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Another month, another issue. And what amonth. Lanark Highlands Rally andseveral offs are now behind us, hopefullynever to be seen again.

I've discovered a great new site on the webthat I'm sure will suck hundreds andhundreds of dollars from my wallet.Check out http://www.sae.org. Then,check out all the fancy books that theyhave for sale... I'm in trouble now... :)

With the Solo II series completed for theyear, and my summer car parked, it's timefor me to turn to the world of TSD rallyingfor entertainment ('cause god knows, thereain't nothing on the teevee...) and I urgeyou all to join me. Having participated ina couple of rallies this summer, andworking several others, I've got to hand itto the Rally Group, they're doing afantastic job. Special kudos go to CraigHamm for keeping it all together as theRally Director. Thanks Craig!

Cover Photos: Jim Morrow's MiniPrepped for Car 0 duties (photo by JodyShay / Seko/Morrow during demonstrationday in St. John's (photo by Craig Hamm).Cars were released 30 seconds apart on

the 1.14km course. The Alfa has justcrossed the finish timing line.

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2002 MCO Executive

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MCO Rally GroupReport

for Nov. 2002Craig Hamm

This is my last monthly article asRally Director for 2002 (yay!). Ihope I kept the membership up to

date on our rallying activities.We've had a busy year, hittingmany milestones, and planning formore in 2003. OK, off we go.

Greg Brady and Steven Franko-vitch competed in their P4 Imprezaat the National event Rally of theVoyageurs Sept 27-28, and finish-ed 12th of 30 starters (15 DNF's).This also placed them 5th in P4.Without stealing thunder, I'll deferto the team to tell their story,

which sounds like a real rally ad-venture, in another article (hopeful-ly in this issue). Suffice it to say,finishing this event was an accom-plishment in itself, and finishingevents with no major damage willtake you up the ladder. So, con-gratulations again! See you at TallPines.

The HSL Rallysport Golden PineRally ran on October 5th, out ofGolden Lake, ON, with 6 teams

competing. Jodie Shay, the annualorganizer for his home turf event,did a splendid job of finding greatroads, some of which reacheddown into Rally of the Tall Pinesroads! A wind storm the previousnight blew down many trees ofwhich several had to be drivenaround, or through chain-sawedopenings, making every turn a littleadventure into the unknown. Thisis what I like about rallying. It was

a poor turnout, again, though wehad one more team than last year.Ironically, our longest event, onsome of the best roads around, hasthe distinction of being the onlyrally that attracts some of the bestcompetitors in the province! Thisyear we saw the return of LouisCarbardos, navigating for JaroslavBartman, and Doug Logan navigat-ing for Peter Watt. All of these

competitors have organized provin-cial level events, and YokohamaWinter Series events. They camethey conquered. Once more Louiswon the GPR, this year being only12 seconds out (6 early, 6 late)over 4 hours, 10 min, and 36 sec-onds. This narrowly beat Dougand Peter, who totaled 0.5 minute

in accumulated penalties. Yourstruly came 3rd with a whopping2.7 penalty, rounding out the topthree overall teams. Warren andNancy Haywood had trouble withan excess of lead (Pb) on the gaspedal, and won Novice with 5.4minutes, all earlies! Scores arepublished in this issue. By randomdraw Doug Logan won a HellaMaplight provided by our sponsor,HSL Rallysport, (after Jaroslavgraciously returned it because he

didn't need one). Class winners al-so walked away with farm fresh,free range, eggs from Jodie's fami-ly Golden Pine Farm. An annualGPR tradition it seems! Manythanks to Steve Regan and theband of HAM radio people that as-sisted us at controls giving us thebackbone of the rally. All whowent will tell you it was worth therelatively long drive to GoldenLake. Notably absent at this year'sGPR were our friends Tony Laiand Jane Lennox. We have allbeen thinking of you and our heartsand best wishes are with you.While we have been quiet, you arenot forgotten.

On October 19, Peter Starowiczran the the 3rd annual installmentof the Lanark Highlands Rally.Starting in Almonte, this was afundraiser for the Lanark CountyTherapeutic Riding Program. An-

nually many of our members comeout to see the fall colours in La-nark, drive the amazing roads, andsupport the local charity. At theend of the day the community winsbecause the after-expenses go to alocal charity that is helping peoplewith special needs. I look forwardto the organisers' report in nextmonth's Link. Thank you to allwho make it a success.

As we approach the 2003 rally sea-son in the club, we need to updateour series regulations. The rallyseries rules and regulations for2002 were to get us established,and to enable a series to run. Theyhave fulfilled that purpose quitewell I am pleased to say. However,as we grow and mature as a reborn

rallying group there can be sometweaks and improvements. If youwant to propose a change, pleasedo so in writing, as soon as possi-ble, and send them to BOTH: RallyCompetition Coordinator, CoreyGroves at: [email protected]; Rally Director, CraigHamm: [email protected] you do not send your proposedchanges to both they will not beconsidered. Also, you can discusswhat you want in these forums, but

you have to submit the proposal tous. The forums will be officiallydisregarded as far as proposed rulechanges are concerned. If you pro-pose a change, think carefully,word carefully, and try to providethe rationale for the change. Thecurrent regulations are online athttp://www.mco.org/download/rally/2002TSDRegs.pdf . Deadline isend of October.

Finally, the first event of the 2003season, Mississippi Valley Rally, isapproaching and is coming togeth-er under the stewardship of AlanRitchie. A night rally of 220km(approx), on Nov. 9 th, this rallycovers a lot of territory, but is nev-er too far from civilization runningnear Smith Falls, Almonte, Carle-ton Place, and other MississippiValley destinations, but alwayskeeping to the backroads. So, noexcuses, this will be tons of fun!

Last year we had 11 teams, let'shope for at least 15 this year. Theroads and weather can be a realmix in early November, and nightalways adds a new dimension tothe drive, again, the adventurousspirit of rallying.

It's been a lot of work, but it's beena pleasure. See you at the rallies.

Craig

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Mortimer Mutteringsby Nigel Mortimer

As some of you know, Lew Mac-Kenzie and I, and occasionally myson Adam have been racing in For-mula Ford 1600 this year. We com-

peted in all of the Ontario regionF1600 series races, and in additionLew has raced in the Montreal GPand Toronto Indy pro formula fordraces.

At the start of the season we tookLew's 1991 Van Diemen to TappAutomotive, here in Ottawa, to runit on the chassis dyno. As a result of5 hours on the dyno and changing

parts and settings we proved whatwe already thought we knew andwere extremely pleased with the

peak HP and wide torque band.Things were looking good for theseason.

As we suspected Lew was flying,turning a best of 1:29.5 at Mosport,which is scary fast in a formula fordwith your butt one inch off theground. We even have it on videoto prove it (thanks Drew), and yesyou get a whole new perspective onlife doing this.

I did the first two weekends in mylovely, ex Paul Tracey, 85 Van Die-men and went faster than I didwhen I used to own it twelve yearsago. The reason I retired then waseverything I read led me to believethat after 40 you are incapable ofracing anymore. Hey wait a minutedidn't Fangio quit when he was 46after his fifth world championship?So Lew is 62 and I am 50 and weare referred to as "Masters" not old!

Typical of race drivers, at the be-ginning of the season I said I was

just going to have fun and bringback some old memories. Then acouple of 1991 Van Diemens cameup for sale, which I mentioned toWendy, and she said go ahead and

buy one. God I love that woman,she understands my irrationalthought processes! So on Saturdayafternoon Bennett Leckie and I

jumped into his Jetta (nicknamedBaby) and off we drove to Hamil-ton and surrounding area to viewsaid cars. Not being too optimisticwe were towing my trailer! Imagineour surprise when we returned toOttawa at 4am Sunday morningwith a red 91 VD in tow.

Needless to say it was quickly mor-timerised to bring it up to snuff andevery time I drive it now I hate It!!!

Unfortunately we have had a fewDNF's on Lew's car through nofault of his, just bad luck. As we allknow that's racing, sometimes theelevator and sometimes the shaft.Lew scored a bunch of third placefinishes, awesome stuff at any age.We have had no engine failures andno crashes, oh yeah Adam did tapthe wall once at Mosport. All in allit has been an awesome seasonwhich was made all the better withour awesome crew of Bennett, HerbHenning, Debbie Henning, JeremyHamilton, Drew Wilcock and last

but not least Wendy.

As I now own 3 formula fords itseemed only reasonable to sell one.So, I called Rob Peters and made

him an offer he couldn't refuse. Forthose of you who don't know Robhe retired from the series about sixyears ago. So he should be a forceto be reckoned with in B class nextyear. We now have five B classdrivers here in Ottawa so thingslook good for future fun.

Unfortunately Mt Tremblant justcancelled their f1600 race due to atrack rental error and now I have allthis unused adrenalin coursing

through me and I can't race untilnext year now!!!!

Mortimer Mutterings,Grand Prix

by Nigel Mortimer

Now that the race season is over Ihave time to relate my tale of ourexperiences at the Grand Prix thisyear. Lew was entered in the For-

mula Ford support race so off wwent to Mecca to visit the formulone gods. For the uninitiated thsupport racers have to park at oneend of the track and the F1 guys athe other. This means that the carhave to be pushed or driven or towed to the other end where the pitare. This is a stop start routine

which takes about 45 minutes, andexperience taught us that formulfords overheat at this speed. Somost of us use ATV's to tow thecars, and we old experienced peo

ple tow a trailer, which holds outools, tires and crewmembers. It also means we get to do reconnoitrlaps on the ATV, which can be a loof fun as it appears that I currentlyhold the lap record for both ATV'and ATV's towing a trailer. This according to my crew who were seated on the sofa in the trailer andwaving to the crowds. A word oadvice to those who wish to attempthis feat, pump up the tires on thATV.

The good news concerning beingpaddocked with the other racers ithat this year the Vintage Can-Amcars were there. Oh my god I'vdied and gone to heaven!!! Therwere McLaren's, Lola's, and a 917

30, oh my god, man down, mediccardiac arrest!!!! Oh yeah and whenthey start the earth does move.

Lew was doing well, everythingwas going smoothly and we werehaving a ball. The crew even hadtime to buy memorabilia. I'm surLew was thinking he should hurthe car in some way so that wewere kept busy instead of sittingaround chatting with the spectatorsWhile Lew was qualifying I got to

talk to him on the radio whilwatching his progress on the Ferrar

pit monitors. I don't speak Italianbut it didn't seem to bother themwhen they offered me Jean Tod'seat to watch from.

On Saturday evening after Lew hadtaken the crew off to Barracks andBennett had to drive back to Ottawa

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MINUTES OFMEETING

M.C.O. Executive CommitteeSept. 18th 2002

Louis's Steak House,Ottawa, Ont.

PRESENT

Executive: Ron Woltman, Presi-dent; Bennett Leckie, Vice-Presi-dent; Rick Miskiman, Open Wheel;Steve Greiner, Closed Wheel; GregKierstead, Solo II; Mark Atos,Link Editor; Warren Haywood,Club Merchandise Co-ordinator;John Powell, Secretary.

Members/Guests: Richard Muise,former Link Editor; Sam Mandia,Wendy Mortimer, Club banquet.

ABSENT WITH EXCUSESExecutive: Bob Benson, Treasurer;Craig Hamm, Rally; Jeff Graves,Solo I; Paul Swinwood, Karting;Rob Microys, Website Editor; PatWeightman, Membership;

NOTE The position of Public Re-lations Director is still vacant.

The meeting was opened for busi-ness at 6:40 p.m. by the President.

Minutes - September GeneralMeeting

Due to the close proximity of TheLink deadline, the Secretaryasked those present to review theminutes in person. Some smallcorrections were made.

Club Merchandise- Ron Woltman suggested that

Warren Haywood bring items tothe next meeting for display andsale as it could create interest.

- Warren noted that there is a list ofarticles in The Link for just thatpurpose, bit it is not a full inven-tory.o Rick Miskiman suggestedthat we keep an inventory ofsome of the merchandise, such asgolf shirts, as a cost to the Club ata $14.00 threshold, in order toshow what's available.

- Bennett Leckie commented onthe benefits of merchandise giftsto workers, such as exposure.

Solo II- Greg Kierstead raised the possi-bility of having the last event as acharity event, and suggested Oct.13th.

- There was a general discussionregarding prospective charities,including that they should proba-bly be car- or safety-related.

- Greg then asked if the charityshould receive all the proceeds orjust the profit, noting that Solo IIis currently in the black. RickMiskiman said that we shouldcover our costs and donate theprofit.

- Regarding how to use such an

event to promote the Club, RonWoltman advised that we shouldcontact Shannon Lee (?) Man-nion for advice.

- Ron then asked for any objectionsto the idea, and Mark Atos statedthat his only concern was that thecharity chosen should have apresence in Ottawa.

Capital City Car Show Solo IIRichard Muise, the organiser ofthis event, gave a briefing on this

event, after which there was adiscussion, as follows:

- We have been asked to sponsor atrophy for FTD at a cost of$35.00. The general feeling wasyes if our name was on the tro-phy.

- There was an involved discussionon crowd control issues, includ-ing the use of coloured wrist-bands in the "hot" area, numbersallowed inside, and the admissionof competitors' family, friendsand crew.

- Also discussed was allowingspectator rides in competing cars.Ron Woltman asked if the Showhad event insurance, and that weshould see it as well as be willingto show ours. We should also de-termine if there would be a feefor rides, and on the liabilityquestion, it should be the driver'schoice regarding carrying a pas-

senger.- This topic was closed with Jef

Graves suggesting that we shoulhave Club business cards available for distribution, and RickMiskiman adding membershiforms to this.

Annual Awards BanquetSam Mandia and Wendy Mortimer were present for this topic.Regarding meal options, Wendexplained the choices, and that buffet is approximately $5.00 lesthan a sit-down supper with morchoice. After some discussion iwas decided to choose the buffewith the larger selection a$19.95 per person (not includinservers' tips and taxes), with Samand Wendy to decide the men

with the help of Bennett Leckie.- Regarding tickets, points raisewere what other costs would bincluded, and that there should bno complimentary "sponsor" tickets. There was also a discussioon ticket price, and $25.00 wasuggested by Bennett LeckieRon Woltman suggested $30.00as he was concerned about covering all costs, which was approveby those present. Sam Mandiwill look after ticket design, in

formation shown thereon, and related matters.Later in the meetinthere was a discussion on trophies and worker points forms;

- Bennett Leckie will be handlinadministration, etc., for Club trophies and the Worker Pointforms. The Trophy Committewill need the trophies and formbefore the end of October.

- On the question of having a Karting trophy for this year, we wilneed input from Paul SwinwoodOn a question from Rick Miskiman regarding cost, Ron Woltman estimated that it would babout $35.00. He added that wshould see what Paul says, anget one if it can be done equitably.

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The LinkMark Atos reminded those pres-ent that the deadline for the nextissue is September 18th, and heneeded articles. Experience withDelta Printing has been accepta-ble so far, with the costs for theSeptember Link at $303.00 forapproximately 250 to 260 copies.

TreasurerBob Benson was absent, but sub-mitted a brief e-mail report (at-tached), which included the fol-lowing:o Current disposable in-come is $32,133.05.

- Link expense since Nov. 1st 2001are $6,521.11.

- Insurance costs since Nov. 1st2001 are $7,980.00.

- Solo II net income to date is$1,382.75.

- Ted Powell Summer TrophyRaces currently shows a net lossof $1,102.80, but marshal ex-penses of $585.00 (budgeted) andaccommodation subsidies of$2,670.00 are still outstanding,leaving a potential loss of$4,357.80. Transport Canada hasbeen billed for $1,500.00, whichwhen paid will reduce the poten-tial loss to $2,857.80.(Sec. Note:Accommodation (worker) subsi-

dies were to be paid only on re-quest, with a deadline of (?).

Annual General MeetingRegarding the Election of Offi-cers, Bennett Leckie reported thatwe don't yet have a full slate. Weneed one Director and possibly areplacement for the President.On a related matter, it was report-ed that Pat Weightman is verybusy, and while he can handle theinput of membership data, he

would like some support for gen-eral administration.Club Mailbox and Hotline

Ron Woltman indicated that hewould like the Club mailbox tobe cleared and the Hotline to beupdated more frequently.

Solo IJeff Graves gave a brief end-of-season report including an ex-planation of the Top Gun Shoot-out, and that the CASC Solo ban-quet date is November 2nd.

Membership Policy ReviewJohn Powell noted that the report

has been sent out to members ofthe Executive Committee fortheir review. The report will bedealt with at a future Executivemeeting.

Incorporation PapersSteve Greiner reported that theamended paperwork has beensubmitted, and that we now haveour corporation reporting num-ber.

Other Business- Ron Woltman gave a brief ac-

count of his discussions with thenew owner of Le Circuit Mt.Tremblant and the possibilities ofrunning an event there next year.

- He also noted that there should bea memorial notice in The Link re-garding the recent passing of Ju-lio Haig (?)

The meeting was adjourned at ap-

proximately 9:50 p.m..

(Belatedly) Prepared by John Po-well, Secretary, MCO, Oct. 2nd2002, revised Oct. 9th 2002.

Tel. 613-835-2910; e-mail [email protected].

MINUTES OFMEETING

M.C.O. Executive CommitteeOctober 22nd 2002

Louis's Steak House,Ottawa, Ont.

PRESENT

Executive: Ron Woltman, Presi-dent; Bennett Leckie, Vice-Presi-dent; Bob Benson, Treasurer; RickMiskiman, Open Wheel; Craig

Hamm, Rally; Jeff Graves, Solo I;Greg Kierstead, Solo II; PaulSwinwood, Karting; Pat Weight-man, Membership; Mark Atos,Link Editor; Warren Haywood,Club Merchandise Co-ordinator;John Powell, Secretary.Members/Guests: Richard Muise, former

Link Editor; Jean MacGillivray,Club Display; Jim Morrow, LanarkHighlands Rally.

ABSENT WITH EXCUSESExecutive: Steve Greiner, ClosedWheel; Rob Microys, Website Edi-tor.

NOTE The position of Public Re-lations Director is still vacant.

The President opened the meeting

for business at 6:40 p.m..

Note: This meeting was movedfrom it's normal date of October15th at the request of the President.Club Display

Jean MacGillivray asked mem-bers to provide photographs ofthe year's events and other mate-rials of interest for the Club Dis-play at the Annual Awards Ban-

quet.RallyThe principal item of business wasa major incident that took place atthe Lanark Highlands Rally. Ap-parently a competitor went off-route, and while speeding to try tomake up time, lost control of hisvehicle and wound up in a ditch.The crew left the vehicle to gethelp, and the driver was subse-quently charged by the O.P.P. with

leaving the scene of an accident.Damage to the vehicle was exten-sive enough that it will probably be"written off". This was a singlevehicle incident and there were noinjuries. A general discussion fol-lowed concerning potential Club li-ability, preventative measures, andpossible disciplinary measures asfollows:

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What's Up in Our Racing World Special EditionPhotos From Targa Newfoundland

Beachy Cove Elementary School. Lunch washere on the first day.

The unseen downhill left joining the visi-ble portions of this road claimed the firs

competitor, a Sunbeam Tiger. Manyteams went through that corner more

sideways than planned for.

Alfa Romeo 2300B Mille Miglia Spyder.One of three made in 1938. Reportedlyworth $1M. The Alfa lost a cylinder onthe last day, but managed to run the

last two stages on five cylinders.

This mini ran in the trials (TSD) competition.The people who entered it won a free entry,

and were loaned a car by their boss, who ranthe Healy that crashed on the first day. Theyoffered the car back, because the navigatorhad had enough of being cramped in a Mini

all day.

Datsun 280Z of Jack MacDonnell and Carson Ras-mussen run the Gander street stage. The 280Z

would crash out on the last day.

MCO member Kate Richichi starts Maine res-ident John Cassidy IV's ProRally Impreza atBay Roberts. MCO member Steve Carrick

navigated John to an eighth-overall.

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Tom McGeer

Hella pod lights on John Cassidy's Impreza

This beautiful and rare HealeySilverstone would crash out on the first

day of the rally.

Line-up at ceremonial finish on GeorgeStreet in downtown St. John's. Inforeground is the Acadian Canso of Jud

Buchanon/Peter Wright

Each day finished with a car show - anda car wash manned by the local highschool. Here Doug Mepham's Volvo

P142S is washed in front of Clarenvillearena. Doug and Jim Kenzie finished

fourth overall.

The winning "1967" Ford Mustang Fastback of Lenand Gayle Cattlin of Australia. This car had four-wheeldisk brakes, air jacks, carbon fibre intake, and an inte-

rior that looked like a WRC car. Built to the limit of themore-liberal Targa Tasmania rules, it was usually fast-est in each special stage.

Commentary by Craig Seko, photos by Craig Hamm

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MiscellaneousRumblings II

John Powell

1. Morrow's MiniRemember my recent rant aboutfake retro cars? I said in that arti-cle that I wasn't sure about the new

Mini being a true retro car, butfrom what I knew about it then, Igave it a conditional pass. Well, acouple of months back Jim Mor-row let me have a look at his newMini in the parking lot at Louis's,and when I first saw it, it was likemeeting an old friend. The samesquat, cheeky appearance, but a lit-tle larger and more rounded, andperhaps more sophisticated - littleMini all grown up! A closer lookat the exterior confirmed my feel-ing of "deja vu all over again."What I had not sensed with the oth-er retro cars, I sensed here. Thiswas a Mini. The styling was up-dated and it had larger wheels thanthe old (1st generation?) Mini, butit was a Mini nonetheless.

On lifting the bonnet (oops, hood),the engine compartment was muchmore crowded. But remember thatthe 1st gen Minis only had the tiny

BMC 'A' series engine and a four-speed transaxle, with no anti-pollu-tion gubbins. The 2nd gen has a1.6 litre engine, six-speed trans-axle, and is burdened with lots andlots of anti-pollution stuff - tubes,hoses, little black boxes, etc., etc..The trunk was similar to the 1stgen, small and square, but whichcould carry a surprising amount ofstuff, if you knew how to pack.The interior showed the same effi-cient use of space, with a similar

layout but updated styling, andmuch better seats. What pleasedme when I sat in it was the sense offamiliarity; it was almost like go-ing home again.

I didn't get a chance to drive it, butfrom the way Jim described it, thecar can be thrown about with thesame gay abandon (no, not thatkind) as a 1st gen, but with morepower and speed. And there are

two really big plusses for the newMini. The first is that it was builtby BMW, so build quality shouldbe much better. The second isthat it will be serviced by real cardealers, not the old shady hole-in-the-wall garages that masqueradedas BMC dealers, and whichplagued the owners of 1st genMinis.

In the final analysis, this is the carAlec Issigonis would have built ifhe had been around today to mod-ernise his original design. It is truein all essential respects to the firstiteration, and is a true retro car. Itis a Mini!

2. An Electric IssueNow I don't go on a rant very often(Yeah, right!), but this one's abouta real shocker. I just got mymonthly Hydro One statement and

near fell off the chair when Iopened it - $266.16!! It was partlydue to the quarterly meter readingcatch-up, but the real answer to thehigh cost came when I checked therate per kilowatt/hour over the lastfew months. On July 5th , just af-ter the opening of the electricitymarket, the rate was 3.196c/kWh.It now sits at 7.447c, an increaseof 233%, with a high on Septem-ber 5th of 7.928c/kWh, a whop-ping increase of 248%!!

When the present provincial gov-ernment, the Republican Party ofOntario, deregulated, dismem-bered, and otherwise defloweredOntario Hydro, they promised usthat the magic that is the "free mar-ket" would deliver lower prices.Now they say that higher prices aredue to a lack of generating capaci-ty. Well, who's responsible for that

state? Who appointed a bunch ofpolitical hacks to mismanage theold Ontario Hydro while payingthemselves quite handsomely,thank you? Who had the chance tomake the old system work properlyagain, but were blinded by politicalideology? Three guesses and thefirst two don't count!Hang on now, you say? Republi-can Party of Ontario? Yup, that'swhat I said. This is really worth aPolitical Science essay, comparingclassical liberals with conserva-tives, reform liberals and socialists,but I ain't got the time or inclina-tion. Suffice to say that there'shardly a traditional Canadian-styleconservative in the leadership ofany so-named party in Canada to-day, except perhaps for Joe Clark

and a few of the Conservative par-ties in the Atlantic Provinces. Therest are American-style or Thatch-erite classical (18th to mid 19thcentury) free-market liberals, whocall themselves conservatives be-cause their classical free-marketliberal political cousins and idols inthe U.S. Republican party also callthemselves by that name. Theirony is that most of these classicalliberals really do think that they are"conservatives."

In practical terms, what this meansfor us is that our racing budgets aregoing to take a beating this winterwhen it comes to utility costs.How so? What heats your garage,if not directly then indirectlythrough fans and pumps? Andwhat about your power tools, light-ing, air compressor, welder, and soon? Think long and hard about thiswhen our premier with the slicklystyled hair comes to call next pro-vincial election day!

3. Climatology 101 for the CASCIt's now the Thanksgiving week-end, and the racing season finishedtwo weeks ago. This is a goodtime to think about future CASCrace scheduling, particularly thestart and finish dates. But first,some personal observations about

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our climate that are germane to ourdiscussion.

For the last twenty five years Ihave lived on a farm, and activelyfarmed on a part-time basis for 18of them. This has made me acutelyaware of the weather, as it dictatesa lot of what you can do, and

when. Jobs tend to be classified asindoor or outdoor, and changes inthe weather can lead to a lot ofshuffling of priorities. So knowingwhat to expect can be critically im-portant. Talking to the Aold-timers@ about the weather broughtme a wealth of information, as didreading and personal observation,from which I have formed the fol-lowing conclusions:

- The global climate is indeedchanging, but that's nothing new.If there's one constant about ourplanet's climate, it's that it's notconstant! History, both naturaland human, has demonstrated thatthe climate has constantly shiftedover the eons, from ice ages toglobal warming and then coolingagain. The Vikings would neverhave reached and settled Green-land, let alone Newfoundland, hadit not been for several centuries of

global warming, and when the cli-mate turned cooler again, the set-tlements failed. Then there wasthe "year with no summer" in theearly 19th century, when itsnowed in July in Northern Eu-rope, and the crops failed.

- The climate of the lower GreatLakes area, including SouthernOntario, is extremely variable,with weather systems arrivingfrom all points of the compass.From the east we get Atlantic

storms and hurricanes, with heavyprecipitation, and when their cen-tres cross the Appalachians,things can get very nasty indeed.Witness Hurricane Hazel of themid '50s. And if combined with atemperature inversion in the win-ter, well, we all remember the re-cent ice storm. From the southcomes the warm, humid unstableweather from the Gulf of Mexico,

often with dangerously high heatand humidity, severe thunder-storms, high winds from microbursts, and ultimately tornados.The west brings us Colorado lowsand Prairie Clippers, with periodsof rain or snow, depending on thetemperature. The first of thesesystems is generally slower mov-

ing, and the latter usually a fasterspring pattern. Finally, the northbrings us Arctic highs, which insummer normally means clear,dry air and pleasant moderatetemperatures, but in winter, theycan bring a killing cold.

- The problem is that none of thisis entirely predictable. In sometropical areas, you can almost setyour watch by the arrival of theMonsoon rains. Not so here.

With the variety of geographicalfeatures within a thousand milesor so, not a great distance in glob-al terms, and the diversity ofweather patterns, all it takes is aslight shift in the jet stream or thestalling or speeding up of highs orlows to produce a change in, orprolongation of, the currentweather conditions. And often onshort notice. It's a Southern On-tario truism that "if you don't likethe weather now, wait five mi-

nutes".

So what does all this have to withthe CASC's scheduling of races?Well, like farming, auto racing isextremely weather-dependant, evenfor road racers who race in therain. The big problem surfaceswhen we try to race in the snow.No one makes 'R' compound snowtires, yet CASC insists that the sea-son opens in a month when late-season snow storms are more com-

mon than not. All it takes is one ofthose slight shifts, with cooler tem-peratures and a low, and "poof",April showers turn into a blizzardof wet, heavy snow that collapsestents, and often more substantialstructures as well.

Six months later, the season endson the last weekend in September,and poor October lies empty and

forlorn. Not that October weatheis always idyllic, it isn't. It's oftenwet and cool, much like most oMay, but other than occasionalight late-month snow showers, anysignificant accumulation is quitrare. And I don't ever remember race-ending dump such as we hadat Mosport this spring, and I'v

been around for a few decades!

In the early days of CASC, therwere those at the helm who perhaps were a little more consciouof our climate. The season usuallystarted with a Drivers' School inearly May, then an open practicewith the first race meeting on thethird or fourth weekend. In thfall, the last race was generally theBARC Thanksgiving Speed Week

end on ... well, the name tells youI think that for the 2003 seasonCASC should move the schedulback to a May start for on-track activities, and have it finish on thsecond weekend in October. In thlate '60s we had schedules of 13and 14 race meetings within thitime period, plus two DriversSchools, so fitting in a 12 raceschedule should be no problemAnd as I said earlier, I'm writingthis at the start of the Thanksgiving

weekend. The weather is cool withsome morning fog, and a mixturof sun and rain is expected. Nothe best, but doesn't it beat a 6dump of wet, heavy snow?

Note: I was thinking of submittingthis to CASC myself, but with thway I've been pestering them ovemy race licence and medical, I'mprobably not too popular thereright now. So, if there's any likeminded person reading this who

would like to use any or all of it tofurther the cause, please feel free todo so. I was thinking perhaps osomeone on the ORO or Racecommittee. (Hint, Hint.) And ocourse, I'm not being totally altruistic on this. Starting in Maywould give those of us with poorlyheated garages (me) an extrmonth of car prep without gettingtoo much frostbite!

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...Continued

4. I Wonder how I Wander ...

I was giving my lawn it=s final cutbefore winter the other day, I hateto say grass because a lot of thegreen stuff mixed in there isn't, andwhile going around and around,my mind began to wonder about

things. Actually, the more accuratedescription would be just wanderabout, but ... Well, I began to thinkabout racing lawnmowers, and howtheir competitions are somewhatartificial. For example, they don'trace while cutting grass. In fact,the blades are removed for "safety"reasons, and a counterweight orflywheel substituted. This concernwith "safety", however, doesn't ex-tend to ROPSs (roll bars) or seatbelts, despite the fact that suchhave been standard equipment onfarm tractors for several years now.Then, for some strange reason, mymind leaped from racing lawnmowers to racing drivers and theirlawn mowers. This, of course,spawned yet another "you knowyou're a race driver if ..." list, asfollows.

When cutting your grass with yourriding lawn mower, you know

you're a race driver if:- You think of each turn around thelawn as a "lap".

- You begin timing your "laps".- You begin measuring yourelapsed time to completion of therace, er, job, while still producinga cut that will satisfy "you knowwho".

- You start experimenting with tirepressures, blade speed, groundspeed, cutting depth and lines(cutting pattern) in order to im-

prove your times.- You move on to investigating en-gine mods for your Tecumseh orBriggs & Stratton, and fully-ad-justable independent front andrear wishbone suspension, withEibach springs and Penskeshocks.

- You begin contemplating minortrack improvements - taking out

that old tree with the roots thatstick up and slow you down, forexample. It's almost dead any-way, isn't it?

- You move on to more major trackimprovements "If I take downthat old garden shed, I canstraighten out about five laps, um,passes. All that's in it are some

old planting pots and the wife'sgardening tools."

On second thought, you'd betterleave the last one alone - you'll besafer with the old chain saw andstopping at the one before!

5. Is that all there is?

Well, our season's over for theyear, and it ended the same way asit started. Our first Solo I was theregatta on the Shannonville Lakesin June, and ended in the rain againon the Sept. 27th Test Day at Mo-sport. I was hoping for a dry trackto scrub in the new shaved RA1s,and perhaps get my lap times downa bit more, but it was cool and wetenough that this wouldn't haveworked. In fact, even if they hadalready been scrubbed in, therewas enough rain and puddling thatusing them would have been a bitdicey anyway. It wasn't all bad,however, as we had a better handle

on the full tread RA1s that we usefor rain tires than we did at Shan-nonville, and the car felt much bet-ter. How I beat the 'A' family aver-age and got that 100 point run atthe Shannonville Regatta is still amystery to me. The rest of the 'A'group must have been having evenmore trouble than I was.

The Test Day was a bit lonely inthe closed wheel sessions, as onlythree or four cars usually went out,

including me. This, and the rain,proved in fact to be a benefit. Iwas actually one of the faster carsin each session, and with the lackof traffic, it allowed me to concen-trate almost totally on my lines.The rain also forced me to concen-trate, and took my mind off trying,sometimes too hard, to improve mylap times. This led to several im-portant discoveries, and confirmed

a previous one.

The first discovery, when I bobbled in turn one, was that the RXis as "catchable" in the wet as it iin the dry. The second was that, iyou're not too gentle in applyinthe throttle in the wet, you will gelots of sudden power oversteer

This surprised me a bit, as I watold that rotaries are not "torqueyengines. The third was that wheyou're heel-and-toeing you have treally time your downshifts properly or you'll lock up the rear end going into a corner, which ain't goodThe fourth was that the wipers artotally useless at the top of thback straight, as they lift almoscompletely off the windshield, anconfirmed was the fact that thwindshield de-fogger is totally useless! I had to make at least one pstop in each session to get the inside of the windshield cleaned - spent the rest of the time wipinwhat I could of it with my gloves.

The most important discoveries involved turns two and four. Amentioned in previous articles, was having a hard time with thnew lines in those turns, and theare new. When you widen a piec

of track in a corner you open upthe arc, which changes the entrand exit points and moves the apeout laterally. In a double apex corner like two, it also moves thapexes closer together to some extent. My subconscious mind habeen telling me turn in on visuaclues that were no longer there, anto take the lines that I learned frommany laps on the old narrowetrack, but my conscious sensewere continually in conflict with it

This resulted in erratic lines thawere sometimes close, but moroften not. Those who are involvein staff training know that such entrenched behaviours are why retraining is usually much more difficult than beginner's training. Welmy re-training was aided by havinto cope with the circumstances othe day. By having the opportunitto apply myself to the task without

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worrying about passing or beingpassed, and conditions which forcedme to slow down a bit, I was able toblock out my subconscious mind. Ithen found new markers, and whereto set up before the drop off for bothcorners in order to get the properlines. This was reinforced, againdue to the lack of traffic, by beingable to practice those lines for longseries of laps without a lot of inter-ruptions. I was able to hit the apexeswith a fair degree of consistency,and my memory of the way the trackused to be is now just that - a memo-ry.

So our season ended well despite theweather, and while I wasn't overlyconcerned with lap times, I was toldwe were doing consistent 1:51s, andwithout really booting it. Whichwasn't too bad, since I knew exactly

where I could have gotten the extraspeed if I had been racing. For therest of the weekend we relaxed andwatched the everybody else race(lucky sods!) in the dry, and met afew RX7 fans. It's funny, all I haveto do is just park the car at the track,and they come out of the woodworkin droves. Some of them will proveto be valuable resources, if I decideto do some up-grades on the car inthe off-season. So now it's time tocatch up on all the chores around the

place before winter, including get-ting the tractor and snowblower run-ning, trimming back that l-o-o-o-n-g cedar hedge (ugh!), and toplan and dream about next year.

6. Parting ShotHappiness is finding out that yournew car insurance agent has a fullaero kit on his family Taurus wagon.

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- Ron Woltman asked if someonecould review the instructions to seeif they're too difficult. Craig Hammresponded that competitors are toldthat if they go off-course theyshould take the penalty and notspeed to make up time. He alsostated that he is consideringinstituting time allowances, as is

done by the SCCA.- Rick Miskiman asked if there wereinsurance sanction issues against theClub, and are there remedies availa-ble to protect us.

- Jim Morrow proposed that a discipli-nary committee be instituted withthe possibility of banning an offend-ing competitor from Club rallies,and notifying RSO and the CASC.Ron Woltman responded by askingif the Club had the authority to im-pose sanctions.

- There was a discussion on sanctionsagainst an offending competitor, and

it was agreed that such should be de-cided by a committee. Paul Swin-wood briefly explained how similarsituations are handled in Karting,and it was subsequently decided thatthe Rally Group should institute it'sown Disciplinary Committee, withthe right of appeal to the Club's Ex-ecutive.

- Ron Woltman asked to see a copy ofthe Incident Report, and there fol-lowed a brief discussion in whichCraig Hamm outlined the training ofrally organisers and officials.The fi-nal Rally item was a proposal byCraig to institute an award for Clubmembers who participate in Per-formance Rallies. It was decidedthat this proposal was worthy of de-velopment.

TreasurerBob Benson gave the following report(amounts rounded to the nearest dollarby the Secretary):- The bank balance stands at

$37,185.00, with the book reserve at$4,895.00. Revenues and disburse-ments to date have been $95,530.00and $90,074.00 respectively, givinga current positive cash flow of

$5,455.00.- The Ted Powell Summer TrophyRaces currently show a positive bal-ance of $395.00. There is an out-standing $550.00 expense for mar-shalling, for which an invoice hasnot yet been received, but which wasincluded in the event budget. Theoutstanding exposure for workers'subsidies has now been cancelled asthe time limit for claims has expired.

- In response to a question, Bob notedthat our insurance costs to date total-

led $8,080.00.- Ron Woltman reminded those pres-

ent to submit the revenues and ex-penses for events, etc., as soon aspossible. This will facilitate thetimely preparation of the Club's An-nual Financial Report.

- Rick Miskiman asked if we had sta-tistics on the revenues and expensesof each discipline in order to devel-op spending envelopes for the com-

ing year. Bob replied that he keepssuch data by event only.

Solo II- Greg Kierstead gave a brief account

of a recent incident involving a com-petitor in a recent Solo II, his kart,and a light standard. There will beno repercussions involving the Club.

- Possible alternate venues for nextyear were discussed due to the effectof noise limits. It was suggested byPaul Swinwood that Minto mighthave sites available, and he wouldinvestigate. Another member, who

shall remain nameless, also suggest-ed that we contact JDS, as theirparking lot will soon be largely va-cant.

Winter Driving SchoolsPaul Swinwood outlined his recentdiscussions with the Ottodrome.They will provide a classroom, toi-lets, plowing and flooding, but theyare planning a full winter scheduleof other events. We can have theformer Tree-line Course, enlargedwith more depth to the north. Theywill work with us on such matters asfencing and crowd control.

Annual Awards BanquetBennett Leckie advised that ticketsmust be paid for at least one weekbefore the event, and Ron Woltmanasked that someone verify that fullinformation is available on the Clubwebsite. Bennett also announcedthat there will be door prizes, proba-bly including some Club merchan-dise.

Membership- Pat Weightman reported that our

current membership in both catego-

ries now stands at 258.- Ron Woltman asked for a break-down of members by affiliation sta-tus, which Pat will provide beforethe CASC meeting.o Jodie Shay willassist Pat in some of the administra-tive duties, and on a related matter,Pat would like a copy of Access/Of-fice 97 for electronic file transfers.

Membership Policy Review ReportJohn Powell gave an overview of thereport as follows:

- A review of CASC and RSO By-Laws and the CASC Policy Manualshowed that there is nothing publish-ed which prohibits member clubsfrom offering whatever types ofmemberships that they wish, provid-ed that affiliation dues are paidwhere appropriate.

- The MCO By-Laws only provide forFull and Social memberships. If anyother type of membership is to be

offered, our by-laws will have to beamended accordingly. The only rec-ommendation in the report was thatthe executive consider this issue andbring any proposals before the mem-bership.

- Although outside the original scopeof the report, a discussion on thecurrent status of the split of affilia-tion dues between RSO and CASCwas included, as this issue has an af-fect on membership policy and ad-ministration. A review of the mi-nutes of RSO Executive Meetingsand e-mail correspondence found

that, at the time of writing the report,there was a great deal of confusionover what the agreement, if any,may contain, that no-one has seenthe text of such agreement, that theonly instructions we received earlyin the process were verbal, and thatboth PMSC and TAC are also split-ting dues. There is an agreement be-tween CARS and CASC, but RSOwould like one that is similar be-tween themselves and CASC. Thereport suggests that member clubsask that both CASC and RSO sitdown and negotiate and publish aformal agreement on the issue be-fore it becomes more divisive at theclub level.o There was an on-goingdiscussion throughout the presenta-tion of the report which re-examinedthe principal points, especially thoserelating to the split of affiliationdues. The report was then accepted.

Election of OfficersBennett Leckie reported that the mem-bers standing for election to date areRon Woltman, Bennett Leckie, RickMiskiman, Greg Kierstead, RichardMuise, Pierre Bartot, and CraigHamm.

Other BusinessExpenses were voted as follows:

- Ron Woltman - accommodation andmileage for the CASC Annual Gen-eral Meeting.

- One person (yet to be named ?) -mileage for Karting meetings.

The meeting was adjourned at approx-imately 8:20 p.m..Prepared by John Powell, Secretary,MCO, Oct. 24th 2002.

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MINUTES OFMEETING

M.C.O. MonthlyGeneral Meeting

October 1st 2002Louis's Steak House,

Ottawa, Ont.

PRESENTExecutive: Ron Woltman, Presi-dent; Bennett Leckie, Vice-Presi-dent: Rick Miskiman, Open Wheel;Steve Greiner, Closed Wheel;Craig Hamm, Rally; Jeff Graves,Solo I; Greg Kierstead, Solo II;Mark Atos, Link Editor; Rob Mi-croys, Website Administrator; JohnPowell, Secretary.

Members: Sufficient members

were present for a quorum.

ABSENT WITH EXCUSESExecutive: Bob Benson, Treasurer;Paul Swinwood, Karting; PatWeightman, Membership; WarrenHaywood, Club MerchandiseCo?ordinator.

NOTE The position of Public Re-lations Director is still vacant.The President opened the meetingat approximately 7:05 p.m. and thefollowing business was conducted:

GeneralRon Woltman opened the meetingby welcoming guests and notingthat this was the second month atthe trial starting time of 7:00 p.m..He asked members to considerwhether or not this time was ac-ceptable, and the trial would con-tinue to allow time for objections.

TreasurerIn the absence of Bob Benson, RonWoltman gave a brief up-date asfollows:o The Club is solvent andwe have five figures in the bank.- Accounts for the Ted Powell

Races are not final yet as someinvoices are slow coming in. Notall workers' subsidy applicationsare in yet, and the Executive istaking that as an indication that

they will not be submitted. Heclosed by stating that the racemeeting is close to the break-even point.

- Ron then asked if there were anyquestions regarding the Club's fi-nancial management, and JimHoltom asked if our bank balanceendangered our non-profit status.

Ron replied that the Executivewas aware of the situation, andwould be watching it.

- Mark Atos then noted that thewindow for applications forworkers' subsidies was nowclosed, as noted in Ron's articlein The Link.

- Ron closed the discussion by stat-ing that Bob Benson will stay onas Treasurer.

Annual General Meeting- Bennett Leckie advised membersof the Annual General Meetingand elections next month. RobMicroys will again chair the elec-tion portion, and we are lackingin nominations as we need onemore Director.

- Pat Weightman will be returningto Membership, with Jody Shayas assistant, and John Powell willreturn as Secretary.

- Ron Woltman stated that he

would be willing to step aside asPresident if someone else cameforward, as it is good for the Clubto have new leadership from timeto time. Club Banquet

- Bennett Leckie reminded mem-bers that Club trophies must bereturned for this year's awards. oWorker Points forms are due themiddle of the month. The awardscommittee is Cindy Armstrong,Ron Woltman, Rick Miskiman,Jim Morrow and Bennett Leckie.

- The banquet will be on Nov.16th, with tickets available fromSam Mandia, Wendy Mortimeror Bennett Leckie. The ticketswill be $30.00, with a buffet andprizes. Ron Woltman noted thatthis is $5.00 less than last year.

Membership- Ron Woltman explained to mem-bers the problems being caused

by last minute requests for mem-bership renewals and cards.Members must remember that theposition is voluntary, and PatWeightman, the MembershipSecretary has a business to run,as well as a family to look after.Pat will do his best, but with thisand the volume of business due

to the size of the club, memberscan not expect that last minute re-quests will always be accommo-dated. To help Pat with member-ship administration, Jody Shayhas volunteered to be his assis-tant.

- Regarding a note from CASC,Ron Woltman advised membersthat, at 211 members, MCO is thesecond largest club in CASC, be-hind only VARAC, at 293 mem-

bers. In response to a questionfrom Rick Miskiman, he advisedthat the total membership ofCASC currently stands at 2,072.

- Rob Microys explained that hehad an informal talk with Gunth-er Schmidt, CASC Race Director,on the topic of the direct affilia-tion of members. He was toldthat this could be considered if acouple of the larger clubs were topush it.

Rally- Craig Hamm outlined the upcom-ing rallies including the GoldenPines Rally, the Lanark High-lands Rally, a charity event forthe Lanark County TherapeuticRiding Program, and next sea-son's first rally, the MississippiRally.

- The Yokohama Winter Rally Ser-ies has lapsed due to the lack of acoordinator. Some rallies maycontinue as Regional events.o

Craig then outlined the valuableassistance of the HAM radioclubs, and the advantage of usingthem in rally communications.oHe gave an overview of the Tar-ga Newfoundland and the supportit received from the local popula-tion. Craig Seko finished 7thoverall and 2nd in class, andGlobal TV will run a segment onthe event on January 25th 2003.

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- The Yokohama Winter Rally Ser-ies has lapsed due to the lack of acoordinator. Some rallies maycontinue as Regional events.

- Craig then outlined the valuableassistance of the HAM radioclubs, and the advantage of usingthem in rally communications.

- He gave an overview of the Targa

Newfoundland and the support itreceived from the local popula-tion. Craig Seko finished 7thoverall and 2nd in class, andGlobal TV will run a segment onthe event on January 25th 2003.

- Craig closed by reminding mem-bers that MCO has been invitedto run a stage of the Tall PinesRally on Nov. 22nd to 24th , andthat workers are welcome, and al-so informed members that detailsof all of the foregoing are availa-ble in The Link.

Memorabilia AuctionMike Lowe gave an overview ofthe items to be auctioned after themeeting, and that proceeds wouldgo to the 50th anniversary bookfund.

The meeting then broke from 7:50to 8:00 p.m. for members to stretchtheir legs.

Solo IJeff Graves gave a brief accountof the final two Solo I events onthe Pro and Nelson circuits atShannonville, the upcoming TopGun Shoot-out at the Mosportschool track, and informed mem-bers that the Solo banquet will beheld on Nov. 2nd .

Solo II- Greg Kierstead gave a run-down

of the Regional event and thesuccessful Capital Invasion SoloII, including the mess at the latterevent left by the prior Molsonconcert, which largely had to becleaned up by Club members.Richard Muise added that therewere 10,000 spectators at theevent.

- There are two events left on theschedule, with the last, on Oct.

13th , to be a charity event if pos-sible.

- Greg also gave an up-date on thenoise complaint issue, noting thatwe had good relationships withboth the Ottawa Lynx Stadiumand the city's By-Law depart-ment. He also outlined details ofthe compromise reached with the

city and the complainant.

The LinkMark Atos repeated the ever-con-tinuing editor's cry for Link arti-cles.

Open Wheel- There was a brief race report

which included Sam Mandia's ex-ploits in FV and various impres-sions on the improvements to LeCircuit-Mt Tremblant.

- Regarding the unfortunate deathof Julio Haig, Cindy Armstrongreported that there is no firmnews yet on what contributed tothe incident or what happened.She cautioned members that anyinformation now available is justspeculation. She has also in-formed CASC that we need accu-rate, up-to-date information inour area, as there is no coveragein the local media.o Memberswere reminded of the CASC elec-

tions and Worker Awards, infor-mation for which is various websites including ours and that ofCASC.

Winter Driving Schools- Ron Woltman has asked Paul

Swinwood to talk to the Otto-drome people, but hasn't heardanything concrete yet.

- Bob Armstrong will again beChief Instructor, and BennettLeckie will look after track prep-

aration.o Cindy Armstrong askedabout the insurance implications,and Ron replied that we will haveto pay insurance on the events.As ASN lost money as insurancebroker this year (2002), we're notsure what the effects will be.

- There was some discussion onhow we classified the events andthe implications. Are they com-mercial, for profit, educational orfund-raisers? This point will be

addressed if it becomes an issue.

The meeting was adjourned at ap-proximately 9:00 p.m. on a motionby Nick Berry, seconded by JaySaslove. There then ensued a maddash for the Head Table, as mem-bers were eager to part with theirhard-earned cash in exchange for

valuable automobilia, cunninglygathered in the U.K. by MikeLowe, thus enriching the bookfund to a copious degree yet to bedetermined.

Prepared by John Powell, Secreta-ry, MCO, October 9th 2002.

Tel. 613-835-2910;e-mail - [email protected].

M.C.O. Ontario Solo-IResults

Event 1, Mosport DDT, May 18, 2002Brian Leslie 3rd place BSS1

Event 3, SMP Fabi, June 15, 2002Brad Merkel 1st place A2John Powell 1st place ASS1Mike Avelar 2nd place B3Matt Cornford 2nd place CSP

Event 4, SMP Nelson, June 16, 2002Brad Merkel 1st place A1John Powell 3rd place ASS1Matt Cornford 4th place CSP

Event 5, Mosport DDT, July 6, 2002Brad Merkel 1st place A2Greg Kierstead 1st place B2Brian Leslie 3rd place BSS1Jeff Graves 2st place C2Matt Cornford 2nd place CSP

Event 6, Mosport DDT, July 7, 2002Brad Merkel 2st place A1Greg Kierstead 2nd place B2Jeff Graves 1st place C2

Event 9, SMP Pro, August 10, 2002Brad Merkel 1st place A2John Powell 1st place ASS1Ian O'Halloran 4th place CSS1Jeff Graves 3rd place CSS2Bruce Pratte 4th place CSP

Event 10, SMP Nelson, August 11, 2002Brad Merkel 1st place A1John Powell 1st place ASS1Ian O'Halloran 5th place CSS1Jeff Graves 3rd place CSS2Bruce Pratte 4th place CSP

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Zeroing the End of Rally or LegCraig Hamm

After a rally team has passed the last hidden checkpoint, they are instructed to reach the end of rally, or Leg,and to request a time-in at the finish control. They don't care when you actually arrived! What's that allabout? It's not that hard, actually, but here's the ultra-extended gory detail.

Many teams find they did very well driving the route mostly on time, improving their skill all the time at eachrally, only to throw a good result away in the parking lot at the end! It's no way to win, and it's a worse way to

lose. Sometime, look at the rally results for an event with a lot of competitors. The Experts will have lots ofzeroes, especially at the end of the leg, or rally, at the finish control. As you move into Novices and Begin-ners the trend is to getting oddball scores at the final "ask for your time in" finish control. This is understand-able, but preventable.

The routebook is typically structured like this:-Instruction(s)-Checkpoints here and there (not marked in routebook!)-Instruction(s)-Elapsed Time (ET) section to the Finish.

The easiest way to zero the finish control is: find the last on-route checkpoint, then drive away at your out-time at the CAS ('commence average speed') that was in effect when you found that checkpoint (normal pro-cedure), obey some route instructions that may have different CAS's, then note your time at the beginning ofthe ET section to the finish. Get to the finish control before the elapsed time has passed, and ask the marshalfor the time when the elapsed time is due to end. Theoretically, without calculations, you should get a zero, aslong as you know what time you started the ET, and you managed to maintain CAS prior to that. Note that theET section is always a liberal allowance of time that enables you to drive at legal speeds to the finish control,safely park, do some calculations, and walk inside to the marshal who will ask for your time-in. You usuallyhave a few more minutes to spare if you don't get lost, so stay calm and you can zero the end of rally (or leg).

If you can't hit those average speeds after the checkpoint, or you don't want to, you can do some math. Whatabout those calculations? Let's try an example.

Here is a routebook excerpt for the end of a rally:

34.46 2.1 TR onto Concession 8, CAS 5036.70 2.24 AL onto Phibbs Side Road., CAS 7242.12 5.42 SA, Johnson Rd., CAS 4245.00 2.88 Pause 45 seconds. R onto Highway 15, ET 11 minutes to EOR48.85 3.85 L into Petro Canada gas station. Ask the marshal, inside, for your time-in. EOR

The abbreviations are:TR = tee rightAL = acute leftSA = straight aheadR = right; L = leftET (or CET) = Elapsed Time, or Commence Elapsed Time.EOR = end of rally

What you don't see in your routebook is the LAST hidden checkpoint of the rally, after the acute left (AL) on-to Phibbs Side Rd. which is located at official mileage 37.00 km.

The sequence of events is:

1. You make the acute left and find the CP at 37.00 km. No matter what any of your odometers say, this is theofficial distance of this checkpoint. The time that the rallymaster expects you to ask for your time in de-pends on THIS official distance at the LAST checkpoint!!! This official distance MUST be on the stickeryou received. It is usually the number next to "Dist" And should be close to your odo (if you didn't get lost,slippage, etc.). Here is an empty sticker:

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2. Your sticker has your official time out from this checkpoint. Let's say that it is "Time out 4:56:00"3. At 4:56:00 you drive away from the checkpoint and resume your CAS 72 for the next 2.24 kilometer

Keep following route instructions. When you enter the ET section you know there are no more checkpoinand the navigator should get busy calculating the time-in.

4. Calculate how long it should take to go from the CP to the instruction following it. Translation: How londoes it take to travel 42.12-37.00 km = 5.12 km at CAS 50?

T1 = distance/speed = distance x(60/CAS) = 5.12km x (60min per hr / 72km per hr)= 5.12 km x 1.2 minute/km= 6.144 minutes (use DECIMAL minutes to the end, try to carry 3 decimals)

5. At 42.12 km you had to change your CAS to 42 kph until you reach the ET section. How long will it tato go from Johnson Rd to the ET section at Highway 15?

T2 = distance x (60/CAS) = 2.88 km x (60/42)= 2.88 km x 1.4286 minute/km= 4.114 minutes

6. Now you reach Highway 15, and you need to add a pause of 45 seconds (the driver does not HAVE pause, but you must account for it!).

T3 = 0.75 minutes (that's 45 seconds = 45/60)

7. Now you are officially due to arrive in 11 minutes from the turn onto Highway 15.T4 = 11.0 minutes

8. So, now just add up all the times:Total time = T1 + T2 +T3 + T4 = 6.144+4.11+0.75+11.0 = 22.0 minutes.

Remember to convert from decimal minutes to minutes now if the number isn't on an even minute. It wou

also help to recheck your math if you don't have an even minute here as most rallies end on even minutes.9. Add this to your last CP Out-Time: 4:56:00 + 00:22:00 = 5:18:00 (most finish controls end on top of tminute).

If the time 5:18 has not already gone by on the clock, you are doing well.10. Say you actually arrive at the Finish Control, at 5:14:20. You have 3 minutes and 40 seconds to reach th

Finish marshal and request a time in. This usually only a 30 to 60 second walk away.11. At the finish control table say the to marshal "My time in is 5:18" Collect your ZERO.If you are CLOSE to being late and are in a lineup at the finish control, yell out your time-in to the marsha

Get witnesses! Do apologise afterwards (but you got your rightful zero, hopefully).If 5:18 has already passed, and your calculation was correct, you are indeed LATE, and you should immed

ately ask for the current time as your time-in to minimize the damage to your score!

This was a lengthy explanation to what is generally not a difficult task. However, I hope the detail helps yo

get more zeros!

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November 2 2002

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November 5 2002

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