jody-z
07-20-2008, 02:39 PM
OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU!!!
Mark your calendars! In one month from now, the best rally drivers on the continent will be blazing through Northern Minnesota’s lake and vacation country. The 22nd running of the Ojibwe Forests Rally is based out of Bemidji, MN, and with the exception of local Motocross, there is no other motorsport of this magnitude within a mere four hours of Winnipeg. It is round#7 of the Rally-America national championship, and takes place on August 22nd & 23rd (Friday/Saturday), followed by a complimentary after-party/supper for absolutely everyone. If you’ve never had the opportunity to experience a rally first hand, now’s your chance…there is no other rally in the year that is this close to Winnipeg, it has received the “Rally of the Year” award numerous times in its 22-year history, the most recent being 2007, and the roads among the four state forests that comprise the Ojibwe Forests Rally are considered some the best rally roads in the entire country. As an added bonus, the event features both day and night stages, running until midnight in years past. As thrilling as it is to watch the daytime stages, there is nothing like a rallycar roaring towards your location, in the dead of night, in the middle of the forest…brakes and tailpipe aglow. It is an experience that you will remember for years to come…who knows, maybe you too will get hooked like the rest of us!
On that note, if you’d really like to see the action up close, as opposed to being limited to the crowd controlled spectator areas, sign-up as a Course Marshal, and you’ll be guaranteed a number of stage-side locations to call your very own, and have the chance to drive the actual rally roads yourself. For those that can get away, working with the bannering crews on Thursday and Friday morning is highly recommended as well, and for those that can stick around, de-bannering crews head out to the battlefield again on Sunday at 10am and are typically done by 3pm. Both Manitoba crews will be helping-out with the de-bannering effort as well, as it’s very interesting to see the carnage left behind…annihilated trees and vehicle parts are usually abundant. The worker sign-up page is available at http://www.ojibweforestrally.com/workers.php ...work as little or as much as you’d like.
With our mid-season break coming to a close and the event drawing ever closer, both Manitoba based teams are prepped and “ready to go”. Teams will begin arriving in Bemidji on the Tuesday, in preparation for registration, scrutineering, the shakedown stage and recce. There will be a number of female competitors on hand as well…so, to all significant others, come-out and show your support:
She Calls Shotgun
http://expn.go.com/expn/story?id=3456315
“Behind every successful Rally racer is an ace co-driver with a level head, an eye for the road and a Magellan-like sense of direction. That said, allow us to introduce you to Chrissie Beavis, Nathalie Richard, Jen Horsey and Brandye Conley”
Pictures from Ojibwe Forests Rally 2007:
http://www.rally.subaru.com/event_2007_ojibwe_gallery.html
Original ESPN2 broadcast of Ojibwe Forests Rally 2007:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cdKOwtsszck (segment 1)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vupc5kimUsY (segment 2)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZ0AtSt2m9E (segment 3)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-f_ZavplhEM (segment 4)
Additional event information is available at the following links, with further details being posted in the coming weeks. Please be sure to book your accommodations soon, as the nearby campgrounds and hotels/motels are booking-up fast:
http://www.rally-america.com/event.OFPR.2008.php
http://www.ojibweforestrally.com
Whether you’ll be spectating or working, email us at dchernick@westco.ca or zedrilracing@shaw.ca and we’ll provide you with a recommended movement schedule and some first time tips as the event draws closer, which will make the first time experience all that more enjoyable. Hope to see you there!
In the meantime, these same professional drivers and co-drivers are currently preparing for and are on their way to X-Games 14, which will be televised live on ABC, Sunday, August 3rd.
And, if you’d like to learn a little more about the sport of Rally, http://www.wrc.com has just released an excellent set of “What is WRC/Rally” video clips (latest videos in the WRC TV section), which explain some of the important/interesting elements of the sport, technical and otherwise.
Courtesy of Team Rally Manitoba
Ken Block & Co-Driver Alex Gelsomino jumping over the late/great Colin McRae at X-Games 13 (2007):
http://www.roostercomputer.com/hidden/xgames1.jpg
http://www.roostercomputer.com/hidden/xgames2.jpg
Mark your calendars! In one month from now, the best rally drivers on the continent will be blazing through Northern Minnesota’s lake and vacation country. The 22nd running of the Ojibwe Forests Rally is based out of Bemidji, MN, and with the exception of local Motocross, there is no other motorsport of this magnitude within a mere four hours of Winnipeg. It is round#7 of the Rally-America national championship, and takes place on August 22nd & 23rd (Friday/Saturday), followed by a complimentary after-party/supper for absolutely everyone. If you’ve never had the opportunity to experience a rally first hand, now’s your chance…there is no other rally in the year that is this close to Winnipeg, it has received the “Rally of the Year” award numerous times in its 22-year history, the most recent being 2007, and the roads among the four state forests that comprise the Ojibwe Forests Rally are considered some the best rally roads in the entire country. As an added bonus, the event features both day and night stages, running until midnight in years past. As thrilling as it is to watch the daytime stages, there is nothing like a rallycar roaring towards your location, in the dead of night, in the middle of the forest…brakes and tailpipe aglow. It is an experience that you will remember for years to come…who knows, maybe you too will get hooked like the rest of us!
On that note, if you’d really like to see the action up close, as opposed to being limited to the crowd controlled spectator areas, sign-up as a Course Marshal, and you’ll be guaranteed a number of stage-side locations to call your very own, and have the chance to drive the actual rally roads yourself. For those that can get away, working with the bannering crews on Thursday and Friday morning is highly recommended as well, and for those that can stick around, de-bannering crews head out to the battlefield again on Sunday at 10am and are typically done by 3pm. Both Manitoba crews will be helping-out with the de-bannering effort as well, as it’s very interesting to see the carnage left behind…annihilated trees and vehicle parts are usually abundant. The worker sign-up page is available at http://www.ojibweforestrally.com/workers.php ...work as little or as much as you’d like.
With our mid-season break coming to a close and the event drawing ever closer, both Manitoba based teams are prepped and “ready to go”. Teams will begin arriving in Bemidji on the Tuesday, in preparation for registration, scrutineering, the shakedown stage and recce. There will be a number of female competitors on hand as well…so, to all significant others, come-out and show your support:
She Calls Shotgun
http://expn.go.com/expn/story?id=3456315
“Behind every successful Rally racer is an ace co-driver with a level head, an eye for the road and a Magellan-like sense of direction. That said, allow us to introduce you to Chrissie Beavis, Nathalie Richard, Jen Horsey and Brandye Conley”
Pictures from Ojibwe Forests Rally 2007:
http://www.rally.subaru.com/event_2007_ojibwe_gallery.html
Original ESPN2 broadcast of Ojibwe Forests Rally 2007:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cdKOwtsszck (segment 1)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vupc5kimUsY (segment 2)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZ0AtSt2m9E (segment 3)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-f_ZavplhEM (segment 4)
Additional event information is available at the following links, with further details being posted in the coming weeks. Please be sure to book your accommodations soon, as the nearby campgrounds and hotels/motels are booking-up fast:
http://www.rally-america.com/event.OFPR.2008.php
http://www.ojibweforestrally.com
Whether you’ll be spectating or working, email us at dchernick@westco.ca or zedrilracing@shaw.ca and we’ll provide you with a recommended movement schedule and some first time tips as the event draws closer, which will make the first time experience all that more enjoyable. Hope to see you there!
In the meantime, these same professional drivers and co-drivers are currently preparing for and are on their way to X-Games 14, which will be televised live on ABC, Sunday, August 3rd.
And, if you’d like to learn a little more about the sport of Rally, http://www.wrc.com has just released an excellent set of “What is WRC/Rally” video clips (latest videos in the WRC TV section), which explain some of the important/interesting elements of the sport, technical and otherwise.
Courtesy of Team Rally Manitoba
Ken Block & Co-Driver Alex Gelsomino jumping over the late/great Colin McRae at X-Games 13 (2007):
http://www.roostercomputer.com/hidden/xgames1.jpg
http://www.roostercomputer.com/hidden/xgames2.jpg