Memories of ALMS weekend

Formula 1 Fantasies

October 2001
Lanark Highlands Rally Race Reports Mt Tremblant Report

October 2001

2001 MCO Executive

Ron Woltman H: (613) 592-0141 W: (819) 997-6988 ronald.woltman@hrdc-drhc.gc.ca J.R. Fortin pager: (613) 760-8418 W: (613) 734-8556 jr.fortin@canadapost.ca Rob Microys H: (613) 822-7204 r.microys@home.com
Directors Public Relations Past President Vice-President President and Ontario Race Organizing Rep.

maintained by Rob Microys Hosted by Anjura Technology Corporation Louis's Steakhouse 1682 Cyrville Rd., Ottawa, ON FirstTuesday of every month All are welcome M.C.O. P.O. Box 65006, Merivale Postal Outlet Nepean, ON K2G 5Y3
General Meetings

www.mco.org

Hotline (613) 788-0525 Website

Editorial Exhaust
On the cover is the Audi R8 #38 from the American LeMan Series event at Mosport in August. Below is a picture of our departing Solo-II director Chris Holmsten. He is pictured sitting in a 1994 Arrows at the Race Inc poddock in the Fabi pits at Shannonville. Alas, they had not left the keys in the ignition or under the floor mat. So this remained a static scene. =:].

Basil Chiu H: (613) 830-1561 W: (819) 953-7251 basil_chiu@yahoo.com Adam Mortimer H: (613) 822-2565 speed_diemen@yahoo.com Jeremy Hamilton H: (613) 824-1362 zoomzoom365@home.com Richard Muise observer@marblecomputing.com Jim Morrow H: (613) 256-0188 Rosetta@magma.ca Patrick Weightman (613) 831-3749 family.weightman@sympatico.ca Robert Benson H: (613) 837-2051 benson@mondenet.com Chris Capowski H: (613) 228-1180 W: (613) 526-5202 c.capowski@home.com
Secretary Treasurer Membership Rally Solo-II Race Karting

necessarily reflect those of the LINK Editorial Staff or the Club's Executive. Though all efforts are made to ensure that facts stated in the articles herein are accurate, the individual contributors should check the a c c u r a c y o f t h e i r articles prior to submission.

For the remaining time in this year's Solo-II series, I have volunteered to take over Chris' The LINK is the official publication of the Motorsport Club of Ottawa. The position as director. Good Luck opinions expressed in the LINK do not Chris in your studies! The racing year is ending with a flourish. Very sucessful Solo-II events, Celebration at Mosport and an upcoming Karting Enduro on October 14th at Karters Korners. The Rally'ers are also planning a number of events leading up to the Yokohama Winter Series.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:

18th day of every month.

Members are welcome to submit classified advertisements for noncommercial purposes free of charge. Members may also submit business card-sized advertisements for their businesses free of charge. These will be published space permitting.

ADVERTISING RATES

(MCO Executive Continued) LINK Editor link@mco.org Richard Muise H: (613) 241-9983 W: (613) 763-6981 observer@marblecomputing.com Ontario Race Committee Rep Cindy Armstrong (613) 489-2725 cindy.armstrong@sympatico.ca

Motorsport Club of Ottawa Founded 1949 Founding Member CASC 1951 Incorporated 1953

October 2001

2001 Calendar of Events

MCO GENERAL MEETINGS FirstTuesday of every month, 8:00 pm Louis' Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville Road MCO EXECUTIVE MEETINGS Third Tuesday of every month, 7:00 pm Louis' Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville Road

MCO Solo-II Schedule

April 22 April 29 May 13 June 3 June 17 July 14 July 15 July 29 August 26 September 9 September 23 October 7 Event #1 Performance School #1 Event #2 Event #3 Event #4 Performance School #2 Event #5 Event #6 Event #7 Event #8 Event #9 Event #10

2001 Solo-I Schedule

April 28 Solo I School SMP - Fabi April 29 Solo I School SMP - Nelson May 18 Lapping 1 Mosport DDT May 19 Event 1 Mosport DDT May 20 Event 2 Mosport DDT June 9 Event 3 SMP - Fabi June 10 Event 4 SMP - Nelson June 22 Lapping 2 Cayuga June 23 Event 5 Cayuga June 24 Event 6 Cayuga July 14 Event 7 Mosport DDT July 15 Event 8 Mosport DDT August 11 Event 9 SMP - Pro August 12 Event 10 SMP - Nelson August 24 Lapping 3 Cayuga August 25 Event 11 Cayuga August 26 Event 12 Cayuga September 13 Event 13 SMP - Pro September 14 Event 14 SMP - Fabi November 3 Solo Banquet Ramada Hotel, T.O.

All Events are at Jetform Park

MCO 2002 Slush n' Slide Series Coming in January. Further Details in the November and December Link

2001 Road Racing Schedule

April 20-22 April 27 April 28, 29 May 11 May 12, 13 June 2, 3 June 30, July 1, 2 July 6 July 7, 8 July 21, 22 August 10 August 11, 12 August 31 September 1, 2 September 14 September 15, 16 September 28 September 29, 30 Spring Fling Test Day BARC - Event 1 Test Day BARC - Event 2 CRDA Event 3 VARAC Festival Test Day MCO - Event 4 DAC - Event 5 Test Day BARC - Event 6 Test Day CRDA - Event 7 Test Day BEMC - Event 8 Test Day Celebration - Event 9 SMP Mosport Mosport Mosport Mosport SMP Mosport SMP SMP SMP Mosport Mosport Mosport Mosport Mosport Mosport Mosport Mosport

Lanark Highlands Rally - October 20. See page 14 for ad. Annual General Meeting - November 6th. Louis' Steakhouse, 8:00pm All members should plan to attend. MCO Awards Banquet - November 24 Louis Steakhouse

Up Coming Events

October 2001 March 2001

A Newbie Goes to Fabi

by Jean MacGillivray
I had wanted to get on the track for some time, and I got my wish on a warm Friday afternoon in September when 14 of us met at Shannonville to do some lapping on the Fabi track. Mike Rouleau generously arranged the event. In addition to Mike and his Mazda Miata, there were two Honda Civics (Jaak Laan and Richard Muise), a Prelude (Chris Holmsten/his (very young) grandfather), two Corvettes (Rick Byrne and J.P. Jr.), two Subaru Imprezas (Kirby Dunstan and Jim Morrow/me), an Audi Quattro (Rob Kleins), a BMW 320i (Alex Byrne), an Infiniti (Gord Acorn) and an Escort Wagon (Denis Savoie). Track experience ranged from none, for me and one of the Corvette drivers, to significant. After a drivers' meeting to review the basic rules about passing and maintaining a safe distance, we were ready to go. Jim and I shared my stock Impreza, suitably shod with R-compounds (another "first" for me). He drove, I listened...there was so much to experience and so little time. Information overload! I took a break to review my course map and mull over what he had told me. I even climbed up to the top of the bleachers to watch the drivers' techniques. I could see Jim down below, having a heck of a good time. I thought back to my previous experience at Shannonville. During the Canaska Cup weekend, Ryan Woltman took me around a few times in one of the Bytek Beetles. It was great! I had admired his smooth driving style, which seemed effortless. Now I had the chance to go around myself and see what I could do. Instead, I was sitting in the pits, studying a darned map and trying to get my mind around this whole business of R-compounds, using the whole track, lines, braking and acceleration. I could tell this would take a while to figure out. What to do? Luckily, Jim came in and disturbed my reverie. We decided that I would

drive and he would coach me through it. The Fabi track is quite technical, with eight corners and one mediumlength straight built into a 2.23-km loop. I found it both novel and challenging to use the whole track and aim for the correct lines through the corners (I especially liked the very visible candy-striped turtles). The corners are very much interdependent so if you get off your line on one, your rhythm is off for the remaining corners. It's definitely a challenge to muster the coordination and confidence to do a well-executed lap! Jim said my times were improving, but my mind was on trying to get it right. Only afterwards did it occur to me that I could've hitched a ride with different drivers, or gone and stood in key spots around the track to watch and learn. Oh well - more ideas for next time. One thing I would like to change is my seating position. With the helmet on, I felt as though my neck was stretched forward like a turtle. My head was slightly squashed and the movement in my arms was restricted. I'm sure sitting comfortably makes you feel more in control. Again, I didn't think to ask if anyone else had the same problem and what they would suggest. But I do know that I was more comfortable driving in a three-hour rally not wearing a helmet than the much shorter time I spent on

the track with my head encased in a helmet and protruding. It was also interesting to compare driving on a track with Solo II and Slush'n'Slide. I think I just accepted the head position in Solo II because the run time was so short. Now I'd like to find a solution. In the end, much fun was had by all and a few of us gathered at the Marysville Sunoco to fuel our cars and ourselves, and to discuss the evening's pleasure. Thanks again, Mike, for making it possible!

Mike diving for Fabi Corner-1.

2001 MCO Awards Banquet

Date: Saturday November 24th Tickets on sale soon! Location: Louis' Steakhouse

October 2001

Exec. Meeting Minutes - Sept 18th

Attendees: Ron, Bob, Jeremy, Rob, Pat, Chris, Richard, Helen, Gord, JR AGM Discussion: Ron requested a copy of minutes of 2000 AGM, Richard will find them and forward them to the exec. Rob will be nominating committee chair. JR will chair the AGM meeting. JR will attend Solo II drivers meeting to recruit a director elect from that field Solo II: Due to cancellation of event 3, the number of events counted toward trophy points are 7, meaning you could still earn full points and have missed two events. Banquet: Confirmed for Louis' Steakhouse for November 24. Basil is organizing the event, Ron will host the event. Bennet is the trophy repository, please arrange to return your trophies to him or any executive member. Discussion on subsidizing the banquet held, agreement on single ticket vs. couple and family ticket purchases. i.e. Price reduced for spouse/additional family member ticket purchases. Canaska Cup 2001: Final invoices received to finalize 2001 event. the budget for Canaska Cup will be in the November Link

Canaska Cup 2002: Event planned for July 6th- 7th Shannonville already contacted for booking Planning committee being created Rally: Rally of the Golden Pine discussion. The rally was well planned, but lightly attended, only 6 cars ran the event. Much discussion on raising the attendance was held, suggestions included; running on asphalt only to reduce potential damage thus catering to a new group of entrants i.e. Solo II competitors more advertising having the events run closer to the city for easier access to the event. All ideas will be reviewed by the Rally director. Winter season events: Discussion revolved around level of commitment required of instructors to duplicate the intensity of schools provided last year. A great community service and revenue generator for the club the schools are instructor intensive. A survey is being created to increase the instructor base in the club so that we can repeat the success of last year. JR to investigate/create postcard size survey form that will be added to the Link for members to reply either in person at the General Meeting or by dropping it in a mailbox. This, we hope will help find new instructors within our membership. JR to investigate postage meter equipment/pricing from Canada Post.

Summer 2002 events: Planning discussion Canaska Cup 2002 mentioned earlier, MCO lapping day plans discussed, negotiations for location and dates have begun. Proposed - MCO hold a racing school in early April for the purposes of MCO member to obtain a regional road racing license Proposed location of Shannonville, dates to be confirmed. a committee is being formed to spearhead this initiative. first order of business is to survey the membership as to the requirement of this event. Discussion on club charter: A motion was raised to discuss the implementation of two-year terms for some executive positions. This question will be posed to all members via the canvassing for candidates over the next two weeks. Also the motion will be added to the new business at the 2001 AGM for a general vote. Chris Holmsten: Chris is leaving Ottawa to continue his studies in Automotive Engineering in England. MCO wishes Chris the best of luck and will be waiting for regular updates from our UK correspondent. (Chris - remember the Link deadline is the 18th of every month :) - ed)

Ottawa Lynx at Jetform Park www.ottawalynx.com

http://www.plus1performance.com

Proud sponsor of the MCO Solo-II Timing Board

Sponsor of the MCO Solo-II season

October 2001 March 2001

CANADA G.T. CHALLENGE CUP

September 4, 2001
(includes updates from Memo dated September 17, 2001)

MEMO
RE: C G.T. C C Series 2002 Memo to all interested parties: Provided that no substantial associate co-sponsorship becomes available to support both the Ontario Challenge Cup and the Canada G.T. Challenge Cup in their present form for 2002, C G.T. C C Promotions, as a friend of the sport, is prepared to fund the CASC to organize an ASN Canada FIA sanctioned Canadaian Nation Championship Series under the following conditions: What is not stated below shall not be assumed. 1. Maximum number of one hour races is 12. 2. Eligible rules as in 2001. 3. 1 or 2 drivers with no mandatory pit stops. 4. Maximum number of starters will be the fast 25 qualifiers plus a maximum of 5 at the discretion of the Series Director for point championship contenders. 5. No refueling. 6. No test ban. 7. Points system: 1 - 30 2 - 28 3 - 26 4 - 25 5 - 24 And so on down. 8. Minimum Prize money: 1st - $3,000.00 2nd - $2,000.00 3rd - $1,000.00 All other finisher(s) $500.00 (Finishers must complete 70% of the winner laps) 9. Series Points Awards for the purpose of determining the Championship, all competitors, regardless of the number of events in which they participate shall count all events in the Series, less 1 (one) of their choice.

October 2001 Lyle Perkins, North Gower's CASCAR driver, also had engine troubles, and had to forego the Delaware Speedway race. The Ken Baird's CarQuest ProTruck next CASCAR race is at St. Does Well at Ottawa and Montreal Eustache Sept. 8th, the - a Great Week of Racing CARQUEST 150 Lap race. DATE: Monday, September 03, Plans are still underway to raise the 2001 $10,000 needed to take Eastern Ontarios Canadian ChampCar Ken Baird and Main Street Racing Lights to the Fall Classic at the got a fourth place finish in a nice, newly renovated Mt Tremblant clean race at Capital City Road Racetrack, Sept. 22 and 23. Speedways last Wednesday Night Any prospective sponsors can call race of the Season. The remaining and speak to Ken Baird at 489races of the season will be on 0948. Tommy Hilfiger and friends Sundays at Capital City. First of have remodeled this track to these is the Sept 9th Sponsor's modern standards and the track Night Race. It is a 100 lap race promises to be an international with Ottawa's and Montreal's attraction along with all the other ProTrucks battling it out in the last charms of this wonderful Canadian of the Regional Points Races. Ken venue. Baird is the top Ottawa car in the Montreal Points Race and Sixth in You can visit www.mainstreetthe Ottawa Points. The CarQuest ottawa.com/status.html for past ProTruck raced in the 150 Lap updates on Ken Baird and Main ProTruck Race at Autodrome St. Street Racing. Two other racing Eustache and got a fourteenth place sites you might like that we while dealing with a power recently checked out are steering problem. http://www.sportsdata.on.ca/ and http://www.gregogilvie.com/ Steve Yendall won second place in his heat and in the Wednesday Thanks to all Our Excellent Crew Night Feature Race, adding to his Colin Lewis is the Car Chief and points. Steve is the points leader in Chief Mechanic, Rob Jackson is Capital City to date. Matt Moffitt Backup Driver, Jeff Brown and also did well with his win of the Chris Lewis are Crewmen and Leo heat race and fifth place win in the Constantinou is the Race Cars feature. You can check the points Parts Professional. Pam Lewis, for all the drivers at Chris Dolman and Bev Millar are h t t p : / / w w w. c a p i t a l c i t y s p e e d - the Team Assistants. way.com/points.htm . Main Street Racings Sponsors this In the mini stocks, Chris Dunham year are CARQUEST, Class 8 gave Dave Watchorn and Martin Collision, Shell Oil Thermoshell, Walter a run for their money but G. W. Roofing, Bernhard Turbo Dave and Martin were able to keep Trans, R.V.S. Hydraulics, Kemco their 1st and 2nd places in some Radiator, Extreme Signs, Irish very exciting racing. They were at Rose ATV Nature Trails, Custom the Montreal Autodrome as well on Welding, Barry Horricks and Saturday. Martin finished sixth, WineMakers. and Dave Watchorn had some major engine trouble in the 17th lap and retired from the race.

Main Street Racing - Press Releases

Ken Baird's CarQuest ProTruck Placing Consistently on the First of the Fall Sunday Races at Capital City Speedway DATE: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 Ken Baird and Main Street Racing moved up through the pack in the 100 Lap , starting in 11th place and moving up to around 7th, as official results are not out yet. This was a Regional Race so the Quebec Drivers were there, making a full field of Pro-Trucks racing on very summer-like Sunday at Capital Citys Speedways Sunday Fall Races. Two of the Quebec drivers finished in the top five, and so did two of North Gowers Drivers. Matt Moffitt and Steve Yendall finished 2nd and 3rd, with Tim Kirby winning. You can check the points for all the drivers at http://www.capitalcityspeedway.com/points.htm . In the Mini Stocks, Chris Dunham gets a win that he worked hard for, right to the end of the race. Martin Walter came second, almost getting the win on the last lap. Our other North Gower Driver had a continuation of his engine problems. Dave Watchorn lost his engine, again. This change from the 1st, 2nd places Dave and Martin usually get is making the end of season races even more exciting to watch. Apologies for the briefness of this release, but today's events in the United States make it appropriate. Our condolences to all affected by this horrific set of tragedies.

October 2001 March 2001

Main Street Racing - Press Release

Ken Baird's CarQuest ProTruck Places Second in a side by side Race to the Finish Line with Billy Routcliffe DATE: Monday, September 17, 2001 Ken Baird and Main Street Racing moved up through the pack at Capital City Speedway, starting in 8th place he showed what the CarQuest #2 ProTruck could do. Throughout the 30 lap Feature Race last Sunday, Ken just kept working his way ahead, passing each ProTruck in a miniature race of its own. On the last lap, on the last corner and through the straight, Ken pulled up beside Billy Routcliffe's #82 ProTruck but needed another lap to win. Billy Routcliffe of Manotick/North Gower area, won a well deserved race, having been in the lead a couple of times before this season when something happened to deprive him of the Final Win. Congrats to Billy still winning races in over 30 years of racing. Bill Routcliffes Web Site can be found at http://www.routlifferacing.com/.

You can check the points and profiles for all the drivers in all the classes at h t t p : / / w w w. c a p i t a l c i t y s p e e d w a y. c o m / p o i n t s . h t m . Third Place went to Steve Munro of Carp. Steve Yendall and Matt Moffitt finished 7th and 8th, but finished well in the heat races with a 3rd for Matt and 4th for Steve Yendall. In the first heat race, things were going well until a close run by another ProTruck cut the valve stem of Ken's right front tire. He got another tire on but had to start at the back of the pack. The heat race gave him a eighth place finish, which combined with a down the wire finish in the Feature meant a Very Good Sunday of Racing at Capital City Speedway. In the Mini Stocks, Dave Watchorn made a great come back - He won his first heat, third in the second, and then won the Mini Stock Feature to regain a fair portion of the points he lost with losing two engines in a row in recent events. Martin Walter was doing great, got a second and a first in the heats, but in the feature had a very hard run in with the 53 Mini Stock. Chris Dunham won the second heat.

All seem ok, and Martin was working on his car that night, getting it ready to give Dave a run for his money in the last few races of the Season. Earl Wylie was back in the running, and was in first place for half the laps of the ProStock Feature until he was spun, and he then had fun working his way through the pack. Great fun watching Earl's special style of driving which seems to be quite successful.

Jaak and J.P. lapping Fabi at Shannonville. Jaak put over 150kms on his odo during the 2 hour lapping session.

October 2001

by R. Bennett Leckie
It has been worth the wait to see the renewed track. Friday was warm but overcast, but Nigel Mortimer (driver #1), Adam Mortimer (son/driver #2), and myself got our first look at the new track, on bicycles. A lot of trees have been cut down, along with moving a lot of dirt, to increase run off areas greatly, which will make the track a lot less intimidating. The track surface has had over a year to cure, but they have removed a lot of the camber and/or camber changes out of the track. The hump in the back straight has been lowered, along with the approach and departure being more gradual. FIA Spec curbing has been installed, replacing the old sharp, tire-cutting, car-flipping curbing of old. The old driving lines have not changed much with the exception of Namerow, the last turn that leads on to the front straight. You still finish your braking on the downhill, but the corner starts 50ft sooner. It is no longer a smooth 180 degree right turn slowly slopping down to it's exit, followed by a small dog leg left on the front straight. It is now a very sharp right turn that downs down like a cork screw, followed by the dog left that is a real turn that may require braking for faster cars. For pictures of the new track, see the Canadian BMW Club Web Page. Saturday we were the first group on the track, in the rain. "It was a fine day for motor racing." As there were only 3 Formula Fords entered, all from Motorsport Club of Ottawa, we were added to the Formula Libra Group, with 8 Canadian Champ Lights (Formula Renault with a Chrysler Neon motor) and 2 Formula-3 cars. The Champ Cars are about 10 sec a lap faster, but the sweet sounding F3's were as much as 30 sec faster. All our Formula Ford drivers had to watch their mirrors as you did not know if it was one or two F3's about to get your heart racing. In the rain Nigel got down to a 2:05 on the 2.5 mile course. Nigel's years of racing, of which many laps were done at Tremblant, allowed him to qualify on the third row, for the afternoon race. Pier Burtot was a few positions back, still learning the track. Adam managed to out qualify one of the Champ Cars, in his first Formula Ford race of 2001, but not having a tach was showing in his lap times, as he kept the revs low.

The New Mount Tremblant

In the Production/Sedan Group Bob Armstrong in a Nissan NX2000, was fast in the wet thanks to front wheel drive and being a Winter Driving Instructor. The track was drying during his qualifying session, and one of the rain tires was rubbing on a strut, so he had to do a four tire pit stop, but only lost 5 minutes in the 25 min session. As race time approched the sun started to appear, but was it going to be enough to dry the new track surface was the question? Formula Fords in Ontario (CASCOR) run on treaded Formula Ford Dunlops, so it would be the same tires wet or dry. Adam and Pier adjusted their brake bias and front sway bars for a dryer track, leaving the rear bar for the grid, as both had cockpit adjustment. Nigel adjust the brake bias and reset the Penske Shocks, but would have to wait until the grid to decide if he would reconnect both front and rear sway bars. The Formula 1200's (FV) were the race before us, and started on a wet track, but as the race progressed the line in Namerow started to dry. This left Nigel in more of a dilemma, but the FV's Race needed a large cleanup, which gave Herb and I the time we needed to reconnect the swaybars. The full dry setup on Nigel's car, gave him the advantage to easily pull away from Pier and Adam, to win the Formula Ford Class. Both Nigel and Pier's lap times dropped below 2:00 minutes for the first time all weekend. Sunday brought Indian Summer Weather, as people were seen wearing shorts by mid-morning. After partying in Ottawa Saturday Night, Adam returned early (1.75 hours) with an electronic tach for the 1984 Van Diemen. There was no morning warmup/practice, only a late morning Qualifying Session. Nigel took the first few laps to help show his son Adam the line, and both were turning 1:58. Nigel then started to pull away in the 1985 Van Diemen, with lap times down in the 1:53, which Adam could not match. Pier did not complete a single lap in Qualifying as he tore all the splines out of his clutch disc. Pier was ready to load up and go after Banan towed him back to the paddock, but Nigel put the power of Mortimer Racing to work in the form of Herb and I. We changed the disc in about an hour, which included removing the transmission and rear suspension to access the clutch pressure plate/flywheel.

As we were the second last race of the day, we now had time to watch some other races and wonder the Paddock. Hamish from Ottawa, driving an Eval won the Vintage B Group, keeping a Lotus 11 from New England at bay. Paddocked across from us was a 1934 Hudson Super Six Indy Race Car from Toronto, driven by a driver not much younger. He enjoyed driving Tremblant for the first time. The sound was beautiful from an unmuffled straight six, that weighted 800 lbs of the car's 2200 lbs dry weight. Another interesting vintage car was the Allard coupe with a BIG V8 complete with hemi heads, fuel injection, with Offenizer on the valve covers. You felt the earth move every time the driver got on the loud pedal. There were racing MG's, Lotus', Ginetta's, Sport Racers, Trans Am Camaro & Mustangs, etc to be found in the regular Paddock, but down on the Skid Pad the Track owner had a 1984 Ferrari Boxer 512 that was modified to compete at the 1984 LeMans 24 hour Race. Was it there for show or go? In the Formula Libre Race Nigel and Pier passed each other, with Nigel taking the lead in Formula Ford at the end of the first lap, and then started to pull away with consistent lap times in the 1:51's. Pier could not match this pace at first, as he lost sight of Nigel on the long back straight, but on the second last lap Wendy Mortimer recorded a 1:50.9 for Pier to give him the fast lap, Nigel the Class win. Adam got down to a 1:56, which made him very happy. The final race of the day was the Production/Sedan Race with the Ferrari lining up and the back of the field. He passed half the field on the first lap, but waited until the front straight to pass Bob's NX2000 as he filled Bob's mirrors coming though Namerow. Bob finished near the front, and was very happy he chose to come to Tremblant, and most of the Drivers, crew, and worker would whole heartily agree with. Looking forward to more Racing and Lapping at Tremblant next year.

October 2001 March 2001

races, Sunday Sept 30 and Oct 14th to see the final standings for the 2001 Season. All three ProTrucks featured Bob Bilodeau engines so it is great to Ken Baird's CarQuest ProTruck Places see them perform so well and so Fourth; All the North Gower Drivers consistently. in the Top of the Points Races. In the Mini Stocks, Dave Watchorn won the first heat and the feature, and DATE: Sunday, September 23, 2001 Martin Walter won the second heat. Ken Baird and Main Street Racing Things are back to normal, and the kept his points moving up with a points race between these two North Fourth place win Capital City Gowerians is going down to the wire. Speedway from an 8th position. He Chris Dunham is still giving these two had recovered fast from a bad spin a challenge, finishing all three races in into the wall during practice, probably either second or third. This is a Great from oil on the track. They changed series this year, and the cars and the damaged parts and made it out for drivers just keep getting better. the heat race. The CarQuest ProTruck ProStock Driver, Earl Wylie was back needed some setup changes after the in the running again, doing okay in the heat and they paid off in the Feature. The ProTruck was running well, even holding its own on a three wide on Corner One. Both Ken and Matt were passing Greg Ogilvie after Greg got loose on Corner Four. Down the straight the three trucks were side by side and stayed that way on Corner One. Ken was on the outside so had the farthest to go around the corner, but was still with them exiting the turn but didnt have a good line and lost a couple of places. He regained these and gained one more before the end of the race. Matt Moffitt of North Gower in the Hanson, Your Independent Grocer ProTruck 46 won. This was his first Feature win of the season and he worked hard for it. Well-deserved win. Steve Yendall finished Third with great racing, and Steve is still the Points Leader for the Karson Group ProTruck Series. North Gower Drivers are all in the top of the points so it will be fun watching the next two

Main Street Racing - Press Release

heat races but getting a well earned fourth place in the feature. The Prostock 76 is doing well and Earl has had no problem moving up classes this season. Nest Sunday is Double Points Day. Some great racing will be done with so many of the Capital City Speedway classes having close points. This will be a fun set of races, and a great way to spend a sunny Sunday Afternoon in the Fall.

2001 MCO Annual General Meeting Tuesday November 6th

It is vitally important for all members to attend. This is your opportunity to vote for the 2002 executive (or volunteer for a position). The AGM will immediately follow the monthly meeting, 8:00pm, Louis' Steakhouse

MCO: The First Fifty Years Only $35 for this important book!
Plannning for a delivery of 300 numbered copies. It is a hard-covered coffee table style book recounting the long history of motorsopts in Ottawa and the regions. With 150 pages, everything and 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 book by sponsoring a page of your choosing. Full or partial page ads are open. Contact Sherissa Microys at (613) 822-7204 or e-mail s.microys@home.com

October 2001

The Motorsport Club of Ottawa

PO Box 65006, Merivale Postal Outlet, Nepean, ON, K2G 5Y3

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Annual General Meeting, Tuesday November 6, 2001 Proposed By-Law Changes

The Motorsport Club of Ottawa is holding its Annual General Meeting starting after the Regularly Scheduled Monthly meeting starting at 8:00PM on Tuesday November 6, 2001 at Louis' Steakhouse, located at 1682 Cyrville Road in Ottawa. The club executive is proposing the following by-law changes, which will be voted on at the Meeting. The proposed bylaw changes are described below. MCO is a dynamic and changing club, with various affiliations to sanctioning bodies. In recent years MCO has affiliated with RallySport Ontario (RSO) and directly to ASN Canada FIA for karting. The bylaws must be changed to reflect this affiliation with other sanctioning bodies other than CASC-OR. Change Sections 2.1 and 2.2 to read, 2.2 A Full Member shall be entitled to one (1) vote on any motions presented to the Club. Membership in ASN Canada FIA (ASN), Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs - Ontario Region (CASC-OR), Rally Sport On-tario (RSO) and/or its affiliates and all such membership rights, privileges, and responsibilities shall be ac-corded to any Full Member. As a member of ASN, CASC-OR, RSO and/or its affiliates the Full Members shall be allowed to enter motorsport events at the rate set for such a member by the organizing body. 2.3 A Social Member shall not be entitled to vote on any motions presented except on motions of fee change for Social Members. When entering motorsport events, a Social Member will not be considered a Full Mem-ber of the MCO or CASC and/or its affiliates, and is subject to any restrictions or increased fees established for that event. Social Membership does not entitle the member to ASN, CASC-OR, RSO, and/or its affiliates privileges. A complete nominee list for a coming election is currently required to be presented to the executive at the general meeting one full month prior to the Annual General Meeting. The proposed change is to allow nominations up to and including the monthly general meeting immediately prior to the Annual General Meeting. The proposed change to the section is as follows: Change Section 5.4 to read, 5.4. At least two (2) months prior to each Annual Meeting of the Club, the Board of Directors shall appoint a nominating committee of three (3) Club members who shall, not later than the monthly meeting prior to such annual meeting, submit to the Board a list of candidates willing to stand for the offices of President, VicePresident, and Directors. Such list shall include at least one (1) name for each vacancy on the Board to be filled at such annual meeting. In addition, any two (2) members of the Club shall be entitled to submit nominations to the Nominating Committee or the Board not later than the end of the monthly meeting prior to the Annual General Meeting. Such nominations shall be in writing, signed by the persons making the nomination, and by the person nominated, acknowledging his willingness to stand for election.

10

October 2001 (Continued from Page 10) Quorum numbers are difficult to achieve in our organization. This change proposes a modification to the number of voting members required to establish a quorum. The change to the section is as follows: Change Section 10.6 to read, 10.6 A quorum for the Annual or a Special General Meeting shall consist of <insert voted text here> (or smaller) of the members entitled to vote on the business to be transacted. Each member present at a meeting shall have the right to exercise one (1) vote. Voting shall, save as herein provided be a show of hands, unless a ballot is demanded by two (2) members entitled to vote on the question. If such a ballot is demanded, the same shall be taken in a manner as the Chairperson directs. All questions presented at such meetings, save as otherwise provided in these by-laws, or by statute or law, shall be decided by a simple majority of votes. In the case of a tie vote, the motion voted on shall be declared as lost. If the change is approved, an additional vote will be held to choose the number of members and percentage of members in good standing required to consist a quorum. The vote will choose from the following options: 1. 20 members or 17% 2. 25 members or 20% 3. 30 members or 25% 4. 35 members or 30% 5. 40 members or 33% Allowing members to vote by proxy can help the club achieve appropriate numbers for quorum at Annual General Meetings. The proposed change is to make voting by proxy more accessible to club members by reducing the required distance at which club members can vote by proxy. The change to the section is as follows: Change Section 10.7 to read, 10.7. Only those persons whose permanent residence, as listed in the Club's records, is not situated within a radius of <insert voted text here> kilometers of the Ottawa Postal Terminal shall be entitled to cast their vote by proxy at a Special or Annual General Meeting. If the change is approved, an additional vote will be held to choose the number of members and percentage of members in good standing required to consist a quorum. The vote will choose from the following options: 1. twenty (20) 2. thirty (30) 3. fourty (40) 4. fifty (50) Your presence at the Annual General Meeting is required to vote on these bylaw changes. Please make every effort to attend the Annual General Meeting. Motorsport Club of Ottawa Annual General Meeting 8:00PM Tuesday November 6, 2001 Louis' Steakhouse 1682 Cyrville Road, Ottawa.

11

October 2001

MCO Rally Group News, September 2001

by Craig Hamm
This column is to inform MCO members about activities in the club's Rally Group. There's lots to tell! Jim Morrow (Rallymaster) and Jodie Shay (Routemaster) held the Golden Pine Rally in Golden Lake, NW of Renfrew. Generally, if you missed it, you really missed it. It was a long ride to the venue, but all found it was worth the investment. At one point we were fearful of having more workers than competitors, but in the end six teams registered for a fantastic ride. I worked a checkpoint on a 12km section of incredible hilly-twisty narrow backroad - with only two inconsequential potholes! The roads were in great condition and very car friendly. See, we don't want to hurt your cars. We also got to use our sexy new retro-reflective checkpoint boards sporting a cool MCO logo. The president's challenge was won by Paulo Nunes of SMCC. Let's see if we can get this title back to the host club next year. Other participants included Louis Cabardos, who drove 3 hours from Cobourg to compete in our MCO rally instead of his own club's rally (PMSC). The attendance of both Paulo and Louis was a strong endorsement for our efforts in MCORG as Louis is one of the best known TSD competitors in Ontario, winning last year's Yokohama Winter Rally Series hands down, in a dilapidated, yet reliable 'Terdcel'! Several competitors walked away with the coveted prize packages farm fresh free range eggs! Last year's Lanark County Highlands Rally, by Morrow and Laan, will be run October 20th on what I'm sure will be a gor-geous autumn afternoon. Jim has made nu-

merous changes to last years route, so don't bother digging out the route book you stashed away. I ran in this event last year, and it was a real blast. Jim is a passionate rally driver, his roads will not disappoint those looking for a challenge. The proceeds from this rally will benefit our partner, the Lanark County Therapeutic Riding Association, which helps severely disabled and sick children and adults. Plan for a great Sunday drive through magnificent country before the short winter days set in and support this most worthy organisation. Yours truly is nearly done building the "Mississippi Valley Rallye" of approx. 200 km, and will be run November 10th at nighttime!! The rally roughly completes a loop around Mississippi Lake and crosses the river a few times. This rally is suitable for beginners with a good mix of loose surface to tarmac. The roads chosen are very car friendly. This rally will get some of you an early warm-up for the January/February Yokohama winter series. As I did for the Totally Silly Drive in June, I have tried to locate my rallies not too far from Ottawa to encourage first-timers. The rally starts in Almonte. I will be providing more details as I finalise the organisation. Jaak Laan's Mangy Moose rally, originally slated for Dec 8, 2001, will be deferred to March 2002. This puts it after the Yokohama Winter Rally Series, and fills a lull in the 2002 MCO Rally Series schedule. Yes, an MCO Rally Series! Details are still being worked out on a points schedule and event mix. Weare looking at running an old version of the Lanark Highlands Rally in early January, as a driving tune-up for the very competitive Yokohama Winter Rally Series. The rally will likely have fewer than usual checkpoints to allow concentration on the

winter driving. As usual, keep posted for details. As of last night's MCORG monthly meeting, we now have three performance rally teams in MCO! Greg Brady and Steve Frankovitch are competing in the in Rally of the Voyageurs (Parry Sound) Sept 29-30 and the Rally of the Tall Pines (Bancroft) Nov 23-25, and Corey Groves and his wife are preparing for a run in Rally of the Tall Pines. Soon to be MCO member, Warren Haywood (Maple Leaf Rally Club) is also preparing a performance VW rally car. So, last year, no performance rally cars, this year, three! If you have not looked at the new MCO website Forums and Events calendar, go do it soon. I have learned that the old expression "ask and you shall receive" works with Rob Microys, our capable web master. Rob has done a great job at supporting the online needs of the Rally Group. Currently, the rally forum seems to be the most active, yet I wonder why most of the postings are from myself and a short list of others. Therefore, I encourage ALL of you to actively engage the website and participate in the club discussions. MCORG is not my rally group, it's YOURS. Finally, MCORG has changed the location of it's monthly meetings. We've moved from the informal pub atmosphere to a more formal meeting room in the Emerald Plaza Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, on Merivale Road. For a small fee, we get a great space to hold our discussions, loads of free parking, a moderately central location next to many restaurants, and audio visual equipment for watching videos etc after the business portion of the meeting. All are welcome, even non MCO members, whether you are curious about rallying, or are fully involved.

MCO General Meetings - 1st Tuesday of every month MCO Executive Meetings - Third Tuesday of every month

LOUIS' STEAKHOUSE
1682 Cyrville Road (613) 741-2130

From the 417, take the Innes Road exit (by 417 Nissan and Costco)

all are welcome!

12

October 2001

Competition Tires

2607 Diab, St-Laurent (Qubec) H4S 1E7 Tel.: (514) 337-0833 FAX: (514) 337-8857

NEW*

V700 (R-compound) V70A (R-compound)* ECST 712 * A

AUTOCROSS (DOT) ROAD RACING (DOT) RACING SLICKS

T1-S RA1 (R-compound)

AVS-S1 AVS SPORT A032R (R-compound)

MAGS
AMG BBS BORBET BREYTON FIKSE FITTIPALDI FORGELINE KINESIS KOSEI MILLE MIGLIA MODA MSW O-Z RONAL SVT

ALSO AVAILABLE
AVON T YRES

30

30 years of providing quality tire products and services. Sponsor of the Rennsport Region Porsche Club. Sponsor of Solo l and ll Racing, C.A.D.L., L.A.P.S., M.C.O. Sponsor of F .A.Q. Ice Racing. Sponsor of the BMW Car Club of Quebec. Accredited by the Automobile Protection Association (A.P .A.).

13

October 2001

MCO Rally Group Pace Notes

by Jim Morrow
We've been meeting once a month at the Arrow and Loon restaurant on Bank Street. This month we tried an experiment, we rented a room at the Ottawa Public Library (Bells Corners Branch). It was great, I got to sit up front behind a big table and everyone had soft, comfortable chairs to sit in...and it was quiet! All agreed that this was the way to do it and we have already booked the next two meetings at the Emerald Plaza branch of the Library. We welcomed a new member, Warren Haywood. Warren has been active in TSD Rallying and rallysprints with the Maple Leaf Rally Club and has decided to move to the MCO. He is in the process of building a car for performance Rallying. We now have three members who will be campaigning cars in performance events this year, up from zero last year! We're definitely making progress on that front. We set ourselves three goals at our Rally meeting on Tuesday, September 25: 1. Develop a Club Rally Series for next year. While not yet finalized, it is proposed that scoring be based on participation in: - 3 of 5 TSD Rallies - 2 Slush 'n Slide events - 1 Yokohama Winter Series Event 2. Develop a winter Ontario Road Rally Championship event. We'll run it as a local event on January 12, 2002 (a good tune-up for the Yokohama Winter Series, which begins on January 19). In the winter of 2003, we'll mount it as part of Rally Sport Ontario's ORRC Series, when it will mark their return to rallying in Eastern Ontario. 3. Develop a Yokohama Winter Series Rally (12 hours, 600 km, run at night)

for 2003. We'll map and test the rally this winter and, if we can get the massive administrative base in place (radio cars, advertising, about 25 marshalls, etc.), we'll run it in 2003. This is something that Rallysport Ontario has been looking to have for a number of years now. The MCO-sponsored Golden Pine Rally ran out of Golden Lake on September 15. We had a beautiful sunny day and what all participants agreed were "great" roads (smooth, mostly dirt, lots of elevation changes, exciting and at times very technical corners and interesting speed). We had to shut down one checkpointwhen the marshall went out to check it before the rally, it had been taken over by several pickup loads of duck hunters, celebrating the first day of the season. Due to a number of events and incidents, many were unable to compete in this event and we ended up with only six teams. The good news is that two of those teams came from far afield to participate. Paulo Nunes, the president of the Sports Motor Car Club out of Montreal arrived late, and drove like a demonseveral checkpoint marshalls noted his colourful, sideways method of approaching checkpoints. Louis Carbados drove up from Cobourg, near Toronto, to wrench first place from Tony Lai and Jane Lennox of the MCO. Louis drove his ratty old Tercel rallymobile in which he dominated the Yokahama Winter Series the last couple of years. How such a vehicle does so well, let alone stays in one piece, is a tribute to Louis' unbelievable driving and maintenance skills. On October 20, we'll be running the 2001 version of the Lanark Highlands Rally out of Almonte. This TSD event was well attended last year with 22 teams competing. This year, we have partnered with the Lanark County Therapeutic Riding Program and will run the rally as a charitable event with all proceeds going to the Program. Contact me soon if you're interested in running in the event. The rally also offers an unique opportunity to gain some worker points. We need checkpoint mar-

shalls and will train you. You can go from this kind of marshalling to working on National Performance rallies with real monster cars and crazy drivers. Please volunteer to work or enter the event if you can. We'd like to be a success for the sake of the charity that we're partnering with. The Rally Group has arranged with "Active Canadian Emergency Training" to offer a First Aid course on October 27 and 28. It will give you the Standard First Aid certification, CPR - B and a grouping of automotive-trauma type skills (bring your helmet and learn how to take an accident victim's helmet off and how to protect the spine). The course costs $85. Get the cheque to me in advance and it will be cashed the day of the course. Please make the cheque out to the MCO. We will have to pay for the number of spaces I request whether or not you attend, so your fee is not refundable. This is an excellent opportunity to renew and upgrade your certification or get certified. The instructors are from a company that specializes in training organizations, such as police, and Corporate Emergency Response Teams. All instructors are either working local paramedics or are involved in the health-care industry. The Rally Group is slowly growing and we have seen some positive interest and assistance from some of the old guys who used to rally when the National Capital area was a hotbed for Rallying. All of this requires a lot of manpower and significant dedication. If you think you might be interested, we can offer many opportunities to participate in the fastest growing motorsport in North America. The great thing is that even though we're starting to see more factory participation, the teams are very accessible and happy to take the time to discuss the sport. Please come out and join us for one or more of our rallies (Oct. 20, Nov. 10, Jan. 12, March 9).

14

October 2001
Classifieds For Sale: 1990 BMW E30 M3 motor with chip. Asking $4,600. Contact: JeanMacGillivray (613) 256-0188 Rosetta@magma.ca For Sale: Nissan 240sx, #60 GT2 CGTCC, 1:32 at Mosport, 1:12 at Shannonville. Chevy LT1 V8 (approx. 400hp), 6-speed, 300zx brakes, Koni shocks, Tilton pedals, Autometer gauges, etc. Spare parts include: spare body, 14 wheels, rain tires, orig. 250hp Nissan Motorsports engine, transmission, diff., etc. Ready to race, asking $14,500 OBO. Call Len at (613) 748-3313 or email lclue@altavista.net for details

Lanark Highlands Rally October 20, 2001

School : 10:00 to 11:30am Registration: 10:00 to 12:00 Drivers Meeting: 1:00pm Car 0 Leaves: 1:20pm

Location: Civitan Hall

(Wolfgrove Rd across from Highway 29 leaving Almonte)
Drivers Meeting at the Golden Pine Rally

Tony and Jane taking the start of the rally. Photos by Craig Hamm

The winner driver Louis Carbados in his prepared Tercel.

15

Main Street Racing and Automotive Parts, Performance and Service INTERPROVINCIAL LICENSED MECHANIC *** MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION STATION Automotive Take It Back Partner - We recycle your Used Oil, Antifreeze, etc. P.O. Box 37, 2319 Community Way, North Gower, Ottawa ON K0A 2T0 Ken Baird www.mainstreetottawa.com (613) 489-0948 mainst@magi.com

RETURN YOUR TROPHIES!

If you won trophies last year, please return them to one of the executive members by November 6th (AGM). See the inside cover for contact information.

Grassroots Motorsport in the National Capital Region since 1949.

Affiliated with Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs - Ontario Region (CASC-OR), Rally Sport Ontario (RSO) and ASN Canada FIA