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Editorial Exhaust

With Christmas almost upon us, I'mstarting to get desperate. I've got eleven

people to buy for, a limited budget, and noidea what to get anyone. Nor, for thatmatter, do I have any idea what I want forChristmas. Remember the days of yore,when, as an eight-year-old, all you had todo was open up the Sears Christmas Wish

Book, and the Consumer's Distributingcatalogue, and you could have a wish listmade up in ten minutes?

I wish that there was a catalogue I couldget, that had lapping schools, and raceweekends, and sway bars, and engineswaps, and RedLine oils. All at specialChristmas prices too... I tried asking someof my loved ones to buy me some sway

bars as a gift. The first question theyasked: How much? The second: Andwhy do you want them? There's nounderstanding those without motorsport intheir blood.

Wouldn't you rather we just got you a boxof chocolates and some socks?

Merry Christmas to all. See you nextmonth!

Cover Image: Customs Officer Snoopy byJohn Powell

November Photo credits: Cover phtoos byJodie Shay (Jim Morrow's Mini) and Craig

Hamm (Rally Porsche. Targa photos onpages 7 & 8 by Craig Hamm.

Motorsport Club of Ottawa

Founded 1949

Founding Member CASC 1951

Incorporated 1953

2002 MCO Executive

President andOntario Race Organizing Rep.

Ron WoltmanH: (613) 831-8682

C: (613)75 [email protected]

Vice-PresidentBennett Leckie

W: (613) 822-1765 [email protected]

Directors

Open WheelRick Miskiman

H: (613) [email protected]

Closed WheelRichard Muise


RallyCraig Hamm

H: (613) 727-3192W: (613) 596-7107

[email protected]

MembershipPatrick WeightmanH: (613) 831-3749

[email protected]

TreasurerRobert Benson


SecretaryJohn Powell


Solo-IIGreg Kierstead

H: (613) 274-3942W: (613) 765-9167

[email protected]

Solo-I LiasionJeff Graves


KartingPaul Swinwood

W: (613) 237-8551 [email protected]

Hotline(613) 788-0525

Website

www.mco.orgmaintained by Rob Microys

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General Meetings

Louis's Steakhouse1682 Cyrville Rd., Ottawa, ON

FirstTuesday of every monthAll are welcome

M.C.O.P.O. Box 65006,

Merivale Postal OutletNepean, ON K2G 5Y3

The LINK is the official publication ofthe Motorsport Club of Ottawa. Theopinions expressed in the LINK do notnecessarily reflect those of the LINK

Editorial Staff or the Club's Executive.Though all efforts are made to ensurethat facts stated in the articles hereina r e a c c u r a t e , t h e i n d i v i d u a l c o n t r i b u t o r s s h o u l d c h e c k t h eaccuracy o f the ir ar t ic les pr ior tosubmission.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:18th day of every month.

Ontario Race Committee RepCindy Armstrong


Club Merchandise Co-ordinatorWarren Haywood

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LINK [email protected]

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Members may also submit businesscard-sized advertisements for theirbusinesses free of charge. These willbe published space permitting.

Business ads: $400 - full page$200 - half page$100 - quarter page$ 50 - business card

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December 2002

From Beyond thePond

M.S. Lowe

First and foremost, before I go intothe annual Christmas wish list, letme congratulate everyone on theexcellent Link this club is produc-

ing! It's always nice to hear howthe club is doing, and all indica-tions are, it's doing VERY well. Aquick glance through thedocumented minutes of the meet-ings reveals our membership num-bers are upwards of 258, whichrepresents more than 10% of thetotal membership of the CASC.UNBELIEVEABLE !! Makes meall that much more proud of thisclub!!

Having used the Links as the primesource of material for the Anniver-sary book, I can't tell how impor-tant it is to have as many folk con-tributing as possible. That way,those of us who cannot come to themeetings (or for events either, as ismy case) are still informed ofwhere we're going and what we'redoing. So without further adieu, I'dlike to bring your attention to acouple of articles from the pastmonths that deserve special note.

Thank you Richard Muise for yoursomewhat personal article publish-ed in the October Link. I wastouched by your intimate thoughtsabout how motorsport has betterprepared you for life, as it joggedmy memory, to fondly recall themany moments of a similar naturethat have occurred to me duringmy 40 plus years of activity in thismarvellous sport.

How about that November Link???Lots of photos and lots of readingin there! I was particularly keen onthe photo of Jim Morrow's MiniOne (Ya should've waited for theCooper Jim!) and the subsequentcomments about Minis in John Po-well's Miscellaneous Rumblings.

For you and the other Mini fans inthe club be it known that living inEngland is a dream. Not only isthere a BMW dealership near myresidence here in Swindon, (in fact,I can see it through the window asI type this) but the roads are fes-tooned with both the old and newgenerations of Minis in every col-our imaginable.

Whenever my partner's (Janet)grandsons are upset, as 4, 2, (year)

and 6 month olds can often be forwhatever reason, I always make aswing by the dealership on our wayhome for a "let's go look at theMinis in the windows boys", and itworks like a charm every time. Justas though they'd been handed theirfavourite cuddly plush toy. I won'ttell you what some of the 1st gen-eration Minis can be obtained for.It would make you gag.

While we're talking about Miscel-laneous Rumblings - I've got to saythat I can't help but agree withJohn Powell about a season thatexists till at least the Thanksgivingweekend like the norm was in theold days. Not everyone enjoysstaying at home for Thanksgivingdinner with the whole family.Some of us have never gottenalong with our mother-in-laws !!Come to think of it..nor the moth-

ers of our girlfriends BEFORE wehad a mother-in-law either. I canrecall handing in many a schoolproject on the Tuesday morning af-ter the traditional "William ClelandThanksgiving Weekend" at Mo-sport Park, and having to explainthe rather strange shapes of the oilstains usually found on the cover

of said project.

I also loved John's reference to hispractising for the lawn mowerchampionships. Do you know theyhave a 24 hour event over here???And when the mood strikes him -that (Sir) Stirling Moss has beenknown to be found among the en-tries??

IT'S TRUE !!! I haven't looked intothis aspect of the sport with any in-

tensity yet, but I might over thenext few months. Only seems natu-ral since lawn maintenance compa-nies are a dime a dozen over herewhat with the lack of snow and thelist of potential sponsors is tremen-dous.

Having said all that - I'll close fornow and leave some space for theEditor to stuff other people's thingsin. In closing, I'd just like to wishyou and yours a very happy holi-day season coming up at the end ofthis month.

Here's my wishlist:1.) Support your club in whatevercapacity you can2.) Remember to have fun at theevents. 'Cause if its not fun, its notworth doing it.3.) Share a smile with a friend andtell them you're glad they are yourfriend.

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Twenty-five Years andCountingSam Mandia

I began this whole "process" in Ju-ly 1977 at the John Powell RacingSchool based at Mosport. I hadbeen an avid spectator for a long

time, and had decided to try myhand at driving the cars I had seenon the track and in magazines.Lapping sessions at the school overthe next two years convinced me tocarry on to the next level and race.The first car I raced was a 1980Honda Civic. The Honda/B.F.Goodrich (later the Honda/Michel-in Series) series was very competi-tive at that time, and living in Otta-wa I was in the middle of both On-tario and Quebec Regions. We

raced at "Two Mountains", TriosRiveries, and at the CanadianGrand Prix, as well as Mosport andShannonville. (Note; entry feeswere $60 and $80) The Grand Prixwas the highlight of the season,held in October in Montreal. Wewere on the track Sunday morning,just before the Grand Prix itself,usually 40 cars would start; havingto qualify was as tough as the raceitself.I stayed in the series until 1983

when the Civic got really toobanged up to continue.A chance meeting with Paul Os-trom got me hooked on F-Vee rac-ing. I bought a car from Paul in thespring of 1984. (The same car I

have now, except for a major mod-ification caused by a rather hard hitat corner 9 at Mosport in 1992)The first race at Mosport was well;lets just say eventful. A huge acci-dent at corner 1 took out the first 2rows of cars. I soldiered on, andwas amazed to find out the nextweek I had finished second in my

first race in F-Vee even though Ihad run out of fuel on the last lap.As our numbers began to grow inour class, the F-1200 Associationwas formed in1991, and has showcased the classat many "Pro" events. Since thenwe have been to a lot of races. (Mosport 140+ times)Today looking back, we have hadour share of bangs and bumps.The satisfaction and the sheer funis still there every time I snap thatvisor down and head out onto theracetrack.The great people we have met overthe years, the friends we havemade on both sides of the borderremain another reason to continue.One friend in particular, who I metabout 15 years ago has shared a lotof good, and not so good timeswith us. As a fellow competitorand now my crew chief, he and Iare now inseparable. Where -ever I

go, he generally goes as well. Mybest friend I met through racing. Iwould not change that for any-thing. In keeping this whole sportin perspective, I have always said:that I'm doing something otherpeople only wished they could do.

You may have noted I use theword "we" and "us" a lot. The "we"refers to my wife Jo-Ann, who hasseen many a wedding anniversary,and birthday at the racetrack. Evenmy daughter's wedding date waschosen accommodate the 1998 raceschedule.

The auhor, circa 1975. Photo provided by SamMandia

CASC -OR 2002/2003 Directors Listing

LastName FirstName Title Address City PV P. Cd Home Phone Work Phone Fax Number e-mail Address

Ashman Aileen WRRC Director 31 Fairmeadow Dr Whitby ON L1N 8W6 (905) 728-0040 (905) 666-6341 (905) 728-0014 [email protected]

Bondar S.John President 130 Percy Lane Stouffville ON L4A 7X8 (905) 640-9554 (905) 212-9228 [email protected]

Deshane Robert Vintage Directo r 11 Cross Creek Rd R R #1 Little Br ita in ON K0M 2C0 (705) 878-3940 (705) 324-5273 (705) 324-8196 [email protected]

Iannuzzi Perry Vice President 184 Lori Ave Stouffville ON L4A 1K2 (905) 415-1455 (905) 415-1455 (905) 415-9660 [email protected]

Kopp Jane Secretary 20 Cherrytree Dr., #901 Brampton ON L6Y 3V1 (905) 452-9779 (416) 221-4550 [email protected]

McCullough George Safety R R # 1, 4737 2nd LINE Schomberg ON L0G 1T0 (905) 939-8448 [email protected]

Polley Laurence Past Pres. 2593 Escarpment Sideroad Caledon ON L0N 1C0 (519) 927-5536 (905) 453-0252 (905) 453-4623 [email protected]

Robson Steve Ice Race Director R R # 1 Minden ON K0M 2K0 (705) 286-4724 [email protected]

Schmidt Gunter Race Director Box 686 Midland ON L4R 4P4 (705) 322-3993 (705) 526-5401 (705) 528-7126 [email protected]

Smith Robert Solo II Director 83 Gort Ave Toronto ON M8W 3Y9 (416) 252-9813 (416) 360-2930 [email protected]

Sorensen Christian Solo I Director 74 Goldbrook Cres Richmond Hill ON L4S 1V3 (905) 508-3873 (905) 474-2220 [email protected]

Tulett Graham Treasurer 4440 Romfield Cres Mississauga ON L5M 4K9 (905) 828-0245 (416) 393-4091 (416) 338-0211 [email protected]

Varey Robert Business Mgr. 1540 Falconcrest Dr Pickering ON L1V 4Z4 (905) 831-2022 (416) 667-9500 (416) 667-9555 [email protected]

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MINUTES OFMEETING

M.C.O. Executive CommitteeOctober 22nd 2002

Louis's Steak House, Ottawa,Ont.

(With your editors apologies, these

minutes are being reprinted as thedraft version was printed in theNovember issue of The Link. Theeditor wishes to apologize for theerror, and to apologize to any par-ties who may be aggrieved by thismistake)

PRESENTExecutive: 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 MacGil-livray, Club Display; Jim Morrow,Lanark Highlands Rally.

ABSENT WITH EXCUSES

Executive: Steve Greiner, ClosedWheel; Rob Microys, Website Edi-tor.

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

The President opened the meetingfor business at 6:40 p.m..

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

Club DisplayJean 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 businesswas a major incident that tookplace at the Lanark HighlandsRally. A competitor went off-route, and while speeding to tryto make up time, lost control ofhis vehicle and wound up in aditch. The crew left the vehicle

to get help, and the driver maybe charged by the O.P.P. withleaving the scene of an accident.Damage to the vehicle was ex-tensive enough that it will proba-bly be "written off". This was asingle vehicle incident and therewere no injuries. A general dis-cussion followed concerning po-tential Club liability, preventa-tive measures, and possible disci-plinary measures as follows:oRon Woltman asked if someone

could review the instructions tosee if they're too difficult. CraigHamm responded that competi-tors are told that if they go off-course they should take the pen-alty and not speed to make uptime. He also stated that he wasthe initiator of a discussion al-ready underway in Ontario onthe institution of time allowan-ces, as is done by the SCCA, andis proposing to introduce them in

MCO rallies. This will make usthe first club in Ontario, to thebest of his knowledge, whichwill use time allowances.

- Rick Miskiman asked if therewere insurance sanction issuesagainst the Club, and are thereremedies available to protect us.

- Jim Morrow proposed that a dis-ciplinary committee be institutedwith the possibility of banning anoffending competitor from Clubrallies for up to one year, and no-

tifying RSO and the CASC. RonWoltman responded by asking ifthe Club had the authority to im-pose sanctions.

- There was a discussion on sanc-tions against an offending com-petitor, and it was agreed thatsuch should be decided by acommittee. Paul Swinwoodbriefly explained how similar sit-uations are handled in Karting,

and it was subsequently decidedthat the Rally Group should insti-tute it's own Disciplinary Com-mittee, with the right of appeal tothe Club's Executive.

- Ron Woltman asked to see a copyof the Incident Report, and therefollowed a brief discussion inwhich Craig Hamm outlined the

training of rally organisers andofficials.The final Rally item wasa proposal by Craig to institutean award for Club members whoparticipate in Performance Ral-lies. It was decided that this pro-posal was worthy of develop-ment.

TreasurerBob Benson gave the followingreport (amounts rounded to thenearest dollar by the Secretary):

- The bank balance stands at$37,185.00, with the book re-serve at $4,895.00. Revenuesand disbursements to date havebeen $95,530.00 and $90,074.00respectively, giving a currentpositive cash flow of $5,455.00.

- The Ted Powell Summer TrophyRaces currently show a positivebalance of $395.00. There is anoutstanding $550.00 expense formarshalling, for which an in-

voice has not yet been received,but which was included in theevent budget. The outstandingexposure for workers' subsidieshas now been cancelled as thetime limit for claims has expired.

- In response to a question, Bobnoted that our insurance costs todate totalled $8,080.00.

- Ron Woltman reminded thosepresent to submit the revenuesand expenses for events, etc., assoon as possible. This will facil-

itate the timely preparation of theClub's Annual Financial Report.- Rick Miskiman asked if we had

statistics on the revenues and ex-penses of each discipline in orderto develop spending envelopesfor the coming year. Bob repliedthat he keeps such data by eventonly.

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Solo II- Greg Kierstead gave a brief ac-

count of a recent incident involv-ing a competitor in a recent SoloII, his kart, and a light standard.There will be no repercussionsinvolving the Club.

- Possible alternate venues for nextyear were discussed due to the

effect of noise limits. It was sug-gested by Paul Swinwood thatMinto might have sites available,and he would investigate. An-other member, who shall remainnameless, also suggested that wecontact JDS, as their parking lotwill soon be largely vacant.

Winter Driving SchoolsPaul Swinwood outlined his re-cent discussions with the Otto-drome. They will provide a

classroom, toilets, plowing andflooding, but they are planning afull winter schedule of otherevents. We can have the formerTree-line Course, enlarged withmore depth to the north. Theywill work with us on such mat-ters as fencing and crowd con-trol.

Annual Awards BanquetBennett Leckie advised that tick-

ets must be paid for at least oneweek before the event, and RonWoltman asked that someoneverify that full information isavailable on the Club website.Bennett also announced thatthere will be door prizes, proba-bly including some Club mer-chandise.

Membership- Pat Weightman reported that our

current membership in both cate-

gories now stands at 258.- Ron Woltman asked for a break-down of members by affiliationstatus, which Pat will provide be-fore the CASC meeting.

- Jodie Shay will assist Pat in someof the administrative duties, andon a related matter, Pat wouldlike a copy of Access/Office 97for electronic file transfers.

Membership Policy Review ReportJohn Powell gave an overview ofthe report as follows:

- A review of CASC and RSO By-Laws and the CASC Policy Man-ual showed that there is nothingpublished which prohibits mem-ber clubs from offering whatevertypes of memberships that they

wish, provided that affiliationdues are paid where appropriate.

- The MCO By-Laws only providefor Full and Social memberships.If any other type of membershipis to be offered, our by-laws willhave to be amended accordingly.The only recommendation in thereport was that the executiveconsider this issue and bring anyproposals before the member-ship.

- Although outside the original

scope of the report, a discussionon the current status of the splitof affiliation dues between RSOand CASC was included, as thisissue has an affect on member-ship policy and administration.A review of the minutes of RSOExecutive Meetings and e-mailcorrespondence found that, at thetime of writing the report, therewas a great deal of confusionover what the agreement, if any,

may contain, that no-one hasseen the text of such agreement,that the only instructions we re-ceived early in the process wereverbal, and that both PMSC andTAC are also splitting dues.There is an agreement betweenCARS and CASC, but RSOwould like one that is similar be-tween themselves and CASC.The report suggests that memberclubs ask that both CASC andRSO sit down and negotiate and

publish a formal agreement onthe issue before it becomes moredivisive at the club level.

- There was an on-going discussionthroughout the presentation ofthe report which re-examined theprincipal points, especially thoserelating to the split of affiliationdues. The report was then ac-cepted.

Election of OfficersBennett Leckie reported that themembers standing for election todate are Ron Woltman, BennettLeckie, Rick Miskiman, GregKierstead, Richard Muise, PierreBurtot, and Craig Hamm.

Other Business Expenses were vot-

ed as follows:- Ron Woltman - accommodation

and mileage for the CASC Annu-al General Meeting.

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

MINUTES OFMEETING

M.C.O. Monthly GeneralMeeting

November 5th 2002

Louis's Steak House,Ottawa, Ont.

PRESENTExecutive: Ron Woltman, Presi-dent; Bennett Leckie, Vice-Presi-dent; Bob Benson, Treasurer; RickMiskiman, Open Wheel; SteveGreiner, Closed Wheel; CraigHamm, Rally; Greg Kierstead, So-lo II; Paul Swinwood, Karting; PatWeightman, Membership; WarrenHaywood, Club Merchandise

Co?ordinator; Mark Atos, Link Ed-itor; Rob Microys, Website Ad-ministrator; John Powell, Secreta-ry.Members: Sufficient memberswere present for a quorum.

ABSENT WITH EXCUSESExecutive: Jeff Graves, Solo IJean MacGillivray, Club DisplayCoordinator.

NOTES1. The position of Public RelationsDirector is still vacant.2. Copies of documents marked"Att." are filed with the originacopy of these minutes.

The President opened the meetingat approximately 7:05 p.m. and thefollowing business was conducted:

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GeneralRon Woltman welcomed those

present and advised them that theevening's order of businesswould be:

- a brief monthly meeting with re-ports and announcements fromthe various Directors;the Annual General Meeting and

the Election of the Board of Di-rectors for 2003.

RallyCraig Hamm gave a brief resumeof the monthly report publishedin The Link, added that a sum-mary of the Lanark HighlandsRally will be in the DecemberLink, and that the rally this Sat-urday has been postponed to Jan-uary 11th 2003 in Almonte.

Incorporation DocumentsSteve Greiner stated that thedocuments appear to be in orderas he has not yet received any-thing back from the ProvincialGovernment.

iPlayRichard Muise announced thatthere will a free evening from8:00 pm to midnight at iPlay onthe (?), and that the "Wheels"section of the Citizen will be

there. Anyone wishing detailsshould contact him.

Awards BanquetBennett Leckie reminded mem-bers that the banquet will be abuffet supper on Nov. 16th atLouis's, and that those who wishto attend should purchase theirtickets now from either SamMandia or Nigel Mortimer.

MembershipPat Weightman reported that ourcurrent membership stands at268, up from 180 a year ago.The breakdown is 90 Family,140 Single and 8 Junior, with af-filiations of 224 CASC, 20 RSOand 24 OKRA. He also thankedJodie Shay for stepping forwardto help with Memberships.

Winter Driving SchoolsPaul Swinwood stated that wenow have a verbal agreementwith the Ottodrome. Challengeswill include working around theplanned ice rink, snowmobiledrags and other events that theyintend to run this winter. Wewill have the lot, a classroom,

toilets, and a flooded track, allfor the same price as last year.Dates are currently being deter-mined, and will be weather-de-pendant as previously.

- Rob Microys stated that the regis-tration form will be up-dated andallow on-line enrolment. He willneed to know the tuition fees.

- Paul then issued a call for volun-teers as workers and instructors.

- Cindy Armstrong asked what thelevel of enrolment will be for

each school given the size of thenew track. Paul replied thatthere will be enough room forthe same level as last year.

Club MerchandiseWarren Haywood asked mem-bers to submit to him any ideasthat they may have for Club mer-chandise. He also stated that hehopes in the future to instituteon-line ordering, that there willbe new merchandise on display

at the Awards Banquet, and thatthere will be a contest for the de-sign of a rally "T" shirt.

New CASC Touring Car SeriesRulesRob Microys informed membersthat the new Touring Car Seriesrules have been posted on theCASC website, and there is nowan opportunity for input eitherdirectly to John Bondar at CASC

or in person at the CASC Driv-ers' Meeting prior to theirAwards Banquet.

Solo II- Greg Kierstead noted that Jean

MacGillivray had called to hisattention that certificates had notbeen sent out to participants inthe Performance ControlSchools, and that this oversight

will be corrected.- Richard Muise advised that Stefa-

ny Malanka, who competed inour Solo II events in a shifterkart, will be moving up toFV1600 next year, and has an in-terview in the "Wheels" sectionof the Citizen.

The LinkMark Atos stated that he waspleased with the submissions toThe Link, and noted that contri-butions from anyone with a storyto tell would be welcome.

Treasurer (Att.)Bob Benson handed out a sum-mary of the revenues and ex-penses, comparing FY 2001 withFY 2002. A brief discussion fol-lowed in which Bob noted that

the amount for "outflow" underRallying should be correctedfrom $1,821.01 to $2,429.01.

The monthly meeting was ad-journed at approximately 7:35 p.mon a motion by Paul Swinwood, se-conded by Keith Moyer. Memberssubsequently reconvened at ap-proximately 7:50 p.m. for the An-nual General Meeting and Electionof the Board of Directors for 2003.

MINUTES OFMEETING

M.C.O. AnnualGeneral Meeting

November 5th 2002Louis's Steak House, Ottawa,

Ont.

PRESENTExecutive: Ron Woltman, Presi-dent; Bennett Leckie, Vice-Presi-

dent; Bob Benson, Treasurer; RickMiskiman, Open Wheel; SteveGreiner, Closed Wheel; CraigHamm, Rally; Greg Kierstead, So-lo II; Paul Swinwood, Karting; PatWeightman, Membership; WarrenHaywood, Club Merchandise Co-ordinator; Mark Atos, Link Editor;Rob Microys, Website Administra-tor; John Powell, Secretary. -->

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Members: 41 Full Members werepresent, which constituted a quo-rum.

ABSENT WITH EXCUSESExecutive: Jeff Graves, Solo I;Jean MacGillivray, Club DisplayCoordinator.

NOTES1. The position of Public RelationsDirector is still vacant.2. Copies of documents marked"Att." are filed with the originalcopy of these minutes.Rob Microys, Chairman of the An-nual General Meeting, opened themeeting at approximately 7:50p.m. and the following businesswas conducted:

Agenda (Att.)Rob Microys welcomed thosepresent, and outlined the agendaand attachments contained in thehandout given to all present. Hethen introduced the 2002 Boardof Directors: Ron Woltman,President; Bennett Leckie, Vice-President: Rick Miskiman, OpenWheel; Steve Greiner, ClosedWheel; and Craig Hamm, Rally,and announced that the Secretaryfor the Annual General Meetingwould be John Powell. Finally, aquorum was established as notedin the heading of these minutes.

Minutes of 2001 AGM (Att.)On a motion by Steve Greiner,seconded by Keith Warner, themeeting approved the minutes inthe handout as read.

President's Report (Att.)Ron Woltman opened by asking

those present if anyone had seenthe trophy for best event for2001. There being no answer, heasked members with any con-cerns for the CASC AGM tocontact him. Ron next summar-ised his report, contained in thehandout, as follows:

- While he is gratified with theconfidence shown in him by themembership, the long term

health of the Club would best beserved if others came forward toinvolve themselves in the man-agement of the Club. He alsoexpressed some concern that sofew of our 260 members (of alltypes: Sec.) were present andwondered where the others were.

- Regarding the Executive, Ron

noted that they worked hard allyear and put in a lot of time, thathe especially appreciated BennettLeckie's guidance, and that hehad tried to appoint good people.He also recognised Bob Bensonfor his efforts, as the Executive isresponsible for close to$100,000.00 per year in grossrevenues. Finally, he commend-ed the Secretary on the quality ofthe minutes, noting that theywould be important to anyone

writing a history of the next 50years of the Club.

- He next noted that the AwardsBanquet tickets are subsidizedslightly this year, and invited allmembers to come and enjoythemselves.

- Finally, he expressed his satisfac-tion that the Ted Powell SummerTrophy Races ended up justabove the break-even point, andasked if members present hadany questions. There being noneforthcoming, the President cededthe floor.

Vice President's Report (Att.)Bennett Leckie summarised hisreport, also in the handout, andhighlighted the following; Henoted that he had large shoes tofill as Vice President, succeedingJ. R. Fortin and Dave Butler, andthat his priority for the year hadbeen the Winter Driving Schools.

He also gave special thanks forall the support he received andthose who filled in for him whenhe lost his mother. Bennet thenoutlined some of his experienceswith Club events. At this pointCraig Hamm regaled those pres-ent with a verbal sketch of Ben-nett during a rally with a VWdashboard folded out and Ben-nett digging for errant wiring. In

closing, Bennett pointed out thathe strength of the Club is in it'scollective experience and dedicated workers in all positions.

Director's Report - Solo II (Att.)

Greg Kierstead reviewed his report, also part of the handout, afollows; Included in the season

highlights he mentioned that weran 10 Club events, with onerained out, a "fun" event, andone Regional event, which attracted a record 99 entries. TheCapital Invasion event was aproblem, with tents and garbageon the course, and crowd controissues. o We organised a charityevent for Mothers Against DrunkDriving (MADD), which was unfortunately rained-out. Competitors' entry fees were refunded

with the recommendation thathey be donated to MADDwhich they did.

- Organisational issues which arosewere the institution of a fee foinsurance, and a noise complaintThe latter was resolved in cooperation with the City of OttawaBy-Law Dept..

- Greg closed by thanking theevent organisers, Allan PepperSteve Bolt, Mark Atos, GordAcorn, Richard Muise and JefGraves; the school instructorsespecially the Chief InstructorsJ. R. Fortin and Allan PepperBennett Leckie for his assistance; and the workers. He alsothanked the sponsors, Lynx Stadium, the Hampton Inn, TalonTire, and Plus1 Performance.

Director's Report - Rally (Att.)Craig Hamm referred memberto the full details of his report in

the handout, and then noted thefollowing;- He first thanked Jim Morrow and

others for their advice and assistance during the year. He thenstated that he is pleased with therally series, but would like to seemore participation by Club members as entrants and workers. oCraig next outlined the use oHAM radio operators in rally

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communications, and cited it asan example of measures to try tomake things better for competi-tors.

- Craig ended his address by notingthat the Targa Newfoundlandwould be shown on Global TVon January 24th 2003, and thathe would be instituting Time Al-

lowances for future Club rallies.

Director's Report - Closed WheelSteve Greiner gave a brief ad-dress, noting that it had been apleasure to instruct at the WinterDriving Schools and RallySchool, and to work at the TedPowell Summer Trophy Races.He also gave a summary of hisexploits in the Rally Truck, andhis intentions for same in upcom-ing rallies.

Director's Report - Open Wheel(Att.) Rick Miskiman's full re-port was also included in thehandout. He added that;

- While his car languished in thegarage all season, there were 23competitors from the Club whoheld her banner high.

- The ratio of competitors to volun-teers has increased, but moreworkers are still needed.

- He paid tribute to the late JulioHaig, and noted that he finishedthird in class in the final stand-ings for the season.

Treasurer's Report (Att.)In addition to the summary hand-ed out earlier in the Novembermonthly meeting, Bob Bensonprovided a full report in theAGM handout. He did addresssome points verbally, as follows;

- He has had lots of $20.00 bills to

take to the bank this year, somuch so that the tellers startwarming up the counting ma-chine as soon as they see himcoming.

- Regarding the concern in somequarters about our non-profit sta-tus, it hinges not so much onhow much money we have, butwhat we do with it. We can turna profit on year-to-year opera-

tions with no impact. Later inthe discussion on the Treasurer'sReport, Jodie Shay added thatdividends cannot be dividedamongst the shareholders (themembers), but must be returnedto the Club.

- Cindy Armstrong asked when thelast audit of the Club's finances

was done. Ron Woltman re-sponded that to the best of hisrecollection none had been donein the last two or three years, butthat it would be good businesspractice to do one.

Ratification of the Actions of theCurrent Board of DirectorsRob Microys then called for amotion to ratify the actions of thecurrent Board, and in responseCindy Armstrong moved that the

ratification be held in abeyanceuntil after a financial audit. Af-ter some discussion this motionwas withdrawn, and the ratifica-tion vote was carried with oneabstention.

Old and New Business - General- Cindy Armstrong moved that a fi-

nancial audit be conducted with-in the next fiscal year (year end-ing October 31st 2003), second-

ed by Bev Miller. In the discus-sion, Ron Woltman agreed thatthe new Executive should get itdone. Dave Butler asked if theauditor should be specified now,and the general feeling was thatthis was not necessary. TheChairman then called for a vote,and the motion carried.

- Chris Krepski asked if therewould be a racing school for2003. There was some discus-sion, but no decision was made.

- There was a brief discussion ledby Ron Woltman on the prospectof running a race again next year,or some other event. A weekendhas been booked at Shannonvillewhich could be used for the race,or possibly the Racing School ora lapping weekend. Ron has alsowritten to Le Circuit Mt. Trem-blant and has received a positivebut non-committal response. He

also asked the ORO if it was pos-sible to organise a Regional raceoutside Ontario, and the answerwas "yes".

Old and New Business -CASC/RSO Fee SplittingCindy Armstrong asked if we aresplitting all affiliation fees, or

can a member still direct them toa particular Regional body. Thisprovoked some discussion, asfollows;

- Ron Woltman said that we arelooking for clarification fromCASC, but we have split the fees50/50 for this year, and memberscan still direct their fees.

- Cindy then noted that her recol-lection on the vote to affiliatewith RSO was that memberscould direct their fees and asked

if we are now in jeopardy withCASC.

- Ron replied that we are still a fullmember as a copy of theCASC/CARS agreement saidthat clubs can split fees.

- Pat Weightman added that we areeffectively splitting fees withthree governing bodies, as we al-so pay a flat rate fee based on thenumber of members to OKRAfor karting.

- Cindy next asked if the presentsituation affect our votingstrength at CASC, to which Ronanswered that we currently show210 members affiliated withCASC, but he doesn't yet knowwhat will happen.

- Cindy then noted that the Execu-tive should bring this issue backto the membership to give them achoice. Bennett Leckie respond-ed that when he looked afterMembership, it was a continual

problem to try to get members totick off the appropriate box.Cindy then re-iterated that mem-bers should have the right to re-open the issue, and the right todirect their fees.

- Craig Hamm then voiced theopinion that this was a money is-sue for CASC only becauseMCO is so large. Bob Benson

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The Motorsport Clubof Ottawa

Karting GroupThe year in review

Paul Swinwood

The Year as planned

In 2002 our objective for the yearwas to give karting more visibilitywithin the MCO and to increaseparticipation rates in the localcommunity through support of thelocal track(s).

The mechanisms chosen toaccomplish this objective are:

1. The creation of a forum for thekarting members to participate ata reasonable cost, with a limited

travel budget within OKRA /ASN rules to enable ourparticipants to be accepted at thenationals or the runoff if they sodesire.

2. Increase the knowledge base ofparticipants and initiate andinterest new participants. Aschool designed to bring studentsup to speed no matter theirbackground or experience.

3. Increase participation rates byproviding safe, consistent

officiating within an identifiedcost structure. The largest costafter the purchase of a kart is thetires; this series will provide aspec tire formula using DunlopSL4 or the equivalentBridgestone or others.

Goals and Objectives1. Increase local participation rates

from the number of persons nolonger racing in the Ottawa area

2. Make use of a local facility for

karting (Quyon)3. Build base of knowledgeable

participants.4. Build an MCO Karting

championship series.5. Build upon the local karting

track support infrastructure

The reality.Due to many conflicts and issueswithin the local community and the

sudden increase in insurance ofover 300%, the local series wascancelled due to the potential of asignificant financial loss to MCO.Revised plans for 2003 arecurrently under discussion.

The results.MCO gained at least 15 new

members due to the kartinglicencing being available for ASNsanctioned races and a corecontingent of 12 MCO membersparticipated in the Quebec Cup andthe Montreal Cup series run inMontreal, Three Rivers, GrandMere and St Hyacthine Quebec.Jeffery Renaud, Chris Swinwood,Kelly Mark Michaud, AloisBurchart, Derek Michaud, CynthiaBortot as the most visible, allprovided the Quebec scene with ataste of MCO competitiveness withsome excellent race and overallresults.MCO karters at the Nationals inShannonville found the majordifferences in the wide open spacesof 12 kart drafts and the differentchallenges when faced by 3 or 4kart teams versus one lonely racer.Good times where had and the 100degree weekend was successfuloverall.

Other MCO members did race inthe local Ottawa series, but otherthan Nathan Blok who did verywell in winning his class, I havenot results.

2003As returning Karting Director Ilook forward to the challenges of2003. Many political, financial andlogistical issues will be addressedin the next 3 months and with a

firm handle on the insurance costs,plans can be put in place to addressthe local scene as well as ourpursuit of the QuebecChampionships.

2002 Annual ReportVice President

Bennett Leckie

My main goal this year in steppinginto the LARGE shoes of Vice-President, was to help make allevents run by MCO be bigger,

better and easier for theCompetitors but mostly for theWorkers and Organizers.

It all started with the WinterDriving School site at Capital CitySpeedway (now Ottodrome),mapping the site before the snowcame. With the help of BobArmstrong, Herb Henning, andGary Oman, we measured the site,and that allowed me to design oneof the largest and most diverse

Tracks possible for the School andIce Dices. The layout allowed forthree different tracks, meaningSolo Competitors would neverhave to run the same course twice,even if they used it every weekendWe had students and competitorsthat came from as far West asPicton, Ontario, and as far East asMontreal.

I also arrange for Hovey Industrieswhom I work for, to build us a

Track Groommer, that reduced ourplowing costs, gave us a bettersurface to teach on, and allowed usto start sooner and finish later inthe season. In fact thanks to thededicated help of Herb, RickMiskiman, and Jeff Graves, we hada longer season than the NCC hadwith the Rideau Canal.

The only personal set back lastwinter, was the pasting of my

Mother in January, that cause meto miss a Winter Driving Schoolfor the first time, since NigelMortimer started these MCOSchools in 1995. Big thanks to allmembers past and present thathelped my family and me duringthis unfortunate time. Peoplestepped forward to fill the void,allowing MCO to maintain a highlevel of professionalism.

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2002 Annual ReportRally

Craig Hamm, Director

In our business plan for 2002 weidentified 4 major goals:1. Increase participation rates.2. Build base of knowledgeable

participants.3. Build club rally championshipseries.

4. Build and host a Winter RallySeries event

I can say that we met the first threegoals definitely, and the fourthgoal partly.

Our foundation was to holdmonthly rally group meetings at apublic library which assisted us in

focusing the group. Thesemeetings included updates on whatis happening in local rallying andusually capped off with rallyvideos from the WRC, or in-carfrom member's performancerallies.

We created a series in autumn2001, created series regulations,and drafted a standard set ofSupplemental Regulations. Weheld six club TSD rallies with an

average participation rate of 12.66teams per event. Four new rallyorganizers were found this year, aswell. This is considered good in abuilding year, and the effect of theseries meant serious rallyists had toreturn in order to accumulate seriespoints. A further social rally eventwas organized, but attended byonly four lucky teams. A winterrally was organized as part of theclub TSD series, and was very wellattended, and also marked the firsttime we had all components of alarger event: course opening,sweep, and HAM radio assistancefor communications and safety.This was to be a precursor tohosting a much larger winter event.

In the ultra competitiveYokohama/Subaru Winter RallySeries Kirby Dunstan and GaryOman were very competitive, with

two podium finishes. The winterseries is currently defunct, a victimof its own success, it's popularityfueled by being a borderlineperformance rally series. In June,two teams competed in a 500km'drivex' out of Utica, New York, aSCCA Divisional Road Rally -"The Return of the Route of All

Evil". This was done for both funand education. It was fun, andvery educational! The team ofJodie Shay and Sonya Howardcame a long way in 2002,representing MCO well in theprovincial road rally series withexcellent finishes. We tried a feweducational courses, which werepoorly attended, but that may havebeen partly due to bad timing, sowe tried, and will try again.

We instituted a "Diversity rule" inthe rally championship. I did notwant MCO rallyists to becomeisolated by the way our own smallgroup did things. Things aredifferent in both Quebec, and theUSA. Other clubs offer morenavigational challenges. As ayoung group we have to get outthere and experience the good, thebad, and the ugly, in other types ofevents, and other clubs. What do

they do well, what do we do well,what can be done better? All thatsort of stuff.

Outside of the main goals, anothergoal was to involve the local HAMradio community, to assist withrelaying competitor's times fromthe route to the main time control,and course safety. We are startingto get more local HAM radioinvolvement, so little by little weare making some progress (outside

of the membership!). Ryan Huber,and yours truly, obtained amateurradio licenses and use themregularly on rallies now, and I amconstantly 'marketing' rally to localradio clubs. Alan Ritchie should begetting his license soon.

Many members are marshalling atall levels of performance rallyevents. After obtaining my HAM

license I got a highly coveted roleof being in Car 0 (fast courseopening) at a Regional event. So, encourage rallyists to get theiradio licenses - you get the coojobs! This last year we watchedGreg Brady and Steve Frankovitchclimb up to Seed 4 rapidly in theiP4 Impreza, doing well in Nationa

events. Also in P4, Jim Stark andDaryll Malone entered the fray andare learning quickly how to finishperformance rallies. They did uvery proud at Galway-CavendishForest Rally. So MCO has had agood year in this very competitiveP4 category in the ProvinciaSeries. Steve Rioux has kept hicar out of the ditches, tooprimarily in the Quebec RegionalsIn September Craig Seko and JimMorrow obtained highly soughafter, and hard fought for, TargaPlates at the inaugural TargaNewfoundland, a 2300 kmtarmac/endurance/historic eventwhich they completed quitesuccessfully. Kate Richichmarshalled at TargaNewfoundland, and was one of themost experienced marshals out onthe stages. This is major event thawill grow, and MCO is playing arole there. Our reach is definitely

growing.

Starting to get the word out wasdefinitely another goal that wemade some inroads with in 2002We also hosted a moderately welattended presentation by DougMepham who competed in bothTarga Tasmania and New Zealandand a co-brainchild of TargaNewfoundland. We had hoped thaa audio visual presentation aboudriving like mad on real paved

roads would bring out more clubmembers, but we were mistakenMany missed an incredibleevening, as Doug gave a supeaudio visual presentation, simplyoozing excitement for motorsportAttendance from other clubs wasgood publicity for the rally groupIn 2002 we even managed twomajor newspaper articles onrallying early in the year. By the

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time of our winter event we hadproduced MCO Rally Group t-shirts in order to strut our rallymessage, and they sold quite fast.

The Golden Pine Rally continuesto pull some of the provinces topcompetitors to our club, yet it is theworst attended by our own

members, two years running.Some say it's too far away (GoldenLake/Eganville). I say go wherethe great roads are, so I do! I'm nottoo much into rallying throughNepean, or Elgin St., and if that'swhat we want, well . . . . nevermind. Notably, Robert Roaldi is anew MCO member, with extensiverally organizing experience, andhas agreed to organize a MCOhosted provincial road rally eventin August 2003. This is an

important milestone for MCO asthis series is hotly contested at thetop of each class.

As with most organizations, itseems that most of the work isdone by the few. The rally groupis no exception. One of my biggest

problems as Director has been torecruit volunteers for route/controlmarshals at our rallies. Rallies arefairly high overhead for volunteersbecause of the territory we cover.To partially combat this, we madeit a requirement that you had towork at least one rally in the series.This helped only somewhat. We

will be examining the way wemanage our worker requirements,and maybe increase our efficiencyfor 2003. I am now drafting aplan, with assistance from WarrenHaywood, to reward volunteers atevery rally.

I am both optimistic, and realistic.No doubt, it was a great year forMCO rallying. But, it is still astruggle to get people out on aregular basis. If we cannot get new

organizers, if we cannot get peopleto marshal at rallies, if we cannotattract our own rally fanatics to ourown events, in a club of 200+members, in a region of nearly 1million people, where are wegoing, and why are we goingthere? (I ask myself this on every

rally!). Maybe we have to shift toshorter events, on all pavement?Fewer events? More events? If webuild it, will they come? Maybewe should learn how to host aregional performance event? Idon't want MCO's rallyinvolvement to be limited towatching WRC on SpeedTV.

Please let us know what you wantand we can act accordingly.

For 2003 TSD rallying in MCO, itis time for all rally-keen membersto take some ownership of thissport. Nothing is for free, so I urgeyou all to invest some sweatequity, volunteering to supportwhatever group you associate within the club, including rally ofcourse. Race, rally, solo, kart, orwhatever, but work a little, too. Get

involved! Motorheads of theworld, unite! Rally people arethose that love to drive, any day ofthe year, at any hour on the clock.Please join us - hope to see you outat a rally. Thanks for both yourpatience and indulgence.

CP 1 CP 2 CP 3 CP 4 CP 5 CP 6 CP 7 CP 8 EOR Total Class verallPoints

Perfect ET: 35.9 29.3 17.5 38.6 13.5 9.2 17.6 16.6 23.4 Penalties Pos'n Pos'n to

Car No. Class Driver Navigator (DIY) Series

6 E Craig Hamm Alan Ritchie 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.2 1.4 0.0 0.2e 0.3 0.0 3.9 1 2 9

5 E Evan Gamblin Jaak Laan 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.9 0.9 0.3 2.2 0.5 0.0 6.8 2 4 6

7 E Jodie Shay Sonya Howard 0.0 0.0 1.9 5.3 3.4 0.9 2.0e 0.0 0.0 13.5 3 7 4

E Simon Gullins Steve Carrick 0.0 0.0 1.1 DNF DNF - - -

4 E Kirby Dunstan Gary Oman DSQ - - -

13 N Warren Haywood Nancy Haywood 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.1 0.2e 0.6e 0.0 0.0 2.1 1 1 101 N John Grierson Wm. Grierson 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9e 1.8 0.8e 0.3e 0.4e 0.0 6.6 2 3 7

8 N Cindy Armstrong Jen Armstrong 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.2 1.5 0.3 1.0 6.0 0.0 12.0 3 5 4

11 N Bob Baxter Jim Argue 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.9 3.9 1.5 0.4e 0.3e 0.0 13.3 4 6 3

3 N Anne Leighton Dave Leighton 0.0 0.0 3.2 3.5 3.8 0.8 4.4 0.4e 0.0 16.1 5 8 2

10 N Mark Atos Errol Melancon 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.4 3.5 3.5 2.3e 8.1 0.0 20.7 6 9 2

9 N Sebastien Louzier Dominic Racette 0.0 0.0 5.8 5.1 11.1 0.6 1.2 0.8 0.0 24.6 7 10 2

2 N Nick Ritter Shaun Marx 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.2 20ML 0.1 0.1e 19.9 0.0 42.8 8 11 2

Notes:

Status: Sixth event in the MCO 2002 Rally Championship 13.5

Controls 1, 2, and EOR were cancelled Official Distance = 197 km

E = Expert; N = Novice Competition Time = 3:21:36 (hh:mm:ss)

DNF = did not finish Overall Avg. Speed = 58.6 kph

DSQ = disqualified

e = early; ML = max. late

October 19, 2002

Almonte, ON

MCO Rally Group - Results

"Lanark County Therapeutic Riding ProgramLanark Highlands Rally"

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MiscellaneousRumblings II

John Powell

1. How to Replace a GarageDoorWell, my garage door finally bitthe dust in late October. It wastypical of some of the cut-ratework that's been done around myplace, which I call "The Orange-man's Revenge", inasmuch as itwas an interior door which wasgiven an exterior use. Being oneof those doors which was filledwith a compressed fibre honey-comb, every time it got wet it ex-panded, warped, and split, and therails were bowed out in a mannermore befitting of Robin Hood'sweapon of choice than a door. It

had finally become so bad that itcould no longer be patched up, andtherefore had to be replaced. Here-inafter, then, for the edification ofthose undertaking a similar job, isthe John Powell handyman's andhandywoman's tips on "How to re-place a garage door". Oh yes, thisis for the side door and not one ofthose roll-up jobbies that you drivethrough.

Step 1 (a) Measure the door

opening. A trick in itself ifyou're working alone and theopening's 83"+/- high.(b) Measure the door openingagain, this time taking severalmeasurements to find outexactly how *&^!~!% out-of-square the opening is.

Step 2 Go out to the barn and seeif there's an old door out therethat will fit. Preferably one thatis an exterior door, but which isnot already filling an exteriordoorway.

Step 3 Go back to the garage andre-measure the doorway, thistime writing down all of themeasurements.

Step 4 Now go back to the barnand select an exterior doorwhich is possessed of most ofit's window panes, and whichmost nearly fits the size andshape of the garage doorway.

That one that's solid wood withcopious amounts of " plyreinforcing should do. Themissing 1/4 pane in the windowcan be filled with ... somethingor other.

Step 5 Lug the heavy sucker allthe way back to the garage byhand because you haven't had

time to get the tractor runningyet, and therefore can't use thefront-end loader.

Step 6 Rest your arms and backfor 5 minutes.

Step 7 Go to the lumber stackback in the barn and find somesuitable square stock, not toorotten, with which to bring thedoor up to size.

Step 8 Take this back to thegarage and heave the heavysucker of a door up on to your

work table, and there measure,drill, hammer, cut, and dowhatever else is necessary toattach your extension pieces.

Step 9 (a) Measure your finisheddoor in order to ensure that itwill fit the doorway.(b) Find that it's still, on average(remember the out-of-square?), inch too narrow.(c) Swear. You will find thatyou will be doing a lot of this, sopeople with tender sensibilitiesshould be advised not to stay inthe general area.(d) Decide that it's going inanyway because there's no wayyour going to try to cut a pieceof 2 x 2 to give an 83" long stripthat's 7/16" one end and 9/16" atthe other!

Step 10 (a) Manhandle that rottenson-of-a-b**** over to thedoorway and heave it up intoplace and see if it fits. It doesn't.

(b) Swear again. A lot!(c) Take the door down again totry to see why it won't fit,because you know themeasurements you took wereaccurate. Find a small ridge inthe sill where the wood hasn'tbeen worn away because the lastdoor didn't fit properly.

Step 11 Lug the thing back to thework table and hive a small strip

off the top corner going from zerat one end to 1/8" at the other.

Step 12 Heave the sucker back tthe doorway and try it again. Ifits! Prop it in place and allowyourself a brief moment osatisfaction.

Step 13 (a) Gently tap out thhinge pins from the old door

They won't budge.(b) Soak the hinges in penetratinoil, wait awhile, then hammethe buggers out, or,(c) Fire up the torches and heathe hinges to a dull red, and thenhammer the buggers out.Note: Step 13(b) is norecommended unless you'rreally desperate or pressed fotime as the wood holding thhinge pins has a nasty habit oburning. I chose 13(b).

Step 14 Remove the hinge halvefrom the old door, carefullygouging a few holes in youfingers while trying to removthe old, rusty, #@$%-ing slotand Phillips-head screws witbuggered up heads.

Step 15 With the new(ish) door iplace, carefully mark the hinglocations, then take the damthing out again and install thhinge halves using Robertsoscrews.

Step 16 (a) Fit the replacemendoor. This involves holding thheavy sucker in place with youshoulder, while at the same timjacking up the bottom of thdoor with a pry bar in one hanand attempting to guide thhinges in place with the other.(b) Find that the hinges wonmate because the centre one ioff by about 1/64".(c) Swear again. Even mor

copiously!(d) Remove the door and relocate the centre hinge by 1/64"Good luck with this one, ayou've already made screw holethat are 1/8" diameter, or,(e) Remove the door and fildown the hinge tabs so that thewill mate, or,(f) Hammer the sucker home

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because there's no way you'regoing to manhandle that heavymother of a door again.Note: Being neither aprofessional carpenter or nordoor-hanger, and at this pointbeing right p***ed off, I chose16(f).

Step 17 Replace the hinge pins,

having first coated themliberally with anti-seizecompound because you justknow that at some point you'regoing to have to remove thedoor again. Check that it swingsfreely. Discount the stiff centrehinge as it will wear down tosize sooner or later.

Step 18 Add the remaining doorhardware. This is mainly justfiddling and farting about withthings, such as relocating the

striker plate. As this requires noheavy lifting, it should beuneventful. Except, of course,trying to remove those miserableold slot-head and Phillips screwsand replacing them withRobertsons.

Step 19 Replace the missingwindow glass. The use of glassitself is not necessary. All youneed is something sturdy andwaterproof that will keep out thewind and rain.

Step 20 If you have the money,hire someone to do the job. Onsecond thought, perhaps thisshould be Step 1.

Well, the "new" door is now inplace. My garage is a well wornexample of the typical suburbantwo-car "garage-in-a-box" that canbe obtained at any Home Hardwarewhich deals in lumber. However,with my replacement door, which

is typical of many such entrancedoors in local older barns, milk-houses and workshops, it can nowbe considered to be suitably"countryfied", and will no doubtincrease the value of the property.

2. Open Mouth, Change FeetLast month I went on a bit of a rantabout CASC race scheduling andthe Southern Ontario climate. I

suggested that they move theschedule back to a May start, andfinish on the Thanksgiving week-end. This would be to take advant-age of the better weather that weusually have in early October com-pared to that of April.

Well this year, October wasn't hav-

ing any of it at all! In fact, I thinkwe went straight from Septemberto November. October 1st to 17thwas cooler and wetter than theaverage, and on the 18th we got hitby the tail end of an Atlantic storm.Then, on the 19th, we got warmermoist air on a south wind, includ-ing some thunderstorms. Afterthat, it got a bit drier, but also cold-er again. The bright side is that, al-though the possibility of light snowwas forecast a couple of times dur-

ing the month, we didn't get any!And in any case, these projectionswere not given until after theThanksgiving holiday. All in allthen, I stand by my argument.Even though October's weatherwasn't great this year, it was stillbetter than what we got in April.

3. Let it Snow ....This piece should just about be intime for those of you who are be-ginning to panic about getting win-ter tires. The idea was occasionedby a discussion in late October onthe Club's forum, but those ladswere getting way too serious andexpensive for more common folklike us, bandying about such namesas Blizzak, Michelin Alpin, Hakka-peliita, and so on. I've been buyingsnow tires for all types of cars andlight trucks since about the timewhen fossil fuels were still wander-ing the earth on four legs, and you

had to catch 'em and stuff 'em inthe gas tank. Why do you thinkolder cars have those wider fillernecks? Anyway, based on that ex-perience, here for your guidance ismy "Compendium of Rules, Mythsand Miscellany on Winter Tires".

i) Rule - If you live in an urbanarea and do most of your drivingthere, you don't need winter

tires. This could loosely be calledthe Toronto/Ottawa/Hamilton rule,and is often quoted by tire dealerswith a surplus of "all-season" tiresto sell. It is, of course, not a rule,but a myth. You live in Canada.There will be snow, slush and icein winter, except in B.C. in Victo-ria and on the Lower Mainland.

And even there you're not totallysafe. If there's even the remotestpossibility that you will be drivingin rural areas, or will have to driveanywhere during or after a winterstorm, such as in an emergency,you need winter tires!

ii) Myth - FWD, AWD and 4WDvehicles don't need winter tires.Let's tackle the last two first. Wecould go on about how these vehi-cles are actually two wheel drive

(one front and one rear) unless theyhave a limited slip differential, inwhich case they're three wheeldrive, but it's enough to admit that,even with "all-season" tires, theydo have better winter traction - un-der light throttle, and in a straightline. The problem is that at somepoint they're going to have to goaround corners, and stop! Now toachieve these two on ice with sum-mer tires may be possible, althoughnot quite as effective as with ice

tires. But in deep snow or in slushwith "all-season" tires, vehiclesequipped as such tend to continueon their merry way in the samegeneral direction and with the samevelocity as before. Now on toFWD. The principal, and onecould say the only, advantage ofthese vehicles is that the weight ofthe engine and drive train is direct-ly over the driven wheels. Thisdoes give better winter traction,even with summer tires, but only ina straight line, on level ground,with no camber to the road surface,and on a light and even throttle tolimit front wheel spin and torquesteer. But if you need more throt-tle or want to go up hills, theweight is transferred off the drivenwheels, and in this, as well as brak-ing and cornering, you're in thesame boat as AWD and 4WD. Soonce again, you need winter tires!

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iii) Miscellany - FWD cars reallydo need four winter tires, and thelarger (longer wheel base) thecar, the more they need them.I've owned two FWD cars, a '77SAAB 99 and an '86 Pontiac GrandPrix, and driven others, and I dis-covered that they have a nastycharacteristic, especially in slush.

If you start to lose the rear end butcatch it in time, don't relax becauseit will come out again. This hap-pened to me in the SAAB whilepassing a car on the Russell Road.;I hit some slush, lost the rear end,corrected it, and then had it snapout again. I wound up passing theother vehicle at an angle of about45 degrees to the direction of trav-el, and in my memory I can stillsee the whites of the other driver'seyes! The only reason the car

didn't do a 360 was because I hadsnow tires on the rear, and the lugson the tread shoulders eventuallycaught. There's a whole essay hereon vehicle dynamics and polar mo-ment of inertia, and I ain't an engi-neer, but, there's not much point inhaving the front wheels bite whenthe rears are liable to go whereverthey please. And the longer thecar, the more likely they are toplease themselves due to all that

weight swinging around back thereon wheels over which the driverhas no control except braking.Which you really don't want to doin such situations, or you'll makematters much worse!iv) Myth- Lower tire pressuresgive more traction. Maybe onsoft turf or in sand, but not on ice,slush or snow. Low tire pressurescause the tread on the contact patchto bow inwards. This reduces thetread area in contact with the road,

and perhaps more importantlycloses the grooves and forces thetread blocks and sipes (those littleslits in the tread) together. On asnow tire, this will inhibit it's abili-ty to bite down through the stand-ing snow, and to clean out thepacked snow, making it almost aslick tire. Similarly, an ice tire de-pends on the width of the sipes toallow the tread to flex and grip the

ice. If they can't flex and do theirjob properly, they won't grip. Al-so, when setting tire pressures, it isbetter to run 2 psi or so higher thanthe vehicle specifications, as thiswill open up the tread, and as a bo-nus, help to compensate for pres-sure drop at lower ambient air tem-peratures.

v) Myth - A snow tire is an icetire is a snow tire ... All tires are acompromise. As enthusiasts weknow this about our performancetires, and the same thing applies towinter tires, the mountain andsnowflake symbol notwithstanding.The tread on ice tires has continual,and generous, siping on all of thesurface in order to more effectivelygrip an icy surface, and some icetires even have the tread ribs divid-ed into blocks, especially on the

shoulders. But, from my own ex-perience with my pick-up and ob-servation of other vehicles, I havenoticed that the lateral and horizon-tal grooves between the treadblocks are not large enough toproperly clean out in deep snowand slush. And in the spring thaw,when they get packed tight withmud, they're just like a slick. Onthe other hand, although snow tiresare well equipped to clean out in

such conditions, and the aggressivetread provides excellent snow andslush traction, there is insufficientsiping for them to be really effec-tive on ice. So, recognising thatneither of them is ideal for all fourconditions, ice, snow and slush,and spring mud, you have to lookat your driving needs and make achoice. You know, if I was a seri-ous winter rallyist, I'd have one setof each type of winter tire, just as Ihave dry and wet tires for my RX7

for racing and Solo I..vi) Fact - Taller and narrower isgenerally better than shorter andfatter. There are two main ene-mies of traction for winter tires -too much torque and not enoughweight per square inch of contactpatch. The former especially ap-plies to vehicles with gory greatV8s and automatic transmissionsthat will only let you start from rest

in bottom gear. A tire with a largerdiameter will effectively raise(lower numerically) the rear endratio and reduce torque to the driv-en wheels, thus reducing the ten-dency for them to loose tractionAn added benefit is that the contactpatch will be lengthened, also in-creasing fore-and-aft grip, although

at a slight cost in lateral adhesionon a dry road. But remember we'retalking ice, snow and slush hereNext comes the tricky part, as I'mnot sure how much it applies to icetires. A narrower tire gives asmaller contact patch, which inturn produces a higher pounds persquare inch loading of the tire sur-face in contact with the that muckthat's covering the road. For snowtires, when combined with an ag-gressive lug pattern on the tread, it

increases the tire's ability to cutdown through the snow or slushand compress the remainderagainst what's still on the road sur-face, binding it together. The tirethen effectively becomes a piniongear running against a rack that itmakes as it goes along, thus im-proving traction. Unless of courseyou apply too much torque (re-member torque?), and break thebond. With ice tires, the higher

loading of the contact patch withnarrower tires would probably helpfore-and-aft traction, but wouldprobably be similar to a taller tireon dry pavement regarding lateralacceleration (cornering). I thinkyou'll have to ask an ice-racerabout this one. Finally, there arelimits. For taller, there will besome speedometer error and in-creased loading on the drive trainbut they won't be too great if youonly increase the diameter by one

or two sizes. You'll also have tomake sure that they clear the fend-ers on full steering locktaking in-to account suspension travel. Onwidth, you'll have to use somecommon sense here. You still haveto go around corners, and thenthere's the question on how thiswould affect ice tires, so again, on-ly one or two sizes narrower.

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vii) Myth - More expensive is bet-ter. It depends on what you wantthem for. If you're a serious winterrallyist, for example, your firstconsideration will be maximumperformance, not price. But forcommuting and running around,there are some very good tiresavailable in the lower price ranges.

My own experience, of about 40years, has been with Canadian Tirestore brand tires, and I can honestlysay that I can only remember beingstuck once in a situation fromwhich I couldn't eventually driveout. That was in 1965 in my Cor-vair when I was too lazy to cleanout the driveway, and I beached iton packed snow. The tires wouldhave given me traction, but theyweren't really in contact with theground anymore. Just don't buy a

snow tire that doesn't have a goodaggressive tread, or an ice tire thatdoesn't have lots of siping, andsome tread blocks for snow trac-tion. Oh yes, noise from an ag-gressive tread should be the leastof your concerns if you want to bemobile in the winter.

So there you have it. Not defini-tive, and definitely not expert, atleast not in the theoretical sense,just experience-based.

4. Parting ShotIncredible, but true! From a re-cent episode of Motor Week onPBS, I learned that Mercedes-Benz, in their wisdom, had recentlyconducted an extensive study todiscover the conditions which werepredictors of an imminent carcrash. They are now using their

findings to develop systems thatwould do such things as automati-cally tension seat belts, close win-dows and sun roofs, move passen-gers' seats to an upright position,inflate protective cushions, etc.,etc. A fine example of Teutonicthoroughness, don't you think?Not to mention having somethingelse to market. And what, you mayask, were these precursors so ex-pensively discovered? Drowsi-ness? Intoxication? Inattention?

Psychological condition? Mechan-ical failure? Or perhaps just plainold Driver Incompetence? Well,not exactly. The pre-conditions foran imminent crash found by theirengineers and scientists were; skid-ding, violent steering inputs, ex-tremely heavy braking, excessivebody roll, and so on. Not men-tioned, however, was the almostuniversal driver's exclamation of"Oh sh*t!". Golly, we wouldn'thave known all that if their high-priced boffins hadn't discovered it,now would we?

5. Parting Shot IIAnd yet another one! Just in timefor the Christmas market, Black &Decker have just introduced ... waitfor it ... a retro drill! It's a 14.4volt cordless(!), with a keylesschuck(!!), and even an illuminatedelectronic level(!!!). Right! My30-odd year old B & D has all

those features. Now I only have apicture in a flyer to go by, but I'llbet it's shiny finish and machine-knurled torque adjuster didn't origi-nate in mined ore from this or anyother planet, either. And I'll betlots of early-retiree yuppies willbuy it for their fancy home wood-working workshops, too. They'llgo and pick it up in their ChryslerPT Cruisers!

MCO Winter Driving Schools 2003Hurry and sign up now! Classes are filling as we speak!

Sunday January 12th (now full),

Saturday January 25th,Sunday February 9th,Saturday February 22,

Sunday March 1st. ( depending on weather)For more information: [email protected]

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Looking Back on TallPines

MCO members Stephen Franko-vitch and Steve Rioux wereamong many participants at Ral-ly of the Tall Pines in 2002.Their comments (as culled from

the MCO message board athttp://www.mco.org/forum arebelow:

Stephen Frankovitch writes:Greg (Brady) and I would liketo thank all of MCO for comingout to Tall Pines supporting thepreformance rallying and cheer-ing us on. Through the Cold andsnow you guys stuck it out andran the show, while we sat inour nice warm car.

We thought we were out afterIron Bridge 1, killing both leftside rims after a jump. We wait-ed at the end of the stage deject-ed and depressed. With 45km tothe next service we couldn't runit on a bent steel rim. Then Ran-dy Zimmer came along and gave

us a spare to continue... ain't ral-lying great. At least we'd get toservice. If need be we could fin-ish the event on our gravels weonly had 5 Ice tires to beginwith, and 3 certainly wouldn't fitthe bill.

But with the gracious dona-tion(or theft depends who yaask) from Jim Morrow of his 4Yoko's we could still run with-

out the constant threat of nogrip. Without this we surlywould have ended in a ditchsomewhere. Thank you verymuch Jim, that enable us to fin-ish.

With the result from this week-end we locked up the regionalP4 championship! Next yearthere will be 4 or 5 MCO teams

in the series, pretty excitingstuff.

With all the support that MCOis now giving Rallying it'll behard for the other clubs to ig-nore us from now on. Throughlots of work from Craig, Jim and

the members, MCO is now be-ing recognized in the RSOworld.

Now we just have to patientlyawait for February, which mightbe easier for us than Warren.

Steve Rioux Writes:At first I wasn't sure what ap-proach to take since it is a long

rally, as I kept reminding my-self. When we heard that car #5was off in the 3rd corner wetook it easy. Not realizing who itwas (car #5), I was happy to ofhad taken it easy in SS1 withvery variable conditions, whichwas the case in most of thestages. The fact that you startanalyzing the degree of shade inthe corners when approachingthem to gage your traction givesan idea of how it was!

SS2... well that was the killer interms of time. We were againnot able to not stop to pull a carout of a bind. And that Golf inthe first triple caution washoutwho took at least a couple mi-nutes to get out! And then, theRabbit in front, with graveltires!, slowed us down for a cou-

ple of kms before finally mov-ing aside, we then managed topull away (30s) from the Sciro-co (#56) that had caught up tous. So we lost about 4 min toour competitor in P2, Pulsar#42.

After that, we drove cautiouslyto the end of SS8. We had lotsof fun on the second part of both

Iron Bridge stages (gravel surface and lots of spectators), thfirst half was quite twisty anicy where we hit a rim bendinrock trying to avoid hitting parked Escort Cosworth! Thtire bead said it was enough 1before the end of SS6 I believe

even though there was a tube inside.(we didn't have or didnmake? the time to change thtire on transit). 1k on a flat, cosme a tire and maybe a rim, but iwas easier than I thought to ruon a front tire flat. Oh yes, anthe light rack failed somewhaon the end of SS8, lost a bimore time there too. After stages we were 5 or 6 min behind our competitor, I was a b

disappointed at that point but wanted to finish!

At service #3, we borrowed Hella 500 from the red Just#62(thanks Alain) and a relafrom the Losier service crewWe managed to fix somethinfor the rack and with all that wfinally got some respectabllighting for the remaining stages. As they say, you can only go has fast has your lightinis good. And how true!

So with good lights and roadwith more consistent surfacewe were able to reduce our timdeficit to about 2 or 3 min othe last four stages, and thought I was taking it too easyI'm pretty happy I finished mfirst national event, especially i

those conditions.

I hope I will be able to try twin a national event in my classometime soon!(and hope I never encounter any washouts likthose again!)

Thanks to all from the club whhelped during the rally!

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The PresidentReports... December

2002Ronald Woltman

Where to begin? It has been a busypast month; what with elections,MCO's successful banquet and

awards ceremony and the CASC-ORAnnual General Meeting in Toronto.Let me begin with Toronto and theissue of our dual affiliation, i.e., withRSO and CASC-OR.

To say this issue of our dual affilia-tion is contentious understates thematter! In the past, when this situa-tion involved only a few lost affilia-tion fees to CASC, it was ignored.Now, however, that MCO is the sec-ond largest club in the region, andwe are splitting our fees 50/50, theloss of revenue has become, if notconsiderable, noticeable.

MCO was allocated 20 votes at theAGM based upon our membership -which by the way, was pegged at211 at the meeting. But before anyofficial business was placed beforethe delegates, the CASC President,Laurence Polley raised the issue ofMCO's status re voting. In otherwords, whether or not MCO was eli-gible to vote all, predicated on our

"default" of payment for our mem-bership - the suggestion being wehad paid only half of the $15.00 af-filiation fee to CASC; the other 50percent to RSO. (By the way, NORSO representative was present,though they were invited.)

I convincingly dissuaded Laurencefrom the position MCO was in de-

fault and the majority of the flooragreed. However, that did not stop amotion coming from the floor pre-venting us from participating. Muchdiscussion ensued, believe me, in-cluding much quoting of specificparts of the CASC by-laws whichthat individual saw as supportive oftheir case. In the end the majority ofthe delegates (if not all), found thiswhole thing specious and we movedon. I will provide a more full andlurid account as required.

The good that emanated from thisprocedural wrangling was as fol-lows: we put a motion (unanimous-ly supported) that the new CASC ex-ecutive take upon itself as 'priororiuno', the task of clarifying, revising(as required) and resolving this sillysituation. They agreed.

I mentioned the elections. What Imeant to say, was acclamations. Initself that is not necessarily a badthing, especially if it indicates posi-tive support of the individual candi-

dates and the job they are doing.But as I have said, I think it impor-tant we have more members comeforward to serve, even if that meanshaving an election. The new execu-tive has met already, and we havetaken steps to have a review/audit ofMCO's books as per a motion fromthe floor at the AGM. I will reportmore fully next month.

The banquet, while 'under-attended',was a success. Good food in apleasantly relaxed atmosphere,among good friends and colleagues,with a congenial host. Hey, whatmore can I say? Only that in foundthe 'blankety-blank' Trophy sittingatop the ice machine in the back-room of Louis!!!!. Gadzooks!

Oh, I shan't be at the meeting in De-cember, as I will be aboard the SS

Triumph, weighing in at 103,000tons. In comparison, the Titanicweighed some 45,000 tons! Wepush ice bergs out of the way -though we will be in the Caribbean.

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TIPS FOR DRIVEXRALLY NAVIGATION

Craig Hamm

The following tips are based on theexperience of a road rally driverwith approximately two year's ex-perience. It aint perfect, but it'sfree advice, gained over 17 events,from both seats. While these tipsare valid for all types of rallying,they are geared more towards driv-ex rallies, which do not containnavigation puzzle solving techni-ques. The navigator will be moreconcerned with staying on course,and simple timing.

Driving in a 'drivex' rally can beaggressive. Let me qualify that.When I say aggressive, I do not

mean "nearly out of control look atme everybody I'm a famous rallydriver going bonzo see how side-ways I can get and how fast doesthis car go on dirt" aggressive. Imean that your average speeds arenot leisurely, road condtions maybe tricky, you need to concentrateon the road, and on the behaviourof your vehicle, recognize yourlimit and the car's limit, and proba-bly use a few things you learned ata MCO driving school. You need

to be ALERT and DISCIPLINED.These are open public roads, all thelaws still hold, and you want to gethome nice and safe to your snugglybed. Mmm snuggly bed. Wakeup! SAFETY FIRST. Here aresome lessons learned.

General The navigator is the team"manager" also referred to as the"brains of the operation" and there-fore is the team administrator. Thedriver's duty is to maintain and runthe car, and should trust that thenavigator has taken care of all thepaperwork. Ensure the team is properly reg-istered The navigator is in charge ofgetting the official rally time intothe team timepieces. The navigator is responsible forknowing all the rules under which

the event is being run. It helps ifboth know the rules, of course!

Specific Tips1. Prepare for motion sickness if it

is a problem. If needed takemedication (e.g. Gravol) wellenough in advance of the rallystart. Don't worry about being

drowsy, you'll be too busy.2. As usual, have an efficient and

safe setup for your lap-board:space for calculator, pens, route-book, timing log of your own de-sign or scrap paper. Will an air-bag deploy and force your equip-ment into your body? Think safe-ty always.

3. Put seat back as far as possible -give yourself some room!

4. Seat belts nice and tight, butcomfortable.

5. Make sure odo is zerod at cor-rect starting point, and driverleaves on time.

6. When you speak, speakCLEARLY, and with someCERTAINTY! As a driver,hearing a navigator say: "OK, Ithink we go left here" is unset-tling. Who wants an unsettleddriver at 3am on a dark winterroad? Better to be sure and makethat clear, or come clean and sayyou are actually NOT sure so thedriver can pull over and theproblem can get sorted beforegoing too far off-course or getfrustrated with the uncertainty.This is especially true for Cau-tions. Better to be safe than sor-ry.

7. Keep driver on route (always!)during odometer (odo) check,and try to scan the routebook forall CAUTIONS. When you see aCaution ('!' or '!!' or '!!!') CIR-

CLE IT so you don't miss itwhen the moment comes laterwhile on route. THIS IS VERYIMPORTANT.

8. While scanning the routebookfor cautions, also scan the route-book's for instructions that willoccur in RAPID succession, suchas less than 400m (0.40km) or asimilar number. Again, CIRCLEthe instruction so you don't miss

it when the moment comes whileon route. THIS IS VERY IM-PORTANT. It will mean the dif-ference between hurting the carwhich costs money, or going off-course, which costs time.

9. At end of odo check, calculatethe odo factor, F. If you arelucky, the correction factor will

be very small (i.e. 1.0x, where xis any number). IF this is thecase, and you are using the car'soriginal odometer, don't botherwith adjusting the routebook dis-tances until about 15 km into thesection. Calculating these odocorrections takes time away frommore important timing calcula-tions. Only then will the error besignificant enough to cause grief.Example: If F = 1.005, then15km*1.005 = 15.075 km, which

is still less than 0.1 km error, andless than the resolution of the lastdigit on most stock odometersRare, but it does happen. Useyour good fortune to advantage.

10. Now you are off the odo checkand in competitive mode. Atten-tive driving on twisty roadsmeans the driver MUST be in-formed of each instruction withenough advance notice to be safeand sure:

11. Notify the driver if the nexttwo or three instructions occurrapidly (i.e. all separated by shortinterval distances). This pre-pares the driver to be immediate-ly ready for a rapid series of in-structions. THIS IS VERY IM-PORTANT. It's almost like hav-ing a rapid fire pacenote in per-formance rallying.

12. Likewise, notify the driver ifthere is a long space before thenext instruction. This gives you

time to do some calculations, andthe driver knows there are nosurprises or route decisions com-ing up too soon.

13. Re (12): When you get close tothe next instruction, tell the driv-er that soon the next instructionis coming up. If the instructioninvolves changing direction, tellthe driver that. That's more im-portant than if the instruction

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simply says SA (straight ahead).14. If you are approaching a critical,

or cautioned, instruction, assist thedriver by counting them in. "Leftturn in 500 meters . . . 300 metres,200 metres, 100 metres, left now"Most people don't say "metres"since it is implicitly understood.

15. When you arrive at a checkpoint,

NOTE THE TIME that youcrossed the timing line (at theboard). Tell the driver this timebefore he/she goes to the controlmarshal and write it down some-where (routebook at least). Also,note the official distance on thecheckpoint sticker. Does it matchyour distance? If it does, good. Ifit doesn't reset the odo (if possi-ble) or adjust your distances thatyou will give to your driver whenusing a stock odo. Did your timematch the checkpoint time?

16. Drivers are typically a weird lot(speaking for myself). At reststops they wander around, forgetto buy needed gasoline, and forgetto pee because they were too busytalking about that Subaru up in thetree etc. As navigator, keep yourdriver inline, and keep them onschedule! Keep a clear head, andalways carry a watch!

17. You MUST have the correctcheckpoint location distance of thelast checkpoint on the checkpoint

sticker. You can sort-of getawaywith ignoring this on other CPstickers, but not the last one. Thisallows you to calculate the time into the finish control at End of Ral-ly (see last month's issue). Protestif this information has been omit-ted. You won't be the only one!

18. Fatigue: try to get sleep beforethe night events and keep hydrat-ed. On long overnight events (typ-ically winter) learn to recognizefatigue. Once you've made a

string of errors or had one toomany "religious moments" re-evaluate how much farther youshould go. Is it worth missing aCaution and going off the road?It's only a road rally. You won'tmiss getting a factory drive forMarcus Gronholm in the WRC!Get a grip!

That's all. Good luck. Have fun ral-lying!

MCO Rally GroupReport, November 2002

Craig Hamm, Director

As Rally Director for 2002 (and now2003), and fellow rally freak, I want tothank all participants of the rally series,our first in many years I understand, forcoming out and supporting grassroots

rallying. It is at the club level every-body gets their start, and where friendlycompetition awaits around every offcamber left over crest turn.

We averaged about 12 cars per event,over 6 events, which is not too bad.That number is boosted by a few eventsthat did very well (Lanark Winter, andMangy Moose). I also want to thankthe organizers of these rallies. Rally or-ganizers cover a lot of territory, manytimes, and spend countless hours settingup an event. Without them we are notrallying. They all did a great job and I,

indeed all of us are, indebted to them.Organisers were Jim Morrow, CoreyGroves, Ryan Huber, Jodie Shay andPeter Starowicz, and me.

The competition for the Navigator ofthe Year was particularly close. Topnavigators were Nancy Haywood, So-nya Howard, Gary Oman, and AlanRitchie.

At the Awards Banquet I picked up theDrivers Trophy with a reasonable mar-gin (blush), and Sonya Howard won the

Navigator Trophy, most deservedly. So-nya also got the trophy for Top FemaleCompetitor, an award which has tradi-tionally gone to racers. Her trophies areparticularly nice looking. I recall Jimand I gave a first-timer's course inspring 2001, and later that night Jodieand Sonya did their first rally. Now shehas the trophies! It was a very happyoccasion for Jim and I to see Sonya win.Working hard to improve your skills,teamwork, and consistency, serves youwell in rallying.

Also, it was with great pleasure to see

Jim Morrow get a trophy for a rallyworker that is 'always there'. Jim hasmentored, helped, measured routes,scored, arbitrated, rallied, marshalled,and represented us with CARS/RSO.He is truly deserving of the award. Ihope Jim shows everybody this trophy,which is a very cool Halda mechanicalrally-odo mounted on a nice wood ped-estal, carefully designed and handcraft-ed by Vice President Bennett Leckie.I hope in 2003 we can keep the compe-tition fierce for these rally trophies, and

that maybe there is some competitionfor the rally worker trophy! It's all upfor grabs in 2003! Congratulations toall who helped, tried their best, and hadfun rallying!

The November running of MississippiValley Rally was postponed to January11th due to the rallymaster being totallyswamped at work one week prior to the

event. This also displaced the originallyscheduled Lanark Winter rally, forwhich no organizer came forward. Ourgoal is to provide well organized, safe,fun rallies to our members. When wesee that we cannot