Montana 500 Newsletter

Montana Cross Country T Assn. 7516 E. Mission Spokane, WA 99212 www.montana500.com 2003 Officers and Directors: President: Sam Nickol Vice President: Rick Carnegie Sec.-Treasurer: Janet Cerovski Directors: Rick Carnegie 2003 Tom Carnegie 2002 Janet Cerovski 2003 Tony Cerovski 2004 Rob Flesner 2004 Mark Hutchinson 2004 Doug Langel 2002 George Nickol 2002 Sam Nickol 2003 Meeting Secretary: Marjean Stubbert Correspondence and newsletter: Tom Carnegie

Date of endurance run is June 17th Membership dues $10.00 Touring class: $25.00 Endurance runner: $35.00 Front cover: Top picture, Lewis Rector. Bottom picture, Frank Hansard and Walt Mangold. Taken during 1963 race.

General News

Welcome to all the new members. Thank-you for joining our club. By next newsletter we should have a base hotel nailed down. The price of gas has been dropping steadily in my neck of the woods. This should make the run a little easier on everyone’s pocket book. As a historical note, several times in the past Humble Oil Company (now Exxon) would sponsor our run by supplying free gas and oil to the drivers. The free gas would be nice, but in my case the free oil really takes on some significance. Because of all the charts in the technical article this is the longest newsletter that I have put out to date. As such, there are no drivers’ profiles this time. People have told me that they really enjoy the driver’s profiles. Maybe I’ll do an issue of the newsletter with several rather than just two profiles. Most every one that I have asked to do a profile has agreed to help me. What would really please me is to receive an unsolicited profile from the woodwork. Vivian Peters supplied me with the results of 1971. Bless her heart. Now the only year for which I don’t have complete times is 1963. I believe that somewhere, someone has the results for this. I will continue to beat the bushes until the results show up. Both rule proposals passed. Next newsletter I will publish the rules in their entirety. Last newsletter I published the term of office wrong on some of the directors. I hope I got it right this time.

Tech Article: Having your head examined.

Through the Grapevine

On a sad note, Gene Hansard passed away Jan. 6th.

Steve Coniff’s 30th wedding anniversary is this year so he won’t make it to this year’s run. We’ll miss Steve, and hope to see him in 2003.

I’ve heard at least 2 people are coming from Illinois this year.

Gordon Carlson plans to come from North Dakota.

Rob Flesner says he is bringing two cars.

Gary Gordon from Georgia has Fred Upshaw’s “Miss Los Angeles” car. He would like to come back and avenge Fred’s disqualifications.

Harold Mann says four cars are coming from Nevada.

Ron Miller says two cars are coming from Ohio.

Denis Ascher from Idaho is putting a car together. He says that he will be ready by June.

At the fall meeting we talked about doing a Missoula to Fairview run. Ed Towe says he would be up for this if he can procure a car by then.