JUNE BUG RALLYX 6/9/02

[Greg Donovan]

The second round of the 2002 LoL region Rallycross series will be
held on Sunday June 9 at the Donovan Family farm(4255 60th ave. s.
rochester,mn 55902) just a few minutes south of rochester, MN. it
is about a 1.5 hr drive from bloomington. the day begins
w/registration at 10am 'till 12 followed by the driver/worker
meeting. at this point we will do a brief walk through of the course
as a group. runs will begin at 12:30 and will conitnue 'till all
competitiors take a minumun of 3 timed runs. the scoring method is
cumulative and all runs will count. the competition surface is hard
packed black dirt. the site is located in a large field in a wooded
area w/a short access road through the woods. there will be parking
at the farm for trucks and trailers becaus the road through the woods
will not accomodate the large vehicles and the road has some tight
turns that may be a risk to trailers. there will be a food stand
with brats and pop and bathroom facilities will be availabe.we hope
to see you all there and have a great memorial day weekend.

contact me at:
e-mail gdonov@h...
phone 701-271-0399

greg donovan
june bug event chairman

DIRECTIONS:
from the north
travel s. on hwy 52 through rochester and exit onto hwy 63 south then
after .8 mi. on 63 take a right onto 40th street south. go 4.8 mi.
on 40th (you will cross Bamber Valley Road at 2.8 mi.) and then take
a left onto 60th ave s. the farm is .3 mi. on your right. this is
where you can park your trucks and trailers. the site is about .3 mi
after the driveway to the farm and is the second gravel access road
into the woods on your right after crossing the bridge. there will
be signs as you get closer to the farm.

from the south
the same except you will take 63 n and take a left onto 40th rather
than a right.

[jmullan]

http://www.geocities.com/donovan_motorsports/

[Greg Donovan]

thanks jesse. see you in a couple weeks.
greg

[RallyRat]

What a fun event! This was the first time that I've had to really "test" out the car on dirt. Now I just gotta figure out how to stop running over those pylons...

Big thanks to the Donovans for the site and organizing. Well worth the near 2 hour tow.
Anyone have pics??? :D :D :D :D

Will MacDonald
1968 Volvo 144

[Greg Donovan]

well i would like to thank everyone for coming out today and helping
make the event so much fun. thanks to every one who stood out in the
dust picking cones our keeping score. the event would not have gone nearly as well with out all your help. there are some pictures on the
website now and we will add more later.
once again the address is:

www.geocities.com/donovan_motorsports/

the pictures were taken by our parents so there is a bit of a donovan
family slant to the photos right now. so if anyone has some pics
they would like posted e-mail them to us or jesse and we will get
them somewhere for people to see.
and if you are wondering who it is in the blazer that is jim's new
toy and i will let him tell you more about it.
the parking lot pic is from headwaters we put these up so my wife
could see some shots from today because she is not allowed to travel
since the baby is coming soon. so the next time some of you see us
there will be another donovan hanging around.
-greg

[DgenR8]

Thanks for the event Greg!

I had a great time. That was the first real rallyX for me, since Arkansaw was so sloppy. Thanks for putting it on. I'm excited for the next one.
I'll be blowing black dirt out of my nose for a week!

Oh yeah, I took a bunch of pics. I'll post them as soon as I figure out how.

Karl
1992 VW GTI #193

[JB Niday]

Anyone have results? Bored minds want to know!

J.B. Niday
www.nidayrallysport.com

[Greg Donovan]

please bear in mind that these results are extremely unofficial as they were hastily copied down by hand from the computer that was about to lose power. more official timing and scoring will arrive as soon as i get the files from kerry.

Driver class overall position class positioncar
Curtis Prescot, Jr. G2S 1 1 Focus ZX3
Robert LaFavor G5S 2 1 Sunfire
Karl Biewald G2S 3 2 Golf GTI
Scott Parrott G5P 4 1 Dodge Spirit R/T
Greg Donovan G5P 5 2 Legacy
Jesse Mullan OP 6 1 Impreza
Isaac Hurst G2S 7 3 CRX
Pete Winters G2P 8 1 Civic Si
Kerry Freund G5S 9 2 RX-7
Patricia Whitney G2P 10 2 Civic Si
Jim Cox OP 11 2 S-10 Blazer V-8
Doug Dill G5P 12 3 RX-7
Norm Johnson G2P 13 3 Jetta GLI
Steve Bowen OS 14 1 Talon Tsi
Richard Donovan OS 15 2 Impreza
Tammy Byrne OS 16 3 Talon Tsi
Will MacDonald G2P 17 4 '68 Volvo 144
Tyler Dill G5P 18 4 RX-7
Mark Carter G5S 19 3 RX-7
Bob Carter G5S 20 4 RX-7
Rebecca Readel G5S 21 5 Sunfire

sorry the stuff looked even and easy to read when i wrote it but i guess it got confused in the transition oh well but you can see who won

[JB Niday]

Jim Cox,
What happened boy? 11th overall, yet 1st in Open? Was ya carrin' weight? What gives boy? I thought that truck made up for pretty with power and finese! Inquiring minds want to know!

J.B. Niday
www.nidayrallysport.com

[J Cox]

Power corrupts! I was too busy having fun to worry about that lap time stuff ; ) I made lots of noise, threw lots of dirt (some at myself), and squished lots of cones (Greg said he wasn't counting the ones I blew over with the roost).

Actually, even without the squished cones, my times were unimpressive. The small cars ruled out there on Sunday. The ones without rally tires were doing just fine also. Looked like there were some good patient drivers out there (maybe Auto-xers?) picking smart lines and resisting the rally urge to slide that car around the corner.

But hey, I don't care, cause I can't seem to get this grin off my face, and a grin beats a win anyday! : )

Huge thanks to the Donovans for the most deluxe Rally-x venue I'll probably ever see! Kaari especially thanks you for the porta-potti.

Jim

>Jim Cox,
>What happened boy? 11th overall, yet 1st in Open? Was ya
>carrin' weight? What gives boy? I thought that truck made
>up for pretty with power and finese! Inquiring minds want
>to know!
>
>J.B. Niday
>www.nidayrallysport.com

[jmullan]

JB, you might want to look again. I took first in Open. I had good times my first two runs, but a cone on each knocked me out of the overall win. On my third (double lap) run I was showing off a bit much and tagged 6 cones. My time was was fast though - too bad about all those cones. :)

[jmullan]

Karl's Pics can be found here:
http://gallery.jpmullan.com/2002JuneBugRallyXbyKarlBiewald

[jmullan]

Results
http://www.scca-lol.org/rally/rallycross/2002junebugresults.php

[Greg Donovan]

jesse thanks for getting the official scores in a format that can be read. i ahve the files for each run and cones if anyone would like to see them let me know.
-greg

[JB Niday]

Sorry Jesse... I was so busy giving Jim crap that I misread the results. Congratulation to YOU!

J.B. Niday
www.nidayrallysport.com

[JB Niday]

I'm thinking that may just be the definition of anyone who ISN'T a trophy hunter! I like it... I'm gonna use it and give you full credit for it!

J.B. Niday
www.nidayrallysport.com

[jmullan]

Thanks, JB. :)

If you want to make fun of Jim, make fun of him for turning black from the topsoil that entered his truck-U-V from the missing back hatch.

:)