February 11, 2017

Feb 17, 2017:  With a bit more checking I found a couple of arithmetic errors.  Murdough/Beliveau score = 380.  Brodeur/Everett score = 519.  Chapin/Hermanance score = 1232.  p.s.  I’ll have to be a bit more diligent on scoring preciseness next year.

Feb 15, 2017:  And the overall winners were:  L. Mark Stone and Marc Goldfarb!!  Congratulations!  The winners in Class S were:  Scott Carlson and Phil LaMoreaux!  Full results are under the RESULTS tab.

I have to note that in our haste at 3 am we made a mistake in Class S.  I would like to note that Daniel Praetorius and Colin Roddy were actually second in Class S.  Congrats to them!

And thx to all who came.  The weather and roads were about as good as you could expect.  As a note the GPS control idea worked well; all the units sent back info and with a bit of refinement should work for some controls.  We’ll try them again next year {Oh!  That must mean there will be a 14th event :)}

Feb 7, 2017:  The ENTRY LIST and PRACTICE ROUTE are now posted.  To drive over the Practice Route would take a little more than one hour.  We just got 4 inches of snow; a little rain tomorrow; maybe a bit of snow Saturday.  See you Saturday at the Hollow Inn.

Feb 4, 2017:  The ENTRY IS NOW CLOSED.  More info Monday night.

Feb 1, 2017:  Last Entry List will be next Monday night.  The 1 hour Practice loop will also be posted then.

Feb 1, 2017:  New Entry List

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Jan 28, 2017:  Entry as of 1/28/17

Car #	Driver Name		Navigator Name		Class	4WD
	Jon	Nichols	Brian	Maxwell	A	Y
	Lance	Smith	Ralph	Beckman	A	Y
	David	Alspaugh	Andrew	Bennet	S	Y
	Booth	Potter	Tyler	Gagne	S	N
	Radim	Hlidek	Tuan	Tran	A	Y
	Eric	Salminen	Peter	Schneider	A	Y
	Fritz	Senftleber	Alan	Matson	S	N
	Christopher	Wright	Jeff	Gunn	S	Y
	Daniel	Fouquette	Jacob	Burtdell	S	Y
	Daniel	Praetorius	Colin	Roddy	S	Y
	Peter	Monin	Chris	Preston	S	Y
	Nicholas	Magner	Reeve	Chilton	S	Y
	Alex	Kuhner	Philip	Mueller	S	Y
	Kathy	Moody	Samara	Coble	S	Y
	Mark	Stone	Marc	Goldfarb	A	Y
	Conner	Martell	Taylor	Menezes	S	??

Jan 19, 2017  – Here we are doing the Pre-Check.

We will start at 3 pm again this year.

Sample Instructions and General Instructions will be on this website this weekend.

 

 

JAN 5, 2017;  Out on the Route doing the mileages.  This is the first Control location :).

The Hollow Inn already has started to get reservations – and they were full last year.  Their phone number is:  802.479.9313.

QUESTION:  Would it help to start the rally at 4 pm (until 3 am) to help those people from out of state get to the start easier.  Please e-mail me what you think:  johnbuffum1@gmail.com.

DEC 21, 2016;  A NEW YEAR!! Two months to the 13th edition. I’m changing the philosophy this year. After putting on the trap (really trap) rally A Bridge Too Far it has satisfied my craving for a difficult event. So Winter Challenge in 2017 will be straightforward! No ‘onto’ traps; and redundant turns, etc. The General Instructions will be short – misc items as necessary – and necessary items spelled out. But if you’re conversant with Road Rallies, then there won’t be anything new. Signs will be easy to see (as always); there will still be instructions to follow but following them will be logical and straightforward. There will be a Map Section (as always) along with a slower Section in some daylight to begin and a Tulip Section at the end. Hope you can make it. Stay tuned here for updates and Merry Christmas!

RALLY OVER!! No snow but a great way to spend a Saturday night. The full results are up under RESULTS. Congrats to Satish Gopalkrishnan and Savera D’Souza!! A great job in winning (and catching that illusive sign). Also kudos to Scott Carlson and Phil LaMoreaux for winning Class S. Thanks to all for coming up and see you next year – or before – maybe at Scott Beliveau’s Frost Heaves Rally. Check it out on NER.ORG.scoring-jb-startscoring-jb-startscoring-jb-start