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Special ThanksBev Millar and Ken BairdCollation and Distribution

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Hotline(613) 788-0525

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General Meetings

Louis's Steakhouse1682 Cyrville Rd., Ottawa, ON

First Tuesday of every monthAll are welcome

M.C.O.P.O. Box 65006,

Merivale Postal OutletNepean, ON K2G 5Y3

The LINK is the official publication of theMotorsport Club of Ottawa. Theopinions expressed in the LINK do notnecessarily reflect those of the LINKEditorial Staff or the Club's Executive.

Though all efforts are made to ensurethat facts stated in the articles herein areaccurate, the individual contributorsshould check the accuracy of theirarticles prior to submission.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:18th day of every month.

ADVERTISING RATESMembers are welcome to submit classifiedadvertisements for non-commercial purposesfree of charge.

Members m ay also submit business card-sizedadvertisements for their businesses free ofcharge. These will be published spacepermitting.

Editorial Exhaust

After 4 months, I feel terrible that there i

one person I really wanted to thank bu

had forgotten.

Chris Krepski.

He's done a wonderful job over the

previous 3 years as The Link editor. Thi

is a lot more work than I had though, and

requires a good deal of discipline to work

on The Link during those long evening

when my roommate is off playing Need

for Speed on the PC ( =:] ).

I'm not the only one who thinks that Chri

did a great job. At the CASC-OR Annua

General Meeting, The Link won second

place newsletter for club over 100members (more details on the CASC-OR

AGM later in this issue). That was really

Chris' hard work being rewarded.

As I work on each month, I continuously

compare what I've done with Chris

previous issues. I frequently end up

kicking myself for not being able to

produce at the same level as those issues

and it seems to only make my mistake

(like the missing/wrong dates in the las

issue - oppps) so jarring.

Anyways, I'm just saying that Chris ha

shoes that are hard to fill, and to thank him

very much for the time he put into The

Link during his editorship!

-r.

On the cover:

- Top: last years Winter Driving school

The preliminary schedule is on page 2

Note that the dates are very likely to

change, please confirm dates in the nex

Link (January 2001)

- Bottom: Jim Holtom will be racing in the

Bytzek Porsche GT-1 EVO at the 24

Hours of Daytona. Pictures from

www.zoompics.com

December 2000

2001 Executive

PresidentRon Woltman

H: (613) 592-0141W: (819) 997-6988

[email protected]

Vice-PresidentDavid Butler

H: (613) 596-5518C: (613) 762-8268

[email protected]

Past PresidentRob Microys

H: (613) [email protected]

DirectorsBasil Chiu

(613) 749-9444 (weekdays)(613) 830-1561 (weekends)

[email protected]

(prefer phone contact)

Adam MortimerH: (613) 822-2565

[email protected]

Jeremy [email protected]

Chris [email protected]

MembershipGordon Acorn and Helen Zhou

H: (613) 271-1161

W: (613) [email protected]@alcatel.com

TreasurerRobert Benson

H: (613) [email protected]

SecretaryChris Capowski

H: (613) 228-1180W: (613) 526-5202

[email protected]

LINK [email protected] GangopadhyayH: (613) [email protected]

Richard MuiseH: (613) 241-9983

[email protected]

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December 2000

2001 Calendar of EventsMCO GENERAL MEETINGSFirst Tuesday of every month, 8:00 pmLouis's Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville Road

MCO EXECUTIVE MEETINGS

Third Tuesday of every month, 7:30 pmLouis's Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville Road

Tentative 2001 Solo II Schedule

April 28 Solo I School SMP - Fabi April 29 Solo I School SMP - Nelson May 18 Lapping 1 Mosport DDT May 19 Event 1 Mosport DDT May 20 Event 2 Mosport DDT June 9 Event 3 SMP - Fabi June 10 Event 4 SMP - Nelson June 22 Lapping 2 Cayuga June 23 Event 5 Cayuga

June 24 Event 6 Cayuga July 14 Event 7 Mosport DDT July 15 Event 8 Mosport DDT August 11 Event 9 SMP - Pro August 12 Event 10 SMP - Nelson August 24 Lapping 3 Cayuga August 25 Event 11 Cayuga August 26 Event 12 Cayuga September 13 Event 13 SMP - Pro September 14 Event 14 SMP - Fabi N ovem ber 3 Solo 1/2 Banquet R am ada H otel, T.O.

Tentative 2001 Road Racing Schedule

April 20-22 Spring Fling SMP April 27 Test Day Mosport April 28, 29 BARC - Event 1 Mosport May 11 Test Day Mosport May 12, 13 BARC - Event 2 Mosport June 2, 3 CRDA Event 3 SMP June 30, July 1, 2 VARAC Festival Mosport July 6 Test Day SMP July 7, 8 MCO - Event 4 SMP July 21, 22 DAC - Event 5 SMP August 10 Test Day Mosport August 11, 12 BARC - Event 6 Mosport August 31 Test Day Mosport September 1, 2 CRDA - Event 7 Mosport

September 14 Test Day Mosport September 15, 16 BEMC - Event 8 Mosport September 28 Test Day Mosport S eptem ber 29, 30 C elebration - Event 9 M osport

Tentative 2001 Winter Solo/Winter Driving School Jan 14, Jan 21, Jan 28 - Sch ools J an 13 , J an 20 , J an 27 , F eb 4 , Fe b 11 - Ice D ice /S olo

C a n a d i a n D r iv e r s to A t ta c k R o l e x 2 4 H o u r s ! b y R o b M ic r o y s

A group of Canadian drivers have particiapted in a recent test sessin preparation for the 2001 Rolex 24 hours ofDaytona. Klaus Byhas his twoPorsche GT-1 EVOs at Daytona entering two teams in three day test sessions. Klaus Bytzek, Harry Bytzek and MCO's oJim Holtom comprise one team, while a host of big name Canadracers form the second team which includes, Scott Maxwell, Rich

Spenard, John Brenner, David Empringham and Scott Goodyear. Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona is raced under the Grand American RRacingSeries, for online information you can check www.daytona500.com or www.grand-am.com. This year's race also sport the largest purse in thehistory of the race at $568,570.

A total of 22 teams attended the three day test session. The teposted excellent results, with the K Bytzek/HBytzek/Holtom teperforming 5thin a night session, and 10th in the day session. Maxwell/Spenard/Brenner/Empringham/Goodyear team had timplacingthem 12th and 14threspectively. The Grand American Racclasses consist of SR (Lola Judd, and Lola Porsche, Lola Ford, KuMazda, R&SJudd), smaller sportsracers in SR II (Kudzu Mazda, LNissan), GTO (Porsche GT1 EVO), GT (BMW M3, Porsche GT3R, Rotary Powered MazdaMiata), andAmerican GT (Chevr

Camaro)Other Canadians who will run include Ron Fellows, as the sanctionbody will allow the Corvette of ALMS fame to run inthe AGT clLook forsome exciting racing to come from Daytona this comFebruary 3rd-4th, 2001. Good luck guys!

(on the cover, Jim Holtom in the Corvette, and the Porsche GTPictures from www.zoompics.com - racingpictures@yahoo,com.)

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December 2000

November 2000Executive Meeting

MinutesBy Chris Capowski

At Louie's Steakhouse; November 21, 2000;from 1900 to 2130.

Attended by

- R. Woltman, C. Capowski, S. Mandia, D.Butler, S. Microys, R.B. Leckie, C. Pomer-oy, M. Lowe, B. Chiu, A. Morti-mer, N.Mortimer, J. Hamilton, R. Benson, C.Holmsten, R. Muise, R. Wilson (TravelEdge)

Membership- a membership report was not submittedfor November.

Travel Edge- Robert Wilson from Travel Edge intro-duced to the executive. Travel Edge has setup affinity programs with local non-profitorganizations. A percentage of all travelexpenses (20% of profits) billed throughTravel Edge is returned to the non-profitorganization that the traveler belongs to.- Customers do not have to be members ofthe club to provide financial benefits to theclub.- We will possibly provide a link on ourwebpage to the Travel Edge site.- The executive has voted to accept TravelEdge's agreement.- We will clarify percentage on 20% of Netor all commissions received by TravelEdge.

Time and Place of Meetings- Executive meetings have been changed to

start at 7:00 PM sharp to facilitate the meet-ings ending earlier.- We currently have a conflict with theORO meeting in Toronto.- Other possible choices for new nights formeeting are the second, third or forth Tues-day of the month.- It was agreed to keep the same location.- It was decided to wait until after OROmeeting before making a decision onchange of night because the ORO meetingnight may change and would no longer be aconflict.

Appointments- J. Hamilton and A. Mortimer will be Co-

Race Directors- R. Muise and A. Gangopadhay will beLink editors- C.Capowski will be secretary- B. Chiu will be Member-, Media-, andSponsor-Relations Director- R. Benson will be Treasurer- G. Acorn and H. Zhou will the member-ship co-chairs- D. Butler will be Rally Director- J. Morrow has agreed to be our liaisonwith C.A.R.S.- C. Holmsten will be Solo Director.

-We are still looking for a Social Director.- The executive wishes to thank S. Mandiaand S. Microys for their service over thepast year.

- N. Mortimer has requested that each mem-ber's interests be distributed with the mem-ber list. Must ensure that this info isretrieved on membership forms.- R. Benson suggested having signing listsavailable at banquets and general meetingsso that people can sign up as workers/par-ticipants for future MCO events/committees- Signing authority will be handled by thePresident - R. Woltman- R. Woltman would like to form severalcommittees, including:

-Trophy Committee. R. Woltman hasasked M. Lowe to head the trophy com-mittee. Asking that the committeereview our current procedure of awardingtrophies, with regard to worker points.

- S. Microys spoke on behalf of R. Microyssuggesting that we forego worker points toaward trophies, and instead to award tro-phies solely on merit.- B. Chou has offered the services of a fel-low student who would be willing to helpwith club issues.- R.B. Leckie has agreed to keep track ofworker points of club members.- N. Mortimer has agreed to be our ChiefInstructor for our Winter Driving Schooland Hi-Performance Driving School.- R. Woltman has asked S. Microys to beChief Organizer for the summer High Per-formance Driving School. S. Microys hasasked that this be only a temporary positiondue to other commitments.- R. Woltman is currently the organizer forthe winter events, and has asked if anyonewould like to take over this role.- B. Chou has agreed to be our publicityliaison for the winter series.- R. Microys has already been in touch withPenny Bell to reserve Capital City Speed-way at the same price as last year. He hasalso agreed to be in charge of watering thetrack.- Watering the track fully will requireapproximately 5-7 loads of water at$125/load.- An alternative site has been suggested forthe winter series (rock quarry)- This location was turned down becauseour insurance does not cover loss/damagesdue to falling through ice.

Ice Racing Series- Issues with ice race series:- need facilities for washrooms, timing &scoring, and able to manage the approxi-mately 50 workers needed to run a full icerace event.- We would need someone outside of theexecutive who has the ability/experience tomanage the entire series.- The executive has decided that it is toolate in the season to start a project of thisscope.

Track Rental- Le Circuit Mt. Tremblant will not beavailable until July 8th.- We have no guarantee that we will have aweekend available to us.- Shannonville Motorsport Park (SMP) isavailable May 5/6 (Fabi track) and June16/17 (Long track), costs of track rental areFabi $3000/day, Nelson $2800/day, Long$4600/day, with 50% payment upfront.- Possibly use the Mosport Driver Develop-

ment Track (track has limitations to numberof drivers on track at same time).- Possibly use Mt. Tremblant as a secondevent later in the summer, with less empha-sis on instruction, and more of a lapping/funweekend. First spots should be given toworkers of MCO High Performance Driv-ing School and the MCO/TLMC race weekend.

Banquet- Louis Steak House has been booked for 60people.- Final numbers of attendees does not haveto be provided until immediately beforebanquet.

- We have been provided with lots of doorprizes plus Solo II prizes by our sponsors.- R & S Microys will be the MC's for theevent

ORO Meeting- R. Microys and C. Armstrong are attend-ing the meeting this evening in Toronto.- Possibly change the night of our executivemeetings so that they no longer conflictwith the ORO meetings. This may not bean issue if the ORO changes their meetingnight.- Canaska Cup will be July 7/8 this year.- R. Woltman will be Secretary of the Meet- S. Microys will be Registrar

Karting- A. Mortimer has agreed to be our kartingliaison.- We are now affiliated with ASN CanadaFIA Karting (we are the only local club thatis affiliated with ASN).- Possible sites for our karting series are:SLM Park, Karters Corners, and possiblythe Alcatel parking lot. The Corel Centerhas turned down our request to possiblyhold events at their location.- A potential sponsor (Saturn Aylmer) hasalready approached the club to help MCOput on a karting series.- We are looking at possibly putting on afour event series.- We should approach NCKC for coopera-tion with events

Executive Articles- R. Woltman is strongly encouraging allexecutive members to submit a Link articleeach month.

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From The Drivers Seatby Ron Woltman

Welcome everyone to the Christmasedition of The Link. Happy to see youreyes scanning the pages of OntarioRegion's multiple award-winning clubmagazine.

A large landscape to cover this month sohere goes. The names of your 2001executive and their coordinates are printedon the masthead. We are here to work withand for you.

This is the third time I occupy this post,and I know all too well, that presidentialpleas to immerse yourself in the MCOlandscape, have had modest impact. Myintention is to go to you directly! Theexecutive has been charged to go forth,

ask for help and delegate where required.In other words, bring people into the fold.Thus far, early in the game, I amheartened, indeed, with the positiveresponse to that approach.

For example, I called up Jim Morrow toact as MCO's representative betweenCARS and the club, and yes was theimmediate answer. Thanks Jim. NigelMortimer agreed to act as Chief Instructorfor both the Winter Driving Schools andour Hi-Performance summer events.Mike Lowe is chairing the Trophy, Pointsand Awards review committee; a review, Ifelt, long overdue. He has a mandate toput together a team. Other people will becalling on YOU for help. Reply in theaffirmative. Sherissa Microys acquiescedto show someone the ropes in organizingthe summer driving school, for which sheas ample experience. See her soon.Moreover, she is going to be head registrarfor our July 7/8 Shannonville race. Get inthe starting gate early for that event -MCO's premier event of 2001 - before allthe positions are gone!

Another commitment I intend executingthis year is to ensure the minutes areprinted each Link issue. It is starklyevident to Mike Lowe and I, as we relivethe past during our epic journey throughMCO's history, that attempting to scratchout the rich and ribald history of this club,that absent club minutes is akin to RichardNixon's missing 18-minute tape. It's'history' gone missing!

Adam Mortimer and Jeremy Hamilton aresharing race director duties; Adam tendingtoward 'open-wheel', as he also is ourkarting man, though each will beinterchangeable. Sam Mandia hasgraciously offered his considerableexperience to their collective efforts.Racers - make sure you tell them how you

did each weekend. They are notclairvoyant.

Chris Holmsten has stepped up to homeplate to assume the role of Solo director.Big spot on the diamond, but abundanthelp is promised from the 'old' pros' RobMicroys, Gord Acorn, Richard Muise,Jaak Laan and many others.

Dave Butler is the Rally rep on exec,responsible for liaison with Jim Morrow(CARS rep), along with mailman, my

stand-in, taking care of incorporationpapers, and more.

Basil Chiu is casting his magic in anattempt to increase member participation,promote member retention, spin somepublic relations and sponsorship, thehotline and more. Already, he has put inplace a deal for the club with The TravelEdge, whereby members can takeadvantage of individual, family or grouptravel, and the club benefits. Spaceprecludes replete details here - but Baz

will explain the benefits.

Past President Rob has promised to playan active role in that position - which, aspast presidents can attest, is a rarityindeed.

I need an organizer for the Winter DrivingSeries, and while much groundwork hasbeen laid, please see me if you areinterested? I going to act as Secretary ofthe Meet for our Canaska CupShannonville race. Rob, Cindy and I areputting together a race committee NOW.Get on board early.

Good news. John Blouin is out of thehospital and hard at work building a brandnew Trans-Am car!

TTFNthe 'P'.

The Dinosaurs ViewFrom DIRECTOR to VICE-

PRESIDENT, finallyby David E. Butler

Like a dinosaur that seems to have beenaround for an extremely long time, I guessI have finally made the grade or, at least, I

decided there is no time like the present tomake the transition from a Directorialposition up to Assistant to the PresidentIt seems to have a nice ring to it and itcomes with a key to the ExecutiveWashroo, ...er, make that the ClubMailbox.

Whether to call this the wrap up for theyear 2000 or the beginning of the start forthe true new Millennium in 2001 isdifficult to say and what to call my newcolumn is a problem. Maybe, I'll just callit, "The Dinosaur's View". That does nonecessarily mean that all comments and

thoughts are old hat - it just means that Ihave been involved, like Ronald, for along time.

2000 definitely was interesting yeargoing from our lively discussions abouwhether or not we should get back intoour roots in Rallying to actually setting upand running both a Corporate Rally with asecond well into the planning stage andJaak & Jim's Drivex Highland RallyLooking back, I wish I had given a TSD(Time-Speed-Distance) Navex (an evenintended to require more work by the

Navigator than by the driver) RallySchool to the Learnix crowd. They couldhave used a lot more guidance both for theterms and for the Treasure Hunt portionthat they asked to be included as part ofthe actual rally. The Treasure Huntelement added the need for the driver tobe equally aware of all signs and sightsalong the way. We expect to do a TSDRally School for Club members andinterested Corporate Groups in the comingyear. If it were not quite so late in theseason, this year, it would be worth ourwhile to attempt to try to run a Fall NighRally or an Early Winter Day Rally before

the real winter encourages us to stay in thewarmth of our homes. As Vice Presidenin the new Executive, Ronald expects meto carry on representing the Rallyelements and interests, to which I haveagreed. However, not being as closelyinvolved with the C.A.R.S. - RSO[RallySport Ontario] group, I suggestedthat Jim


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December 2000

CASC-OR AGM inReview

by Rob Microys

This past Saturday November 18th,CASC-OR held its Annual MemberMeeting and Banquet. A small group ofMCO was present including myself,

Cindy Armstrong, Jennifer Armstrong,Ian Madden, Frank Smith, BryanDickman and Pier Bortot. On to the meatof the story.

The Annual Member Meeting started withthe reports from the various Board ofDirectors.

Laurence Polley presented his report thatdetailed the new CASC-OR 2001business plan. He mentioned the notionof the Canadian runoffs returning. Mostimportantly as was mentioned by almost

all director's reports was the participation,recruitment and retention of existingworkers - this was evidently portrayed inthe fact that the nominating committee forthe region did not have a full slate fornominations to fill the positions up forelection. More on that later.

Art Mosley presented his updated CASC-OR bylaws that were sent out for changesearlier this year to the Clubs. He wasvery distraught that only two region clubshad returned comments with respect torevising the bylaws. Yet more mention

on worker apathy and participation fromclubs - do we sense a theme?

Bob Varey's report indicated we had abanner year financially and in driverparticipation, yet officials' licenses weredown. CASC-OR has two new clubs thisyear, the Honda Acura Driver'sAssociation and Formula TwelveHundred Driver's Association bringing upthe club count to 26. CASC-OR willadminister the Canada Challenge Cupagain in 2001 and that the membersequity in the region is up to $205,813.19

from $170,767.95 in 1999. So the regionis financially healthy.

Gunter Schmidt, presented his race report.Total of 1632 entries, and over 50penalties (bad drivers, bad!) OntarioChallenge constituted most of the entriesfollowed by Canada Challenge, andF1600 and FV1200. The worst news wasthe increase in penalties, of which pit lanespeed violations (hmm, did I have

something to do with that?) and passingunder yellow being the highest and mostconcerning penalties. Look out next yearfor rule changes and strict enforcement!Did I mention worker problems earlier?Well, worker participation almost shutraces down on us last year, something tothink about...

Mavis Burnham had the Ice Race report,despite weather problems, they had 4 racedays with an average of 75 competitorsper day.

Solo II had no report and Solo I had abrief report indicating the success andcontinued growth of the Solo I series inOntario - it included the mention ofmaybe running events a Cayuga in 2001.

Also mentioned was the inception of anew series. The Nissan Challenge Cup.This is a spec series based on the new

Nissan Sentra SE (four door, 2.0l engine)which looks pretty exciting. Cars will bemade available by Nissan at reducedcosts, for full details contact DaveDiedrick at (905) 619-8813 or LaurencePolley (905) 846-5175.

The elections were held, which requiredmilking of the attendees to obtainmembers to run for all the positions. Yournewly elected (all acclaimed)representatives which were elected thisyear include: Laurence Polley (President),Paul Anderson (Treasurer), Mavis

Burnham (Ice Race), Perry Iannuzzi(Solo-I), George Dedopolous (Solo-II).The Vice President and Race Directorsremain on for another term, Art Mosleyand Gunter Schmidt respectively.

Roger Peart from ASN Canada was alsothere, and provided a lengthy report onthe state of affairs of karting whichsuffered a poor year from the Nationalperspective, rallying, with good news thatthe Charleviox rally isattempting to attain WRCstatus, and the fact that FIA

is likely to move back toParis from Geneva.

The banquet was prettygood, with a number ofMCO members making theirway to the podium,including another award forthe Club for its newletter,The Link. Congrats! Thatabout sums it up...

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For any business a MCO member doeswith The Travel Edge's Ottawaconsultant, the travel agency will donate20 per cent of the net profit, on thatparticular transaction, to the MCO. Thisoffer extends to family and friendsreferred by MCO members. Said TheTravel Edge Ottawa owner, RobertWilson: "we're new here in Ottawa. Wejust want to let everyone know howcompetitive, if not more so than ourcompetition, we are."

Asked why members should do business

with The Travel Edge, Mr. Wilson repliedwith a grin: "we work harder."

"We're very happy to have The TravelEdge support the MCO," said MCOsponsor relations director, Basil Chiu. "Ihaven't done any business with TheTravel Edge yet. But if they're as good asMr. Wilson says, then the MCO can onlywin in this deal. If service- and quality-wise, The Travel Edge is indiscerniblefrom all the rest, then, honestly, whyshould any MCO member go anywhereelse?"

Many thanks to Albert Cohoe, foralerting the executive to this opportunity.

You can book your next vacation atwww.TravelEdgeOttawa.com,

[email protected], or(613) 260-7012.

Corporate phone number is1-800-862-7957.

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December 2000(The Dinosaurs View, continued from page 4)

Morrow be asked to be our Representativewith them. Thankfully, Jim accepted thatrole and our affiliation with CARS-RSOwill be a reality as soon as they send us thenew forms. Still reviewing m y participationin the Rally events during the past year,there was the fun competing in the first

Winter Rally event near Hawkesbury, lastJanuary or February or whenever it was.Setting up the Corporate Rally, brought athrill of a different kind. Generally, I do notlike heights but they don't bother me whenothers are with me or if it's during the daybut I must admit, it took me over an hour towork up my courage to drive over thePaugan Dam between 3:00 am and 4:00 amwhen I was out alone checking the route,one final time. Initially, I thought I wouldsleep until dawn but then I could not go tosleep and the dawn still seemed far away. I

finally did it, but as I said, it took awhile.Later on, when Jim and Jaak werediscussing it after reviewing the route, Ifound that they had a similar feeling - butthey too survived. For the Highland Rally, Iwas considering using the route or, at least,

a large portion of it for the NortelNetworks Corporate Rally (which waspostponed to n ext spring). Therefore, I hadto drive the route to check out the route. Inso doing, I almost didn't make it to myCheckpoint location on time. However, mybiggest scare came just before I reachedthe Ronald Woltman/Nick Berrycheckpoint. My car got completely

sideways (to the road) on some of thoseloose gravel sections. Then and there, Idecided that my car needed better tires fora better grip - BUT, I also came toappreciate what all of the competitors ofthe Drivex must be enjoying. It was anexcellent route and I hope we will use itagain during the coming year. Enough,enough already about rallying!

I guess, whether it is defined as a 2000event or part of the fiscal year whichbegins on November 1st, one of my

disappointments thus far, is/was our lackof participation in the year 2000 SantaClaus Parade. No one offered to organize itand, of course, our best SPECIALEVENTS coordinator, Mike Lowe, wasover in England at the time. Will we be

invited back next year? - We do not knowwhich really is too bad! It seems, therewas a question of PR value - but, for thoseof us who enjoyed taking part in it duringprevious years, its absence broughtsadness at a time when we all should havebeen very happy. We even could have putthe same float together for the K emptvilleKinsmen's Santa Claus parade on Sunday

November 26th (a conflict with the GreyCup, I know) but once again there was noone willing to put the MCO name forwardfor the sheer fun and happiness ofChildren of all ages. Personally, I thinkthat that was a shame, but what do I knowI'm only a dinosaur and that is my view!

So until the next time, we meet, enjoythe coming Holiday Season and we'll seeyou in the new Millennium.

David E. Butler

2000 CorporateRally Reportby David E. Butler

The Learnix Corporate Rally wasrun on September 23rd, 2000. Ingeneral, it was a success and it may bedone again next year. However, as arecommendation, a mini TSD RallySchool should accompany the event.This gives both the Organizers and theCompetitors time to get familiar withthe types of instructions likely to beused throughout the event. In addition,if the event was not checkedsufficiently well before hand, this

gives the operator of the CourseOpening vehicle time to determine ifthere are any trouble spots along theway.

Having said that, you can guess thatthere were some problemsencountered during the 2000 event,but primarily the event was basicallysaved by R.Bennett Leckie's priorrally experience.

Nevertheless, an event of thismagnitude could not have evengotten off the ground without thecooperation of the members who

checkpointed and checked the routeprior to its running. Therefore, mysincere appreciation is extended to allof the following workers: GordonGreig (CP 1) , Rob Microys (CP 2 &4), Jaak Laan, (CP 3,5 & 12), RonaldWoltman (CP 6 & 11), Jim Morrow(CP 7 & 9), Mike S. Lowe (CP 8),Basil Chiu (CP 10) and Bennett (CP13). In addition, Bennett did CourseOpening and Scoring both whileworking his Final Checkpoint and atthe finish which had been moved

from the Day Lodge to the Golf Clubby the folks at Mont Ste. Marie.Although Mike Lowe only did oneCheckpoint - taking pictures at theWakefield Covered Bridge, heprovided excellent assistance with theTreasure Hunt portion and helpedwith scoring at the finish. As a finalkudo, both Jaak & Jim took up thechallenge and reconnoitred the entireroute before the event. You have

probably already heard about all theirtrials and trepidations along theroute, so enough said.

As mentioned, above, all routecards were scored and prizes wereissued based on that scoring alonebut, if the Treasure Hunt portion hadbeen included, the overall resultsprobably would have changed thefinal outcome. Anyone interested inknowing those results should contactNigel Harris, President, LearnixCorporation. We appreciated hiscooperation before, during andafterwards. Unexpectedly, heprovided T-shirts for all of the

workers and a vest-type jacket to me.Hopefully, they will choose to haveus do another event for them nextyear.

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December 2000

2000 ExecutiveMember Profile:Basil Chiu-member,media and sponsor

relations

"WILL YOU COME OUT TO PLAY?"

This year, I'm widening my scope. Lastyear, I just focused on sponsorship, witha little media relations. This year, I'mincluding member relations.

We can accomplish a lot more, if we allshow appreciation to each other, andhelp our fellow members feel goodabout helping a larger cause than justhelping ourselves.

Why this turn? Any event worthsponsoring has people helping out. You

probably know help is a little scarce inthis club.

If you never see the administration ofthe club, everything is likely fine. Fromthe administration side, we're over half acentury old, and we don't even have apermanent place to hold our trophies.Grass roots doesn't mean we have to beperpetually scraping by on labour andmoney. We could be doing more andbetter with little extra investment.

There are problems. For one thing, thisclub offers nothing to sponsors. Theirperception of us is we're a notch upfrom a couple o' guys meeting insomeone's garage. What we have isesoteric. My job is to figure how tomake it common knowledge, withlimited time, money and help.

We need to add value-cachet forsponsors. And that's the secondproblem: sponsors don't want to be apart of us until we have an event worthsponsoring, i.e.: until we get a bunch ofpeople out to throw a great event (from asponsor's perspective). People don'twant to come out to help until it's a well-

organised event, i.e.: an event withcachet-an event worth sponsoring. Anexample: sponsors don't want to give usdoor prizes because few attend. Fewattend because there aren't any doorprizes.

I'll also invite the media. They tend toincrease cachet for both sponsors andmembers who are thinking of helpingthe group. However, media don't comeout to play until there's a game worthplaying. And those need people!

Enthusiastic people are the value weneed to add to make sponsors want to beassociated with us. People create thatcachet others want to be a part of. Ifyou want this club to be wealthier, and ifyou see your enjoyment being directlyproportional to the club's wealth, thenyou have to be more enthusiastic aboutthe club's welfare. Enthusiasm iscurrently our only commodity.

The best thing is: the more you put intothe club, the more fun you'll have.

I've already analysed the club's situationlast year. We have local high-tech firmsclambering over each other foremployees. It happens what we doappeals to those employees. The clubitself is a demographic and

psychographic match to thoseemployees. I see go-karting and Soloracing to be the best bets, both for theiraccessibility.

Regarding helping out, the executiveexpects to post a duty roster at eachgeneral meeting. Interested memberscan sign up for a task. We'll probably

also distribute a skills and assetsinventory. Many members have statedthey would've helped if only someonehad asked. An inventory will let theexecutive council know whom to ask.And this way, you do what you want todo.

I realise everyone is busy. I'll do mybest to provide specific, manageabletasks, rather than just ask an arbitrary,"can anyone help?"

This is my second year as a member. Istarted last year because I had tocomplete fifty-something hours ofcommunity volunteer work, in a publicrelations capacity, in order to pass acourse at Algonquin College. I stayedbecause I liked it.

I caught the Formula-1 bug in highschool, worked at Jim Russell RacingDrivers' School, and would like to raceonce I figure out how this sponsorshipthing works.

Your club never has enough help.Having sponsors attracts help, and themoney buys nice toys. I know you likenice toys.

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December 2000

October 2000 Executive MeetingMinutes

By Jaak Laan

Present: Dave Butler, Richard Muise,Bob Benson,Rob Microys,Sherissa Microys,Sam Mandia,Jaak Laan

Absent: Ayan Gangopadhyay,Jeff Watson,Ron WoltmanGordon Acorn,Chris Capowski

The meeting was called to order shortly after 7:30 PM by Rob.

50th Anniversary BookSherissa reported that book development is progressing. Sixty-two outof the planned 300 production run have been pre-sold. Income frompurchasers and sponsors is $3,000 with the total cost of book being$11,000. Balance expected from remaining book sales especially nowthat pre-purchase sale price is history. Charging of Provincial SalesTax on out of province sales will be investigated. Non-MCO memberspurchasing books will pay shipping and handling on any book notbeing picked up in person.

KartingNo report as the karting director was absent.

AGMJaak reported on behalf of Nominating Committee that one moreperson is standing for the Board of Directors in addition to threealready identified. Rob will do a mailout for the AGM. Attempts willbe made to find additional candidates.

Rob handed out a draft MCO operating handbook. Board Memberswere asked to fill out sections of their respective expertise to build thereference guide for event organizers, board members etc. Completiondate is AGM.

Annual BanquetSherissa reported that she is seeking an MC for the evening. Rob willphone current trophy holders to request they return trophies to any

executive member. Rob will order additional plaques. New plaqueswill be presented this year to 3rd overall placing in Solo, to 2nd and3rd in the summer Solo series and 2nd and 3rd in the winter Soloseries. There was some discussion about members' awareness of theneed for 300 worker points to be eligible for MCO trophies. October30th is deadline for submission of worker points and accomplishmentsto executive members.

Door prizes for the AGM are accumulating but additional sponsorinvolvement is welcome. Tickets for banquet in renovated banquetarea of Louis' Steakhouse on Cyrville Rd. are $35 for a full meal. Thiscovers food and most trophy costs and there are no additional expensesfor the club.

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Richard reported that new two colour covers will be used on next issueresulting in significant savings for members while maintaining a highquality presentation.

Richard requested that Board Members submit end of year articles fornext issue (Jan 2001).


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all are welcome!

MCO General Meetings - 1st Tuesday of every monthMCO Executive Meetings - Third Tuesday of every month

LOUIS'S STEAKHOUSE

1682 Cyrville RoadTake 417, get off at Innes Road (by 417 Nissan and Costco (Price Club))

(613) 741-2130

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RallyJaak reported that the Highland Rally andNovice Rally Seminar appear to be fillingup with some 22 cars (44+ people)indicating they will attend. Workers havealso volunteered. Jaak confirmed withthe Board that anyone who joins the club

at the event will immediately get theevent for free. Seminar certificates and1st, 2nd and 3rd place certificates arebeing prepared.

Dave reported that the Learnix corporaterally was a success and generated netrevenue of $260 for MCO. Capitalexpenses for checkpoint boards etc. willnot have to be repeated.

Dave reported that he has madearrangements for a corporate rally forNortel on November 10. Eight cars with

three people in each are participating sowill re-use Highland Rally route.Expenses should be minimal.

SoloThank you letter drafted by Jaak toAlcatel from our President for providingtheir parking lot at no charge to MCO forthe entire season will be signed and sent.

A new shed has been purchased to replaceold non-functional trailer for storage ofSolo II equipment. Inventory will betaken.

MembershipNo membership report as Gordon absent.Rob reported that he will finish thewelcome letter to be sent in reply to eachmembership application.

TreasuryBob reported that we had a balance of$12,927.39 with an additional $3,046.25in reserve for the 50th Anniversary Book.$8,500 just in from the Canaska Cup raceis additional to that. Also last Solo IIevent profit not included yet in thatbalance. Past month there was a $2,797positive cash flow.

Canaska Cup RaceRob reported that a small outstandingcheque is coming to the club from TLMCto close the books.

Rob reported that he attended the OntarioRace Organizer's Meeting in Toronto.Rob has reached agreement with OntarioRace Director Gunter Schmidt that Robwill be Race Secretary for the CanaskaCup event in 2001. Gunter will beAssistant Race Secretary. The event willbe on July 6,7,8. The track is booked andan invoice is on its way. A MCO RaceCommittee needs to be established andstaffed.

MarketingRob reported that he and Ron will signingoff and delivering sponsor letters topreviously identified potential sponsors.

The meeting concluded at approximately9:30 PM.

(November 2000 Executive Minutes,continued from page 3)

Miscellaneous-R. Microys has agreed to continue on asour Web Page Manager. He has askedthat the executive members submitinformation to keep our web page up todate.-M. Lowe pointed out, that in the bylaws,that it is each member's responsibility tokeep their contact information up to date.-S. Mandia has received a quote of $195+ taxes (or $240 including binding andfolding) to print the Link. MBE iscurrently charging us $192 + taxes perissue.-S. Microys has asked where is ourwelcome letter. R. Woltman to follow up.-List of trophies will not be included untilTrophy Committee has met and finalizedconditions for awarding trophies.-R.B. Leckie has asked that all executivemembers who want a nametag shouldemail their name to him.-R. Muise to call J. Armstrong about

AGM minutes for publication in the Link-D. Butler would like to run the Learnixrally again as an MCO club rally.-S. Mandia has offered his services to theexecutive for the following year withregard to karting and open wheel racing.-R. Benson has raised the issue of havingto collect PST for services we provide togroups or people outside of the club, suchas the Learnix rally. He will look into ourrequirements for tax collection.-Our bill for the Learnix Rally willinclude PST, to be refunded if it is foundwe do not need to collect it.-R. Woltman has asked the previous

executive about the Santa Claus Parade,and our failure to submit a float for thisyear's parade.

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The Torch Has BeenPassed

A message from your Past-President

by Rob Microys

I have to thank everybody who came out thisyear to make our Annual General Meeting thesuccess that it was. The turnout at 8:00pm hadme worried as a quorum was not yetestablished and we were short a good handfulof people, but a few quick phone calls beforethe General Meeting, and a few late arrivalsensured that we had enough people to closethe books on the 2000 season. Thanks again,as we couldn't have done it without you - themembers. For those of you who did not attendthe meeting, I would like to introduce yournewly elected (by acclimation) board ofdirectors: President: Ron Woltman, VicePresident: Dave Butler, Directors: ChrisHolmsten, Adam Mortimer, Basil Chiu and

Jeremy Hamilton.

Thanks to these bold guys to steer the club forthe year! It takes a lot of guts to run for theexecutive.

An aside, thinking that MCO has a problemgetting people to run for the board, the Regionis experiencing even more problems. Twoweeks prior to the CASC-OR AGM, they hadyet to obtain any candidates for the electionsfor Regional office. So I consider ourselveslucky to have had a full slate (but it certainlyrequired a lot of coaxing) at our AGM. I willbe attending the CASC-OR AGM onNovember 25th, and have a full report in thisissue of The Link.

My role this coming year is going to be muchmore limited than last year. Your new

executive is going to have a challenginggrowth year ahead with a number of projectsincluding the publishing of the book, runningthe Canaska Cup race, and continuing to growand expand the club in new areas. Help isneeded to achieve this growth can be given inmany ways, from simply spreading the gospeland attracting new members, to volunteeringpersonal time to events that we run andparticipate in. I hope that you all support your

new executive in their endeavors and help out.

In the meantime, I'm going to continue to beactive on the executive, continuing to offer myopinions and help. I will be spending moretime on the website over the next few monthsas I have more time on my hands, havingpassed on my presidential duties. Look forsome new and exciting changes to the site. Ifyou have any suggestions or desired content orfeatures, now is your chance. I'm hoping tomake the site more interactive, and able to dothings like register for events and such on-line(but don't look for online payment of

registration fees anytime soon, we don't acceptVISA account numbers, yet.) Some membershave mentioned the thought of having a"Members Only" section, possibly evenhaving The Link and other club resourcesavailable on-line to members. If this sort ofthing interests you, and since I am not ableread your mind, drop me a line [email protected] and let me know whatwe can do to make the website better for theclub membership.

A mention of thanks must also be given at thispoint to Craig Baltzer and Anjura TechnologyCorporation for providing us our domain name

(www.mco.org), the hosting of the website,and the electronic services that many of themembers use. Thanks again Craig.

MCO's Banquet 2000By Sherissa Microys

MCO held its annual banquet this pastNovember 25th at Louis' Steakhouse. 56members, family and sponsors gathered in theirbanquet room, which is on the opposite sidefrom our regular meeting room. It was nicelydecorated by the restaurant staff to myamazement, which left little for me to do.

Prior to dinner we were able to watch a videotaped from that same morning. TSN hadshown a one-hour program about the CanadaCup series for which our own John Blouin wasrecently the chief steward, along with manyMCO assistants. Our club also produced 3 ofthe top 6 teams in GT1 who were highlightedin the show. The show reviewed the 1999 and2000 season in a very professional manner.Hopefully some of you were able to also catchit.

Dinner was amazing with a nice salad to start,before receiving the largest piece of extremely

tender and flavorful prime rib I have ever hadI would find it hard to believe anyone lefthungry. Very delicious deserts of our choosingfollowed dinner. I took the white andchocolate mousse, which was divine!

During coffee the awards were presentedstarting with a thanks to our sponsors whoprovided most of the prizes given out duringthe evening. The list of recipients is listed(Note: one required 300 worker points for themajority of trophies). With about 30 doorprizes also, not many went home emptyhanded.

Hope to see everyone at next year's activitiesand festivities.

December 2000

MCO: The First Fifty Years

On Sale Now for $35!Plannning for a November delivery of 300 numbered copies. It is a hard-covered coffee table style bookrecounting the long history of motorsopts in Ottawa and the regions. With 150 pages, everything and

everyone is included. Don't miss out on your copies!

There is still space available for sponsorship as well. For $20 you can ensure your nam e is in the book bysponsoring a page of your choosing. Full or partial page ads are open.

Contact Sherissa Microys at (613) 822-7204 or e-mail s.microys@hom e.com

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December 2000

Annual GeneralMeeting -

November 7, 2000By Jennifer Armstrong

At Louis' Steakhouse, November 7, 2000.

The AGM was called to order at 8:59 p.m.

by Bennett Leckie.

It was established that there were 45 votingmembers in attendance which constituted aquorum.

Nick Berry moved to approve the agendaand this was seconded by Brian Dickman.

The President's report was presented byRob Microys. This was basically a synop-sis of his written report which was includedon page 9 of The Link for November 2000.

The Vice-President's report was presentedby Ron Woltman. As he had not includedan official report in The Link for November2000 he took this occasion to: say thankyou for the opportunity of representing theclub in his role as V.P.; mention the factthat our karting group has undertaken toaffiliate with ASN; mention that the affilia-tion of our rally members has been deferredto 2001; mention that an advertising/PRdeal is in progress; and say a special thanksto Mike Lowe, Bill Lamb, the current exec-utive (Rob Microys, Sherissa Microys, JaakLaan, Richard Muise, Chris Krepski andChris Capowski) as well as Ken Baird andBev Millar.

The Director's reports were presented by:

Sam Mandia - who noted that MCO mem-bers are well represented in many openwheel classes.

Jaak Laan - who provided a synopsis of therally and solo reports included on pages 8and 13 of The Link for November 2000.

Dave Butler - who thanked everyone fortheir help.

Sherissa Microys - who stated that she hasenjoyed the last three years working as amember of the executive; noted that ourracers had once again had a tremendousseason (see her report on page 11 of TheLink for November 2000); welcomed JimHoltom to the club as a notable new mem-ber; commented on the many MCO mem-bers who took part - both as competitors

and workers - at the Canaska Cup race; andnoted that MCO will be taking over as thelead organizing club for the Canaska Cuprace in 2001.

The Treasurer's report was presented byRobert Benson. The club has a free balanceof $20,851. For the details see the cashflow statement on pages 3 and 12 and theaccompanying explanation on page 11 ofThe Link from November 2000.

The actions of the current officers were rati-fied by all present.

There was no old or new business identi-fied.

All members of the executive for 2001 wereacclaimed. They are Jeremy Hamilton (Di-rector), Adam Mortimer (Director), ChrisHolmston (Director), Basil Chiu (Direc-tor), Dave Butler (Vice-President) and RonWoltman (President).

Rob Microys moved to adjourn the meet-ing and this was seconded by Brian Dick-man at 9:23 p.m.

The Inside LineA monthly feature outlining

upcoming initiatives in OntarioRegion

by Cindy Armstrong

Last November I felt that it was an oppor-tune time for the Ottawa region race driversto be personally represented at the OntarioRace Organizers (ORO) and Race Commit-tee meetings. To this end I made the trek toToronto on the third Tuesday of eachmonth. It has been many years since a rep-resentative from Ottawa has been attend-ance at these meetings; I would assumebecause they are held on a weekday eve-ning and it takes a huge commitment toarrange work and personal life in order toattend. The experience was informativeand - at least once a month - exhausting. I

hope that you, the racers in the club, havereceived some benefit from my being atthese meetings to argue the issues on yourbehalf and get information back to you in atimely fashion. Ever the optimist, I assumethat the lack of feedback I have had doesn'tdisplay total apathy to the process but ratherconcurrence with the results which havebeen achieved.

So ... what's in the works for next year?

1. A tentative schedule has been establish-ed for the 2001 season:Apr 20-22 Shannonville Spring FlingApr 28-29 Mosport BARCMay 12-13 Mosport BEMCJun 2-3 Shannonville CRDAJun 30-Jul 1 Mosport VARACJul 7-8 Shannonville MCOJul 21-22 Shannonville DACAug 12-13 Mosport BARCSep 1-2 Mosport CRDASep 15-16 Mosport BEMCSep 29-30 Mosport CASCNov 17 TBA Annual Awards Banquet

2. There is a new series in the works - TheNissan Challenge Cup. This will be a sin-gle marque series featuring the new NissanSentra SE. For further information you cancontact Dave Diedrick @ 905-619-8813 orLaurence Polley @ 905-846-5175.

3. There will be a single, standardized entryform for all regional events. The formawas approved at this meeting and it will be

available in the near future.

4. The entry fee for the OCC will bereduced to $325 to bring it in line with allother regional classes. This still includesfour passes.

5. The new rule for car numbers has beenfinalized. There is a bulletin providing althe details published elsewhere in this copyof the Link.

6. A formal process will be developed todetermine how decibel levels will be meas-ured. Restrictions will be phased in over

the next couple of seasons with the worsoffenders being targeted immediately.

7. Due to the serious health issues posed bythe addition of various noxious substancesto fuel, CASC will be mandating - for 2001- that all F1200 and F1600 cars must pur-chase and run the pump fuel which is available at the track on any given weekend. Ifyou are using any of these substances youshould be aware that they are not justunpleasant; they can be deadly for you andthose around you!

8. There will be a race engineering work-

shop held in Toronto around the end of February or beginning of March. Details wilbe furnished as they become available.

As always, if there are any issues that youare looking for an answer on please let meknow. If I can answer I will, if not I wilfind someone who can.

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For Sale/Wanted

EMPLOYMENT

Race team looking for 2 individuals to aid with

Year 2001 CASCAR team running CARQUEST Series and Formula

1200 team. The main focus for these individuals will be on helping team

with marketing responsibilities for the team's various sponsors. This

is a PAID position. You will also be shown the ropes on how to attain

and retain sponsors in the racing world. Excellent opportunity for

someone who is trying to get involved in the racing industry. Contact

Dave Connelly (613) 623-8379 or e-mail [email protected]

See the team's website at www.connellyracing.com

WANTED: VW PERFORMANCE PARTS

Building an 87 16v Scirocco for the Grass Roots Motorsport

$2001 Challenge. Need any performance parts for a1, a2 or a3.

Also looking to rent garage space to work out in the evenings

Please call Eric at 613-746-7780

or email [email protected]

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VW RACING PARTS FOR SALE

Bilstein racing shocks and springs, Neuspeed sway bars, ARP hardware,Heads (2.0L 16 V alve), Schrick Cams, Techtonics Lifters, LightenedFlywheel, Kevlar Clutch (for 8 valve shaft). Other racing and stockparts available. Call Sean 836-3766 for details and prices.

TIRES WANTED

Eight (yep, thats right, 8) used FF dry racing tires. Please callRobert Chartrand @ 725-9229.

FOR SALE

Yamaha Seca 650. Mint condition. Always stored indoors. $1,200.19,000 km. 550 lbs+73 hp = 12.83 1/4 mile. Shaft drive, four into twochrome exhaust and new tires. Includes luggage rack, removablewindscreen, $250 one piece rain suit, three helmets including a$550 Arai. Not licenced for two years.

Contact Jaak Laan at (613) 943-2520 orEmail: [email protected]

WHEELS FOR SALE

4 6X14" alloy wheels from Datsun 280ZX.Also 4 5.5X14" wheels from Toyota Corolla GTS. Will fit other carswith 4X11? bolt pattern. Must sell. Call Frank at 613-722-1580 evgs.

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Thanks must be given to our clubsponsors who help out the club and

members, in no particular order:

Hunt Club HondaRobson Racing (Rob and Lisa Clines)Gibson Performance (Kevin Gibson)

Studio Colour Group, Talon TireAnjura Technology Corporation

(for the website)

Louis' Steakhouse, X-WavePlus 1 Performance (Patrick Weightman)Drummond Fuels

Solo Class Winner AwardsClass C1, 532pts Greg Carter

Pressure Gauge from Plus 1 Performance

Class B2, 646pts Chris Holmsten

Pressure Gauge from Plus 1 Performance

Class B1, 673pts Richard Muise

Mechanix Gloves and HCH Mug from HCH

Class BSP, 675pts Patrick Weightman

Anjura Prize Pack from Anjura

Class ASP, 677pts Brad Merkel

Gift Certificate & Golf Tee from Robson Racing

Class A1, 681pts Jeff Graves

Gift Certificate & Golf Tee from Robson Racing

Class CSP, 684ptsEtienne Gregiore

MCO Track Suit MCO

Class ASS, 696 pts Lawrence King

Simpson Helmet Bag from Gibson Performance

Class BSS, 698 pts Ian O'Halloran

MCO Track Suit from MCO

Class CSS, 700 pts Allan Pepper

Momo Shift Knob from HCH

Solo TrophiesBridgestone Blizzak Cup - Gordon AcornDows Lake - Summer Solo II Champion

- Allan PepperNovice Solo Champion - Jeffery Graves

Solo Fanatic Award - Mark Wilson &Richard Muise

Order of the Bent Valve(2nd Place Solo Championship)

- Lawrence KingSolo Events Champion

& Simpson Track Bag from Gibson PerformanceGordon Acorn

Rally TrophiesRally Driver Trophy - Jaak Laan

The L. Smith Trophy - Jim Morrow

RobsoAuto Ce

Worker CertificatesJohn Blouin Dave ButlerBennett Leckie Sam MandiaJaak Laan Gordon AcornChris Krepski Richard MuiseMike Lowe Christal PomeroyJim Morrow Ken BairdBev Millar Bob BensonBasil Chiu Brad MerkelChris Capowski Bryan Dickman

Sherissa Microys

Plus a special certificate to:

Sean McConomy for his continuing support to our Solo

community in the past year for keeping that "lovely"trailer on his property, and now the new MCO shed

for the Solo II cones and other equipment.

Worker TrophiesTop Female Worker - Cindy Armstrong

Order of the Holed Piston(Novice Worker of The Year)

- Jennifer ArmstrongGolden Pen (Most Link Articles)

- Cindy ArmstrongWorker of the Year - Rob Microys

Race TrophiesPaddock Engineer Trophy

A crew member who contributes to the success ofclub competitors

- Bennett LeckieFrank Hick's Technical

Good sportsmanship in contributing to the sport- Mike Lowe

Frank Hick's FormulaThrough sheer dedication and perseverance

obtained reasonable success

- Ken BairdFrank Hick's SedanThrough sheer dedication and perseverance

obtained reasonable success- Bob Armstrong

Dewar TrophyNovice Driver of the Year

- Steve PomeroyHard Luck Trophy

A member who perseveres against all odds- Jim Holtom

Ladies Cup - Not AwardedMCO Racing Championship - Sam Mandia

Annual Achievement Award

Notable achievement by a competitor or worker incontributing to the advancement of the club- Ron Woltman

2000 MCO Award Winners

Grassroots Motorsport in the National Capital Region

since 1949.

Affiliated withCanadian Automobile Sport Clubs - Ontario Region (CASC-OR )

and ASN Canada FIA

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