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The Wishbone Alley Gazette
January, 1998 Rainier Auto Sports Club
-------------Rally News
•The Saab 9000 of Sam Bryan/ Rob Walden won their class (Grp 5) at the Maine
PRO-Rally, which also clinched a win for SAAB in 1997. Besides watching a
SAAB representative accept a Manufacturer's Trophy, the team also won the Jon
Woodner award.
And they made my "good guy" list when they came out to Dryad Quest and
(happily?) worked my stage- MN
•NWRC yearly confab: No more Friday Niter's. They'll be on the second
Saturday night of each month. Friday was just too hectic. Herewith to be
called "Saturday Niter's".
Debbie Sjodin pointed out that the pizza at the finish cost more than
the entry fee, so last I heard the fee was now $10, with some sort of discount
for NWRC members (Ok, members of NWRC member clubs)
The dates were bid and decided with little thrashing or threats. See the
Calender for specifics.
•The Reno Divisional PRO-Rally drew four (4) cars. Rumors of the Nevada-
California passes being closed due to snow kept everyone at home.
The rally was a NW Region event until the Reno Region realized that it
would look good on their resume'.
• John Nispel has asked RASC to raise a crew for Doo Wop I&II on Valentines'
Day weekend. Saturday's three stage roads will be in the NW corner of Capitol
Forest, around the Porter Creek area. Sunday will be at the SE corner of the
forest, Bordeaux and all, with service probably at Mt. Molly.
We've worked these stages before; sometime we've needed storm suits, and
I recall worrying about sun burn once.
We'll try to get Vince to be Stage Captain.
The Calender has the latest dates. Note that Olympus isn't mentioned,
and the ORV Park uses the traditional first- weekend-in-August date.
Simpson Timber has agreed to let NWR use their forest on two weekends,
at $1500 each. The State forestry folks have OK'd use of their land pending
approval of insurance coverage. The requirements haven't been decided yet....
•The NW
h Sound
Community College. This is essentially on the west side of Hwy 101 (PDE and
the Olympia Dealer Mall being on the east side). Take the first exit from
northbound Hwy 101. L at the exit signal, then R toward the campus. It's from
3 to 10 PM, with dinner at 5:30 or so.
---------------Club News
• As the membership gently beat the new president into line, we discussed
running the food stand at the Solo Nationals. This raises money for the rally
program.
• Dues are due. $17 single, $20 family. Pay the treasurer or mail in the
money.
----------------Trivia
• Mike Jones is home recuperating from a 14 hour surgery to remove a tumor
crowding his cerebral cortex. It was big, and Mike will be at home for a few
months. Full recovery will take a bit longer.
• Gene Nelsen, longtime rally worker and THE expert on Capitol Forest, was
hospitalized for circulation problems in early December. He's home now, but
his feet are so swollen he hasn't worn real shoes for a month.
•The Russians have a popular TV program: following a car theft. If the
"thief"(carefully selected to keep out the professionals) avoids police for 30
minutes, he wins a car.
•Nolte sold the Mazda GTX to Mark Tabor of Portland ($3000 moved it) He looks
to be putting in most of the stuff that was removed for sale...
•Jim and Cristy Breazeale have their house for sale, the Jackelope PRO-Rally
car, the Tourismo project car, and nearly everything else. They want to to
pick up and start a new life, destination unknown.
-------------For Sale
*"Jackelope" Rally Lite Rabbit, Class winner, ready to rally with a ton
o'spares. $2850, OBO. Call Black Hole Racing 206-935-8312
*Aiwa Sound System, 1 year old. Roy Ward, 425-869-3836
*'86 Chevy Celebrity, 200+K, replaced by a Suburban. John Nispel 360-357-3207
* '68 Sprite. One project too many. Big Healey needs attention. $3000, Ed
Millman 206-361-7389
-----------1998 NW Rallyists Calender
No races listed, either Vintage, professional, or amatuer. Since "Vigor" had
less participation each year, the name has been reti
underbird Snow/TSD-B.C.
Feb 14 SatNitr by NWRC
Feb 14 DOOWOP IV Div PRO-Rally
Feb 15 DOOWOP II Div PRO-Rally
Feb 20>Feb 28 Satch Carlson's Rally of the Lost Patrol
Feb 28 Snow*Drift Nat'l PRO-Rally
Mar 6 Oregon Friday Niter(Kevin Poirier)
Mar 7 ORCA Rally School, Lynnwood, WA. (Probably at the library)
Mar 14 FRINiter by ORCA
Mar 14 DooWop III (60% national PRO-Rally)
Mar 15 Doo Wop IV(60% national PRO- Rally)
Mar 22 Nanaimo Novice rally
Mar 29 Flapdoodle by Chuckanut (Gimmick rally)
Apr. 3 Ore FriNiter(Gattman,Abdalla)
Apr 11 SatNiter by Torque Steerers
Apr 17-19 Wild West Nat'l PRO-Rally, Olympia, WA (Friday? , yep!)
Apr 18 Vancouver BC Novice Rally
Apr 26 Raindrop (RASC)
Apr 26 Nanaimo Novice Rally
May 3 Ore FriNiter(Saager)
May 8 Rim of the World PRO-Rally, California
May 9 SatNiter by ORCA
May 16-17 Bighorn stage rally , Calgary
May 23-24 Rocky Mountain stage rally, Alberta
May 24 Vancouver BC Novice Rally
May 30 Oregon Trail, Div PRO-Rally
May 31 Victoria Novice Rally
June 6 ORE FriNiter(Rabe)
June 5-7 Susquehannock PRO-Rally
Jun 13 SatNiter by Torque Steerers
June 13 Edge of the Rock stage rally, Duncan, BC
Jun 20 Summer Solstice TSD by ORCA
June 20 Reno Div-PRO
Jun 21 Vancouver novice rally
June 27-28 Summer Rally, Vanc. Island
Jul 11 SatNiter by ORCA
July 11-12 Pemberton TSD, B.C.
Jul 18 Mountains to the East (Ore)(Levear)
July 19 Vancouver Novice rally
Aug 1-2 ORV Rallysprints, Elma
Aug 1-2 Maine Forest PRO
Aug 8-9 Road Not Taken, OR
Aug 15 SatNiter by RASC
Aug 15 Rally at PIR (ORE)?
Aug 16 Vancouver Novice rally
Aug 23 Nanaimo Novice Rally
Aug 28-30 Ojibwe PRO-Rally
Aug29-Sept 5 Alcan 5000 Rally RASC, by Jerry Hines
Sep 12 SatNiter by barc
Sept 12-13 POR- Mich.
Sept 19-20 Evergreen State 1000 (tsd) , by RASC
Sep 26 nothing (yet)
Oct 2-4 Prescott Forest PRO-Rally (AZ)
Oct 3 Nite on Bald Mtn (ORCA)
Oct 10 SatNiter by NWRC
Oct 17-18 Totem Rally (TSD) , BC
Oct 23-25 Lake Superior PRO-Rally (MI)
Oct 30 Ghoul's Gambol (ORE,
aager)
Nov 7-8 Midnite Rally,Vanc. Isl
Nov 14 SatNiter by ORCA;
Nov 14-15 Pacific Forest Div-PRO
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Rainier Auto Sports Club will meet this coming Monday, January 12 at 7:30 PM
at CoCo's in Bellevue,
(520 112th Ave., between the "NE 8" and "NE 4th" Exits of 405 on the west side
of the Hwy.) We have a meeting room set aside in the back. Monthly meetings
are the second Monday of each month. Past Members, visitors, and spectators
are welcomed.
---------Agenda:
Oh, all the rumors.... confirmed or killed.
Mike Jones will tell us about how the brain vs. nerves works out. We can
hassle over the schedule and calender. Jim and Cristy can report on their
"plan".
Pay your dues. $17 single, $20 family.
---------1998 Board Members:
President: Pete Shelton- 206-365-4173; Vice-President: Jay
Kingsley-206-243-9102 Secretary: Rod Chelgren- 206-523-9330; Treasurer: Terry
Simons- 425-806-1741 Membership: Mike Jones- 425-823-8329, Member at large:
Cristy Breazeale, 206- 935-8312.
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