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Jeannie VE3JNE

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MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009!
09/23/8 at 14:58:33

The Motorsport Club of Ottawa (MCO) is pleased to announce a new stage-rally event to be held next spring in the Township of Lanark Highlands. The road we have chosen is northwest of the town of Perth, and it winds through beautiful Canadian Shield forest. Please circle this date on your calendars: May 9, 2009 — and let yourself be tempted by the inaugural Lanark Highlands Forest Rally!

The early May date means that competitors will be able to rally earlier next season, with two new rallies on offer: the PMSC/KWRC rally at Shannonville in April, and the Lanark Highlands Forest Rally in May. Darryl Malone is organizing the rally.

Some of you may remember, or have heard of, the 1974 World Championship Rally of the Rideau Lakes. This five-day international rally was headquartered in Smiths Falls and ran stages as far north as Bancroft. The MCO is proud to be building on this tradition with our own Lanark Highlands Forest Rally, 35 years later, on one of the same roads!

Jean MacGillivray
MCO Rally Director

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brynepp Junior Member Offline Who said trucks can't Rally? Posts: 51	Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009! Reply #1 - 09/23/8 at 15:22:09 This is definitely great news for our sport in Ontario. Congratulations MCO, PMSC and KWRC.
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j_gardhouse YaBB Administrator Offline On hiatus - drinking the two wheeled koolaid. Posts: 387	Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009! Reply #2 - 09/23/8 at 15:52:01 Now as long as no events go missing, 2009 is going to be CRAZY!
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Paul P YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 11 Blue Mountain	Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009! Reply #3 - 09/24/8 at 16:28:30 Sorry, but did I miss something? Rally in April at Shannonville? Any more details? Thanks, Paul Pinchbeck 91 Legacy Turbo
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Jeannie VE3JNE Senior Member Offline Posts: 327 Lanark Highlands	Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009! Reply #4 - 09/24/8 at 16:55:14 Yes, a message was sent out to the licensed-drivers list about it. I'll see if I can find a link and add it here. I can't get it to link, but look under MCO's Rally forum for this title: Tarmac rally coming to Ontario - Spring 2009. Jeannie
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Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009!
Reply #5 - 09/24/8 at 19:09:24

The Peterborough Motorsports Club and the Kitchener Waterloo Rally Club are well on their way in the planning of a new OPRC event to be held at Shannonville Motorsport Park tentatively set for April 4 2009. This will be a one day event run on 6 different configurations of the track with individual stages running in length from 7 km to 30 km and total stage length of about 120 km.

The early April date will ensure that all the track facilities are available for the event. It is also in the middle of the huge hole in the performance schedule from winter to summer events.

An additional feature that we will be able to have two crews enter the same vehicle, and each will run the entire event. This can be done by switching driver and co-driver as separate entries or two different crews in the same car or another variation if you can work it out. A competitor can only enter as first driver once though, so there won't be one driver winning multiple classes.

We would be interested in your feedback

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Reply #6 - 09/25/8 at 10:45:49

We have already received offers of help from experienced organizers in both Ontario and Quebec, as well as expressions of interest in competing from rallyists in other clubs.

As we are just in our early stages of organizing, I wanted to say how much we appreciate these folks coming forward.

2009 is going to be a very good year for performance rally!

Jean MacGillivray
MCO Rally director

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Paul P YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 11 Blue Mountain	Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009! Reply #7 - 09/26/8 at 18:06:58 I agree. It should be a great season. Can't wait. Let me know if any additional help is required in the planning stages. Paul
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Jeannie VE3JNE Senior Member Offline Posts: 327 Lanark Highlands	Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009! Reply #8 - 09/27/8 at 12:50:42 Thanks for the offer, Paul. Not that I know everyone but I don't recognize your name. Are you with MLRC? Coming out to Tall Pines? Jeannie
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j_gardhouse YaBB Administrator Offline On hiatus - drinking the two wheeled koolaid. Posts: 387	Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009! Reply #9 - 09/27/8 at 14:20:14 ski_guy = Paul Pinchbeck All I can tell you is that he beat me to the punch on a car that led to me buying a different car that I really love, so I'd say he's a pretty nice guy He drives the ex-ACP war of the wheels pink+blue Subaru legacy
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Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009!
Reply #10 - 09/28/8 at 07:44:06

j_gardhouse wrote on 09/27/8 at 14:20:14:

ski_guy = Paul Pinchbeck

All I can tell you is that he beat me to the punch on a car that led to me buying a different car that I really love, so I'd say he's a pretty nice guy

He drives the ex-ACP war of the wheels pink+blue Subaru legacy

Ah yes, the one that Glen Clarke ran in his debut stage rally -- Tall Pines 2007. That should make Paul easy to spot this year! Glad the car situation worked out well for both of you.

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Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009!
Reply #11 - 09/28/8 at 15:48:22

Hi Jeannie

I should have introduced myself. I am a member of MLRC albeit one from a distance out of Toronto so I have yet to make a meeting.

As Jamie pointed out I am currently driving the Pink and Blue Legacy Turbo. I do plan to run the pines, although my nav and I have some things to sort out after our targa off (he was driving).

I just thought that it was time to render a bit of assistance to the cause if required.

I can be reached at 705 888 1891

Cheers,
Paul

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Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009!
Reply #12 - 09/28/8 at 19:28:32

Paul, that is very kind of you, and I have taken note of your phone number. I belong to MCO and PMSC, and live just west of Ottawa. You could say that living where we do inspired the first Lanark Highlands TSD!

Sorry to hear about your off at Targa, although I see you did finish -- congrats for that accomplishment! (Given that Targa runs for five days, I have to tell you that an off is not all that unusual. Wink

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I will be working Tall Pines as usual this year, so will look for your car to say hi. I'll be in a course car.

Thanks again!

Jeannie

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uglydogrally Junior Member Offline Ugly Dog Rallysport Posts: 87 Ottawa	Re: MCO announces new stage rally for May 2009! Reply #13 - 02/12/9 at 19:17:11 Lanark Highlands Forest Rally website is up, and registration open! www.lhfr.ca Early fee received prior to April 1, 2009 $350 CDN Regular fee received prior to April 24 2009 $375 CDN Late entry fee applies to all entries received after April 24, 2009 $450 CDN
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Jeannie VE3JNE

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Reply #14 - 02/13/9 at 10:08:47

Yes, and I think Matt may have been our first entry!

Looking forward to seeing some Maple Leaf members in their rally cars!

Workers are also going to be needed. Some MLRC folks are already key supporters (yes, the course cars are all filled) but we would welcome your talent as HAMs, stage marshals, etc.

Lanark Highlands Forest Rally on May 8-9. Rally HQ is at McDonalds Corners, with a huge lot in behind the agricultural hall, ready for all your rally cars and service vehicles. See you there!

Jean MacGillivray
MCO Rally rep and LHFR publicity

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