[Rich Smith]

Gentlemen:

Who can tell us more about ?Rally Week Northwest?? The Nor'Wester and Olympus National ProRallies held back to back, over two consecutive weekends. Sound impossible? Not in 1982.
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EVENT: Nor'wester ProRally
SANCTIONED BY: Northwest Region, SCCA
LOCATION: Bellevue, Washington
LENGTH: 165 miles, 11 stages, 83 stage miles
DATE: April 10-11, 1982

ENTRANTS: 54 / FINISHERS: 41

TOP TEN:
1. John Buffum / Doug Shepherd / Audi Quattro / 81.95
2. Rod Millen / R.D. Kraushaar / Mazda RX-7 / 82.33
3. John Woolf / Grant Whittaker / Peugeot 504 / 83.12
4. Taisto Heinonen / M. Headland / Toyota Corolla / 84.93
5. Jon Woodner / Ginny Reese / Datsun 510 / 85.12
6. Topi Hynynen / Adrian Crane / Volvo 142 / 90.54
7. Ken Smith / Rex Lewis / Plymouth Arrow / 92.37
8.(1P) Jon Davis / Harry Ward / Ford Escort / 95.01
9. Pete Morley / Brian Nelson / Mazda RX-3 / 95.64
10. Steve Parker / Roger Blain / Mazda RX-3 / 95.68

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EVENT: Olympus ProRally
SANCTIONED BY: Northwest Region, SCCA
LOCATION: Tumwater, Washington
LENGTH: 425 miles, 17 stages, 165 stage miles
DATE: April 17-18, 1982

ENTRANTS: 54 / FINISHERS: 31

TOP TEN:
1. John Buffum / Doug Shepherd / Audi Quattro / 193.75
2. Rod Millen / R.Dale Kraushaar / Mazda RX-7 / 198.78
3. Taisto Heinonen / Martin Headland / Toyota Corolla / 202.40
4. John Woolf / Grant Whittaker / Peugeot 504 / 204.00
5. Clive Smith / Dave Poston / Chev Chevette / 216.98
6. Steve Parker / Roger Blain / Mazda RX-3 / 225.66
7. Topi Hynynen / Adrian Crane / Volvo 142 / 228.04
8.(1P) Steve Nowicki / Dave Weirrian / Plymouth Arrow / 230.55
9.(2P) Bill Brooks / Bill Banger / Audi Coupe / 230.64
10. Steve Roberts / Don Gibson / Mazda RX-2 / 232.11

 

[Paul Jaeger]

>Gentlemen:
>
>Who can tell us more about ?Rally Week Northwest?? The
>Nor'Wester and Olympus National ProRallies held back to
>back, over two consecutive weekends. Sound impossible? Not
>in 1982.

Try Ed Brennan's Rally Racing News Site. http://www.rallyracingnews.com/rnindex.html>
There are results and often Press Releases for under the SCCA Pro Rally Section for almost all rallies back to 1973.

Paul Jaeger KC8YRY
PRIMO Stage Crews
For a Good Time, Call PRIMO!

 

[billw]

The Rainier Auto Sports Club has some basic info plus some awesome pictures posted on their wonderful website:

[link:www.rainierautosports.com/events/80's/1981-NorWester/|Nor'Wester Rally 1981]
[link:www.rainierautosports.com/events/80's/1982-NorWester/|Nor'Wester Rally 1982]
[link:www.rainierautosports.com/events/80's/1983-NorWester/default.htm|Nor'Wester Rally 1983]

Also found there:
http://www.rainierautosports.com/events/default.htm
Nor'Wester Rally Events - scroll down to see all the years right back to 1967!

Enjoy!

bill

 

[Topi]

- What can I tell?
- Those were the finest rallying days in the West!
- People came from California, Mid west, East and Canada.
- Our head-quarters for 2.5 weeks were Motel 6, Tumwater.
- We rallied, eat, drink and had lot of fun....
- There were people like; John Woolf, Grant Whittaker, Rod Millen, Clive Smith, Taisto Heinonen, me, Watanabe Bros, and so on
- Everybody had a great time....we went to a horse training place in Tumwater, local "lumber jack bars", ocean side resorts, Port Angeles, Olympia and Shelton for fun.
- During the week between rallies Rod Millen did tire testing for Bridgestone and I got to be a timer / navigator sometimes. He also tested and developed Datsun 510 with a Ford BDG engine for fellow rallyist Jon Woodner
- Can this work today? Only one way to find out....

 

[ProRallyPix]

http://www.prorallypix.com/RX-7/olystart.JPG
April 1983, the week after the Nor'wester, here's the start of the Olympus. That's the corner of Capitol Way and 8th Ave in downtown Olympia. No motor drive, no auto focus, shot from the "spectator area" behind a hay bale with some old Nikon on Ektachrome.

Jim Culp
prorallypix.com

 

[Wink Timber]

Recently found a bunch of photos I took at Rally Week 1982. Scanned them... just before my hard drive crashed. Managed to save a few at the Wink Timber Motorsports Photography web site. Awaiting a replacement computer as we speak.

http://winktimber.com/prorally/1982norwester/82nw_buffum.jpg

 

[Wink Timber]

Surprise of all surprises, there is the original Comic Ozzie Datsun 510 (Rising Sun on the door, and #28 on the flank from running 100 Acre Wood that year) in the parking lot at Norwester 1981. I wasn't competing, but rather in the process of moving from Minneapolis to Alameda, CA.

http://www.rainierautosports.com/events/80's/1981-NorWester/images/NW81_007.jpg

"Krasch and Bjern! Krasch and Bjern! Krasch and Bjern!"

Tim Winker

 

[steve]

Welln not quite RWNW, but classic 1982 nonetheless.

http://www.speedesign.com/blog/archives/susqtrbw.jpg

STPR 1982. Anyone else know the story?

 

[joeg]

Someone being passed at one of the numerous hairpin switchback intersections on that event. Tough to say who is passing (or passed whom), however.

 

[jimmy]

stpr 82

Tom Burgess doing early practice to be an FIA observer?

So, Steve, how about the REST of the story.

We broke early, so I was already in the bar (which we kept open until 6am).

press on,

 

[ProRallyPix]

RE: stpr 82

I figured it was Henrik Blok and Jon Woodner racing for position at the Parc Expose.

Jim Culp
prorallypix.com