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October 2000
Inside
- Rally Association - AGM & Banquet Information - US GP
Report - Solo-I
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Special Thanks Bev Millar and Ken Baird Collation and
Distribution
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2000 Executive President
Vice-PresidentRonald Woltman
H: (613) 592-0141W: (819) 997-6988
[email protected]
Past PresidentJohn Blouin
H: (613) [email protected]
Directors
Sherissa MicroysH: (613) 822-7204
[email protected]
Karting DirectorJeff Watson
(613) 726-2943 [email protected]
David ButlerH: (613) 596-5518
C: (613) [email protected]
Jaak LaanH: (613) 835-3966W: (613) 943-2520
[email protected]
Sam MandiaH: (613) 745-4227W: (613) [email protected]
MembershipGordon Acorn and Helen Zhou
H: (613) 271-1161W: (613) 763-1155
[email protected]
Treasurer
Secretary
Chris CapowskiH: (613) 228-1180W: (613) 526-5202
[email protected]
LINK [email protected]
Ayan GangopadhyayH: (613) [email protected]
Richard MuiseH: (613) 277-7269
[email protected]
Hotline(613) 788-0525
Website
www.mco.org maintained by Rob Microys
Hosted byAnjura Technology Corporation
General MeetingsLouis's Steakhouse
1682 Cyrville Rd., Ottawa, ONFirst Tuesday of every month
All are welcome
M.C.O.P.O. Box 65006,
Merivale Postal OutletNepean, ON K2G 5Y3
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Editorial Exhaust Idle Ramblings
In terms of racing enjoyment, this past
month was a wonderful peak for me. TwoSolo-II events (including
my first bronzepin!!!), an EVCC event (less spectacularperhaps, but
I had a good day in the sun),and finally the US Grand Prix
inIndianapolis. A good way to round out theseason, as most racing
series are coming toan end. As horrible as it sounds, I'm sureby
February, I'll be anxious for just aboutany kind of racing; I hope
the winter(yuck) slalom will scratch that itch.
Things are settling down in the Link. Thetransition is over, and
Ayan and myself aregetting into the swing of how it all
comestogether. As always, we are looking for themembers of the club
to help us the most bycontributing to the Link. Photos,
stories,
jokes, reviews, reports -- anything iswelcome. A bonus for
contributors is thateach article is worth worker points forthose of
you in the running for trophies atthe upcoming MCO banquet
(November25th).
This is also the last month with this cover.Next month will be
the 2 colour cover thathas been mentioned often this year, butwas
delayed until the November issue.Perhaps appropriately, as it will
bedistributed at the Annual General Meeting,where we will see the
new club executive.The new cover will be cheaper to produce,which
will directly effect the cash flow of the club.
Until then, I hope you enjoy this edition of the Link.
- Richard Muise
Rob Microys4287 Owl Valley Drive
Gloucester, Ontario K1V 1L8H: (613) 822-7204W: (613) 765-5744C:
(613) 761-0306
[email protected]@nortelnetworks.com
Robert BensonH: (613) 837-2051
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October 2000
2000 Calendar of Events
The Link editorial staff provides this calendar for your
coAlthough we attempt to ensure its accuracy, you should alwevents
with the event's organizers.
MCO GENERAL MEETINGS First Tuesday of every month, 8:00
pmLouis's Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville Road
MCO EXECUTIVE MEETINGS Third Tuesday of every month, 7:30 pm
Louis's Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville Road
2000 CASC-OR REGIONAL ROAD RACING April 14,15 SMP HRC Driver
SchoolsApril 21,23 SMP Spring FlingApril 28 Mosport Test DayApril
29,30 Mosport ALL Classes BARCMay 12 Mosport Test DayMay 13,14
Mosport ALL Classes BEMCMay 19-21 Mosport Trans-Am (CGTCC only)June
2 SMP Test DayJune 3,4 SMP ALL Classes CRDAJune 23 SMP Test Day
DACJune 24,25 SMP ALL Classes DACJune 30, July 1,2 Mosport Vintage
only VARACJuly 7 SMP Test DayJuly 8,9 SMP ALL Classes
TLMC/MCOAugust 11 Mosport Test DayAugust 12,13 Mosport ALL Classes
BARCAugust 26-27 Mosport CASCAR (CGTCC only)Sept 1 Mosport Test
DaySept 2,3 Mosport (SCCA Nationals) CRDASept 15 Mosport Test
Day
Sept 16,17 Mosport ALL Classes BEMCSept 29 Mosport Test DaySept
30,Oct 1 Mosport ALL Classes PMS/CASC
2000 CASC-OR SOLO I EVENTS April 2nd Open House CSC Racing
ProductsApril 29th,30th School MosportApril 30th Lapping Day
MosportMay 13th Event #1 SMPMay 14th Event #2 SMPJune 16th Lapping
Evening SMPJune 17th Event #3 SMPJune 18th Event #4 SMPJuly 15th
Event #5 MosportJuly 16th Event #6 MosportAugust 5th Event #7 St.
Eustache. Que.August 6th Event #8 St. Eustache. Que.August 18th
Lapping Day MosportAugust 19th Event #9 MosportAugust 20th Event
#10 MosportSeptember 9th Event #11 SMPSeptember 10th Event #12
SMP
National and Regional Performance Rally Schedules
http://www3.sympatico.ca/rally.cars/english.html
2000 MCO SO LO II SERIES
April 16 Test Day AlcatelMay 7 School AlcatelMay 28 Event #1
AlcatelJune 4 Event #2 AlcatelJune 11 Event #3 AlcatelJune 25 Event
#4 Alcatel (rained out)July 16 Event #5 AlcatelJuly 30 School
AlcatelAug 13 Event #6 AlcatelAug. 27 Event #7 Alcatel
Sept. 10 Event #8 AlcatelSept. 17 Event #9 AlcatelOct. 1 Event
#4 Alcatel (rain date)Oct.15 Event #10 Alcatel
MCO HIGHLAND RALLY AND RALLY SEMINAR
Saturday, October 21. See article on page 5.
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Rally Affiliation by Jaak Laan
forward by Rob M icroys
There has been some continuing puzzlement as to the MCO's
position towards becomingaffiliated with Rally Sport Ontario
(RSO)and Canadian Association of Rally Sport (CARS) and the
financial arrangements that are in place between CASC-OR and
theserally sanctioning bodies. Jaak's article,originally published
in the June 2000 issueof The Link, describes the
relationshipbetween the organizations as it is in placetoday, and
intention of the current executive, which the new executive in
November will hopefully also support fully. As a side note there
currently are a number of other dually affiliated clubs who use
the
formal agreemen t which exists betweenCASC-OR and RSO, including
BEMC, TAC,PMSC, StCat. We hope that the members of the club intend
on supporting this.
The original article as printed follows
There has been some confusing informationabout the allocation of
membership feeswith MCO affiliating with the national
rallysanctioning body. The facts are relativelysimple and are part
of a formal arrangementmade with the Canadian Automobile SportClubs
(CASC-OR), the CanadianAssociation of Rally Sport (CARS) and
their various regional organizations.
First the facts...
MCO (the club, not individual members)will pay $100 annually to
join the nationalbody, the Canadian Association of RallySport
(CARS). $50 will then go fromCARS to Rally Sport Ontario (RSO).
Asper a formal arrangement with CASC,affiliated clubs then decide
independentlywhether to, and how, to split the members'CASC-OR fee
so that their members can beofficially part of rallies according to
twopossible options:
(1) (PROPOSED) MCO would choose thatthe $15 CASC-OR fee be split
ONLY forthose members who choose to affiliate withRSO. In that
case, for those members only,$7.50 would go to CASC and $7.50 to
RSO.For the majority of MCO m embers who arenot interested in
rallying, ALL of their $15would continue to go to CASC-OR as
usual.
OR, the other option...
(2) (NOT being proposed) MCO couldchoose that the $15 is split
equally for allmembers i.e. $7.50 to CASC-OR and $7.50to RSO.
Under Option 1, if five current memberscheck off the rally
option on theirmembership application form that would
mean $37.50 less annually going from our
club to CASC-OR and instead goinsupport rallying. Those mem bers
wstill be supporting CASC-OR with thehalf of their fees. That would
still CASC-OR receiving $2,512.50 from members if we continue with
havingmembers. Even if double that many psay 10 MCO members, choose
to surallying, CASC-OR would still get $from us and RSO would get
$75 members' levies. As MCO membershbeen growing, CASC will
actually remore money from us over the next yeless.
At the May Executive meeting, Executive decided unanimously that
should affiliate with rallying accordiOption 1 in time for our
members tofor the 2001 season. That will meanthis coming December,
after the AGeneral Meeting where mem bers elecnext Executive, MCO
will contact Cwill submit the $100 for the calenda2001, and then
will amend our Mmembership application form to amembers the option
of directing $7.50their $15 CASC fee to rallying.
The benefits to MCO members who cthe rally option will be that
they will bto earn points and compete in roadchampionships such as
the YokohWinter Rally series or the whole OnRoad Rally Championship
that has ethroughout the year and also qualif
travel money and prizes. With Mbecoming rally affiliated those
memwho choose the rally support option caapply for regional and
national perforrally licences and compete in Canperformance rallies
as MCO memMCO currently has one member Ottawa who is competing in
regperformance rallies but as we arecurrently rally affiliated he
andnavigator are members of another cluis rally affiliated and
compete as meof that club. A couple of MCO memlast winter joined
other Ontario moto
clubs so that they could qualifychampionships, prizes and travel
monroad rallying. Hopefully, these memwill choose to remain part of
our clubwe are rally affiliated in 2001. And aopportunity for
growth, should Mmembers wish to organize rallies our can end up
being part of Ontario series
October 2000
GET YOUR MCO BANQUETTICKETS
Saturday November 25th, 2000Louis' Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville
RoadDoors open 5pm and dinner at 6:30pm
Tickets $35 per person, available from SherissaMicroys
(613-822-7204, [email protected]) orany executive member.
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THE AWARDS ARE COMING!
by Sherissa Microys
November 25th MCO is holding its annualbanquet during which we
recognize memberswho have worked hard or made someachievements over
the past 12 months. It isalways a very enjoyable night with a
greatdinner, friends, and loot. The trophies handedout are
significant and we would like you toknow what they are and how you
couldqualify.
All competition trophy recipients must bemembers, although this
is not required forworker trophies. One must also have aminimum of
300 worker points (100 points forone days work usually, such as
helping at a
Solo or 75 points for writing one LINK article)to qualify for
any trophy. This is a veryimportant point since there have been
manydeserving members in the past who werepassed up for trophies
because they did notmeet this requirement. MCO is a group of
volunteer car enthusiasts and if everyone doesnot help during the
year, we cannot function,therefore this rule applies and we very
stronglyencourage you to help out at events and don'tyou miss out
on an award.
Included in the previous LINK is a form on
which you can list your competition resultsand on the opposite
side, your worker efforts.This form must be returned to an
executivemember (see list inside front cover) prior toOct 27th. We
will be meeting the followingday to make assignments, therefore do
not belate.
Solo: Solo Events Champion
overall winner of the winter andsummer series
Order of the Bent Valve2nd overall winner of the summer
andwinter series
Dow's Lake
winner of the summer Solo series Bridgestone Blizzak Cup
winter solo champion Novice Slalom Champion
most points by a novice solo competitor Solo Fanatic
one who has put forth more thanrequired, for the love of the
sport
Racing: MCO Racing Champion
Race driver of the year, usually the onewho has the m ost
points
Frank Hick's Sedanthrough sheer dedication and
perseverance,obtained reasonable success in a closedwheel
series
Frank Hick's Formula through sheer dedication and
perseveranceobtained reasonable success in aformula series
Hard Lucka member w ho perseveres against all odds
Frank Hick's Technical one who shows good sportsmanshipin
contributing to the sport
Paddock engineera crew member who contributes tothe success of
club competitors
Dewar Trophy novice race driver of the year
Workers: Gary Hunt Memorial
worker of the year Top Female Worker
Female with the most worker points Order of the Holed Piston
top novice worker
The Golden Pen most LINK contributions
Rally: Rally Driver Trophy
best achievement by rally driver L. Smith Trophy
best achievement by rally navigator
Other: Ladies Cup
top female competitor in solo, rally,or racing
Annual achievement notable achievement by a memberin competition
or furthering the club
Ted Powell Award not awarded very often, given forlifetime
achievement and outstandingcontributions to motorsport
October 2000
RETURN YOUR TROPHIES!
If you won trophies last year, please return them toone of the
executive members by Nov 7th (AGM).
See the inside cover for contact information.
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October 2000
The Highland Rally by Jaak Laan
Editors' Note: this article is a little latedue to our, um,
confusion. We offer our most sincere apologies to Jaak and to
thereaders for this oversight.
At the time of this writing, in earlyAugust, we have 4 teams
signed upalready for the Highland Rally, which willbe happening
Saturday, October 21starting in Almonte.
Remember, all you need to participate is awatch, a pen, a simple
calculator formultiplying simple things like 7.6 km X1.02 odometer
correction factor (example,not the factor you will use!), and a
navigator with whom you want to spendan afternoon on country
roads under theFall colours. Oh yeah, the more fun yourcar is to
drive the more fun you'll have. If you ever get lost you'll just
have toexercise that car as you get back oncourse! "Oh darn, my
navigator just toldme to speed up!"
The directions will be simple, becausewe're trying to encourage
people to tryTSD (time speed distance) rallying as agrassroots
alternative to what we watchon TV or read about in magazines.
The calculations required are onlyrequired because every car's
odometermeasures differently. You want to matchyour readings to the
instructions (setusing the rallymaster's car) so you knowfor sure
that when it says "bear right" (no,that's not a reference
towildlifealthough it could be) at 4.6km, you turn right at the
correct road.There could be another road 0.1 km over
the crest which might be the correct one(see above re. seeing
the bright side andenjoying your car when getting un-lost).
The "odo check" is always within the first15 km of the start.
You zero your tripmeter at the start line. You followdirections
(which are always intentionallysimple) before the odo check, and
when itsays "odo check" in the instructions youstop exactly there
and note what your
odometer reading. You then compare itto the instructions, and
calculate yourcorrection factor that you will use forevery
instruction for the rest of the rally.We will explain how to do
this during thepre-event seminar. This is the onlycalculation
required, but it is CRITICALor you WILL get lost. You just
keepingmultiplying every distance reading in theinstructions by
this correction factor. Youalso work ahead so you're not
scramblingwhen the turns are close.
The Highland Rally is designed forpeople who have never done
this before,so we will not be trying to trick you inany way. You
still will have to payattention to the navigation and go throughall
the usual steps. You still will have tofollow your navigator's
instructions withgood humour. You may still have toforgive your
navigator for errors and bepatient as they figure out where they
wentwrong. And hopefully your navigatorwill not have to forgive you
for anydriving errors.
Useful Web Sites
Motorsport Club of Ottawa www.mco.org
ASN Canada FIAwww.asncanada.com
CASC-OR www.casc.on.ca
F dration Auto Qubec auto-quebec.infinit.net
Sports Car Club of America www.scca.org
Solo I in Ontario www.soloontario.com
Another Ontario Solo I/II Site www.swbs.com/solo1.html
St. Lawrence Auto Club (St. LAC)home.ican.net/~blur
British Automobile Racing Club,Ontario Centre
www.barc-oc.com
Deutscher Automobil Club www.deutscher.on.ca
RallySport Ontario www3.sympatico.ca/pwatt/
rsodocs/rso.htm
National Capital Kart Club www.bizgateway.com/NCKC
Motorsport Marshalling Services
www.motorsportmarshalling.on.ca
Isseco Kumho F1200 Championship www.f1200.bizland.com
ChampCar Lights www.champcarlights.com
If there are any other websites that you feel should be added in
this column,
please e-mail the link to [email protected]
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January 1999 October 2000
- Interior and Exteriorcleaning and detailing
- Mid to highend maintenance
- Custom engineered upgrades
- Design and consultingservices
- Custom mandrel-bentstainless steel exhaustsystems up to 3"
diameter
- Precision MIG and TIGwelding of:
- Aluminum- Stainless Steel- Inconel- Titanium- Various other
metals
by appointment only
(613) 798-8163
UPCOMING EVENTS 1) April 29 - Annual Garage Sale
at Robson Racing
2) May 27 - Annual Robson Drag/Cruise Night at Luskville
Dragway
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October 2000
The Vice-President Report
By Ron Woltman
Back at the word processor after a wee
lay off. I hope you missed me?Couple of things to speak to
thismonth.
First, and most important -- THEELECTIONS! Now is the time for
allgood men to come to the aid of theparty. In other words, let's
stand upand be counted. Stand for election. Itwill be the best of
times. Yes, it maybe the worst of times, too, but you will
feel involved. I am standing again,God willing. Who will stand
with me?
MCO had a rally this past month,organized by long-time member
Dave
Butler. While the weather wasatrocious, the entries were good
andeveryone had fun, including yourstruly, who acted as a
checkpoint.And, I did not get lost. If you read
early Links you will find I got lost inmy very first rally.
However, manyof the novice rallyists from the high-tech firm of
LEARNIX did. Methinksthe rally was trifle too difficult. Nexttime -
go easy on the beginners sothey will come back.
Just finished running the EVCCELECTROTHON at Paul
Swinwood'sQuyon go-kart track. Only four
entries, unfortunately, and only twostarters. One more joined
the fray with20 minutes left in the one-hour event.But, everyone
had fun - we had a 'dice'for the leadsort of a tortoise and
hare kind of thing. The tortoise by the way.(see photos below -
Ed)Much thanks to Bob McLeod (oex-member), Sam Mandia, RicMuise and
Dave Butler (albeit a
tardy himself). We are going to dagain next June at Capital
CSpeedway. If you have participated -- do so - it's way co
Remember --- get involved and sfor office. It's your club.
Above:This was the winner of theEVCC. A well made,
sleekthree-wheeler, it won the race,despite being lapped
repeatedlyduring the first half of the race.Style-wise, it was
reminiscent ofthe rocket-powered BonnevilleSalt Flats record
holders.
Below:This was the second placeentry. It started very
strongly,
lapping vehicle #46 roughlyevery 4 laps, but it ran ot of juice
about mid-way throughthe event. A number of driverchanges didn't
seem to help.This dark blue electric beastseems to echo the lines
of theSilk-Cut Jaguars at Le Mans.
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Solo-I by Jaak Laan
Six MCO members participated in theAugust 7 and 8 Solo I events
at the ex-Transport Canada test facility now run byPMG Technologies
at Blainville, just
north of Montreal. Results, generalinformation and even maps to
get thereare at www.soloontario.com . PMG'swebsite with photos is
athttp://www.pmgtest.com/. This eventwas supposed to have been held
at theSte. Eustache track, but Blainville workedout well, at least
for novices like me. Ihad never been there, and the speeds
werepretty high - which meant the opportunityto learn heavier
braking from higherspeeds.
The track was laid out beginning withcones on the huge paved
test area, andthen streaked slightly downhill (I think Iwas doing
about 140 km/h) on a straighttowards an almost 180 degree corner
ontothe concrete straight. We were able to usemost of one straight
of the 5.5 milebanked oval track. Runoff room at theend of the
straight if you didn't make the180 degree turn was the
banking(tempting!). I hit 170 km/h in my weestock Civic, and was
still acceleratingbefore having to brake to about 20 km/hfor the
corner. The track then scootedthrough a sea of cones, marking out
someinteresting corners, back to the start/finishline. Grip is good
on the whole track,perhaps because it is nice and flat and
clean. Despite being warned about it, Idid not experience extra
tire wear. Thelong straight was concrete and wasactually rather
surprisingly undulating.When I got it up to 170 km/h at the end
itseemed to smooth out, but more likely Iwas just a tad distracted
by picking mybraking point! I think it would be pretty
frightening to come off that 35 degreebanking in some fast car
and whistledown those narrow straights. I am toldthat some
character called Eddie Irvinehad some difficulty at this venue,
scrapingthe side of an XJ-R on the guardrailduring a Jaguar press
day at the time of the Canadian GP this year made merespect the
place.
It is an interesting facility what with tightsecurity...we had
to be escorted 2 km in toour paddock five cars at a time etc.
Depending on how you drive, it is about1.5 to 1.75 hours from
Ottawa. TheL.A.P.S. (l'Association des Pilotes Solo)people who ran
the event for the inter-provincial gang were very nice folk
andseemed to be well organized. After thefirst run they used their
computer to slotpeople into a run order with fastest goingfirst.
Then they used the huge openpaddock area to line us up in side by
siderows of five cars each. Each five car rowwent out on the track
together.
While most of the real race cars fromOntario didn't make the
trip, the field wasbrightened up by a new black Corvettewhich
arrived on a black trailer pulled bya black ML55 Mercedes sport
ute. That
Corvette just accelerated like wild fire.But I probably had as
much fun on 2% of his budget!
Perhaps most unusually there were Ibelieve 5 brightly coloured
T-Rex trikes.These things cost something like $38,000and have mid
engined Kawasaki bike
motors (163 hp for 900 lbs.) with 6 spd.sequential transmissions
and very openbodys. Your legs go over the opensuspension pieces and
you can see groundaround your knees. Huge single rearwheels (315
width) which they keptsmoking off the line. Scary creatures.They
are street legal in Quebec but I don'tthink I would want to be
passing a semi-trailer truck on the inside with one of these things
looking up at the truck'swhirling hubs. Would be fun to try on
atrack though. T-Rex site at
http://www.go-t-rex.com/
Having done the Solo I driving school, alapping day and two Solo
I events thisyear to try it out I can recommend it toothers. It is
a great opportunity to driveon race tracks at the lowest cost.
Thesepeople are very good drivers with somepretty hot cars but
everybody seems to betreated the samewe're all there to race.I used
my stock old Civic on worn streettires and I was as welcomed as
anybody.I'll be back for more!
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October 2000
Beat the Snow and the Cold - Race Indoors
The MCO INDOOR Racing League at Capital Karting
FALL 2000
FormatThe league shall be comprised of MCO members and is open
toinvitations with the possibility of non-m embers entering into
the leagueevents. Each event shall have points awarded to all
participants withthe results posted on the Capital Karting Web site
which shall include alink to the MCO web site.
Schedule5 weeknight sessions rotating on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursdayevenings. Starting Thurs. Sept. 14, Tues. October 3, Wed.
October 25,Thurs. November 16, and finishing Tues. Dec. 5.
ALL EVENTS BEGIN AT 8:00 P.M. AND YOU ARE ASKED TOBE THERE AT
LEAST 15 MIN. PRIOR TO RACING
Pricing- The cost of each event will be $33 per participant for
3 races each.- For non-members of Capital Karting it is $45Annual M
embership at Capital Karting is $10 hencethe cost of membership is
recuperated at the first session.
- Each evening will consist of a 5-minute practice,a 7 minute
qualifying session and a 12 minute race.
NOTE: A one time fee of $5.00 will apply to cover the costs of
trophies and food for the last event, or whatever the group
decisionmight be.
Points System- The lowest average race time of all members w ill
be determined.- Points will be awarded to the top 9 racers, from 10
-2 points.- All other drivers will receive 1 point for the event.-
Point standings will be posted on the Capital Karting web site
www.capitalkarting.com
RegistrationCall Capital Karting at 742-4404, Anyone who answers
the call canregister you in the master file. Marc Gaudet is the
League Convener
Capital Karting is located in the Beacon Hill Shopping Centre
onOgilvie Road in Gloucester. Please park at the back of the
building.
NOTE: This is an Official MCO event.
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all are welcome!
MCO General Meetings - 1st Tuesday of every monthMCO Executive
Meetings - Third Tuesday of every month
LOUIS'S STEAKHOUSE1682 Cyrville Road
Take 417, get off at Innes Road (by 417 Nissan and Costco (Price
Club))(613) 741-2130
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The 2000 MCO Annual General
Meeting November 7th, 2000 at 8pm; Louis'Steakhouse, 1682
Cyrville Road
A brief regular meeting will take place at8pm, followed by the
annual generalmeeting. During this the actions of thepast executive
will be ratified and votingon any new issues will occur. If
youwould like to propose any changes to thebylaws or issues for
voting, you mustsubmit the exact wording to the Link Editors by
Sept 18th, to be printed in theOctober issue.
They can be reached at [email protected].
If you require a copy of the bylaws pleasecontact one of the
executive members onthe inside of the front cover.
Attendance at this meeting isMANDATORY , as we require aminimum
of 33% of the members to bepresent for a quorum. As many of
youknow, we have had difficulty in achievingeven this small number
in past years andresulted in a massive phone campaign anda second
meeting.
Anyone living more than 80km from theCity of Ottawa may vote by
proxy. Aform has been included in this issue of theLink.
The F1600 Series by Pier Bortot
I must say, the last event in the Formula1600 series
championship was a blast.This was the sixth and last event for
theF1600 championship season. The tworaces that complete the series
were held at
Mosport (definitely my favorite track,now). Before going into
this racingweekend, I was fourth in the F1600 B-class standing. A
second and third placefinishes in the first and second
racerespectively gave me a second place finalstanding in the
championship. Great work from the entire team paid-off. The car
set-up was superb; It allowed me toexperience some interesting
"four wheelsdrift" in some of the most notoriouscorners, namely 2
and 4.
In the first race, a fierce battle developedvery quickly between
myself and Jeff McGibbon from Toronto. We changedposition on every
lap between corners 5and 8. By lap 12, I decided to put
somedistance between my faithful #151VanDiemen and Jeff's Lola thus
finishingsecond.
In the second race, I quickly moved awaywith a pack of four and
started tochallenge Mike Lee (the current leader inthe B-class
championship). After severalfailed attempts to pass his Lola, I had
tosettle for third place.
The US GP, Sept 2000 by Richard Muise
Formula-1 competition returned to thiscontinent for a second
time this year forthe 2000 US GrandPrix at theIndianapolis Motor
Speedway.
The trip down (through Toronto andDetroit) took about 15 hours,
and wearrived in the construction zonesurrounding Indianapolis
during theFriday 5 o'clock rush hour. That night wewent drove
around downtownIndianapolis looking for food, but insteadfound
Ferraris, which was more to ourtaste. The Ferrari club had a
display of street Ferraris in a downtown square,including some of
the older models fromthe 1950's, right through the latest 550,360s,
and my favorite - two F40's. Soonenough the length of the trip
caught upwith us, and we made for the hotel, whichwas about an hour
south of Indy.Saturday we left for the track early, notreally
knowing how long it would take tofind parking. We arrived at the
track during the morning practice. I personallywas not expecting
the track to be quite soenormous. Television does not giveenough
sense of scale to truly display thetrack as it appears to someone
in thestands. The straights are a kilometer long,
but it doesn't really hit home until you seehow small the cars
appear from thatdistance, barely seeming to move, despitereaching
almost 220mph. From our seatson the north end of the track, we
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barely make out the south-end grandstands.And to walk around the
entire course is a long,long hike.
The qualifying was interesting, with McLarenusing a high-speed
draft from M ika to catapultDC into second place on the grid. But
it wasall Schumacher's weekend, starting with
winning the pole position. The crowd, both atthe track, and on
the local news reports, wherevery much behind M ichael.
Later Saturday was a Porsche Pirella Supercuprace, the first of
the two scheduled during theweekend. This was the first race on the
newcourse. Mario Andretti and Little Al drove, butwere not very
competitive (they were notrunning for points, and were really
justcelebrity drivers for the race).
Again Sunday we left for the track very early,
trying to get there when some parking was stillavailable. We
parked on a front lawn about 6blocks from the track. Most of
thehomeowners around the IMS track rent out
their yard for parking, about $15 to $40 perday. I imagine from
the air, you wouldn't beable to see any grass for at least a mile
aroundthe track. Sunday had terrible weather, neverquite raining,
but constantly cold and damp,and I wondered what was the record for
thecoldest F1 race. The stands, being at apermanent facility, had
more room than thetemporary stands at the Toronto Molson Indy.But 8
hours is a long time to be sitting in anystands.
There were two races Sunday morning, thesecond Porsche Pirelli
Supercup race, and theFerrari Challenge. Both races provided
somegood racing, the wet weather accounting for afew drivers
missing their lines. The Ferrarirace was entirely amateurs, in the
sense thatthere was no prize money, and most of thedrivers owned
the car they drove. Some went
home with some expensive damage to repair
About an hour before the F1 race started wasthe drivers' parade.
Michael easily got themost fanfare, but interestingly both
Jacquesand DC were a close second and third,followed by a
smattering of applause for thecurrent champion Mika.
Our seats were at the far north end of the track,and we could
watch everything from the endof the front straight through turn-6
of the 13-turn course. If we had had seats another 150
feet to our right (closer to the first turn), Ithink we would
have been able to see the backstraight and turn 7 as well.
The race itself was lots of fun. For those that have not had the
pleasure of attendinMontreal GP, F1 races are painfully loudyou
need ear protection! Michael had arace, winning from the pole. But
for mbest racing was the dice between JacqueHeinz-Harold Frentzen.
Jacques almost
podium finish, but was not able to comand hold the pass for
third place, and wathan a second adrift at the checkered flag.
I'm looking forward to going again. I didan opportunity to see
the IMS museum, think I'll try for different seats closer ttrack.
And I'm definitely going back foIndy500 in the coming years.
October 2000
MCO: The First Fifty Years On Sale Now!
Before OCT 3 $25 After OCT 3 $35
Plannning for a November delivery of 300 numbered copies. It is
a hard-covered coffee table style brecounting the long history of
motorsopts inOttawa and the regions. With 150 pages, everything
a
everyone is included. Don't miss out on your copies! There is
still space available for sponsorship as well. For $20 you can
ensure your name is in the boo
sponsoring a page of your choosing. Full or partial page ads are
open.
Contact Sherissa Microys at (613) 822-7204 or e-mail
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October 2000
August Executive MeetingMinutes
Start: 19:51End: 21:10
Attending:- Rob Microys, Sherissa Microys, GordonAcorn, Helen
Zhou, Mike Lowe, RonWoltman, Jeff Watson, Dave Butler,Richard
Muise
Absent:- Jaak Laan, Chris Capowski, Ayan Gango-padhyay, Robert
Benson
50th Book:- 72 of 110 pages already sponsored.- First run will
be 300 books, which hascomplete funding for costs.
- Possible local retail sales of book in book-stores.- The
deadlines are tight, but should be ok.
Karting:- hoping for 4 races next year, but none thisyear (it's
too late in the year).- They are now affiliated with ASN, but
arewaiting for the complete confirmation.- investigating using
local tracks (CorelCenter, Alcatel, Karters Corners, Quyon,and St
Lawrence Motorsports park (in the
USA), or possibly local airports).- series will require licensed
and trainedpersonnel. There is a need to have mem-bers obtain
qualifications (licenses). Con-tact Ron Woltman to coordinate
licensingrequirements.- ASN pleased to have us affiliated-
investigate promoting karting throughoutrest of year and winter.
Mike Lowe men-tioned promoting to Cubs and other
youthorganizations
Canaska Cup:- Canaska Cup was quite profitable, stillwaiting for
final numbers from TLMC- Ron and Rob will engage Gunter to
under-stand relationship and TLMC for next year- Sherissa will be
Chief Registrar for 2001.- people who want to be a part of the
racecan contact the executive
High Performance Driving School/Lap-ping:- Ron will have
information by end of month (for the Sept. MCO general meet-ing) on
track availability
Annual General Meeting:- Mike Lowe and Dave Butler will be
mem-bers of the Nom ination Com mittee.
- Rob will create proxy form. Should be inSeptember 2000 Link
and will providesome text for an ad for AGM- no suggested changes
to bylaws this year.- Dave and Jaak will submit to Link aboutRally
affiliation- new members should be given a copy of the bylaws
Banquet:- Nov 25, 2000 at Louis Steakhouse- Sherissa and Bev
Miller will co-organize
- Dave and Rob will work on trophies- trophy meeting Saturday
October 28. (justfor voting members)- Sherissa will confirm ticket
price by nextmeeting, but will be around $30 per person
Solo-II:- organizers for next events:- Aug 27th - Richard (StLAC
club chal-lenge)- (Sept 3rd is an away event in Montreal)- Sept
10th - Rob (CADL up)
- Sept 17th - Jaak (conflict with Mosportroad race)- Oct 1st -
Gordon (conflict with Mosportroad race)- Oct 15th - Ron- new laptop
(to replace failed timing lap-top). Voted in favor. $125 approx
value.
The Link:- new editors: Ayan GangopadhyayRichard Muise- no
update on 2 colour cover- 18th is deadline
Treasury:- Rob presented in leu of Bob.- 2 colour Link cover
will help in posialtering cash flow.
Rally:- Dave updated on status of Learnix (Sept 23rd). Will need
people to help9 to 10 check points- Dave will co-ordinate with Jaak
toaffliction report in Link
Other:- 175 members- Sean will buy a new shed for storing
equipment- Ron will investigate race r Solo-II eve- MCO cloth
badges status on hold- no sponsorship update- CASC-OR Annual
General MeetingBanquet is Nov 18th, 2000.
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Will sell for: $ 7,900Will sell chassis ready for your own motor
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3. Chassis for 80 cc Shifter, F-100 or InterContinental engines8
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TIRES WANTEDEight (yep, thats right, 8) used FF dry racing
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