The July Friday Nighter was actually the April Friday Nighter that I was not able to put on due to being in the hospital. Since all of the instructions and checkpoint slips were printed up, I thought that it would be easy to hold the same rally 3 months later. What I didn’t count on was the large number of new signs that had been installed in the interim. That necessitated making numerous corrections in ink to the instructions and eliminating one instruction due to the sudden appearance of a DEAD END sign.
Although slightly on the warm side, it was still a nice clear night for a rally. For some reason many of the cars had difficulty on leg 2, but all except one car was able to regain the course and finish the rally. The group met at the Philo Tavern for awards, stories, excuses, and a little liquid refreshment.
We had four cars in the novice class, and for several people, this was their first attempt. Some very respectable scores were posted, and the team of Eamkumar and Bhaskar came in first. Russ Bedford and Joe Siedenburg in the Yellow Corvette won Nav class and first overall. Brian and Sandy Grable narrowly nosed out Jerry White for the Seat of Pants honors. A big thanks to my workers, who made running this event a lot easier.
RESULTS OF THE APRIL/JULY FRIDAY NIGHTER RALLY
July 30, 2010
| Novice class | Car |
Leg 1 |
Leg 2 |
Leg 3 |
Leg 4 |
Total |
| 1. Chandru Ramkumar – Vivek Bhaskar | BMW |
4 |
200 |
7 |
83 |
294 |
| 2. Chio Liv – Stuart Ford | Mazda RX-7 |
15 |
200 |
100 |
22 |
337 |
| 3. Harleen Kavr – Mike Kresca | Honda |
15 |
200 |
118 |
69 |
402 |
| 4. Raimy Foutch – Adrian Astoria | Mazda Miata |
3 |
200 |
119 |
102 |
424 |
| Navigational Class | Car |
Leg 1 |
Leg 2 |
Leg 3 |
Leg 4 |
Total |
| 1. Russ Bedford – Joe Siedenburg | Corvette |
0 |
13 |
11 |
20 |
44 |
| Seat of Pants Class | Car |
Leg 1 |
Leg 2 |
Leg 3 |
Leg 4 |
Total |
| 1. Brian Grable – Sandy Grable | Ford Explorer |
15 |
56 |
15 |
10 |
96 |
| 2. Jerry White | Plymouth |
9 |
73 |
7 |
28 |
117 |
| 3. Max Schrepfer – Jonathon Flora | Volvo |
25 |
200 |
53 |
5 |
418 |
| 4. Nathan Karplus – John Li | Ford |
1 |
200 |
200 |
17 |
418 |
| 5. Mike Blackwelder – Jim Hamilton | Ford |
1 |
114 |
200 |
200 |
515 |
Rallymaster: Bob Townsend
Cold run: Karen Townsend
Workers: John Coleman, Jenni Lauher, Mike Lauher.