sea of cones. Careful examination of thetire marks will uncover the course layout.
A beautiful blue 2001 Porsche 911. The trackwas a bit small for a long legged car like this.
The winning BMW from Montreal's CADL.
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The Link Enters the21th Century
The venerable Link newsletter hasfound a home on the web.
Starting back in the time whencomputers were large enough to createtheir own gravity, The Link wasoriginally done entirely by hand,typewriter, glue and tape.
During the 1980's, computer startedbeing used for The Link. At first, thewriting migrated from typewriters toword processors. This made the writingand especially the editing much, mucheasier. With floppy disks, the filescould be shared with others that hadtaken up with computers. New laser
printers would produce output that wasas clear to read as the typewriter.
Eventually more and more of theprocess came under the control of thecomputer. Today, the entire Link isdone on computers, the only exceptionperhaps being the 'old' analog film inmost cameras. Once the photos arescanned, putting together The Linkbecomes a matter of pushing bitsaround. Well, ok it's not nearly as easyas it sounds, but in principle that's howit's done.
The Link has also benefited from therise of the Internet, as all but a few ofthe submissions today come fromemail. Working on The Link hasbecome more collaborative, with Ayanand Steve helping out through emailcontact; I only see them at Solo events.
Today, The Link is produced in AdobeIllustrator. The editing is done entirelyin PDF (Portable Document Format),as is the final output. This makes thefiles portable and very easy to previewbefore they are sent to the CarletonGraphic Services for printing. TheFriday before the monthly meeting, thefinal PDF is sent through email to theprinter, and the result is picked upTuesday afternoon.
However, if The Link is already in a
portable, electronic format when sentto the printer, it is also ideal todistribute it that same way over theWeb. Which is the point I've beengetting at.
Starting this month as a trial, The Linknewsletter will be available online atour web site http://www.mco.org. ThePDF format is readable by every(common) computer including PC,Mac, and Unix (and Linux/BSD for thehard-core techies out there). Nextmonth, we will start reducing the
number of paper copies printed. Thwill still be a paper copy for foreseeable future, but with the J2001 issue, some readers will receiLink that never once existed anything but ethereal bits storedcomputers.
To sign up for this service, please gthe web site, and go to the new "Link" section. Already an archiveold issues (going back to July 2000online, as is the sign up form. Thmost recent issues will be protectedpassword and are for members oEach month, after The Linkcomplete, all members on the serwill be notified by email of password for that month. The reaonly has to go to the MCO web pand download the new issue at t
leisure.
Advantages are many. There is a diimpact on the MCO back accounfewer paper copies are needed, as was the other mailing costs. The onversion of The Link is also in colour. Finally it will be availablesoon as it is sent for printing, whcan be as many as 5 days beforeTuesday meeting where the newsletare handed out.
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Chicken Soup forthe Rally Soul?
by Craig Hamm
he day starts.
Excuse me? Could you please repeatat?" I asked.
The locals, keep them off the roads, a lotf 'em are drunk," was the reply I heard.
nd thus the seeds were planted to mydventures in rallying that summer day in987! Not a very auspicious beginning to
passion for rallying. I had alwaysatched, when I could, the Canadian rally
hows on TV, and was always fascinatedy how a rally driver could maintain suchne control on loose surfaces at incrediblepeed. It looked graceful, even with allat dirt, mud, and snow flying about.he story continues.
here was a performance rally of theorth American Championship comingp within a few weeks, the Highlandsally, run on the back roads in Novacotia. Some of my university buddiesnd I decided to volunteer to get close toe action, and learn something aboutllying. There we stood - the city boys.n a Saturday morning, on some backad in a farming community we waited -ith the cows, some horses, the cars, andarry, one of the organisers. "Keep therunks off the road," Barry says to us,signing our duty for that stage, near the
nish line. "Excuse me? Could youease repeat that?" I asked. "The locals,eep them off the roads, a lot of 'em arerunk." Things are different in theountry, I guess.
ure enough, a few old timers were there,runk as skunks, and not too happy aboutaving a rally in their neck of the woodso matter what the permits said. Between
talking to the angry drunk people we didsee the cars, though. One car rolled on"our" stage and we remember waiting forthe car to arrive - cars leave the start atone minute intervals, so when the arrivaltime gap at the finish is too long,eyebrows move up, and we have to wait itout. The car that was supposed to be afterthe car we were waiting for came in andreported that the previous car had rolledseverely, but the team was OK. At theend of the stage they came in by tow-truck. The still famous John Buffum wasin that event, too, with an Audi Quattro.The Quattro was Goliath in rally then andwatching it perform was a treat (recently,the Ontario team of Dan and FrankSprongl fielded their old Quattro withvery respectable results).
We drove to the next stage for our newduties. On this stage I blew a whistlewhen the cars came close to the finish line(to warn the checkpoint), and my friendhelped with paperwork at the checkpoint.
I never had so much fun in my lifeblowing a stupid whistle as on that day.Cars going 100 mph on dirt - neat! I wasfinally close to the action. A localsportscaster secured a seat as co-driver onone team. He threw up at everycheckpoint. I never did read his article thefollowing Monday, but I can imaginewhat he wrote! At mid-rally there was aservice stop. Service is a common time,common place, big pit stop. Transmissionout, transmission in. New fender here,new suspension there, and so on. Theycan fix or replace practically anything in30 minutes. The big lights go on the
front, and the sun sets.
Night rallying. In the very dark backcountry, first you hear them, then you seethe light through the trees, miles off still,then all hell breaks loose and there theyare. There we were, on the inside of a fastacute-left, off-camber turn. We could seethe brake discs glowing, the gravel flyingthe other way, and occasionally we could
hear the co-driver through all the racketscreaming at the driver "HARDLEFT!!!!!!!". The tail lights fade away,the dust settles and about a minute later,another car comes through the turnturning night into day, and the hardestday's work the gravel on that road ever didfor traction. The party at the end was agreat end to long day. "Poo Happens" andthat was my last involvement in rallyinguntil last autumn's MCO TSD rally.
I have only run in three TSD rallies sinceautumn of 2000. I haven't even doneparticularly well so far, so what do Iknow? I have finished each rally(sometimes a feat in itself), moreknowledgeable, more confident, morehumble (!), fairly or totally exhausted, andexhilarated. Finishing a 600km overnightwinter rally, my second event ever, was ofimmense satisfaction. It's a great way toget off the beaten path - WAY off !Rallying is a grassroots sport, oftenreferred to as the purest form of racing
(not TSD). I encourage you to getinvolved any way you can. You don'tneed a shiny car, fancy rims, an SUV, or300 bhp. A few lights (optional), acalculator, a clipboard, pencils andhighlighters, and you are ready to rollthrough uncharted wilderness. If youprefer to observe, work a checkpointcrew, the backbone of a rally. Or help thesweep vehicle crew, or the registrationdesk, etc. Rally organisers are alwayslooking for volunteers. If you manage torun in a rally, please smile and say"thanks!" to the people at the checkpoint, Ido. They sit still in the dark, in the cold,
in the heat, the dust, the rain, so you canhave fun doing all the driving.
Join us on June 9 for MCO's first rally ofthe "real" New Millenium - "Totally SillyDrive". Details are provided in this issueof the Link and the website. See ya!
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June 2001
FROM THEPRESIDENT'S
CHAIRby Ron Woltman
Little opportunity to sit idle in any chairthis past month, let me tell you.
Solo II season is at 'full-speed' and thereis an article earlier in this issue of theLink (page 3). However, I to want tostate how pleased, thus far, I am withour new partnership with The OttawaLynx and JetForm Park. Scott Baker,Director of Special events andEntertainment, has been extremelypositive and accommodating. And let'sensure we assist in any way to help putpeople in the ballpark. And remember,this is a real grass ballpark.
Work and progress on the Canaska Cuphas been rewarding. Feel proud (I am)of your great team, consisting of CindyArmstrong, the Microys, Bob Benson,and Basil Chiu, who are sweating to putthis deal together as MCO's premiereannual event. We now have all of the
positions filled; but believe me, there isa place for you if you still wish tocontribute.
The lapping day and school atShannonville Motorsport Park (June23-24) is set. Eighty entries, a fullcomplement of qualified instructorsheaded by Bob Armstrong, and a need
for a few more workers. PLEASE SEEME.
I was fortunate enough to be workingwith the Trans-Am series at Mosportthis Victoria Day weekend, in thecapacity of Steward-in-training.Unfortunately, as many of you areaware, we had to deal with a seriouscrash, which left one driver killed andanother in critical condition. Our nextstop with Trans-Am is in Detroit withCART, and I hope, I am able to reportfurther on the series. One thing I cansay is TA is on the ascendancy. The
series, owned by the Panoz/Sanchezgroup, has hired a former NASCARmarketing guru (the man behind theCraftsman Truck series) to make theTrans-Am a show to rival NASCAR. Ihope am part of the program.
Lastly, I enjoy, as I have for the past30 or more years, chronicling the latestadditions and deletions on theWoltman vehicular front. Thus, Iannounce with regret the very fast, butwoefully under-braked SSEi is gone;replaced by a 'slower' 2000 BMW323Ci (the only white 2-dr Coupe inOttawa, I believe) - AWESOME. Itfeels like it was sculpted from a solidpiece of granite. Also, I acquired anew (to me!!) Acura Legend, an '87with more than 300,000 kilometers onit, AND (drum roll please)..astainless steel exhaust system on the510.
Built by Robson's, at a cost rivaling theGNP of many third worldcountries.it is a work of art! I amgoing to put mirrors under the car atShannonville (eat your words) for allto see!!
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CASC-ORPress ReleaseMay 29, 2001
t is with great regret that we are advising all CASC and ASNdrivers and officials that Elizabeth Dorey passed away thismorning, Tuesday, May 29, 2001.
The Service will be at 11 AM on Friday, June 1, 2001. Followingnternment, a celebration of life will take place at Sister's
Restaurant, 4 Old Kingston Road.
Donations, please, to the Canadian Cancer Society, or the CASCDriver Development Fund, or the Riverdale Hospital.
Bob Varey,Business Manager, CASC-OR
Car ShowHi, I am the coordinator for the Smiths Falls Safe CommunityCommittee, as part of our annual Rideau RecFest on July 14, 2001
on the banks of the Rideau at Lower reach Park, this year we arehosting a car and bike show. The day includes events for thewhole family. On site that day will be the Ottawa Senators/MolsonCanadian Summer Caravan Inflatable Games, a Crafters and ArtistMarket, The Great Inner Tube Races, various demonstrations andbands.
We are hoping to draw car and bikes of all types: classic, sport,antique and specialty.
You can send correspondence via e-mail (see below) or by phoneat 613-283-4124 ext. 111.
The first 50 vehicles registered receive a RecFest Dash Plaque.The cost is $10 payable to the Smiths Falls Safe Community
Committee @ P.O. Box 695, Smiths Falls, ON K7A 4T6With the cheque please send the Owner, Address just city is fine,and the car being shown for publicity sake. This event is beinghighly publicized in the media through the newspapers and theNewRo, so the sooner I know which vehicles are coming, thesooner I can put them into the media packages.
Thank you and if you need any other information please feel free tocontact me.
Lorrie Lee [email protected]
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June 2001
2001 CanadianEastern Autocross
ChampionshipCommuniqu from FdrationAuto-Qubec
The 'Fdration Auto-Qubec' (FAQ)is proud to support Club Auto-sportdes Laurentides (CADL) who willhost the 1st Canadian Eastern Auto-cross Championship (CAEC), duringthe Labor Day weekend.
This event is part of the developmentprogram of CNAC, which bringstogether all the Canadian regions.
From 1972 to 1991, a CanadianAuto-cross Championship allowedcompet-itors to participate in theirown region to an event in which theracecourse was similar in all differentsites across Canada. The results com-piled together as a whole permitted todetermine the Canadian champions.Despite the variations of weather con-ditions and types of grip on the surfa-ces, this formula gathered an impres-sive amount of competitors.
In 2000, a group of enthusiasts havebrought back the Canadian Cham-
pionship, creating a rulebook andhosted a Championship, centrally thistime, at Gimli near Winnipeg. Theparticipation was limited (38 compet-itors) but the calibre was exceptional.In fact, many previous Canadian
champions, numerous regional cham-pions and even some SCCA cham-pions were present.
For 2001, CNAC decided to followthrough by hosting anew a centralChampionship in Winnipeg butincreasing its impact due to an East-
ern and a Western Championship.For the Eastern Champion (CAEC),the Montreal candidacy was retained.As a result, the CADL will be the hostof this event. The CAEC will be heldfrom August 31st to Sep-tember 2nd2001 at the Sanair Speedway at Ste-Pie in Quebec.
Registration cost will be $75CDN.($50 US) for registrations receivedbefore August 17th 2001. On-siteregistration will be done at a cost of
$100can ($75 US). The competitorswho are not members of a club affili-ated to FAQ, or another regional par-ticipant (CACC, WSCC, CASC-OR,ARMS) or from the SCCA will haveto get a FAQ event license at a cost of$10.
The registration price includes partic-ipation for the 3 days, the possibilityto camp for free on the site, 2 num-bers to be displayed on the car, 2CAEC stickers, a CAEC 2001 T-shirt
and a free BBQ Saturday night.
On the August 31st, the welcomingof competitors and time trials (on anon-official course) will be held. Theparticipation on this day will thereforebe optional since registration will
continue until Saturday morning.Two different racecourses will beused, one for each day of competitionand the times of both days will beadded together to create a cumulativetime. The prize presentations will beheld on the site at the end of the after-noon on September 2nd. A more
detailed schedule will be availablevery soon including a map and infor-mation on alternate living accommo-dations.
CAEC already has large-scale spon-sors. Yokohama and Lombardi Auto-sport are associated to the event andother potential sponsors are yet tocome.
Details should be available soon onthe CADL web site. In the meantime
you can check at www.cadl.qc.ca toknow more about the Montreal basedclub (actually texts are in French butall info about the CAEC will be post-ed in French and English). Registra-tion packages and supplemental regu-lations will be available in June.
For information: Fdration Auto-Qubec (514) 252-3052 www.auto-quebec.qc.ca
Barry Searle, [email protected],
416-448-4020
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June 2001
RallySprint 2001Finally details for the 2001 RallySprint events havebeen finalized.Three of Ontario's Rally clubs are joining forces tobring you RallySprint 2001. We are hopeful that thiscan be the start of an Annual series. The emphasis ison Fun.
Rules and entry forms are now (or soon will be)available online at club websites. Only 40 cars perevent will be accepted. Get your entries in now sothat you don't miss out! Please do PRINTCLEARLY on entry forms.
Classes will be minimal for these developmentevents. By popular request, there will be classessuitable for Stock Vehicles as well as Ice Racers.
Sites:KWRCSaturday July 21st www.kwrc.on.caPMSC Saturday August 18th www.pmsc.on.caMLRC Sunday August 19th www.mlrc.ca
Time:Registration: 10:00 AM day of eventRuns start: 11:00 AM
Cost:$45 per competitor per day
Venue:Bancroft Municipal Gravel Pit Hwy. 62 S.
Bancroft, Ontario (Behind Dungannon Rec. Centre.)
Contact Information:Registrar Pete Gulliver [email protected] [email protected]
(Should you have trouble opening pdf files fromclub sites email me at [email protected] and Ican send everything in Word format - Peter)
Andrew Miller 519-883-0690
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MCO Rally "TotallySilly Drive"by Craig Hamm
Recently the MCO Rally Group(MCORG) was formed, an unofficialcollection of MCO souls, a sub-cultureperhaps, or some other kind of culture,who sometimes think staying awake forat least 24 hrs to drive overnight winterrallies is "fun." MCORG is under thestewardship of Jim Morrow, the rallyrepresentative on the MCO Executive.Our goal is to rebuild a viable rallyingnucleus in the Ottawa area, mainlythrough TSD (time-speed-distance)events that run on roads open to publictraffic. Our first rally of the year "TotallySilly Drive" (get it?) is on June 9, startingat Harvey's on Carling Avenue, near theColiseum theatre. Car 0 leaves at 8pm.The route is very simple, the roads areeasy, should not break your nice car, and
will take approximately 2 hours tocomplete, ending under the cloak ofdarkness. We are limiting the field to 30cars. As a bonus, we are offering a basicinstructional course that morning. This isa golden opportunity to learn the basics,ask ANY question you want (exceptcalculus or modern art, and breathingexercises), and get psyched for rallying!This rally is specifically designed tobenefit beginners (it was designed byone, me), and a practice lap forexperienced teams. Subsequent MCOrallies in 2001 will steadily increase indifficulty - twistier roads, longer routes,
farther afield, requiring more focus andpreparation. Check the MCO website fordetails.
Let me explain the basics of TSD. First,rally is TEAM sport. If you win there areat least two "heroes" in your car. You
receive a set of detailed route instructionsone minute before you leave on youradventure. Basic route instructionscontain average speeds and distances toturns (plus cautions and specialinstructions). The driver drives, and isresponsible for maintaining the car in asafe and legal condition (if owned by thedriver) and obeying all traffic laws. The
driver must maintain control of thevehicle and maintain average speeds aswritten in the route instructions.Instantaneous speed will vary - the trickis to maintain the average. Thenavigator's job is to keep the driver oncourse, and ON TIME by calculating theperfect arrival time (T) at each instructionbased on instruction speed (S) anddistance (D) - TSD. Simply, time =distance / speed.
TSD rallying is NOT A RACE. If yourteam is working together and arriving ateach route instruction on time, odds arethat you will arrive ON TIME atcheckpoints that the Routemaster hashidden on the route. These checkpointsare not listed in your instructions. If yourun in a rally you will learn about thewily nature of the organisers in order tohide these checkpoints. Most peoplequickly think of cheats to beat the system,but the rules prohibit them, and gettingcaught results in penalties large enough toruin all your fun. Arriving early is as badas arriving late, and penalties are assessedon the time difference from a perfectarrival time at the checkpoint. Penaltiesaccumulate at each checkpoint and at theend of the rally the team with the lowest
total penalty wins and so on. You get aclean slate at each checkpoint. Thismeans you cannot make up late timeincurred on earlier stages, otherwiseeveryone would be driving like fools bythe end of the rally. That would be badfor the survival of the sport since
residents and the authorities would shutus down (already there are areasprohibited for TSD in Ontario). Thereare few catches to these seemingly simplerules. Arrival times are calculated to thenearest minute, or 1/10th minute. It'smuch harder than it sounds. Like theirbigger cousin, performance rallying, TSDrallies are mostly on loose surface,
twisty, back roads. Maintaining anaverage speed of 72 kph can bechallenging. Unlike Solo events, youcannot walk the course, and you cannotpractice the route. It is strictly verboten!
MCORG will focus mainly on what arereferred to as "drivex" events thatemphasize driving skill, yet stilloperating within the law. The other typeis "navex" emphasizing navigation androute problem solving. Most rally peoplestay in TSD all their lives, usually havinga preference for either drivex or navexstyle. Many of the Ontario Road RallyChampionship (ORRC) rallies areheavily weighted to navex events. TSD,also referred to as Road Rallying, is thefirst stepping stone into performancerallying, and drivex seems the naturalprogression to that end. However, TSDrallying does not demand a highperformance car. Average speeds are nomore than 95% of the legal posted limit,and that's only at night. I maintain arusty 89 Corolla for driving to work,running errands, and TSD events. It's fun,relatively cheap, and challenging. TSDcan be as competitive as you want it tobe, some people just like to go out andhave fun, others will argue with
marshalls over 0.1 point if it gives theman advantage. Go at your own pace, aska lot of questions, and have fun.
See you on the 9th of June.
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June 2001
MCO PerformanceGround Schoolby Richard Muise
On Sunday April 29, MCO put on the firstof two Performance Ground schoolsscheduled for this year. The weather was
great, and made for a wonder day at thetrack.
The school was well attended, with 15drivers, some coming from as far away asMontreal. The skill levels of the driversvaried from complete novice to somereturning Autocrossers (including thealways-enthusiastic Tom in his Celica).
There was a great variety of vehicles.Subaru was well represented, as well astwo Mustangs, Miatas and Hondas. Therewas a new Honda S2000 that came upfrom Montreal for the school. But the
highlight for most everyone was the newBMW Z8. When it arrived at the track, ithad just over 100 kilometers on the odom-eter. (According to the owner, this car isonly to hold him over until his Ferrari 360spider arrives - it's on order for sometimenext year I believe. We should all be solucky.)
Rob Microys gave a classroom session forall drivers at the Hampton Inn, situatedjust off the JetForm parking lot. While thesession was on, all the helpers and instruc-tors were busy setting up the exercises.There was a figure-8/peanut, slalom,
acceleration and braking areas, and a dualdiameter skid pad. The track was still verydirty, so most of the setup time wassweeping away the dirt (or scrubbing it offwith a few dozen laps around the skid padas the case may be). Bennett Leckie ledmost of the setup tasks.
The exercises were run until early after-noon when a full (but short) course wasset up and the students were run throughthe track for the rest of the afternoon. Afew of the helpers and instructors alsotook a run or two for fun. We used thetiming system that will be used for Solo-IIthis year, donated by Pat Weightman ofPlus 1 Performance (who was there as ahelper as well). This was the first realworld test of the system, and it workedperfectly!
At the end of the day, the certificates weregiven out to all students. They all seemedvery pleased with the day.
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June 2001
Home GamesDate Opponent TimeTue June 5 NORFOLK 7:05pmWed June 6 NORFOLK 7:05pmThu June 7 NORFOLK 12:05pm
Fri June 8 NORFOLK 7:05pmSat June 9 INDIANAPOLIS 7:05pmSun June 10 INDIANAPOLIS 2:05pmMon June 11 INDIANAPOLIS 7:05pmTue June 12 INDIANAPOLIS 12:05pmFri June 22 SYRACUSE 7:05pmSat June 23 SYRACUSE 7:05pmSun June 24 SYRACUSE 2:05pmMon June 25 SYRACUSE 7:05pmTue June 26 LOUISVILLE 7:05pmWed June 27 LOUISVILLE 7:05pmThu June 28 LOUISVILLE 7:05pmFri June 29 LOUISVILLE 7:05pmSat June 30 ROCHESTER 7:05pm
Sun July 1 ROCHESTER 2:05pmThu July 12 BUFFALO 7:05pmFri July 13 BUFFALO 7:05pmWed July 18 SYRACUSE 7:05pmThu July 19 SYRACUSE 12:05pmFri July 20 CHARLOTTE 7:05pmSat July 21 CHARLOTTE 7:05pmSun July 22 CHARLOTTE 2:05pmMon July 23 CHARLOTTE 7:05pmMon July 30 SYRACUSE 7:05pm
Tue July 31 SYRACUSE 7:05pmThu Aug 2 SCRANTON 7:05pmFri Aug 3 SCRANTON 7:05pmSat Aug 4 SCRANTON 7:05pmSun Aug 5 SCRANTON 2:05pmFri Aug 10 PAWTUCKET 7:05pmSat Aug 11 PAWTUCKET 7:05pmSun Aug 12 PAWTUCKET 2:05pmSat Aug 18 BUFFALO 7:05pmSun Aug 19 BUFFALO 2:05pmMon Aug 20 ROCHESTER 7:05pmTue Aug 21 ROCHESTER 12:05pm
Wed Aug 22 ROCHESTER 7:05pmFri Aug 31 PAWTUCKET 7:05pm
Sat Sept. 1 PAWTUCKET 7:05pmSun Sept. 2 SCRANTON 7:05pmMon Sept. 3 SCRANTON 2:05pm
Away GamesDate Opponent TimeFri June 1 @ Richmond 7:00pmSat June 2 @ Richmond 7:00pmSun June 3 @ Richmond 2:00pm
Mon June 4 @ Richmond 7:00pmThu June 14 @ Charlotte 7:15pmFri June 15 @ Charlotte 7:15pmSat June 16 @ Charlotte 7:15pmSun June 17 @ Charlotte 2:15pmMon June 18 @ Durham 7:00pmTue June 19 @ Durham 7:00pmWed June 20 @ Durham 7:00pmThu June 21 @ Durham 7:00pm
Mon July 2 @ Indianapolis 8:00pmTue July 3 @ Indianapolis 8:00pmWed July 4 @ Indianapolis 6:30pmThu July 5 @ Indianapolis 8:00pmFri July 6 @ Louisville 7:15pmSat July 7 @ Louisville 6:15pmSun July 8 @ Louisville 1:15pmMon July 9 @ Louisville 12:15pmSat July 14 @ Pawtucket 6:05pmSun July 15 @ Pawtucket 1:05pmMon July 16 @ Syracuse 7:00pmTue July 17 @ Syracuse 7:00pmTue July 24 @ Scranton 7:30pmWed July 25 @ Scranton 7:30pmThu July 26 @ Scranton 7:30pm
Fri July 27 @ Scranton 7:30pmSat July 28 @ Syracuse 7:00pmSun July 29 @ Syracuse 6:00pm
Mon August 6 @ Rochester 7:15pmTue August 7 @ Rochester 7:15pmWed August 8 @ Rochester 7:15pmMon August 13 @ Syracuse 7:00pmTue August 14 @ Syracuse 7:00pmWed August 15 @ Pawtucket 7:05pmThu August 16 @ Pawtucket 7:05pmFri August 17 @ Pawtucket 7:05pmThu August 23 @ Buffalo 7:05pm
Fri August 24 @ Buffalo 7:35pmSat August 25 @ Buffalo 2:05pmSun August 26 @ Buffalo 2:05pmMon August 27 @ Buffalo 7:05pmTue August 28 @ Rochester 7:15pmWed August 29 @ Rochester 7:15pm
Ottawa Lynx Game Schedulehttp://www.ottawalynx.com
The Ottawa Lynx (at JetForm Park) are a sponsor for MCO's Solo-II series this year. As part of theponsorship, MCO has tickets available for members to attend games at JetForm Park. Many tickets will beanded out as prizes at Solo-II events, but there are many tickets available for anyone interested in attending aame. Please see any mem ber of the executive for details.
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Pictured above are the top three drivers from the MCO winter karting
series held at Capital Karting. Left to right are Luc Gregoire, Jeff Graves(both tied for first) and Marc Guertin.
Richard Muise and Rob Microys made up the rest of the top 5.
Below, Chris Capowski shows the line as he sets FTD in the final event.
Grassroots Motorsport in the National Capital Regionsince 1949.
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