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Welcome to the Northwest Rally Council

The Northwest Rally Council is an organization of Western Washington clubs dedicated to Time|Speed|Distance (TSD) rallies and similar non-performance autosports activities. NWRC events are generally held between the months of February and November for all skill levels.

Presto, We’re Back!

August 23, 2025 By Mike Daily Leave a Comment

August is coming to its end soon. Our Friday Nighter season resumes on the 2nd Friday in September with Duck Around & Dine Out on 9/12.

All the usual details apply and can be found in the info section of this site.

Registration opens at 6:45pm at the Eastgate Park&Ride (14200 SE Eastgate Way in Bellevue). We meet in the NE corner of the surface lot under the SE 142nd flyover. Driver’s meeting at 7:15pm.

Please note that Eastgate way is closed W of 139th Ave, with a long-term detour in place, connecting Eastgate Way to Richards Road via 139th and Kamber.

Entry fee is $30 per car, cash only.

Please read/review the updated (2025) NWRC General Instructions. Having a printed copy with you may prove to be helpful.

All events in the 2025 Friday Nighter season use the Richta GPS Checkpoint system for scoring. If you are not already familiar with this tool, please read the quick guide. Download the Richta Competitor app (from Apple or Google Play) and install on your iOS or Android device ahead of time.

Bug Slayer – Rally Recap

July 17, 2025 By Mike Daily Leave a Comment

< From Rallymaster John Humphrey >

First, I would like to thank my unnamed co-conspirator for this rally, my wife Derris Humphrey who helped measure the rally, type up the rally, handle registration and hand out the trophies!

Second, I would like to thank the 9 teams who came out to participate in the rally.  Special recognition goes out to car 17, Jordan and Derek for taking a 19.5 minute time dec at the rally start to allow for the navigator (who shall remain nameless) to arrive.

At the driver’s talk, I informed all rallyists about wildlife one might encounter and to be avoided on the rally route.  There were encounters with deer, elk and suicide rabbits on the course.  And I can report, no animals nor rallyists were injured on the Friday Nighter!

From the Park-n-Ride, the odometer check transit zone headed East to Issaquah, South on WA-900 and East on May Valley Road and ended at the classic location just past the fire station.  The rally proceeded East on May Valley to Issaquah Hobart Road to Tiger Mountain Road, and Leg 1’s Checkpoint.

Leg 2 proceeded South, past the Yellow Submarine (less the Beatles) to Ravensdale.  The course then went east to Kanaskat.  It was just after the BPA Electrical Substation that Derris & I had to brake for an elk cow and her calf who cautiously crossed the road.  The rally continued past Kanaskat with Leg 2’s Checkpoint located just outside of Kanaskat-Palmer State Park.

Leg 3 traveled South on Kanaskat-Cumberland Road, turning towards the Green River Gorge Road/Enumclaw-Franklin Road outside of Cumberland. The route then turned South onto the Enumclaw-Franklin Road with Leg 3 Checkpoint.

Leg 4 continued South on Enumclaw-Franklin Road, then turning West crossing WA 169 (Enumclaw-Black Diamond Road.)  About 1 mile after crossing WA 169, we saw 2 deer feeding on low hanging fruit in trees!!  Rallyists turned right on 212th Way SE heading toward Leg 4 Checkpoint before the Green River bridge.

Leg 5 turned right onto Green River Valley Road heading back towards WA 169, where Derris and I encountered a suicidal rabbit, whom we missed by a “hare” (pun intended) or is it hair?  The course then turned North on WA-169 through Black Diamond and right onto Black Diamond-Ravensdale Road with Leg 5’s Checkpoint located outside the Ravensdale Park.

Leg 6 route then crossed Kent Kangley Road where rallyists turned left toward Summit Landsburg Road for Leg’s 6 and 7 Checkpoints.

While Legs 1 through 6 had no intentional traps, Leg 7 had an old NRI ‘out-of-sequence’ trap.  Rally route instructions are to be executed in numerical order.  Experienced rallyists know to check and make sure at the start that there are no out of sequence or missing NRI’s.

Then it was a very short transit to pizza and a cold drink.

Administratively, with our small number of rallyists, I chose 2 minute spacing between cars.  This is why contestants had odd numbers assigned to them for the Richta Application.  I did this to potentially eliminate the traffic jams at checkpoint outcones due to rallyists arriving early or late and then restarting after the checkpoint pauses.  The two minute spacing of rallyists was endorsed by rallyists to control the traffic jams at the controls and outcones.

Thank you again for attending and see you all back again in September.  Remember, we take a rally vacation in August.

John Humphrey

May Flies. June Bugs. July Slays.

July 6, 2025 By Mike Daily Leave a Comment

The NWRC July 2025 Friday Nighter is almost here. Less than one week away, our next event is titled “Bug Slayer” and John, our Council president, steps up again as rallymaster.

All the usual details apply and can be found in the info section of this site.

Registration opens at 6:45pm at the Eastgate Park&Ride (14200 SE Eastgate Way in Bellevue). We meet in the NE corner of the surface lot under the SE 142nd flyover. Driver’s meeting at 7:15pm.

Please note that Eastgate way is closed W of 139th Ave, with a long-term detour in place, connecting Eastgate Way to Richards Road via 139th and Kamber.

Entry fee is $30 per car, cash only.

Please read/review the updated (2025) NWRC General Instructions. Having a printed copy with you may prove to be helpful.

All events in the 2025 Friday Nighter season use the Richta GPS Checkpoint system for scoring. If you are not already familiar with this tool, please read the quick guide. Download the Richta Competitor app (from Apple or Google Play) and install on your iOS or Android device ahead of time.

The July Friday Nighter will end in Four Corners at Farrelli’s Pizza.

And Another Thing…

June 17, 2025 By Mike Daily Leave a Comment

On the heels of Just Redux, assuming that duck feet have heels, we’re just over three weeks away from the July Friday Nighter.

July 11th, join us as NWRC presents Bug Slayer. Rallymaster John Humphrey steps up once again to create the next event in our 2025 Season Championship.

Details are sparse on this one at the moment, but I’ll bet it ends in Four Corners.

The route and instructions are novice friendly.

The rally will use the Richta GPS checkpoint system. Install the Richta Competitor app on your smartphone ahead of time. An introductory guide is here.

Entry fee is $30 per car, cash only. Registration will open at 6:45pm. Drivers meeting at 7:15pm.

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