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SEPTEMBER 2007 |
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RALLY TEST
SECTION PHOTOS |
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Bill
Robertson
sent in these pictures from the Rally
Test Section in the Bear Creek Area.
The
attached photo, from left to right:- Ryan Baker
(spectator from Vancouver), Angie Hood (marshal,
Kelowna), Dave Hood (service crew chief, Prescribed
Burn Rally Team, Kelowna), Jennifer Daly
(co-driver, Prescribed Burn Rally Team, Kelowna),
Paul Westwick ( organizer, Pacific Forest Rally),
Glyn Trafford (Regional Director, Canadian
Association of Rally Sport, Duncan).
Special
thanks to the folks at
www.pbrally.ca
for putting on this event.
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PHOTO: BILL
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CONGRATULATIONS JIM! |
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PHOTO: WILLIAM
BURGHER |
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What a
close race season this turned out to be.
Thursday was the last race of the 2007 Kelowna
Autocross Series, and what a nail biter it was.
When all was said and done, Jim McLaughlan in his
1990
TRAVELTYME RV sponsored Miata came out on
top. He narrowly beat Matt Scaife and his
PRIMUS 1995
Miata.
Click here for William Burgher's
photos.
For complete race results,
click here. |
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT
BMX ACTION |
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The
Kelowna BMX club really needs a few dry days to
complete it's season. Rain may be very
important for all of you with green thumbs, but it
is not good for the race track. Just a
reminder - Please do not use the track when it is
wet, damp and/or muddy. Ruts will form very
quickly and that is unsafe for the racers. Cal
Maier was on hand to get some of the racing action
from last Wednesday night.
Click here for his photos. |
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PHOTO: CAL MAIER |
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KELOWNA BMX
RACING |
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PHOTO: CAL MAIER |
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There
are a lot of make up races happening at the Kelowna
BMX track. Check out their website for more
details.
Click here for Cal Maier's
photographs. |
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WANT TO SEE A
CRC EVENT HELD LOCALLY? THEN YOU WILL LIKE THIS! |
The closest Canadian Rally Championship event we
have is the
Pacific
Forest Rally. It
is held in Merritt, BC. It has the full support of
the city and they have a fantastic turnout. It
is a very well planned event and we love going down
there each year.
So where am I going with this? Well, would you
like to see an event here in the heart of the
Okanagan? We would, and the folks at
Prescribed Burn
want to give you a taste of the action. This
Saturday,
4-6 teams from Alberta and BC will be testing rally
cars on a 7km stretch of gravel road in the Bear
Creek Area. There will be marshals and a
spectator area. So come on down and show your
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FILE PHOTO FROM
PFR 2006 |
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DAY TWO OF
THE DRAGON BOAT ACTION |
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PHOTO: BILL
ROBERTSON |
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Mother
Nature was a little more windy today. The kite
boarders might like that, but lining up a dragon
boat on a starting line proved to be a little more
difficult. Bill Robertson was there to capture
some of the action.
Click here for his photographs.
As for the team I was rooting for? Well, they
decided it was a little choppy to do the first race
and then found out there was no time for the second
one, so they were a little disappointed, but had a
lot of fun anyway.
I have
to say that this event was very well organized from
a spectator point of view. Everything from the
food vendors and small stores to the interaction
with the participants was amazing. Great work! |
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DRAGON BOAT
RACING |
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I have
never seen so many tents around Tug Boat beach.
It was good to see the fantastic turnout for this
years
Kelowna International Dragon boat Festival
sponsored by
Lake City Casinos. Now I have to admit
I was rooting for the Vernon team, Dragon Riders.
Although they did not fare so well on Saturday, I
hope Sunday will be better.
Click Here for William Burgher's
photos from Day One.
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PHOTO:
WILLIAM BURGHER |
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McCURDY
CORNER MALL AUTOCROSS |
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PHOTO:
BILL ROBERTSON |
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There were a few surprises last Thursday night,
at the McCurdy Corner Mall.
Some drivers decided to rearrange the cone and
stop box locations. We start naming names,
but ....
Click here for Bill Robertson's
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KELOWNA BMX
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There is
no rest for the Kelowna BMX Club Racers. Just
a few days after the provincial championship in
Vernon, they were back racing at the Kelowna track.
Click here for Bill Robertson's
photos.
There
have been some changes to the regular schedule as
well:
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Mon Sept 17
make-up
race,
no practice
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Wed Sept 19
regular race night
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Sat Sept 22
Kelowna
double point race
signups: 11am-noon
lots of fun!
bring your pit bikes!
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Mon Sept 24
gate practice 6-730pm
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Wed Sept 26
regular race night
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PHOTO: BILL
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BMX 2007 GRAND
PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: VERNON BC |
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PHOTO: WILLIAM
BURGHER |
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If you
have never been to a Provincial BMX race before, you
gotta go. It's has all the excitement of the
weekly races, but the intensity level of the racers goes
up quite a few notches. You can almost feel their
need to win.
William Burgher was up at the
Vernon BMX
track this weekend, to capture all the handlebar to handlebar
(and some handlebar to ground) action.
Click
here for the race photos.
Click here for the trophy shots. |
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AUTOCROSS |
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Click here for Bill Robertson's
photographs of last week's autocross action. |
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PHOTO: BILL
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BMX |
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PHOTO: CAL
MAIER |
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Click here for Cal Maier's
photographs from the Kelowna BMX track last week. |
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UP2SPEED |
Every
month our editor gives us his thoughts and ideas.
For the most part they give us something to think
about or at least a different way to look at things.
We are currently redoing all of his ramblings since
the beginning, so bear with us.
Here is
this months article in the new format. |
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PHOTO: INTERNET |
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KELOWNA
AUTOCROSS |
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PHOTO: BILL
ROBERTSON |
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Ok, I
will break the sad news slowly ...
there .. are .. only .. three .. race ..
nights .. left!
Ok, now for some good news. Bill Robertson
sent in these pictures.
Click here for photos from 23rd
August.
Click here for photos from the 30th
August. |
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BMX RACING |
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Both Cal
Maier and Bill Robertson were on hand last Wednesday
to capture the racing at the Kelowna BMX Club.
Click here for Cal's photos.
Click here for Bill's photos. |
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PHOTO: CAL MAIER |
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AUTOCROSS
CATCH-UP |
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PHOTO: WILLIAM
BURGHER |
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Not quite a blast from
the past, but here are William's autocross photos
for this month:
(we will be
adding them one at a time, so check back for more.)
9th August 2007
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