Nokian
Tyres Pacific Forest Rally presented by Specialty
Subaru; part of the Western Canada Performance
Rally Championship. Performance rally cars
from around Western Canada will race on a
tight, challenging gravel road course in
BC's interior. This event is sanctioned by
the Canadian Association of Rallysport (CARS)
and Rally Pacific Motorsports (RPM), and
is organized by the West Coast Rally Association
(WCRA).
Pre-Event
Media Day:
Thursday,
September 21, 2000, 6:00pm at Cates Park, North
Vancouver
When & where:
Saturday,
September 23, 2000; Cache Creek, BC; at the
junction of Trans Canada Hwy #1 and BC Hwy
#97
Headquarters & Press
Room/Media Registration:
Desert
Motel, 1069 S Trans Canada Hwy, Cache Creek,
BC ph: (250) 457-6226
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Schedule
(subject to change):
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Thursday,
September 21, 2000
18:00-20:00 |
Rally
Display & Media Interviews |
|
Pre-Scrutineering,
Seeded Draw & Welcome Barbecue all
at Cates Park, off the Dollarton Hwy, in
North Vancouver, BC |
Friday,
September 22, 2000
18:00-22:00 |
Registration
and Scrutineering at Desert Motel, Cache
Creek, BC |
Saturday,
September 23, 2000
07:30-08:15 |
Late
Registration & Scrutineering by appointment
only at Wander Inn Restaurant |
08:00-09:00 |
Teams
available for interviews at Wander Inn
Restaurant |
09:00-09:30 |
Introduction
of Officials and Drivers' Meeting at Wander
Inn Restaurant |
10:00 |
Official
Start at Desert Motel |
18:45-20:00 |
End of
rally at Desert Motel |
20:00 |
Awards
Presentation and Dinner at Wander Inn Restaurant |
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Format:
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Unlike
conventional racing, rallies are held primarily
on forest access roads. Conditions on these
roads can dictate speeds from well over 200
km/h to as low as 30 km/h. Also, unlike racing,
the route remains unknown to the driver until
it is read at speed by the co-driver (navigator).
At every moment, the car, driver and co-driver
must be ready for whatever may be around the
next curve!
The
Performance Rally format consists of two parts:
Special Stages and Transit Sections. Special
Stages are run flat-out against the clock and
are closed to public traffic. Transit Sections
are the routes between Stages, in which teams
must obey all traffic laws. Plenty of time
is given to allow teams to arrive at the start
of the next Special Stage without speeding,
and penalties are assessed for arriving too
early or too late.
The
accumulation of times from the Special Stages
and any Transit Section penalties make up the
final scores and help to determine the winner.
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Selected
entries (driver/navigator):
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- 1999
BC Navigational Rally Drivers' Champion and
BC Rally Director Paul Westwick and Andrew
Dobric of Vancouver in a 1988 Toyota Celica
All-Trac.
- Winners
of the 2000 Mountain Trials and Calgary Winter
Rallies and 1st runners up from this year's
Big Horn, Rocky Mountain and Edge of the Rock
Rallies, rising stars Janusz Komorowski and
Tomasz Karzynski of Calgary in a 1988 Mazda
323 GTX.
-
Winners of the 2000 Edge of the Rock Rally
and class winners at the 1998 Panama-Alaska
Rally, Scott and Bob Trinder of Vancouver in
a 1988 Toyota Celica All-Trac.
-
National level competitor and experienced rallyist
Peter Hill and Barry Gurnsey of Calgary in
a very nicely prepared 1973 Toyota Corolla.
Peter actually competed as a navigator at the
Pacific Forest Rally, back in the 80's when
this event was on the national calendar.
-
2000 Thunderbird Rally class winners and 1st
overall Novice team from the 2000 Mountain
Trials Rally, Martin Wilson and Bill Westhead
of Vancouver in a very special, ex-Canadian
National Championship winning 1980 Toyota Corolla
once driven by 5-time Canadian Rally Champion
Taisto Heinonen of 100 Mile House, BC.
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Additional
news interest:
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- The
addition of the Pacific Forest Rally to the
Western Canadian Performance Rally Championship
has grown the calendar to a total of seven
events between Alberta and BC. You can bet
that competitors from both sides of the Rockies
will be in a heated battle for valuable series
points at this rally.
-
The Pacific Forest Rally is the third event
in BC this season and yet another sign that
renewed interest in the sport has finally brought
performance rallying back to the region. Event
organizers are well on their way to hosting
a national-level rally and the Canadian Association
of Rallysport will be observing the Pacific
Forest Rally for its possible inclusion in
the 2002 Subaru Canadian Rally Championship.
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2000
Western Canada Performance Rally Championship:
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Date |
Event Place |
Winners |
March
11 |
Calgary
Winter Rally Calgary, AB |
J.
Komorowski / T. Karzynski |
May
20-21 |
Bighorn
Rally Hinton, AB |
Pat
Richard / Ian McCurdy |
May
26-27 |
Rocky
Mountain Rally Calgary, AB |
Pat
Richard / Ian McCurdy |
June
24 |
Mountain
Trials Cache Creek |
J.
Komorowski / T. Karzynski |
July
15 |
Edge
of the Rock Nanaimo, BC |
Scott
Trinder / Bob Trinder |
Sept.23 |
Pacific
Forest Rally Cache Creek |
|
Nov.25 |
Kananaskis
Rally Calgary, AB |
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Contact:
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Bill
Westhead - West Coast Rally Association Vice-President & Media
Liaison
Pre-event:
604.258.2758 or 604.707.3305; e-mail:mailto:bill@rallybc.com
At event: 250.457.6226
Organized
by: West Coast Rally Association http://www.rallybc.com
Sanctioned
by: Canadian Association of Rallysport www.carsrally.ca/english.html
Rally
Pacific Motorsports http://www.rallybc.com
Presented
by:
Nokian
Tyres http://www.nokiantyres.com
Specialty Subaru http://www.specialtysubaru.com
Wilkinson's Automobilia: http://www.wilkinsonsauto.com |