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100 acre wood Rally
while the jeeps don't get to participate... i believe that Flat Nasty usually opens up for the volunteers on sunday, if you're inclined to go play.
The dates have been confirmed for the rally. Mark you calenders February 26th, 27th and 28th 2009. Recce is on Thursday the 26th and the rally itself is on Friday and Saturday. As usual we need help from our Jeeping community with sweep and marshal positions.
It is a road rally stage race run over the forest service roads in the area around Salem, Missouri (which is usually where race headquarters is located). The race takes place over 2 days.
Volunteers are needed by the hundreds to help with crowd control, net control (ham radio communications), and recovery. This is where the Jeep club comes in.
We are responsible for recovery of race vehicles that end up off the course and/or disabled during a stage. In years past we have had between 20 to 40 Jeepers working this event. Some of the recoveries we have pulled off have been amazing.
There are many fun and interesting aspects to volunteering. In no particular order:
-you get to use your Jeep to pull race cars out of the woods
-you get to spend the day in the the forest
-you are usually staged right on the race course which is the best seat in the house for watching the race itself
-the drivers and crews are incredibly approachable and fun to talk to
-the race teams are very appreciative of our role and they act like it (it is nice to be appreciated :-)
It is a big commitment when you volunteer. The days are long. Depending on stage assignments you could be working by 7am and not get back to your room until 11pm. There is a lot of hurry and wait. You must get to your stage and in position up to two hours before the racers come through. You spend all day in your Jeep so be self sufficient (food, water, music, reading material). If you volunteer for more than one day you can figure you are going to have a hotel stay. You will burn a lot of gas moving from stage to stage. Last year some members logged over 300 miles including the drive to Salem and home at the end.
But all that being said this event is one of my highlights of the year and something I look forward to.
I would encourage people to give it a try. You will probably not be disappointed with the experience.
I'll ask that everyone email me at kc9umr_at_gmail_dot_com
I have a datasheet located at
http://www.midwestjeepthing.com/SweepVolunteer.doc
where i'm collecting some basic info on volunteers (I'm the sweep coordinator). Even if you don't have an off road vehicle, they can use the help!!
If you're interested in helping out as a sweep vehicle, please download the sheet, fill it out, save it with your name appended to the file name (example: SweepVolunteer_JoeMiner.doc), and email it to me at kc9umr(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com
if you have questions, PLEASE email me at the address above. I'm willing to answer any questions you may have - even in person, if you so desire.
Thanks!
Ken Cechura, KC9UMR
2009 100AW sweep coordinator
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12/6/2008, 8:01 pm
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