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Signs Of Rallies Future – Now Past…

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A small but enthusiastic group of Rallyists participated in the April 2024 Friday Nighter Rally.  The course worked its way from the Eastgate Park-n-Ride down to Maple Valley, Kanasket, the Green River Gorge, Black Diamond, the Krain corner area, back to Black Diamond and the finish in Maple Valley.  The Rally Gods continued to annoy me.  On Checkout, the rally route into Black Diamond was closed due to a tree which fell across the road and took out the powerlines (Fire Truck and Police Cars with all lights shining.)  At least this did not happen on Rally Night.  This first of the year rally included some traps typically found in John Humphrey rallies.  As one rallyist stated, it was a good rally to get out the cobwebs of Winter.

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Everyone had a good time.  The post-Rally gathering was pleasantly intimate and included great discussions about the early days of gathering at the Puget Power site in Bellevue.   Special thanks to Mike Daily, NWRC VP, for his assistance in measuring the course, rally checkout, Richta application support, Sweep and Trophies/Dash Plaques.  Thanks also go to Charles Aggenbach for rally checkout support and Derris Humphrey, NWRC Secretary, for TSD calculation support, registration, Richta monitoring during the event and other tasks as required to make the rally a success. Fortunately we had more rallyists than Rally workers!!  Hopefully we will have a larger field for the May Friday Nighter.  The May event will be hosted by PSRC, Rally Master Dave Treen.

John Humphrey

**Later realization that one of the changes in the updated Generals lowered the maximum penalty at a checkpoint to 60 points means car #3 actually scored 261 points, not the 744 shown above.

Just One Week Until…

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Come join us for the 2024 NWRC season opener.

Starts at East end of Eastgate Park&Ride (by Bellevue College) 14300 SE Eastgate Way.

Registration 6:45-7:15pm. First car departs 7:31pm. Finish in Maple Valley. $30 (cash only) entry fee.

Will use Richta checkpoints and our new 2024 edition Generals. Grab the Generals from our Documents page. Please download and install Richta GPS “Competitor” app to your iOS or Android device ahead of time. Signal coverage at Park&Ride is not excellent.

Less than one month away

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NWRC launches the Friday Nighter season on April 12th. Long-time rallyist and NWRC president John Humphrey proferred Signs of Rallies Past in September last year and has put together Sign of Rallies Future to kick-off 2024.

Get the new General Instructions!

This rally will use the Richta GPS Checkpoint system.

2024 Is Here

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And Happy New Year to you!

The NWRC annual planning meeting was held earlier today and there is news to share.

Our Friday Nighter series will have six rallies (April-October, skipping August) with Novice and SOP class Championships.

Also on the schedule are Rainier’s Raindrop and No Alibi touring rallies. Raindrop is always a nice Sunday drive. This year return rallymaster Bill plans to start in Duvall and finish in Stanwood. No Alibi (held on alternate years from Norwester) is a two-day romp using many fine paved and unpaved roads. Rallymasters Ed and Marvin plan for NA2024 headquarters to be Pendleton, OR.

2024 Calendar

With the schedule nailed down, we moved on to a review of Council accounting (we’re solvent). Friday Nighter entry fee will remain at $30 per car.

Before voting on the proposed rule changes, we discussed ORCA’s concern regarding the historical use of the term premarker in the rally community being substantially different from the signage proposed to be identified by this term. To resolve this concern the group selected another term. With that adjustment, the proposed changes were adopted by unanimous vote of all clubs present.

Updated NWRC General Instructions.

All 2023 board members were willing to continuing serving in 2024 and no new volunteers or nominations were made. The existing board members were retained by unanimous vote.

See you on the road!