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From Paul Eklund:

Attached is the tentative Rally School Flyer, brought to you by Primitive

Performance Driving and Oregon Rally Group. The school is scheduled for March

18-20 (Fri-Sun) with ground school Friday late afternoon (5pm?) into the evening

(10pm), driving exercises in a RallyCross setting on Saturday and a full

RallyCross competition on Sunday. Along the way we will discuss TSD rally, stage

rally, driving techniques and a host of other rally issues. This is directed

to the beginner, but experienced rallyists will learn and gain valuable

practice as well. Cost is $135 per person for early sign up (before March 1st) and

it is $150 after that.

 

Groundschool location not yet finalized, but Sat/Sun will be out at

Washington County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro, OR (~15 miles west of Portland). The field

is LARGE, flat and grassy (which will turn to muddy).

 

Details to be finalized. Please spread the word to interested parties and

members of your car clubs. This program will give driving skills to

autocrossers, road racers, and rallyists and open up the world of rallying to all

participants. We plan to have some break-out sessions directed towards navigators

(course notes, timing basics, calculating, controlling your driver) and some for

drivers (thinking ahead, safety, thinking ahead, planining your event,

thinking ahead). Street cars are fine (nothing lowered is recommended)--they will

get muddy. 2 people can share a car, but it will reduce total seat time on

Saturday a little bit.

 

I will also be contacting some of you about helping instruct at the school

(depending upon expected attendance). Please email me if you have solid

experience and really want to instruct driving or navigating. You will be paid for

your efforts.

 

Sponsors will be sought for the event. A small sponsorship will get logo

onto front of coursebook, with a 1 page advertisement inside and a chance to give

a short (>5 minute) talk during the school and/or a display of wares.

Contact me at Pauleklund@aol.com or Scott Kovalik at dkov@pacifier.com for more info

on this opportunity. We currently expect about 20-35 students and about 100+

entrants at the RallyCross.

 

Sorry, I can't attach the flyer since it's 83K (over the 50K limit). Email me and I'll forward the flyer.

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Yea, I guess it would. But a three day rallycross added to a 3 day WCSS? I'm starting to run out of vacation days! This school is being done by Primitive Enterprises in conjunction with ORG; it would certainly be interesting to join forces with the Subaru groups.

 

Ed, this would be a great thing to schdule in conjunction with the next WCSS. Ya think?
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Here's the latest info from http://www.writerguy.com/primitive/nwrallyschool.htm:

 

Northwest Rally School -- March 18th - 20th

 

Hosted by

Primitive Performance Driving

AND

Oregon Rally Group

 

Who: Open to all licensed drivers, at all levels of rally and driving experience, with emphasis on

BEGINNER to INTERMEDIATE levels.

 

What: Three days of instruction starting with 5-6 hours of classroom training on Friday night (approx 5pm-11pm)

with short breakout sections for experienced sections and another for beginning navigators. TSD

(Time/Speed/Distance) and driving exercises on Saturday with a full RallyCross competition on Sunday.

 

When: Friday 3/18/05 (5-11pm)

Saturday 3/19/05 (9am-5pm)

Sunday 3/20/05 (8am-5pm)

 

Where: Classroom TBD, driving at Washington County Fairgrounds, 3500 NE Cornell Road, Hillsboro, OR

(~ 15 miles west of Portland).

 

How: Early registration: $135 (if sent before March 1st)

Regular registration: $150 (after March 1st)

 

You must pre-register before 3/18 so we can print enough coursebooks and get enough goodie bags and instructors.

 

 

 

Send checks or PayPal to:

PaulEklund@aol.com

Primitive Enterprises

8425 SW Ashford St

Tigard, OR 97224

Phone: (503) 624-2139

Plan to bring:

  • Notebook and Pen o Old towels (feet, windshields, etc.)
     
  • Digital Watch or clock (TSD exercise) o Helmet (SA1995 or later) if you have one
     
  • Bottle of Water and a snack bar o Rain Slicker (depending on weather)
     
  • Shoes that can get muddy o Extra pair of socks
     
  • Waterproof box or duffle to keep stuff dry while driving if raining (tarp?)
     
  • Questions you have always had about driving, navigating, rally or car control
     
  • Willingness to listen and learn
     

Nearby hotels:

 

  • Red Lion
  • Candlewood Suites
     
  • Extended Stay America
     
  • Hillsboro Airport Travelodge
     

Agenda:

 

FRIDAY GROUNDSCHOOL

 

Welcome and goal setting - Terms and Glossary - Car prep basics - Rally Basics - Rally Advanced

 

Driver's Breakout (1 hour)Navigator's Breakout (1 hour)Launches

Braking

Turning

Recovering

CrashingControl Operations

Route Book

Controlling the Car

Calling Instructions

Crashing

 

Driving Techniques - Preparing to win - Questions and Answers

 

Advanced Breakout (10:30 to whatever)Red Cross

Advanced Setup

Team Issues

Driving at and beyond the edge

 

Saturday TSD Practice

Finding the route

Following the route

What to do at a checkpoint

Basic calculations

Making ZEROS

 

Saturday Driving Exercises

Finding an apex and driving line

One-on-one rally driving instruction

Skidpad and finding limits of adhesion

Trail braking practice

Judging distance to object

Hard braking and humility of understeer

Hitting an apex repeatedly

 

Sunday RallyCross Competition

Car preparation

Planning for victory; living with best efforts

Recovering from setbacks

Dealing with Pressure

Dealing with Tire Pressures

Personalized Instruction

Course Teardown

Final Debrief and Graduation

 

 

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If you like I'll call the Town Hall and tell them your garage is too large for your lot. That should delay things enough to put you into April.:lol: Just trying to help the "faint of heart" make a decision.

I'd love to do this, but I have a feeling that is about the time my building permit will be approved and I'll be deeply involved in building my garage. Hope they do it again next years.
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