[ProRallyPix]

Saturday stage times have been changed due to the extreme fire danger. Additional changes may be announced at the 8AM Saturday drivers meeting. There will be three night stages![http://www.wildwestrally.com/03schedule.html]

Jim Culp
for the organizing committee

 

[Widget Codriver]

Organizers have faced a lot of unexpected challenges this year and have shown remarkable adaptability to all the strange things that have happened.

You are to be commended for coming up with a solution that will work with a minimum impact to the competitors' schedules while showing the flexibility needed to allow the rally to run at all, considering the dangers of the season, the needs of the land owners and the desires of the participants.

I'm sure you'll have a wonderful event.

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[p align=right]John Dillon
John @ WidgetRacing.com
www.WidgetRacing.com

 

[Ole]

>Saturday stage times have been changed due to the extreme
>fire danger. Additional changes may be announced at the 8AM
>Saturday drivers meeting. There will be three night
>stages![http://www.wildwestrally.com/03schedule.html]
>
>Jim Culp
>for the organizing committee

Maybe I'm a little confused:

According to the schedule the last stage starts at 6:35 pm.
I've been away from Washington for a while, but I don't
think it is anywhere near dark at 6:35 pm . . .

What three night stages ?

http://www.wildwestrally.com/03schedule.html

 

[Trevor Donison]

>>Saturday stage times have been changed due to the extreme
>>fire danger. Additional changes may be announced at the 8AM
>>Saturday drivers meeting. There will be three night
>>stages![http://www.wildwestrally.com/03schedule.html]
>>
>>Jim Culp
>>for the organizing committee
>
>Maybe I'm a little confused:
>
>According to the schedule the last stage starts at 6:35 pm.
>I've been away from Washington for a while, but I don't
>think it is anywhere near dark at 6:35 pm . . .
>
>What three night stages ?
>
>http://www.wildwestrally.com/03schedule.html


Saturday, stage 5 is scheduled for 8:03 start time for first car. It will be dark by the time I run the stage. Even worse if 2 minute intervals.

 

[Glenn Wallace]

Speaking of 2 minute intervals, are they planned as default or only if conditions dictate?

I imagine it is pretty dry and dusty out there.

 

[ProRallyPix]

One more change, scruitineering will open at 2pm on Friday. Hope some of you can make it there early. The thought of 44 cars showing up at tech an hour before closing has us worried.
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Jim Culp

 

[Rick277]

>Speaking of 2 minute intervals, are they planned as default
>or only if conditions dictate?
>
>I imagine it is pretty dry and dusty out there.

Yes, it's very dry and dusty, the worst I've ever seen. Dust seemed to hang forever on the practice stage today, at least a minute and a half.
I think 2 minute intervals on Saturday is assured at this point.
The forecast for Sunday still shows a chance of showers :7 , so there may be a chance to go to 1 minute intervals then (but I'm not holding my breath)

See you here,
Rick

 

[ProRallyPix]

>(but I'm not holding my breath)

I was on the practice stage today, and I was holding my breath... still sucked in several ounces of Simpson dust. Don't worry Rick, I drank a LOT of liquid to keep hydrated, so I put most of it back as irrigation.

Jim