SUMMER TSD RALLY

VIR Rally Chair Klaus Kreye

Rally Ramble

The first leg of the annual TSD rally season was run on Sunday 25 July – we could not have asked for better weather or fiercer competition!

Pencils had been sharpened amongst the top contenders with the past champions given car #1 – no pressure eh! A field of 8 vehicles lined up for the start and we figured there would be two groups – four teams competing for the podium finish and four new rally teams trying this out…..

7 regularity (competition) stages took us through interesting back country roads from Cobble Hill, around Duncan, Chemainus and Yellow Point. The route ended at the Wheatsheaf Pub, just south of Nanaimo, for refreshments, a late lunch and unwinding while the scores were added. The results were unexpected in that the new team of John and Daniel Rogers beat everyone to the finish, albeit by a whisker! ….. and our past champions must have taken a wrong turn and the resultant demerit points took the team right out of contention. Remember the score is demerit points, so the lowest score wins.

1st place 111 points John Rogers / Daniel Rogers (pictured below & overleaf) 2nd place 112 points Don Gosse/ Glen Fraser 3rd place 121 points Paul Rossmo / Klaus Kreye 4th place 308 points Brad Blaney / Steve Fairbrother 5th place 333 points Geoffrey Melneychuk / Sue Frew

The second round rally is scheduled for Sunday 26 September – Save the date!

For those looking for more rally opportunities:

14 August - Mission TSD November – Totem Rally TSD December – Big White closed stage February – Thunderbird Rally TSD

Full details on rallybc.ca

Any questions or feedback from the event are welcome. Klaus

rally@virpca.org