Volunteer to help at the Reno Rally (Dec 2-4, 2005)
 

I will be volunteering my time in a few weeks to help out at the Reno Rally. If anyone else is interested, let me know.

Contact me (PM or e-mail: nmhansen@gmail.com) your name, e-mail, your shirt size, address and cell-phone number. I will compile a list and send it off to the volunteer coordinator. If you want to, feel free to contact the coordinator directly, (marymountdenise(AT)aol(DOT)com)

Here is a snippet from the e-mail I just recieved from the volunteer coordinator:

Count me in! XL Shirt, you know the rest.

Me too! :D NOT!

I must have missed something and can't find any links. What is this event?

Thanks Nick...............looks fun!

Absolutely no route info on that website...

yeah, they are kept secret to encourage fairness by reducing pre-running.

So, uhhh, it Starts at Reno hilton and ends in gerlach? Is that what im getting from the site? Im a bit confused....but if I show up at the hilton by 8 am saturday morn, i should be able to figure out where to spectate, no?

I got the e-mail on where the stages are start.

Day 1 stages will be around Gerlach. Day 2 stage look like they run between Bordertown (Stead) and Boomtown (Verdi).

More: looks like there are currently 16 cars lined up to compete as of right now, but they are expecting a few to register at the door and maybe have 20 cars compete.

I'd say the Gerlach stages will be not as desirable to spectate from. I'd try to hit up the Stead/Verdi stages on Sunday.

Yeah I thought it was weird how they say that the first car leaves from the Hilton at 8? And arrives back at the Hilton at 16:00? I didn't know this was a tarmac rally. :lol:

Well, the transit stages are on asphalt, but the special stages are all on gravel :lol:

I'm not free Saturday, but I 'd love to come watch on Sunday...

Does that mean that they will actually drive their cars that they entered to the stages?

That is the general idea of Rallying, but I believe there is an exemption for this specific event to allow trailering to the special stages.

Roger that. This looks like a lot of fun --- too bad I've got commitments already!

Im gonna sine your piddy on the runny kine......

So, Pootie, do you know, are there going to be signs directing the tipi tais to the event from 395 or the bordertown exit or is that a nay-no my brother?

We don't have a map as of yet. But aparently its pretty obvious according to some people, as it is a fast dirt road that is frequented by off-roaders.

Am I the only one that doesn't understand what the eff you are saying? :huh:

No.

It's some crap from some movie no one but nKoan and LFW saw. It's also annoying as hell.

Yeah, I get that a lot. Its in response to nkoans signature. Rent Pootie Tang, its funny....youll laugh later, if you like stupid funny movies.

Back to the event....So hopefully its that obvious, as I dont frequent bordertown very often. If memory serves, doesnt that area have a large floodplain after storms? Im sure they have this worked out....

We just got owned:

Looks like the Sunday stages closer to Reno are canned, and we'll be re-running Saturday's stages out north of Pyramid. :( If there's anyone that was coming out to spectate, I'd suggest that you make a weekend out of it, and come out to the Friday 8:30pm orientation meeting at the Hilton and get assigned to a stage! That way you'll have a ride out there, and be involved in the race. I don't think spectating is going to be very easy.

...although, IMO it's not really snowing right now, just raining... maybe they'll go back to plan A if/when they realize the road between BorderTown and BoomTown isn't under a foot of snow.

Some of these names/roads I recognize from my Forest Service map, but others I dont. Do they connect? I assume that these are on the west side of 395 of bordertown, no? If you know, please pass along.

No, those are all the Pyramid stages...No more stages in the Dog Valley/ Verdi Area.

OMG, those roads at Pyramid are going to be so rutted and trashed by the final stages! What a mess. So, Scott, are you taking my truck for the whole weekend now?

Haha, Nevada town names are funny.

I think he was gonna talk to you about that. You are probably talking about it right now actually. :lol:

It may be a long weekend.

Hmm, I guess I'll make sure to NOT go shooting out there this weekend...

If you can spare it... I hoping we won't have to work the same stages on Sunday though.

Right now Jonny and I are scheduled to work the start of Nightengale and Purgatory Pass on Saturday, which is about 12 miles of gravel off the tar, so we'll need a truck. If we don't have to work the start of Nightengale on Sunday, we might not need it, but it certainly would make life easier.

...or if you postpone your tree shopping, I'm sure you can get assigned to the same group as us and drive the Titan yourself! In fact... why isn't Carrie working too? I though she was a rally fan... I'm guessing she's just not a standing-in-the-wet-and-cold-recording-times fan, eh? :lol:

That pretty much sums it up right there...Like I said, with a little more advanced notice and some planning, we would have done it. Regardless, I have moved my tree trip to Sunday anyway due to the stage changes. You can have the truck all weekend if you need it, But I'd make sure the 4 of you split gas costs, because it costs like $50 to fill up. :cool:

You rock man, I'll make sure we return it clean and filled up! Thanks a ton!

We'll treat her good. Er um Scott will because I won't be driving. Would I be allowed to take pictures of the event? Or because I'm volunteering is that no?

I'm bringing both a still and video camera.... I'm not sure I'll be able to use 'em, but I gotta guess we'll have some down time to spectate a bit.

You guys see any sweet jumps?

Jonny and I where doing timeing at the start of stage 2, after that we watched a hair pin on stage 4. Unfortinatly the good jumps where in the middle of the stage 1.

I worked start 1 and finish 3 and 5 yesterday, which was cool, but no good jumps.

Today was the start of 1 and finish of 4 (which, on todays schedule was the reverse of 1) and yeah, there were some sweet jumps on that road.

The stage roads were incredibly fast as I was doing about 50 mph on the access road in my car and was not even pushing it. The access road, according to the BLM volunteer I was talking to, was about the same grade as the stage roads. And yes, stage 1/4 was on the foothills of the mountain range and had lots of smoothed out washes that would drop and re-rise 10-20 feet in about 50 feet of road. Made for some good jumps (I only got to see one, and not everyone jumped).

All in all, I have to say it was fun.

Rally America sounds like they were impressed, and is very likely to keep the Reno event on their calendar when it becomes official.

It was cool, too bad the rally was 100 miles away.

Scotty,

here is that map of the stages. Sounds like you know exactly where they were though.

I have a few pictures and 2 videos I took, but I have no way to get the off of my camera and onto a computer yet.

I posted in another thread but this is a better place.

I was speaking with some of the organizers for this years event and they said that they could use all the help they can get. They are looking to form a good local support base to be able to secure Reno as a spot each year. So sign up! It's a blast and the people are super cool. www.renorally.com

Sounds Cold.

Oh yeah forgot about that. Last year was FRICKIN FREEZING. But it was tight.

I was thinking about volunteering again. It was pretty fun. Colder then all hell, but fun.

Well... yeah. :p I am interested. depends on what else is going on I suppose.

Well last year it was held in October and it was cold as shit.

Last year it was held Dec. 2-4 :p

Check the title of this very thread.

Lies!


I dunno how I do it. I'm not on drugs. I'm not drunk. I'm kinda smart. Kinda.