On Friday, June 9th, NWRC presents the June Friday Nighter, “The Peanut Fairy Rides Again.”  The Peanut Fairy roams the roads and trails in our area, distributing peanuts for squirrels, crows, raccoons and possums, and any other critters that will eat them.  This rally endeavors to follow the path of the Peanut Fairy from Issaquah to Snohomish.  Since we are within two weeks of the Summer Solstice, we should have daylight for most of the rally.  On the checkout, last Friday, we encountered a cow at one of the checkpoints that was looking at us like we should be giving out peanuts.  I consider that fair evidence that we were on the correct route.  The good news is, the Peanut Fairy will not be bothering you in your car, like the Phantom Bantam and others have done in the past.  Bigfoot sightings should still be reported, but we are not technically looking for them this trip.   The checkout went pretty well, uncovering a couple of missing signs, all of which has been corrected.  You should have a good time on this event and we expect to see some pretty good scores.

Registration for this novice oriented event opens at 6:45 PM at the Eastgate Park & Ride Parking lot in Bellevue (14200 SE Eastgate Way). The drivers meeting is at 7:10 and first car out will be 7:31. The entry fee is $20. The “bring a new team and your entry is free” special continues, so invite some friends and enjoy free entry.

Come on out and join us, and bring your friends!

Well, Seafair weekend was sort of a bust weatherwise, but we made up for it by checking out and measuring the August Friday Nighter.  The route is superb, winding it’s way from Bellevue to Auburn.  Speeds are brisk, with quite a few 45 mph roads.  The rallymaster, John Humphrey, brought us something else that we haven’t seen for a while….Traps.  Nothing too difficult, just a reintroduction to looking for multiple things at the same time.  Penalties are small, so getting the traps wrong won’t hurt too much. The rally finishes at Athens Pizza in Auburn.

 

It’s Mothers Day, and I’m a little late making this post.  Obviously there is stuff going on.  It’s Monte Carlo season at NWRC.  We just had a very successful Raindrop Rally presented by Rainier Auto Sports Club.  The next Friday Nighter, on May 13th, will be a Monte Carlo/Friday Nighter hybrid.  There will be no traps.  The instructions will be in Monte Carlo style, while we will still have controls to stop at, and a fresh start each leg.  The rallymaster for this event is Don Gibson.  Don wrote a similar event last year, and it was a blast!  This one should be too.  Come on out and join us for a fun time!

Registration for this novice oriented event opens at 6:45 PM at the Eastgate Park & Ride Parking lot in Bellevue (14200 SE Eastgate Way). The drivers meeting is at 7:10 and first car out will be 7:31. The entry fee is $20. The “bring a new team and your entry is free” special continues, so invite some friends and enjoy free entry. The rally runs North, and ends at Brava Pizza and Pasta, 120 Glen Ave in Snohomish.

Three weekends after the Friday Nighter, on June 4th and 5th, Rainier Auto Sports Club will present “No Alibi”, a two day gravel and pavement Monte Carlo style rally.  The rally starts and overnights in Kennewick, with the finish in Prosser.  Registration and details are available at the RASC Website: http://www.rainierautosports.com/events/2016/noalibi/default.htm.  This rally is always good fun and well worth the $175 entry fee.

We hope to see you all out there, at both events!