18 January, 2020.

The Rally of the Midwinter Moon......

It will be Nova Scotia, it will be dark, there may be snow.......

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"Nos Ludos Intra Vehicula"

"That is on the floor..... in fifth..... 6500????..." -Buffum to Smith (140mph+, Rallye Charlevoix.....)

"A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS????"

"Great, now we're gonna get frikken' yelled at....."
"Let the record show that the evening degenerated at 2022hrs..... Duly noted..."

Supplementary Regulations for the Rally of the Midwinter Moon
Saturday, January 18, 2020, Hants East and Halifax Counties, Nova Scotia

The event will be held under the general competition regulations of the Canadian Association of Rally Sport (CARS) and the Regulations of Atlantic Region Motor Sports Inc. (ARMS). These publications are available from the regional rally director, Sonia Meadows, rally.armsinc@gmail.com, and will be available at the start.

Status: This is a regional level event.
Presented by: Atlantic Sports Car Club

Organizers: Ian Pearce, Sonia Meadows, Jim Theriault.
Email: rally@ascc.ca

Registrar: contact as above.

Chief Steward: TBA
Route Steward: Ian Pearce
Control Marshall: Sonia Meadows
Scoring: Sonia Meadows, Jim Theriault.

Start Location: Sobeys Tri County Community Room, 2nd Level, Sobeys Elmsdale, 269 Rte 214, Elmsdale NS, B2S 1K1.

Finish Location: Pizza Delight, Sobeys Mall, 269 Rte 214, Elmsdale NS, B2S 1K1.
Approximate length: 213km, approximately 75% paved.

Schedule: Saturday, 18th January 2020

1430hrs Registration opens, Sobeys, Elmsdale.
1500hrs Novice Rally School starts.
1530hrs Introduction of Officials and Driver's Briefing; Registration closes.
1600hrs Car 0 starts rally. Experienced first, Novice to follow.
2000hrs Car 0 finishes rally.
2100hrs Approximately: Results and Awards

Classes: Novice and Experienced, classified as per A.R.M.S. Regional Rally regulations.

Description: This is a Regional Navex Rally, Novice instructions will be simple involving mostly attention to signs and landmarks as well as measured distances. Experienced instructions will vary. Speeds will be slow to moderate based on population density and weather.

Most of the route is contained on topographic maps: 11E3 Shubenacadie, 11D4 Mt. Uniacke and 11D14 Musquodoboit Harbour.

Entries/Eligibility: Entries must include the entry form & payment (post dated cheques not accepted). Entries may be e-mailed to the registrar, address above, or made in person (subject to space limitations) until 1530hrs the day of the event.

Official waiver at the event must be signed by all competitors, failure to do so will result in exclusion. Valid proof of registration, license and insurance must be shown at event registration desk. Any team with members who are under 18 years of age must have a minor participant waiver completed.

Cost: The entry fee is $40.00 per car. Cash or Cheque.
Make cheques payable to Atlantic Sports Car Club.

Awards: Dash plaques for top 3 places in each class.

Scoring: All cars will be penalized 1 (one) point for each minute early or late at any control. Maximum points for missed control, or maximum early/late penalty at a control for this event is 30 points. Time out at controls will be the 00 second mark of the 2nd minute following time in (e.g. IN: 3:12:40 OUT: 3:14:00) except where spacing of departures is needed.

Maximum Lateness: Maximum permitted lateness to qualify for check-in at controls will be 30 minutes for the first 2 sections (excluding odometer check), and 45 minutes for subsequent controls except one hour at the final control.

Starting order: A seeded draw will be held for experience class on January 11th, 2019.
Novice entries will start in order of receipt of registration.

Required Equipment:
Winter (snow) tires

Recommended Equipment:
• Sharp eyes, a clip board, pens, pencils and a calculator (electronic or mental)
• Digital Watch you can set.
• A cell phone, tow rope, and warning triangle in unlikely case of mishap.
• Power (USB) cord for cell phone.
• Winter clothes, water, blanket, fire extinguisher, and protein bar or similar.
• This is a night event. Interior lighting for map reading at night is strongly recommended.
• Working trip odometer.

Please check the ARMS Rallysport Forum at http://www.armsinc.ca for event updates. Winter weather can have an effect on an event schedule and date.

_________________
"Nos Ludos Intra Vehicula"

"That is on the floor..... in fifth..... 6500????..." -Buffum to Smith (140mph+, Rallye Charlevoix.....)

"A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS????"

"Great, now we're gonna get frikken' yelled at....."
"Let the record show that the evening degenerated at 2022hrs..... Duly noted..."

The organizing committee for the Rally of the Midwinter Moon wishes to send a sincere thanks to everyone who assisted in the running of this years event.

Without your efforts, events such as this cannot be run.

Thank you!

_________________
"Nos Ludos Intra Vehicula"

"That is on the floor..... in fifth..... 6500????..." -Buffum to Smith (140mph+, Rallye Charlevoix.....)

"A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS????"

"Great, now we're gonna get frikken' yelled at....."
"Let the record show that the evening degenerated at 2022hrs..... Duly noted..."

It was a great event! Libby and I had so much fun.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this rally happen! There was a good turn out and it was nice everyone made it back to the finish to enjoy a meal and stories!

Thanks Ian and Sonia!!

We had a great time. The roads were in excellent condition and there were enough twists in the instructions to make it interesting.
I hope the gentleman that turned early on a corner and needed a tow out of the snow appreciated that we stopped to help him out.
Thanks to the organizers and check pointers.

Thanks to the organizers! I had a blast.

I look forward to checkpointing this every winter. It's lots of fun and a great way to stay in touch with all of my motorsports friends during the 'off' season from road racing. And the locations of the check points are almost always 'interesting'. This years was no exception, right by a wind-swept lake, with the ice cracking and groaning, with lots of stars to look at. All from a nice warm car, of course. Truly spectacular!

Looking forward to next year.

Mitch

This reminds me of one checkpoint on the 2009 winter TSD rally. The check point was after a square left, and sat on this road that had a massive river on one side and a small water filled ditch on the other. The issue was the road before that square left was a massive, ice covered hill! It was truly picturesque on that night, and it's a sight I'll never forget.

TSDs really do have some of the nicest bits of scenery.

Then where were you on Saturday?

_________________
"Nos Ludos Intra Vehicula"

"That is on the floor..... in fifth..... 6500????..." -Buffum to Smith (140mph+, Rallye Charlevoix.....)

"A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS????"

"Great, now we're gonna get frikken' yelled at....."
"Let the record show that the evening degenerated at 2022hrs..... Duly noted..."

Coughing my lungs out and dreading the work week to come!

Thanks again to everyone who came out, and especially the volunteers.

_________________
"Nos Ludos Intra Vehicula"

"That is on the floor..... in fifth..... 6500????..." -Buffum to Smith (140mph+, Rallye Charlevoix.....)

"A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS????"

"Great, now we're gonna get frikken' yelled at....."
"Let the record show that the evening degenerated at 2022hrs..... Duly noted..."