The River Run

Cody and Sabrina Garvin take us touring
through beautiful Clark County, Washington

RIVER RUN MARCH RALLY 2024

Saturday, March 23, 2024
By Cody and Sabrina Garvin

Seventeen teams entered Cascade Sports Car Club’s first event in the 2024 Saturday Rally Series on March 23.  Rallymasters Cody and Sabrina Garvin’s second rallymaster endeavor – River Run – gave us a scenic drive along rivers and waterways in Clark and Skamania counties, ending in Woodland, Washington. The 110-mile route took about three and a half hours to complete.

The odometer calibration ended at Steamboat Landing Park on the Columbia River in Washougal. The first break was at Salmon Falls Park & Ride / Cape Horn Trailhead. The second break was at Lucia Falls Park. Each break provided a 15-minute opportunity to stretch your legs, clear your mind, and enjoy a truly beautiful encounter with nature.

Challenges

The March rally was mostly a tour-style rally, meaning there were only a couple of simple challenges (tricks and traps). Both were ITIS (if there is such) instructions, meaning the instruction could be skipped if the instruction following it could be executed first. All teams went in the same direction, but they had to decide whether they could use the ITIS instruction – and its 15-second pause – or not.

The first challenge – R on 212th ITIS, PAUSE 15 seconds – occurred at what appeared to be a T intersection. However, the road to left was signed dead end. So there really was no intersection so the R could not be executed there. The correct action was to skip this ITIS instruction and its 15-second penalty pause.

The second challenge – L on 58th ITIS, PAUSE 15 seconds – occurred where 58th is a sideroad on the left. However, the road straight ahead has a back-facing stop sign (RRR 3.3 – PROTECTION). Arrows at the intersection and paint on the roadway all indicate the main road goes left here. The correct action was to skip this ITIS instruction and its 15-second penalty pause.

What ralliers said

We had a great time as always!

We are slowly getting the hang of it, definitely a better understanding than the 1st time. However, a

lot more to perfect.

Appreciate all of your hard work on putting these on and being so welcoming and helpful!

Anybody else see the pot belly pig roaming in a yard? I believe it was in the last section at 30 mph for 8 miles looking for last two CPs.

Congratulate the winners

First overall and first in the Equipped Category is the team of Bob Morseburg and Cheri Eddy in Car #25 with a score of 17. They zeroed eight legs, and all their leg scores were single digit. We don’t expect less from this team.

Second overall and first in the SOP Class is the team of David and Joann Gattman in Car #1 with a score of 48. In addition to a couple of zeroes, all but one of their leg scores were single digit. Very good performance for an SOP team!

Tied for third overall and Second Place in the SOP Class are the teams of Alex Casteneda and Eric Hanson in Car #4 and Joel and Aksel Bristol in Car #14. Both teams had 104 points. This was a particularly special finish for Car #14 as this was their first run as SOP.

Finishing first in the Novice class is the team of Bill Kayser and Bjorn Freeman-Benson in Car #11. Second Novice is Barbara Jacobs and Jamie Anderson in Car # 9. Third Novice is Dan and Cindy Kuenzi in Car # 15.

Finishing second in the Equpped Category is the team of Gary David and Gabe Stephens in Car #6.

The top three teams in each class received a car wash coupon, a coffee card and candy bars. As always, the taste of victory is sweet.

Congratulations to all!

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Current Series Standings

CSCC Road Rally School

Twenty-one teams of the future-lost entered Cascade Sports Car Club’s annual Road Rally School - the Jurassic 
Journey! 

May it serve them well.

RALLY SCHOOL 2024

Saturday, February 17, 2024
By Monte and Victoria Saager

Twenty-one teams entered Cascade Sports Car Club’s Feb. 17-18 Rally School. The Friday-evening virtual rally school was followed on Saturday by a just-for-practice road rally.

First overall and first in the SOP class was the team of Torm Kelsey-Green and Kasey Klaus in Car #13. Second overall and second SOP was the team of David and JoAnn Gattman in Car #1. Third overall and third SOP was the team of Russ and Kate Sherrell in Car #2.

First in the Novice class was the team of Cassie and Jacob Lloyd in Car #3. Second Novice was Barbara Jacobs and Jamie Anderson in Car #9. Third Novice was Bill Kayser and Bjorn Freeman-Benson in Car #11.

First in the Equipped category was the team of Robert Paxman and Chris Lane in Car #8. Second in Equipped was Antonio and Cherish Hurtado in Car #6.

Congratulations to all!


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