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MCO Winter School Instructors

Slush N'Slide, January 27, 2002

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Editorial Exhaust

Finally the weather has co-operatedwith our Slush N'Slide schedule atCapital City Speedway. It wasbeginning to look quite grim. Wehad 2 perfect school days at thetrack, but would thaw just before

we got to turn our wheels in angerat the track.

However, on January 27,we did geta chance to run a short course onthe skidpad - results and pictures onlater in the Link. As indicated onthe back cover, we had a largegroup come from Quebec, somefrom as far as Quebec City, toattend. They and our local racerswere in complete agreement thatthe actual track we hope to use in

the future events will be a blast.Bob Armstrong, Bennett LeckieHerb Henning, Rick Miskiman andall the rest of the workers thathelped prep the track facilities thisyear deserve special mention - thetrack is amazing!

Cover: Picture of the MCO WinterDriving School by CindyArmstrong. Bottom, Martin Walterand Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff atthe first Slush N'Slide. Martin wasdriving a fully race prepped 240SXthat he usually campaigns on theSpeedway oval in the summer.

Motorsport Club of Ottawa

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2002 MCO Executive

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CASC 2002 Magnum Ice Race Schedule:

TLMC January 19/20PMSC January 26/27BARC February 2/3BEMC February 9/10TAC February16/17DAC February 23/24Rain Date March 2/3

Note: first event (DAC) moved to February Rain Dateregistration opens 8:00am, drivers meeting 9:00am

Yokohama/Subaru Winter Rally Series

Dfi des Glaces January 5-6, 2002Rallye des Neiges January 19-20, 2002Snowy Safari Rally February 9-10, 2002Frostbite Rally March 1-2, 2002Ontario Winter Rally March 2-3, 2002

CASC 2002 Ontario Region Schedule (Final):

Spring Fling Shannonville April 13/14 *BARC Mosport April 27/28BEMC Mosport May 11/12CRDA Shannonville June 1/2MCO Shannonville June 22/23VARAC Mosport June 29/30DAC Shannonville July 20/21BARC Mosport August 10/11CRDA/SCCA Mosport Aug 31/ Set 1BEMC Mosport Sept 14/15CASC/Panoz Mosport Sept 28/29* Spring Fling is now 2 days

Solo-I Schedule

Open House, Cedarbrae VolkswagenApril 7th 1pm to 5pm OMSC

Solo I School, SMP May 11th TACSolo I School, SMP, May 12. TACEvent #1 MDDT, May 18, OMSCEvent #2 MDDT, May 19, OMSCEvent #3 SMP, June 15, HADAEvent #4, SMP, June 16, HADAEvent #5 MDDT, July 6, BACEvent #6 MDDT, July 7, BACEvent #7 TMP, July 27, HADAEvent #8 TMP, July 28, HADAEvent #9 SMP, Aug 10,TACEvent #10, SMP, Aug 11, TAC

Event #11, TMP Aug 24, BACEvent #12, TMP Aug 25, BACEvent #13 SMP, Sept 14 OMSCEvent #14 SMP, Sept 15 OMSCTop Gun Shoot Out TBA TBA TBASolo Banquet Nov 2

Tentative MCO

Slush n' Slide Schedule

Sunday January 13Sunday January 27Sunday February 10Sunday February 24(Rain dates: February 3 and 17)

MCO Winter School Dates

Sunday January 6Sunday January 20Saturday February 2Saturday February 16

All Events are at Capital City Speedway

MCO Rally Championship Series Schedule:

Mississippi Valley Drivex- November 16, 2001

Lanark Winter Highands Rally- night time drive, January 12, 2002

Slush n'Slides (see above)

Mangy Moose- daytime drivex, March 23, 2002, 160km

Totally Silly Drive (TSD)- night time learnex, May 18, 2002, 132km

Solo-II schedule- to be determined

Golden Pine Rally- daytime drivex, September 14, 2002, 200km

Lanark Highlands Drivex- daytime drivex, October 19, 2002

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Dfi des Glaces 2002- My First Yokohama-Subaru Winter Rally

by Craig Seko

"I went into the corner and the back of thecar got a little away from me. I just kept itwide-open thinking it would correct itself.Then, I ran out of talent. "

- Christian Fittipaldi,http://speedcenter.com

/news98/sc_n0529_98.html

At sometime around 8:00a.m. Sundaymorning, my talent, much lower than Mr.Fittipaldi's, ran out. Fortunately the edgeof the road was a snow bank, not aconcrete wall as in Mr. Fittipaldi's case.The occupants of the vehicle behind me,the sweep team, applauded as they got outof their AWD Audi all-road. "What ashow!" they exclaimed

The January 5/6, 2002, Dfi des Glaces

was the first rally of the Yokohama-Subaru Winter Rally Series. The festivitiesstarted about 6:00p.m. Saturday night,with the rally proper starting at 10:00p.m.,and finishing at 8:30a.m. the nextmorning. It was the first rally I'd run inover 10 years, and my navigator's firstexposure to rallying was watching theWorld Rally Championship onSpeedvision on New Year's day. Our planwas to ignore anything having to do withthe Time and Speed parts of TSD rallying.Our goals were to stay on the road, finish,and not get lost. We didn't get lost, andfinished in last place. As for staying on the

road, well

They say experience is the best teacher.We were well prepared - or at least wethought we were. If you are thinking ofdoing your first winter rally, maybe youcan learn from our experience. Here arethe top 10 things we (okay, I) did wrong:

10. Check your odometerOn my car, the odometer doesn't show10ths of kilometers. Only the tripodometer does. Have you ever looked atyour trip odometer while driving? I neverdid until I rallied. Sure, I'd reset the tripodometer after I filled up with gas to seehow far I went on the last full tank. I'dread 648km, not 648.2km - or in this car,648.4km. I know now the trip odometerusually reads xxx.4km, where xxx are thekilometers. Of course, when reset, the tripodometer shows zero, but then instead ofgoing 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 foreach 10th of a kilometre, mine usuallygoes 1 - 2/3 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 5/6/7 - 8 -8/9. Thus, most of the times I looked atthe trip odometer during the rally, xxx.4 itwas.

9. Check that you can read yourodometer at nightLooking at the trip odometer was anotherpreparation error. I spent a lot of timefiguring out a way to hook up the maplight without drilling the dash. EventuallyI attached it to the passenger sun visorclip, and wired it into the mirror light inthe sun visor. It worked great. With thenavigator set up, I forgot about what thedriver needed to read. Unfortunately, the

dash lighting was insufficient to read theodometer. I normally drive with the gaugeillumination as low as possible. Even atthat low light level it is possible to readthe white-numerals-on-black-backgroundodometer numbers. However, even withthe illumination at maximum, the rednumbers on a white background thatdisplayed the 10ths of kilometers wereimpossible to read with these 39-year-old(and holding) eyes. Thus exact odometerreadings were infrequent and involved meturning on a flashlight. (We had sixflashlights packed. We were prepared.)

8. Don't buy cheap relaysI bought the relays for my lights atCanadian Tire - the "Blazer" brand, ownedby Federal-Mogul - which I thought was aquality company. The relays were labeled"Made in Italy." (If they said "Made inEngland," I would have known better.) Ihad heard that relays were a common itemthat burned out, so I bought spares, andwired two relays (one for each 100w light)instead of one relay for the pair of lights.

The first relay burnt out Saturday morningwhen I dropped the dog off at the kennel -before I even left Ottawa for the rally! Iwas in Kanata at the time, so I went to theCanadian Tire there. The counter person,who was actually knowledgeable and alicensed mechanic, advised that "thoserelays were crap" and suggested I insteadbuy the relays they use when they installfog lights for customers (which tells yousomething). These were bulk "Made inChina" relays. I bought two, mounted one,and added the second to my spare partscollection.

The second Blazer relay burnt out on theway to the start point of the rally, to bereplaced by the second Made in Chinarelay. Not surprisingly, my other two

relays, Bosch ones borrowed from myPorsche spare parts collection, workedwithout complaints.

7. Don't buy cheap lightsLights are a big expense in any car set upfor night rallying. I had basic Bosch fogsand driving lights on my old 924, so Iborrowed those to put on a light bar thatStu Trudel made up for me, and did agreat job on. (These lights have the exactsame Bosch reflectors that are in theBosch lights Canadian Tire sells for $100.

Decent lights, and I don't think theprice/performance can be beaten. I won'ttell you how much Porsche charges forthem.)

I still needed a pair of pencil beams(spotlights), though. A few years back Ihad Walter Boyce's old rally Swift GT.The light bar on that vehicle had tractorlights with the reflectors thrown out andreplaced by H4 conversions. I figured if it

was good enough for Walter, a multiple-times Canadian rally champion, it wasgood enough for me. Unfortunately, it isimpossible to find H4 conversions "on-the-shelf" these days. What was on-the-shelf were clones of KC day-lighters,better known as deer killers. (A certainsegment of the population buys theselights, mounts them on their pickups, andgoes deer hunting - at night. The brightlight freezes the deer, then they shoot it.) Ibought two. One burned out in the middleof the rally.

Note if you have two pencil-beams and

two driving lights aimed to give a nicespread, and one of the pencils burns out,your eyes really don't appreciate the blackhole effect.

6. Carry spare bulbs for every lightI have a bunch of Hella Xenon H3 bulbson order from Gibson Performance, so Ididn't want to buy spare bulbs that I wouldnever use. However, I now had a virtually

brand-new light with a burnt-out bulb.Luckily I had a spare Bosch fog reflectorin my spare electrical parts bag (morepreparation), so I pulled the 55w bulb outof that to replace the burnt out 100w one.The result was if I was headed right, therewas lots of light, but if I was heading left,it was dim. Dim is better than a blackhole, but nowhere near as good as what Iwould have had if I had picked up somespare bulbs.

5. REALLY test your lightsDoing a night rally without auxiliarylights is stressful. Having your high beams(and auxiliary lights) suddenly turn off(and stay off) while on a dark countryroad is very stressful. While I doubt manyof you are rallying with "backwards"wired Toyota's, if you are, or if your carhas headlamp reminder circuits or low-

voltage daytime running light circuits, orother automotive lighting weirdness in-tended as a "luxury" feature, test the cir-cuit for a few hours. I tested mine for anhour-and-a-half the day prior to the rally. Ilost the lights one hour and forty-five mi-nutes into the rally. (In my case I didn'thave a big enough heat sink for one of therectifiers. Note that rectifiers are unneces-sary in most applications.) After that, Ihad a choice of low beams, or turning theheadlights off and running with just theauxiliary lights and parking lights. Driv-

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ing with one hand on the steering wheel,and the other toggling various lightswitches, is not recommended.

4. Tires, tires, tires.I knew this and I still screwed it up. I had

purchased Blizzaks for this car quite awhile ago, and they still had about 60%tread depth - just before the good, spongy,rubber disappears on these tires. Thisdepth might be great for Ottawa city

streets, but it is not good enough forsnow-covered rally roads. On steep up-hillsections, speed was traction-limited. Icould have jogged faster (and if you'veseen me, that is saying a lot). On downhillstretches, vehicle speed had to be set atthe top of the hill (like turn 2 at Mosport),

because there was no effective brakinggrip going downhill (like turn 2 at Mo-sport). Unfortunately, there are curves atthe bottom of many hills (like turn 2 atMosport). Fortunately, on snow one can

pitch the car sideways to scrub off speedfor the turn (mercifully unlike turn 2 atMosport) - if one has talent, or thinks they

do.

3. SleepThe Yokohama-Subaru Winter Rally Ser-ies (gotta keep mentioning these seriessponsors) is run all night long. When Iwas younger, pulling "all-nighters" wasn'ta big deal (and how I graduated from uni-versity). Now that I'm half-way to retire-ment, however, sleep is, well, very desira-

ble. I wasn't sure how to prepare. JimMorrow had scotch early Friday night andwent to bed. That is my plan next time.This time my plan was to stay up all nightFriday, drop the dog off at the kennel ear-ly Saturday morning, then sleep all daySaturday until it was time to go to the ral-ly. The first two parts of the plan wentwell, but I never did get to sleep duringthe day Saturday, because, well, I still hadmore preparation to do. I ended up catch-ing an hour's sleep by missing the begin-ner navigator's meeting.

2. Eat and drinkOne piece of advice I got was to eat anddrink throughout the rally. This madesense to me, as this is the same advicegiven to off-roaders - so I prepped like Iwas going on a night off-road excursion.We packed thermos' of hot chocolate and

coffee, and large containers of sportsdrink. Unfortunately, there is no time in arally to fish the thermos out, and/or pour adrink into a cup. Similarly, there is notime to get into the bags of food in the

back seat. Doh!

1. Stay on the roadThe pre-event information showed the ral-ly starting at 10:00 p.m., with a breakfrom 1:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m., and a finishtime of 7:00 a.m. I had hoped that I could

catch a good 40 minutes of sleep at thebreak. That isn't how it worked - there wasa 20 minute break around 1:00 a.m.,where I spent 40 minutes fixing lights.The hour break was around 4:30 a.m., butour break was about 35 minutes. I spentthis break replacing the light bulb. Ourrally finally ended around 8:30 a.m. Un-fortunately, by about 7:00 a.m., the sleepdeprivation won out, and we went off.This was a stupid off. A faster car had

come up behind us; I pulled to the side tolet the car by. So far, so good, but hedidn't pass me fast enough, or more cor-rectly, I didn't slow down enough, so wewent into a corner side-by-side. He wason the inside where the rally traffic hadleft ruts. (I almost always cornered on rutsonce I got my lights quasi-working.) My

brain forgot the outside of the cornerwould be full of unplowed soft snow. Un-dersteer city. I might have been able tosave it but with the other car beside me, Ididn't want to risk fishtailing into him.Whoomph! Snow banks makes for a verysoft landing - but we went off just enough

that we would need to be pulled out.

Now before the rally I had installed towstraps front and rear. As I explained toJaak before the event, this is an off-road-ing superstition. Install the tow straps be-fore you go on the trails, and you won'tneed them. I didn't tell Jaak the second

part - that if you do need tow straps, put-ting them on when you are stuck can be a

big pain. The sweep vehicles caught up tous within 15 minutes, and they liked see-ing the tow strap all hooked up ready to

pull. We were on our way again, makingdamn sure we retrieved our safety trian-gle.

Now, however, we were last car - the lastcompetitor vehicle running the rally. Day-light was breaking. The sweep vehiclesfollowed us from check-

point to checkpoint. I hadreached that level of tired-ness that makes one giddy.I just wanted to finish therally, and eat! The day-light made seeing the roadeasier, so I went faster, in-stead of slowing down,which is what one shoulddo when tired. Then it

happened again!

Going downhill, there wasa higher-speed turn half-way through. My speed atthe top of the hill was toohigh, daylight instillingtoo much confidence(strike 1). With the ice Idid not slow enough forthe corner - but I thought Ihad (strike 2). Made the

corner, but was understeering on cornerexit into the trees. Snapped the car back,dialed in full opposite lock to catch thespin, but was so tired I didn't time it right(strike 3). A couple more attempts at(over)-correction, and, instead of fishtail-ing into a decreasing pendulum, my pen-dulum was increasing. I gave up before Ispun the car completely, and put both feetin while I could still aim the car a bit. My

brake application was just a bit late so we

didn't slide straight down the road, andeventually slid into the ditch, coming torest about a foot from a boulder. Thesweep crew was impressed.

The rest of the rally was anti-climactic.Other traffic was starting to use the roads,so speeds were dialed way back - to whatone would normally run on an un-plowed,un-sanded, and un-salted road that had

been subjected to rain, sleet, freezing rain,light snow, and a snow squall during thenight. (No hail, but that was the only formof precipitation we didn't experience dur-ing the rally - there was fog in one sec-

tion.)

We were just about at the end of the rallywhen we came up to a "T" intersection.My navigator said turn right, we did, butthe sweep vehicles behind us honked, andindicated we should have turned left. This

brings me to the most important lesson Ilearned from the rally - the navigator is al-ways right!

Even with the above, the 2002 Dfi desGlaces rally was a great event and a ton offun. MCO was well-represented and didvery well, as enumerated elsewhere in thisissue. As for us, we can only improve -and be better prepared next time!

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MCO Solo II -Competitors

Meeting MinutesDate: January 26, 2002Attendance: 11Schedule:(A copy is included at the end of thisdocument)

We had to take nearly all dates available. Intend to discuss joining St. Lac &

CADL clubs at their invitational events. The second school may depend on inter-

est level. Proposal: Move the second school to

avoid having it too late in the summer. Chose to leave it as is to avoid conflicts.

Inter-club Challenge: Out of Town Events: Proposal to have one inter-club event be

included in our championship to encour-age participation.

Suggested that competitors receive 100

points for participation in one of the twoout of town events to help ensure fair-ness.

Home Events: Concern was expressed about the large

number of competitors and the burden itcould place on scrutineers.

Suggestion to have each club bring theirown scrutineers.

Should be held later in the season. Score the three inter-club events as a

separate series.

Regional Event: Incorporate it with the inter-club invita-

tional. Concern expressed about extra cost tothe club and low turnout of regionalcompetitors.

Action: Determine additional costs to theclub and registration fees for competi-tors. Find out if all competitors are ex-

pected to pay regional fees.

Supplemental Rules: The Steward is mentioned several timesbut responsibilities are not defined in thesupplemental rules.

Responsibilities are outlined in theCASC regional regulations

Action: Change rules to state that theSteward may be the Clerk of the courseand/or the event organizer.

Novice class has been implemented dif-ferently than it is defined in the rules.

Change definition of a "Novice" as acompetitor who has competed in nomore than 3 events in past organizedcompetition prior to the start of the cur-rent season.

Use section 4.1B from the Regionalrules.

Tie break rules: Proposal to remove the competitorschoice to challenge for a run-off Suggestion we may be able to leave italone based on the premise that the ser-ies organizer can turn down the run-offchallenge. Change rules to specifically state thatthe series organizer can refuse a run-offchallenge.

Section 3.6 -

Action: Redefine rules for determiningplaque presentations.

Proposal to drop Snell rated M-90 andSA-90 from list of acceptable equip-ment. Decided to continue to accept them

provided they are in good condition. A discrepancy was identified between the

regional rules and our supplementalrules regarding the meaning of the yel-low flag. Decided it is acceptable as the mean-ing of the flag is explained at allevents.

Radios will be used this year to reportcone and off-course penalties. Car Classifications, with the sole excep-

tion of karts, will be removed from oursupplemental rules. The regional classi-fications will be used exclusively.

Action: Confirm that the tire contingencyis still available and unchanged.

Event Efficiency: Enforce registration cutoff. (9:00am) Start time will be 10:00am sharp. All scrutineering will be done at a tech

line.

Action: Look into organizing a Pre-Techsession.

Action: Put registration form on the webwith a tech section.

Action: Step-by-step guideline for novicesto help them through their first event

Last run cutoff will be put in place.Based on an expected completion timeof 4:30pm less the average run duration.

No new runs will begin after this cutoff. May try using run groups on a limitedbasis at the event organizer's discretion.

A new worker role will be defined whowill ensure the course is ready before

the starter send a car. This person willobserve the course and, if it is safe, sig-nal the starter when the timer indicatesthey are ready.

Two workers will be required at eachmarshalling station. One to work the ra-dio, and the other to fix cones and waveflags.

Some volunteer work assignments,deemed significant enough by the seriesorganizer, will warrant a pass on mar-shalling duties for that event.

Fun Run Safety: Only competitors will be permitted to

drive on fun runs. If an interested spec-tator would like to experience Solo IIthey may ride with an instructor. Thespectator may request to use their owncar or the instructor's car. The event or-ganizer must verify the qualification ofanyone volunteering as an instructor.

Post Meeting Discussion:

The following point was not discussed atthe meeting, but a suggestion concerningit was mentioned prior to the meeting.Jeff and I came to the following conclu-sion.

First time competitors must take an in-structor with them during competition.The instructor will determine when thecompetitor is qualified to drive alone.As mentioned previously, the event or-ganizer must verify the qualification ofanyone volunteering as an instructor.

Action: Find a new home and delivery

person for all equipment excluding py-lons.

Proposed Solo II Event Calendar Date Event- April 14 Event #1

Conflict: CASC Spring Fling- May 5 Performance Control School

Conflict: none- May 26 Event #2

Conflict: Karting- June 2 CADL Invitational Solo II

Conflict: Regional RR (SMP)- June 9 Event #3

Conflict: Canadian F1- June 29 St. LAC Invitational Solo II

Conflict: Vintage Festival- July 14 Event #4

Conflict: Karting- July 28 Event #5

Conflict: Solo I (TMP)- August 11 Event #6

Conflicts: Regional RR (Mosport),Solo I (SMP)

- August 18 Performance Control SchoolConflict: ALMS (Mosport)

- August 25 Event #7Conflicts: Montreal Indy, Karting,

Solo I (TMP)- September 8 Event #8

Conflict: Karting- September 22 Event #9

Conflict: FAQ (Mt. Tremblant)- September 29 Rain Date

Conflict: Regional RR (Mosport)- October 6 Event #10

Conflict: none

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Draft CASC OROCommittee Minutes

January, 16 2002

Chair:Gunter Schmidt Scheduled 7:30 to 9:30pm Opened at 7:30pm Adjourned: 9:00pm

Present:

Chuck Pifko (CTA), Bruce Mills(BEMC), Bill Lobban (BARC), RonWoltman (MCO), Klaus Bartels (DAC),C. Calder (DAC), Peter Corley (MMS),Peter Manganelli (CRDA), Paul Clarke(Chief Scorer), Jeff Bateman (Vintage),Robert DeShane (Vintage)

Absent:Ralph Frisken (CRCA)

November minutes adopted by JeffBateman and 2nd by Peter Corley.

Work Completed:

- Weekend schedule completed- Centralized pre-registration wasdiscussed. Main opposition BARC.

Work In Progress:A Invite insurance broker in regards to

serving alcoholic beverages on raceweekends. (Paul Anderson)

B Talk to Bob about web site/page forparts needed, and or parts / equipmentfor sale. (G. Schmidt)

C CRDA/SCCA schedule more discus-sion taken place (L. Polley)

D WRRC Meeting January 30, 2002 inWhitby (All)

E MCO driving school at ShannonvilleApril 20/21

F Entry fee structure needs to be reviewand set at next meeting. B. Lobban to e-mail spreadsheet to ORO members. Firstsuggestion included elimination of freetickets and 15% increase in entry fee.(B. Lobban)

G Robert DeShane briefed ORO on Am-bulance services and the differences be-tween ALS and BLS equipped ambulan-ces.

H OSS rules, standing start proceduresneed to be set

I Entry fee refund rule re-wording:3.7 The organizing club shall refund the

full entry fee less $100 and the applica-ble levies if it is notified of the with-drawal of an entry prior to the start ofthe class second track session.

Entries withdrawn after this time shallnot be eligible for any refund. Gate tick-ets are not eligible for refunds. G.Schmidt

Please send agenda items for next meetingbefore February 10. Next meet ingFebruary 20, 7:30 PM

Draft CASC RaceCommittee Minutes

Jan 15, 2002

Chair:Gunter Schmidt Scheduled 7:30 to 10:30pm Opened at 7:30 pm Adjourned:9:15pm

Present:

Gunter Schmidt (Race Director), DaveKing (Chief Scrutineer), Mary Lobban(Rules & Chief Steward), Steve Kent(Touring), Allan DeWolfe (OCC), GianniBiral (Open Wheel), Cindy Armstrong(MCO), Bob McCallum, GeorgeMcCullough (Training)November minutes were adopted on amotion by, Cindy Armstrong and 2nd byGeorge McCullough.

Work Completed:A Time limits for protests rule review.Stewards to be informed not to rush in to

disallowing protestsB Blue flag discussion, need to reminddrivers and marshals about the usage. Acommittee member to talk to marshalson weekends to remind the use and rea-son for blue flag. Done

C Sedans must run at leased one tail light15watts min.

D The use of antifreeze "Glycol" not per-mitted

E Fuel cell discussions flourished andslide changes will be made to the rules

2.5.1 Bladders shall be manufactured toFIA Ft3 specification or better. Foam in-ternal baffling is required. At this timeCASC will not place a mandatory agelimit. Delete 2.6. G. Schmidt to issuebulletin as soon as possible

Work In Progress:A Steward reports discussion: Shannon-

ville communication system is not up tostandards (headsets) minimum of 14Marshals required. Gunter to write letterto Shannonville in regards to headsets.Corner one is still a concern to the Stew-ards. Have some experienced marshal'sinput to the location of station one. G.Schmidt,

B Vintage rule book needs updating, Cov-er page and para 18 to make reverence

to the CASC race regulations to the ap-propriate appendix. M.L talked to J.B.Vintage is reviewing the rulebook, vin-tage to present changes to Race com be-fore printing. (G.Schmidt, M. Lobban, J.Bateman)

C Fence in corner ten needs to be ad-dressed with Mosport. Talk to Myles.(G. Schmidt)

D Blend line infractions minimum penal-ty, stay as is, we need to do better educa-tion. (ORO Clerks)

E Teardown bond refund of excess fund,need to update rules. (M. Lobban)

F Driving school - non speed event - needto amend rules in regards to rescue,medical, and ambulance requirements.(M. Lobban)

G Annual inspection for cars in Ottawa,date will be set soon. Bob to sent annualstickers to Cindy (B. Varey)

Please send agenda items for next meetingbefore February 10Next meeting February 19, 2002 7:30 PM

Rally Fever FlaresAgain

by Jean MacGillivray

As I write this, it's like spring outside.Meanwhile, we are praying for snow, iceand cold weather to make our next winterrally lots of fun for the participants. I can'twait for a Slush n'Slide to practise mywinter-driving skills and put them to thetest. My secret wish is to give Kirby somecompetition. Lots of Subarus, lots of fun!

You know rally fever is high when... Your living room is unusable for living

in. Most of it is occupied by the hugedisplay cases donated by Jim Holtom.You wish you were organized enough tohave a display ready for your next rally.

The local newspaper has taken aninterest in MCO rallies. You findyourself daydreaming about nationalcoverage.

You can't wait to get your official MCO

Rally T-shirt. You're looking forward to using the

stopwatch you won at the MCO AnnualAwards and Banquet. The last one youbought kept returning to 00:00.

Your clients remark on the OttawaCitizen story about "Partners inRallying". You're glad they noticed.

Your husband is off tying brightlycoloured strips of plastic to trees. Youknow you should be working, butinstead you're writing this.

New converts keep calling your homefor information about rallying. You log alot of phone time.

You have to photocopy more routebooksbecause you've exceeded your projectionof 20 teams.

You have a "mole" planted in anotherregional rally club. They're teaching herhow to be a better navigator.

You answer the phone with "RallySupport Centre."

There is no end in sight to "rally fever!"

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Jeff Graves: 2001 SoloEvents Championby Jean MacGillivray

Although he's only been competing inMCO events for a couple of years, JeffGraves won the MCO trophy for SoloEvents at the Annual Awards Banquet last

November. Jeff loves motorsports andstudied mechanical engineering at Carle-

ton University. Rumour has it that he wasborn wanting to drive. He combines theexcitement of being in the driver's seatwith lots of analysis on vehicle dynamicsin a quest for faster lap times. While Jeffenjoys Solo II, Slush n'Slide and karting,he says Solo I is his favourite activity.

I interviewed Jeff after his win to discusshis motorsport activities and learn abouthis plans for the 2002 racing season. Butfirst, how did it all start?

"I've always liked cars (or trucks)," saidJeff. "I think I was interested in cars be-fore I could walk. I remember having a

white convertible VW Bug pedal car. Iwas much too small to drive it so mygrandfather removed the pedals, put a

piece of plywood in the floor so I couldn'tdrive over my feet, tied a rope to it andwould pull me around the yard, to thestore, etc. like I was in a wagon."

For starters, tell me about your trophy?What areas does it include?The title on the trophy is Motorsport Clubof Ottawa Solo Events Championship. My

participation and results in Solo I, Solo IIand Slush n'Slide were factored into thecalculation for this award.

What kind of car do you drive at Solo I?Which class are you in?I drove a stock 2000 Mazda Miata in theSolo I series. The Miata is classed as C2for Solo II and competes against popularsport compact cars (Honda Civic Si, Nis-san 240SX, etc.).

What about Solo II?I drove a stock 2000 Mazda Miata in the2000 Solo II series and for most events in2001. I also drove a 1991 Civic Si in one

event. The Miata is classed as A2 for SoloII and competes against other sports cars(Porsche 944, Stealth, MR2, etc.). TheCivic Si is classed in B1.

What do you drive at Slush n'Slide?I drove a stock 1991 Civic Si in the Slushn'Slide series. All non-race-prepared,front-wheel-drive cars are grouped togeth-er in Street Front class for the Slushn'Slide events.

What modifications have you made toyours cars?The Civic was absolutely stock for the So-lo II event. For the Slush n'Slide series, I

installed nearly new Bridgestone BlizzakWS-15 tires and disconnected the frontsway bar for less understeer.

The Miata is a stock-class vehicle but hassome of the allowable modifications per-formed. The car is equipped with a roll

bar (required in convertible cars for SoloI), six-point harnesses, KYB AGX adjust-able shocks, Hawk Blue front brake pads(for Solo I only) and lightweight 15x7.5wheels wrapped with Kumho V700 Vic-torracer tires.

How long have you been competing at So-lo I events?2001 was my first season in Solo I.

How long have you been competing at So-lo II events?I competed in the 2000 and 2001 Solo IIseasons.

How do Solo I and Solo II compare toeach other in driving styles, fun factor,etc.?

Solo II rewards precision, smoothness,timing and line selection. Corners,straights and braking zones are very shortin duration, which require quick inputs onthe controls and there is very little timefor corrections. While those same aspectsare important in Solo I, the duration ofevents are much longer, allowing time forminor corrections during the turns.

Do you compete in any other series?I compete in the Slush n'Slide series andlast winter's indoor karting series.

What series do you enjoy the most?Solo II is enjoyable, low effort and lowcost, but I enjoy Solo I the most. There is

more track time, there are two events on aweekend and sometimes a lapping day onthe Friday. As one would expect, regionalSolo I is much more competitive than clubSolo II and the margins of victory aremuch smaller. The Solo I (and Solo II)competitors are very friendly. Many campat the track during events and there areBBQs, adding more of a social aspect tothe sport. Most of the time there is alsoevening entertainment at the track, ovalracing at Mosport or drag racing at Cayu-ga and Shannonville.

What's the reason for your success?While I only have two years of Solo II and

a single year of Solo I experience, I wasone of the suspension designers for Carle-ton University's Formula Society of Auto-motive Engineers team for two years,which included a course in vehicle dy-namics and a lot of self-directed study.Understanding why a car behaves the wayit does and why one line is faster than an-other helps in the search for fast laps. I amalso very careful to research any modifi-cations before making changes to the car.

What plans do you have for next season?I intend to concentrate on Solo I, attend afew lapping days, an advanced drivingschool such as the MCO race school and

possibly compete in a few Solo II events. Iwill compete in stock class provided it isfully populated and competitive, other-wise I will compete in CSS2.

What tips do you have for the up-and-coming driver?The first place to look for faster lap timesis the driver. Attend every driving schoolyou can. Assuming your track car is alsoyour street car and you must spend moneyon your car, tires are the best place tostart.Jeff in his Miata

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Sponsor of the MCO Solo-II season

Ottawa Lynx at Jetform Parkwww.ottawalynx.com

http://www.plus1performance.com

Proud sponsor of theMCO Solo-II Timing Board

THE PRESIDENT'S

REPORT

While this missive has been scribbled be-fore my departure, as you read said piece, Ishould be on board the SS Sea Princesssomewhere off the coast of the Baja. Sorry.

First, we have found a Solo II director, and

his name Greg Kierstead. Thank you Greg.And, also at this point, the Solo fanaticshave met, mapped out a strategic plan andcobbled together a schedule, with events

planned again this season for JetForm Park.Thank you to Jeff Graves (our Solo liaison)for holding the reins while the executivefound someone to manage Solo II.

A couple of important items to report fromthe Ontario Race Organizing Committeemeeting I attended in Toronto last week.Insurance rates are set to soar. How muchundetermined, but for budgetary forecast-ing, I have asked the Treasurer to use 50-100 percent. Clubs won't know the preci-sion of the increases, but we will be payingmore, partly as a result of Sept. 11, and re-lated new insurance risks!

Thus, of course, we as organizers, need toreview entry fees for racers. How much isundetermined, but the ORO has made thecommitment to nail down the numbers byour next meeting, Feb. 20. Elsewhere inthe Link, the minutes of the ORO meetingcan be found (page 6). We also set a newrefund policy for racers who have problemsat the event. Please review minutes and ifyou have questions, please contact mewhen I return.

Capital City Speedway has been sold, as Iam sure you all know by now. The impactupon our activities I opine will be minimalin the short term. Longer term, I can't pre-dict with clairvoyant accuracy, but it doesnot take great leaps of imagination, to pre-sume some effect. I will be talking withPenny Bell with the view to touch basewith the new owners.

I have to run.another Pina Collada is onits waybut provide some feedback pleaseto the idea of a lapping day in conjunctionwith our CASC approved racing school.

Gotta run!!

Student at the MCO WinterDriving School, January 20.Photo by Cindy Armstrong.

Pat Weightman's lightened,snow-stallion Civic.Below, Eric Lagace.

Warren and Nancy Haywood posed with their rally VW.Taken at the Slush N'Slide. Photo by Casey McKinnon.

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MiscellaneousRumblings IIBy John Powell

1. Bearing some thought...

Common opinion has it that the wheel ismankind's most important technical inno-

vation. Well, I just read an article in afarm newspaper on the importance ofbearings, and their proper care and feed-ing, in modern farming operations. That,plus the item below on basic automotivetroubleshooting tools, caused me to beginto think. Now that can be dangerous in it-self, but let's soldier on. It's true that thewheel was a revolutionary (!) develop-ment, but unless it's attached to some de-vice or apparatus, it's just a flat, round ob-ject. To use it, it must be mounted on aspindle, shaft or axle, and then attached tothe device. And it must be able to rotatefreely by itself or with its axle when forceis applied. It probably wasn't long beforeit was discovered that this was best ach-ieved with a mated, lubricated surface onthe part of the axle that bore the wheel, orthe part of the device that bore the axle.Without this, the wheel would seize on theshaft or both would wear excessively, orthe shaft would seize in its mounting, andthe wheel would come off or somethingwould break. Thus was born the"bearing". Therefore, as the wheel wouldbe impractical or even useless without abearing, and while I concede that it maybe a very close second, my nomination for

mankind's most important technical inno-vation is the bearing.

2. Mellow Yellow

Returning home from Orleans one eve-ning late in November, I saw somethingthat really gave me a start. I don't know ifit's a new regulation, but I saw a schoolbus with big squares of yellow reflectingtape on it's sides and rear, and I mean big.The ones on the sides were not quite thefull size of the bus, but covered an areasomewhat larger than the full length anddepth of the windows. The one on therear, however, encompassed almost theentire vehicle silhouette, from the topclearance lights down to the bumper, andside-to-side from clearance lights to clear-ance lights.

Now this certainly was catchy, and visible,but..... well, we're back to my point in lastmonth's column about people who can't orwon't use their eyesight, or whose eye-sight is so poor they shouldn't be driving. Ihave never had any problem seeing trucks,busses and trailers with the present front,

side, and rear clearance lights, and I'mwilling to bet that the vast majority of youhaven't, either. How far will this have togo before the M.O.T. attacks the realcause of most vehicle crashes - driver in-attention and incompetence! (And notspeed - but I don't want to get started onthat one right now.) Will we wind up withdaytime headlights, multi-coloured reflec-tive tape silhouettes on all sides, strobelights on our wings, stabilizers, and fuse-lages - oops, sorry - roofs, front and rearfenders, and doors, and who knows whatelse? And who's willing to bet against methat idiots won't still be running into largevehicles?

3. Back in the Saddle - Episode V -Reel 1 - The Dark Side Discovered

When we last left our hero, the hero beingYr. Hmbl. Svnt., he was about to embarkon a quest for a new mount, and some ar-mour and appurtenances. This quest pro-

duced some "opportunities", which is gov-ernment/entrepreneurial newspeak for"What the f... is going on here?", of whichthe following and the one in next month'scolumn were the most notable. Somewhatakin to the Quest for the Holy Grail - theMonty Python version.

The first "opportunity" was learning thegreat modern mania of "Searching TheWeb". Now I'll admit that the Internet is agreat convenience, and there's a ton(tonne?) of information there - if you canget at it! The problem is that the humanbrain, a marvellous but often undisci-plined and illogical organ, normally thinksof information in the form of concepts,ideas, images, or other abstractions. Com-puters think of information as ... wellthat's the point, I guess, computers don'treally think. All they do is add and sub-tract, switch circuits on and off, and stufflike that. But, they're blindingly fast -they do it at the speed of light, or electriccurrent, if you will.

Along with this, there are the computerfolks who design the Search "Engines".Now any definition of "engine" that I've

seen refers to an apparatus or device thatdoes work, useless or not. A whirligigdoes work, a computer program, which isnot an apparatus or device, does not (al-though it may control a device that doesdo work). So when you see things likethat, you begin to suspect that these com-puter guys don't exactly think the sameway normal people do, at least at work.Sort of like the guys at the Royal Canadi-an Mint who thought it would be an im-provement to replace the light, foldable,easily portable $1 and $2 bills with gory

great hunks of metal that weigh a ton(ne),wear holes in your pocket, and can onlybe folded with a 2 ton(ne - oh, bugger it,you can convert it yourself if you're a met-ric fan) hydraulic press, which is illegal

because it's defacing the Coin of theRealm! And I hear they've now got theireyes on the $5 bill. To arms, citizens!Form your battalions! March on, in yourrighteous anger! Suffer not more achingbacks and worn out trouser pockets! ... oh!... I'm getting carried away again, aren't I?

O.K., the computer guys. Well we knowhow normal folk think of information, andthat's how we (yes, I include myself as"normal", or at least nearly so) tend to golooking for it. But the computer guyswant to make us look in the form of words- single words. Keywords they call them,as if they're magically going to unlock awhole new world of information. Ingenuethat I was (derived from the same rootword as engineer, and meaning without art

or craft), I wanted general information onsports car racing, so that's what I typed in.I got NOTHING on sports car racing!What I did get was a gazillion hits on, ohlets see, the great tiddlywinks tournamentof '06, recreational cliff diving, harnessracing (sort of close), some English eccen-tric who breeds racing snails (yes, therereally is one!), somebody or other's usedcar guide (close, but it was American),and ... well, you get the picture.

Later in my endeavours, I learned a littleabout the spells called "Advanced Search"and "Boolean Operators". (Who the hellis this strange god called Boole anyway?)These were useful spells, as they miracu-lously cut the gazillions of useless hits tosomething more manageable, say in thethousands, but I kept forgetting which oneto use for which purpose. I suspect thatsearching the web the way the computerguys want you to is a part of the DarkSide that can only be learned by a longand arduous apprenticeship served at thefeet of some fallen Jedi Programmer. So Idid what I suspect most of you have done- I sat at the computer and experimentedfor many hours until I had a list of promis-

ing web sites, and then used that mostmagical of all spells, "Links".

(Reel 2 of this saga coming soon to yourlocal Link.)

4. "... when the dog bites, when thebee stings ..."

"... these are a few of my favourite ..." -tools. This item originates in a recentClub Forum topic involving a memberwho asked for help in diagnosing an en

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gine problem. It caused me to think aboutwhat I would recommend as the basictools for someone who has some knowl-edge of a motor vehicle, even if they aregoing to get a shop to do any repairs. Us-ing them will help prepare such a personfor that Dark and Alien Land, where roamcreatures resembling a cross between anoctopus and a vacuum cleaner, and wear-ing coveralls. Creatures who's many

sucking tentacles can pick clean everyhiding place of your meagre monetary re-sources - even that $100 in emergencymoney stuck in the toe of that sock at theback of the bottom drawer of your dresser.On the maps of Renaissance explorers,such lands were marked with the warning"Here there Bee Dragons and DiversMonstres".

Well, as they say in the valley, "pitter-pat-ter, let's get at 'er".

A Manual for your vehicle. This is proba-bly the most useful tool. Factory manualstend to be the best, but also the most ex-pensive, and often not available to thepublic. A Haynes or similar manual,available from many parts jobbers, is agood substitute, and a lot cheaper. Theowner's manual, if you still have it, is notmuch use for problem diagnosis. Manualscontain lots of data on specs., trouble-shooting, and repair procedures with pic-tures. So even if you're going to shop thework out, they give you a good idea ofwhat's wrong, and what's involved in therepair.

A Compression Tester: If you can changea spark plug you can hook-up a compres-sion tester. As with most tools in this list,these come in various price ranges, butone from a parts jobber will do. To takethe readings, just follow the instructionswith the tool or in your manual. You willhave bought one at this point. I hope. Onthe basic level, all you're looking for arereadings higher or lower than spec., andlarge variations between cylinders, toknow if you have a problem. You can di-agnose further using the manual, but mostproblems involve pistons, rings, valvetrain, or high carbon deposits.

A Fuel Pump Tester/ Vacuum Gauge:These are generally sold as a combinationgauge, and price, etc., is as above. If youhave a high pressure fuel system, howev-er, (above 10-12 psi) you may have to geta separate gauge, or some compressiontesters can also take fuel pressure read-ings. The fuel pump test is easiest, al-though you may have to play with someshort lengths of different size hose to fitthe fuel line. If the pressure isn't within

specs., just follow the troubleshootingguide in the manual. Using a vacuumgauge can be a bit more complicated.Hooking it up is easy if you follow the in-structions, but interpreting the readingscan be a bit of a Black Art. Older enginesoften have several small problems thatadd up to the total discrepancy, and affectthe swing of the indicator needle. Howev-er, if the readings are not within spec.,

you'll know you have a problem with thevacuum system (lines, emission controls,etc.), carburettor or throttle body, ignitionsystem, or intake/valve system. If youwant to go further, follow the manual, andyou may be able to at least deal with thesimpler faults.

A Mechanic's Stethoscope: I'm not kid-ding, and you don't have to a Master Me-chanic to use one! This will be one of themost useful tools to have, especially ifyou have an older vehicle. A reasonablygood one can be had as above, or in apinch you can use a long (very long)screwdriver or piece of solid wood (dow-elling is ideal) cupped to your ear. Byplacing the pointer, or the end of your sub-stitute, firmly on various places on the en-gine, or on other parts, you can clearlyhear internal sounds without interferencefrom outside noises. Normal noises vary,but generally, for parts in good condition,ball or roller bearings will have a softwhirring sound, plain bearings will soundlike a rhythmic whispered "whish", a roll-er chain (e.g. timing chain) will be similarto a roller bearing, perhaps with a faintclicking, valves with hydraulic lifters will

give off a regular light clicking, and withsolid lifters, a light tapping. What you'relooking for are any noises that aren't nor-mal for a particular part. Any metallicsounds, such as scraping, squealing orgrinding, really noticeable clicks or rum-bling from ball or roller bearings or thetiming chain, any loud taps, raps, slaps,knocks or thumps from plain bearings orthe cylinder walls, or loud raps from thevalve train indicate excessive wear or im-proper adjustment. The manual will giveyou a better idea of what's in the partyou're listening to, what you're listeningfor, and possible problems.

Your Hands: A word of caution with thesetools. Despite the advances in medicalprosthetics, they are not replaceable, souse them with care. Hands are useful formany purposes, holding a beer comesreadily to mind, but in fault diagnosis theycan be used to find roughness and exces-sive end- and side-play in bearings, in-cluding wheel bearings, detect vibrationsand loose parts (a stethoscope will also dothis), give comparative temperature esti

mates (e.g. between upper and lower radhoses), detect fluid and gaseous leaks, andmany, many more. When using themaround hot parts, fluids or gasses, it is bestto first do an approximation test. Justplace your hand about half an inch to aninch from the source, and the temperatureat the source will generally be about dou-ble that which you feel, so let caution beyour guide!

Screwdrivers: You will need four types.The first three, slotted, Phillips and Torx,are best used to remove such screws, andwherever possible, throw them away! Thelast, Robertson, will be used to replace theabove miserable beasts with Robertsonscrews. Robertson screwdrivers can alsofrequently be used to remove the otherfasteners when their heads are too rustedor buggered up to be removed with theirown screwdrivers! They can also, in apinch, be used to remove worn Allen ma-chine- or set-screws.Well, there's my recommendations, basedon my experience. Perhaps some of youhave other suggestions, in which case,why not write an article for the Link your-self? I'm sure that our long-suffering edi-tor could always use more journalisticcontributions, even ones that tend to ram-ble on, as mine often do.

5. Parting Shot

(Adapted from Paul Mahon's column inThe Ontario Farmer)

A farmer got a new combine, and was outshowing it off one day to a neighbour,who was riding along in the cab. Sudden-ly, they found themselves combining in atangle of corn stalks, and a jack rabbit(male - the female is a doe) jumps out,bounces all over the header, and then dis-appears up the feeder. They looked back,and sure enough, the rabbit flies out of the

back end with all the stalks, and keeps onrunning. The neighbour turns to the oper-ator and says "What kind of combine isthis that lets something that big getthrough?" The operator gets up and goesback into the hopper, pulls out two small

objects, and says "all we's wants is theseeds".

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Novices Take MCOHighlands Winter

Rallyby Jean MacGillivray

On January 12, 2002, 21 teams gath-ered at JR's Restaurant in Almonte forthe Highlands Winter Rally. This was a

three-hour night-time rally that cov-ered 202 km of twisty backroads. Itwas organized by the Motorsport Clubof Ottawa (MCO).

Organizers were pleased by the goodturnout. It included 16 Novice teams,of which six were first-timers, and 5Expert teams. They had to face un-known roads in the dark, made evenmore challenging by colder weatherthat resulted in a layer of ice that cov-ered the snowy roads.

The Novices rose to the occasion, tak-ing the top three scores of the rally, aswell as sixth and seventh places. R.Huber (driver) and S. Johns (navigator)were the first-place Novice team. Topin the Expert category were C. Hamm(driver) and M. Taillefer (navigator),who were fourth overall. Craig Hammis also the Rally Director for the MCO.The first-place teams received laser-en-graved wooden plaques.

The Ottawa Amateur Radio Club pro-vided valuable services to the rally,

with four volunteers donating severalhours to relay information from threecheckpoints back to the Rallymaster atJR's.

Newcomers are welcome to participatein the next MCO rally, the "MangyMoose Rally" to be held in March. Allour rallies are run on public roads withnormal road cars at legal speeds. Nospecial equipment is required beyond asimple calculator, a watch and a friendto navigate. The instructions for theroute are very simple, with distancesand road names. For more information,check out the MCO Web site atwww.mco.org. Then come on out andjoin the fun!

(Reprinted from the Almonte Gazette,January 16, 2002)

You Might Be ARacer If...

Does that sound familiar?

1. You think the primary purpose of wingsis to PREVENT flight.

2. You take your helmet along when yougo to buy new eyeglasses or check out

cars (seats).

3. You feel compelled on a road trip to beatyour previous best time.

4. You are happiest when your street car'stires are worn to "racing depth".

5. When something falls off of your car,you wonder how much weight you justsaved.

6. When you hear 'overcooked it', insteadof food you think of 'off the track'.

7. You change engine oil every other week.

8. You sometimes hear little noises fromyour passengers when you get on thethrottle right after turning in.

9. You thoroughly enjoy showing thetailgater behind how to drive around ahighway off-ramp.

10. Your racing budget is one of the bigthree: mortgage, car payments/mainte-nance, dating.

11. Your e-mail address refers to your race

car rather than to you.

12. You walk "proper lines" through thegrocery store.

13. You've paid $4.00 a gallon for gaswithout complaining.

14. You buy new parts because you don'tknow where you put the spares.

15. You bought a race car before buying ahouse.

16. You bought a race car before buyingfurniture for the new house.

17. You're looking for a tow vehicle andstill haven't bought furniture.

18. You find that you need a new house be-cause you've outgrown your garage andthe neighbors are threatening violence ifyou park one more vehicle on the streetor in the front yard.

19. The requirements you give your restate agent are (in the order of imptance):a. 8-car climate controlled garage with

an attached shopb. Outside parking for 6 cars, a motor

home, a crew-cab dualie, a 28' enclotrailer and a 34' 5th wheel.

c. 3 phase 220V outlets in the garage your welder.

d. A grease pit.

e. Conveniently close to a hazardouswaste disposal site.

f. Deaf neighbors.g. Across the street from a paint and

body shop.h. Some sort of house with a working

toilet and shower on the propertysomewhere or hookups for the motorhome.

20. You measure all family acquisitionsterms of the number of race tires tcould have been purchased.

21. You know well that orthodontic work

the equivalent of three sets of tires.

22. You sit in your race car in a dark rage and make car noises and shift apractice your heel and toe, while waitfor your motor to get back from the mchine shop.

23. You look at the purchase of tools along-term investment.

24. Your wife says, "If you buy anotherof tires, I'm getting a new mink".

25. Your garage holds more cars than yhouse has bedrooms.

26. You have enough spare parts to buanother car.

27. More than one racer supply house rognizes your voice and greets you name when you call.

Jean-Guy Fournier(submitted by John Powell)

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MINUTES OF MEETINGM.C.O. Executive Committee

December 18th 2001

Louis's Steak House, Ottawa, Ont.

PRESENT:Executive: Ron Woltman, President; Ben-

nett Leckie, Vice-President; Rob Mi-croys, Past President; Rick Miskiman,Open Wheel; Craig Hamm, Rally; PatWeightman, Membership; Paul Swin-wood, Karting; Jeff Graves, Solo I (andInterim Solo II); Basil Chiu, Public Re-lations; Richard Muise, Link Editor;John Powell, Secretary.

Members: Bob Armstrong, Chief Instruc-tor, Winter Driving School; Chris Krep-ski, re:Annual Tech. Inspections in Otta-wa.

ABSENT WITH EXCUSES:Executive: Steve Greiner, Closed Wheel;

Bob Benson, Treasurer.

NOTES: 1. The full-time position for So-lo II is still vacant. (now filled - ed)

2. For documents shown in these minutes;"att'd." means attached to this file, and"file" means they are in the Secretary'sfiles either with the minutes or under theappropriate subject matter.

The President opened the meeting at 7:00p.m., and discussion then followed on thefollowing points:

Miscellaneous Business: The Presidentstated that he wished to clean up a few"housekeeping" items as follows:

Some of the e-mails are getting ratherlengthy. Ron suggested that those ad-dressed to the Executive in generalshould cover only such matters as co-or-dinating activities, instructions, and sim-ilar items that all on the Executive needto know. Other items should be sent ona person to person basis only to those di-rectly involved.

Some updating needs to be done on TheLink's masthead, for example, addingPaul Swinwood as the Karting Director.

The general Club Representative at theAll Clubs Meeting on Jan. 16th at theMuseum of Science and Technology will

be Bennett Leckie. Paul Swinwood willattend to represent the Karting division.

Winter Driving Schools:During a lengthy discussion on this topic,the following points were raised: There have been some problems with

track condition, and the tent blew ap-prox. 180 on its moorings. The track isnow OK, as it was groomed today (Jan.16th) and will be groomed again onThursday (Jan. 18th).

Bennet Leckie mentioned that we shouldhave some pylons in case there is a

white-out, that the skid-pad is rough insome spots and consideration should begiven to renting a pump to supply waterto smooth it out, and, we need more traf-fic signs and snowmobile trail signswould do. These points will be ad-dressed.

Ron Woltman asked if we had a clubsign or banner at the event. This will bedone.

Bob Armstrong briefed the meeting on aslight format change, the use of flagsand pylons, the need for more radios forall instructors and key officials, andchanges in the car parking arrangements.He also noted that the accident avoid-ance sessions should be at the widestpoint of the track.

There was some discussion regarding thebraking demonstration, and the appro-priate type of car to use in order to ob-tain consistency of results. Rob Microysand Bennett Leckie discussed the prosand cons of using an ABS equipped carwith it connected and then disconnected.The general feeling was that this couldwork with if the procedure could bedone quickly and safely.

Ron Woltman briefed the meeting on hisdealings with K&K Insurance and thequestion of whether or not separate in-surance was required for the school, asthe latter would increase our costs. Par-ticipants must be members for the eventto be covered, so some form of honorarymembership would be involved. Ronsaid he is trying to keep costs downwithout jeopardizing the Club's insur-ance. It was suggested the participantsbe made members for a day, and RobMicroys stated that he could develop a

Temporary Membership form. Regarding the Mews Chev/Olds school,

the President noted that they wanted adate in late Feb. or early Mar. in order tocombine it with a product introduction.He also noted that they must provideone car per two students, for a total often cars.

Continuing, the President noted thatthere was interest in another school forsome of the 31 people on the waitinglist. Bob Armstrong proposed Feb. 9th,as it would give room for a postpone-ment if necessary. This was approved asa tentative date subject to discussion.

Rally School:Bennett Leckie will talk to Capital CitySpeedway regarding holding a RallySchool in early March.

Members' Use of the School Track:Ron Woltman introduced this item notingthat there was some interest. Points raisedwere: The track would only be available Mon-

day to Thursday to allow time to groomit for the next school.

Discussion on fees ranged from $100 for

members to $500 for corporations. Bennett Leckie asked about insurance,

and it was noted that this could be ad-dressed by making members' days amembers-only Solo II event.

Ron then summarised the meeting'sopinions that the fee would be $150 to$200, members must sign waivers, SoloII rules would apply, including helmets,and there would be no re-selling of track

time. Bennett Leckie added that mem-bers must leave the track in good condi-tion, and where necessary, groom itthemselves or pay for grooming.

President's Thanks:Mr. Woltman then gave an eloquent ad-dress, in which he thanked all those in-volved in preparing the track and organis-ing the Winter Driving Schools for theiryeoman efforts. This was especially true,he noted, as the weather had not beenoverly co-operative, and the snow bankswere barely high enough to catch a certainmember of the Executive during a recentoff-course excursion.

Solo II:Basil Chiu will check with JetForm andShopper's City East regarding a venue forthe upcoming season, and will also put abrief job description of the vacant Solo IIdirector's position on the web site. Jeff Graves announced a Solo II compet-

itors' meeting on Sat. Jan. 26th. RobMicroys will post the information on thehot line. (see Solo-II meeting mintes on

page 5 - ed)- Jeff also advised that we need some

stopwatches for Solo I.

CASC Annual Tech. Inspection:Chris Krepski is willing to organise an in-spection session in Ottawa before theSpring Fling. This will be a CASC in-spection only, and not include ASN. Dis-cussion produced a rough estimate of 8 to10 cars that could attend. Pat Weightman offered the use of his

shop for a Sat. morning. A tentative date of the last weekend in

Mar. (Mar. 30th / 31st) was decided, andRick Miskiman will post it on the Raceforum.

Treasurer:

There was no report due to the absence ofBob Benson. In an e-mail, however, hedid report that the balance of the CASClevy for the Canaska Cup has been paid.

Racing Drivers' School:Ron Woltman opened the discussion onthis topic by noting that Bob Armstrong isthe Chief Instructor for the school, andPaul Swinwood and himself will co-ordi-nate the instructors. Bob then passed outsix copies of a position paper summaris-ing progress to date (file) for the meetingto review. The discussion then pro-

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gressed as follows: Ron stated that proceeds from the school

must cover expenses. Regarding fees for the lapping sessions,

one member pointed out that the cost forweekday lapping at Cayuga was$85/day, but another present was of theopinion that our fee was consistent withweekend lapping.

Regarding expenses, Rob Microys

offered the opinion that a Fri./Sat.School would be cheaper, and not aninconvenience to those who wanted theirRace licence. It was pointed out fromthe floor that the problem with thiswould be getting workers and instructorsto take a day off work.

Rob also suggested that there should beone flat fee for the school, with a 50%deposit required to hold a place.

On the subject of participants in thelapping sessions, Ron Woltmansuggested that some instruction shouldbe available.

Bob Armstrong suggested that priorityshould be given to current MCOmembers, as opposed to those whobecome members merely by attendingthe school.

On the topic of participants' vehicles, adiscussion ensued on what constitutes an"approved" roll bar, especially for openvehicles. There was some doubt as towhether or not original equipmentrollover protection was enough, and asuggestion was made the Ice Racingspecifications be applied. This matterwas not resolved. However, in the samediscussion, Bob indicated thatcompetition cars would be acceptedprovided that they were equipped with a

proper passengers seat with a DOT 3-point seatbelt, the installation to beapproved by the school organisers.

Ron Woltman and Richard Muise willlook after the CASC permit.

The topic of using instructors fromoutside, such as from the FAQ, wasdiscussed, with no decision made.

Regarding scrutineering, there wasconcern regarding our liability if we

O.K. a vehicle and there is a subsequentincident. If we do check vehicles, whatshould we look at and what do we callit? Consensus was that we coulddetermine if a vehicle is unsafe, butthere would be no written form. Racecars, however, would be required tohave passed the current year's annualCASC inspection.

There is a new CASC requirement for

students to have their medical before theschool. In answer to a questionregarding the process, Bob Armstrongsaid they were to be presented at theschool.

Passengers will not be allowed in cars inthe lapping sessions except forinstructors, and then only withpermission of the organisers.

Rick Miskiman suggested that if we runonly the Drivers' School and increasedthe number of students to 30, if we canget enough instructors, we could bebetter off financial ly and theadministration could concentrate on theschool. It could include a lapping dayon Fri.. There was some discussion onthis point, and it will be investigated.

Ron Woltman asked for the opinion ofthe meeting on fees for the school. Itwas agreed that the fees should be $650for current members and $700 for non-members. The latter would include anMCO membership effective withregistration for the school.

Rick suggested leaving the decision onthe lapping sessions for one month, andconcentrating on the school as it's needsare more pressing.

On the licensing of instructors, it wasnoted that an ASN licence is not valid

for a CASC school. The possibility of having a Marshals'

School in conjunction with the Drivers'School is still under active investigation.

Membership Pat Weightman reportedthat we now have 201 members, but thatwill change as renewals come in.

Rob Microys questioned the way wehandle affiliation dues and declaring theproper number of full members. A

discussion ensued and it was decidedthat the matter should be referred to theTreasurer. Ron Woltman suggested thatthe issue be put in writing and decidedon-line. In response to a question, Robexplained it concerns the distribution ofaffiliation fees, and probably needs adirective to Bob Benson regarding theway in which fees are dispersed.

Public Relations:Basil Chiu explained that his request foran internship with MCO was turned down,and he would probably not have as muchtime to spend on Club business. He then went on to explain the need forparticipant surveys in order to assist inmarketing the club to potential sponsors.He asked that members of the Executivereview the form and provide him withsuggestions for improvements.

Karting:Paul Swinwood's report was brief,principally noting that there are challengesin dealing with NCKC. He will try tomeet with them soon to attempt toimprove relations.Rally:Craig Hamm reported briefly on thesuccess of the Lanark Highlands Rally, theusefulness of the ham radio net, thepresence of the Almonte Gazette, and thepositive reception of Jim Morrow'sdisplay. Ron Woltman noted the Rally Group waspart of the club, and the arrangementneeds to be discussed at the nextmeeting of the executive.

The meeting was adjourned ratherhurriedly at approximately 10:04 p.m., asthe restaurant was closing up around us.

Prepared by John Powell, Secretary,MCO, January 17th 2002.

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Highlands Winter RallyA Challenge for Allby Jean MacGillivray

Saturday, January 12, dawned a little coolnd crisp, with a fresh layer of snow on the

ground. Not ideal, but just enough for theHighlands Winter Rally to be run from JR'sRestaurant in Almonte later that day.

im Morrow, the Rally Master, arrived atR's shortly before 3 p.m. Registration waso begin at 4 p.m., but when I arrived at.05 p.m., I found teams already there

waiting for me. Just about everyone hadre-registered, and we were expecting upo 24 teams. I began to process them and

was soon joined by Nancy Bleses, whoook over for a while so I could set up the

display boards donated by Jim Holtom. Ioon went back to Registration as teamsegan to arrive in earnest.

We ended up with 21 teams, 16 in theNovice category and 5 in Expert. Of theNo vi ce s, six ha d nev er ral li ed be for e.Many people sa id they had seen thePartners in Rallying" story in the Ottawa

Citizen on January 4, and others had seennotices in the "Coming Events." Ourfforts to encourage first-timers had clearlyaid off.

Both Ron Woltman and son Ryan wereunable to compete, as their cars weremysteriously afflicted with electrical

rob lems . (Per hap s this rela tes to theecent move to Stittsville?) Ryan wasarticularly disappointed as he wanted tontroduce his fiance, Christiane Rochefort,o the sport. We are hoping they will maket to the Mangy Moose Rally in March.

The rally route was 202 km, mostly onwi s t y b a c k r o a d s t h a t p r o v e d t o b ehallenging to even the more experienced

drivers due to a thin layer of ice that gotaid down. It was an interesting night, bothor driving conditions and for results.

In the end, three Novice teams trouncedthe Experts and took the first three placesoverall, as well as the sixth and seventh.The results are as follows:

First Novice: R. Huber (D)and S. Johns (N)

Second Novice: W. Haywood (D)and N. Haywood (N)

Third Novice: K. Baird (D)and B. Miller (N)

* Ken and Bev had made a last-minutedecision to enter the rally, which clearlypaid off.

First Expert: C. Hamm (D)and M. Taillefer (N)

Second Expert: T. Burrell (D)and V. Perreira (N)

Third Expert: J. Shay (D)and S. Howard (N)

* I think our Rally Director was reallyhappy with his result!

Sixth place overall went to the Noviceteam of F. Trautsmandorff (D) and V.Glazou (N).

We also had a great turnout of supportf rom the MCO, wi th lo ts of workersvolunteering. Jaak Laan was the RouteMaster, and Bennett Leckie drove CourseOpening with Pat Weightman navigatingfor him (hanging on, more likely!). SteveBettles drove the Sweep vehicle, with hisDad navigating. We were also fortunate tohave the services of four volunteers fromthe Ottawa Amateur Radio Club. Three of

them came out to the checkpoints with usand relayed the times back to the fourth atJR's Restaurant. They also helped to keepeveryone up to date on the status of carsthat had gotten stuck and were waiting forthe Sweep. They were really great to havearound!

Others who helped to make the Rally asuccess were Craig Seko and Brad Smithon Checkpoint 1, and Kirby Dunstan and

Gary Oman on Checkpoint 2 (they wealso the Green Crew). Nancy Bleses anddid Checkpoint 3, and by the end she wasuffering the consequences of being stucin a car with someone who has cats. StevG r e i n e r a n d D a v e B u t l e r d i d t hStart/Finish and scoring. The AlmonGazette ran a story on the rally, along wia photo of Craig Seko and Dave Butler, s

now they have bragging rights. This liw o u l d n ' t b e c o m p l e t e w i t h o uacknowledging the efforts of Jim Morrowwho went ou t numerous t imes in aattempt to get the route perfect, and whorganized a really good rally.

We are gra teful to the people of thAlmonte area for their support. Thesinclude Jeff Roberts of JR's Restauranwhere we had our Start/Finish; GrafExpress, where we get the Routebookprinted; Phil Ambroziak from the AlmonGazette, who came out to take photos anran our story; and local resident BraMunro, who willingly agreed to let us sup a checkpo in t nea r t he end o f hlaneway and phoned all his neighbours warn them about it. Without local supporwe would not have an MCO rally series.

Thus endeth our Highlands Winter RallWe are looking forward to March and thMangy Moose Rally, when we hope to ganother good turnout. And, as they say the Rally world, "Always expect thunexpected!"

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Announcement:

Mrs. Dorothea Powell invites you to join her anthe family at a memorial in celebration of the lifof Ted (Edward Bertram) Powell. This celebrtion will take place on Saturday, March 16, 200from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm at Pinecrest Cemeter- 2500 Baseline Rd, Ottawa. Light refreshmenwill be served.

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