Rainier Auto Sports Club

Nor'wester Auto Rally, 1974

Date: ???, 1974

Location: Leavenworth, WA

Rallymasters: Pete Hufschmidt and Steve Richards

Summary: It was about 450 miles, maybe 300 miles of gravel, non-stop (roughly early afternoon to early morning) over some remarkable if somewhat rough roads in Eastern Washington. It started in Leavenworth, over the hill to Ardenvoir and on to Chelan, then to Antione Creek, Methow Valley, Cooper Mountain, back to Chelan, Entiat and Leavenworth, over about every through gravel road we could find. We had to scrub about 50 miles due to a fire closure. This was essentially a stage rally but I don't know how we got away with it or had the balls to put it on since there were no closed roads, road guards, communications, etc., etc.. The only saving grace was that the meat of the rally was at night. Car prep and safety was not anywhere near what it is today either. -- Steve Richards

Entry List: (Pardon name spelling in transcription)

#	Driver/Codriver	Marque	Remarques	Score
1	Warren/Calvin	Jeep Wagoneer		7999
2	Thomason/Fisher	Datsun 510		8727
3	Lansbell/Burgess	Honda Civic		7622
4	Sabourin/Kluckner	Datsun KHB110		7515
5	Donnison/Bartelt	Mazda RX3		7659
6	Halle/Dea	Datsun 240Z		7418
7	Heinonen/Nichlason	Renault 1135
8	Rodgers/Brooks	Datsun 510		7289
9	Roberts/Lychako	Mazda RX2
10	Davis/Davis	Datsun 510	Fan Belt	---
11	Block/Sportelli	Dodge Colt		9184

16	Kraushaar/Jones	Datsun 510	Rolled	---
17	Rapport/Haton	Dodge Demon		9212
18	Wilson/Lychako	Opel Manta		8864
19	Johnson/Gibson	Subaru		8977
20	Murphy/Murphy	Datsun 510	Crash/Burn	---
21	Fairhall/Bergen	Datsun 510		8776
22	Hall/Richardson	Datsun 510	Fan in Radiator	---
23	Stevenson/Lynch	Datsun 510	Sick Navigator	---
24	Adams/Gibault	Datsun 240Z	Left Course	---

31	Robinson/Carlin	Datsun 510	Retired	---
32	Cramer/Kudlow	Datsun 510	Retired	---
33	Dittman/Jackson	Mustang		8559
34	O'Neal/Nelson	Renault R-8	Retired	---
35	Anderson/Johnson	Subaru
36	Thompson/Davis	Datsun 610		8121
37	Beavis/Hauge	Dodge Colt		8257
38	Fuhrman/Haarr	Opel Manta	Left Course	---
39	Dowhing/Conrey	MGB	Left Course	---
40	More/Williams			8358
41	Starr/Meggy			8467

Other Info:

Official Route Book, (10 Pages, 270K Adobe PDF)

Photographs from the Event, (28 images)

Photograph of the scoreboard with complete scores, (550KB JPEG)