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Box 65006 Ontario Merivale Postal Outlet Nepean, Ontario K2G 5Y3 Board of Directors President • Ron Woltman • H: (613) 831-8682 • W: (613) 863-5360 • [email protected] Vice-President • Bennett Leckie • H: (613) 258-0348 • W: (613) 822-1765 • [email protected] Closed Wheel • John Blouin • H: (613) 443-3507 • W: (613) 945-0329 • [email protected] Open Wheel, Public Relations • Sam Mandia • H: (613) 745-4227 • W: (613) 228-0250 • [email protected] Solo II • Charles Payne • H: (613) 792-1083 • W: (613) 772-7349 • [email protected] Richard Muise • H: (613) 241-9983 • W: (613) 765-9169 • [email protected] Rob Microys • H: (613) 822-7204 • W: (613) 765-5744 • F: (613) 763-8312 • C: (613) 761-0306 • [email protected] Appointed Officers and Executive Members Karting • Paul Swinwood • H: (613) 720-3468 • W: (613) 237-8551 x133 • F: (613) 230-3490 • [email protected] Rally • Craig Hamm • H: (613) 727-3192 • W: (613) 596-7107 • [email protected] Solo I • Jeff Graves • H: (613) 258-0497 • W: (613) 843-3000 x5859 • [email protected] Membership • David E. Butler • H: (613) 596-5518 • W: (613) 226-7755 x16 • F: (613) 828-4400 • [email protected] Assistant Membership • Albert Cohoe Treasurer • Robert Benson • H: (613) 837-2051 • W: (613) 995-7374 • [email protected] Secretary • John Powell • H: (613) 835-2910 • F: (613) 835-3471 (call first) • [email protected] Club Merchandise Co-ordinator • Warren Haywood • H: (613) 286-6252 • D: (819) 682-5000 • [email protected] Web Site Manger • Aleida Dikland • C: (613) 298-5918 • [email protected] LINK Editor • Steven Fong • C: (613) 868-0476 • [email protected] LINK Editor • Alan Ritchie • H: (613) 745-6424 • [email protected] Associated Contacts Ontario Race Committee Rep • Cindy Armstrong • H: (613) 489-2725 • [email protected] 2 Motorsport Club of Ottawa The Link Mar/Apr 2004 http://www.mco.org Editorial Exhaust 4 Exciting New MCO Award! 4 MCO Mailbag 5 The President's Report... 6 How Do You Get There from Here? 6 Big Changes and Even Bigger Aspirations for Solo II in 2004 7 Open Wheel - The Off-Season 7 PR - Marketing 7 Rally Director's February Report 7 Auto Insurance: Blech! 8 Hurley Haywood Takes the Bulletin for a Ride 10 M.C.O. Monthly General Meeting Minutes - Jan. 6, 2004 13 M.C.O. Executive Committee Meeting Minutes - Jan. 20, 2004 14 Winter Driving at the Otterdrome 17 M.C.O. Monthly General Meeting Minutes - Feb. 3, 2004 18 M.C.O. Executive Committee Meeting Minutes - Feb. 17, 2004 19 It Was a Dark and Stormy Night 21 15 Minutes of Fame - In Five-Minute Segments 21 MINI's Revenge 22 VARAC Celebrates the Racing Era of 1973 to 1987 23 Driving the New Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant 24 MCO Karting League 24 The MCO Racers 25 Miscellaneous Rumblings II 26 Part 2: Rally Radio - Amateur Radio Licensing 30 The Back Seat 31 Motorsport Club of Ottawa The Link Mar/Apr 2004 http://www.mco.org 3 The second issue of the 2004 Link has arrived after the installation lap test. As with any shakedown, bugs turn up, A new award will be presented at this lessons are learned and new additions year’s MCO Awards Banquet in November. are required. While the Golden Pen Award goes to the most First the bug. I must apologize prolific contributor of stories to The Link, the to the MRLC for mistakenly printing of People’s Choice Writing Award will recognize “MCO Tall Pines Rally” in the Jan/Feb the creative talents of just one writer. issue. The Tall Pines Rally is a MRLC Stories from Link issues from November organized event of course. The web 2003 to October 2004 will be eligible. As you version of the Link has been corrected receive each issue of The Link throughout accordingly. the year, take note of the stories you like the Now for the lessons learned. Over best. In October, choose your favourite story the past month or so, there were discus- and cast a vote. One member, one vote - but sions about the web version of the Link. that’s not to say you can’t try to influence The current web versions of the Link your MCO friends and family in this matter! were previously only available to MCO The purpose of this award is to rec- members though a password protected ognize the best story in The Link. It might download. Now they are available to involve a motorsport memory, working an anybody who wishes to download it. It event, competing or perhaps a story of your took a while to decide to change this favourite car, an incident, or a motorsport policy and more importantly to readers, friend. It will be up to each member to cast to implement this. The latest versions a vote. will be available on the web site in the So keep track of your favourite story or, near future. The colour photos are better yet, write one yourself. You might be worth the large download. the first winner of the extremely cool People’s What are the additions? How about Choice Writing Award! the return of advertising. Not too excit- ing huh? Well, remember there are free Old-Time Car Modifiers Needed member ads. Take advantage of your MCO membership. There is also a new for Interview MCO Award this year. Look to the right I am looking for people who were modi- for more info. fying street vehicles between about 1945 This issue has had the blessing and and 1970. I would like to interview them for curse of an abundance of submitted ar- a cultural history I am writing for a Carleton ticles. Some content has actually been University course. bumped to the next issue! Please make I am particularly interested in those who this a common occurrence, submit your were modifying cars for street use — shade articles and pictures. Articles of note tree mechanics. The essay will be about the Special thanks to Nova Visual include an important issue regarding in- lifestyle, or subculture, of car modifiers. It is Products for lending a LCD projector surance by Craig Seko and a reprint of a not important whether the person was modi- for the Winter Driving School class. special race car experience at VIR from fying cars for track use. I would also like to the North Carolina region, SCCA Bulletin. have pictures of these old-time hot rods. Nova Visual Products Take some time with this issue of If you fit the description, or know some- #21 Concourse Gate, Unit #7 the Link. The summer season is fast one who does, please contact Basil Chiu at Ottawa, Ontario approaching. My car is calling for its (613) 830-1561 or [email protected] K2E 7S4 summer tires ... got to go.... by March 27, 2004. The LINK is the official publication of the Motorsport Club of Ottawa. The opinions expressed in the LINK do not necessarily reflect those of the LINK Editorial Staff or the Club’s Executive. Though all efforts are made to ensure that facts stated in the articles herein are accurate, the individual contributors Full page with web link $150 should check the accuracy of their articles prior to submission. Half page with web link $75 Quarter page $35 Business card size $25 Business card size for MCO members FREE 4 Motorsport Club of Ottawa The Link Mar/Apr 2004 http://www.mco.org Also, both Ansley and myself thor- oughly enjoyed ourselves on the course Saturday. We agreed that it has con- My wife and I took your first Winter Hi there! I wanted to let you know tributed greatly to our understanding of Driving Course this last weekend. I would that I had a great time today at the all aspects of driving especially the joys like to pass on my thanks from both of us Winter Driving School! I was thoroughly of winter driving. Congratulations to the to you people. The day started at minus impressed with the instructor to student organizers, the instructors and the volun- 29 and rose to a balmy minus 25 or so. ratio, the quality of the instructors and teers for making the day such a success For the flag people to stand out all day the track, and blown away by the work for us all. I’ve already recommended the and keep smiling as we slowly changed and dedication of all the volunteers! course to three people. the shape of the Course was true dedica- I found the whole day was well All the best, tion. We both learned an awful lot about organized. I appreciated how the track Colleen McKee our bad/rusty/missing habits and to have was reconfigured from one exercise to in-car, uncomplaining teachers give valu- the next so that we don’t find ourselves From: “CASC Office” <[email protected]> able feedback was a joy and well worth the going over the same route all the time.