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WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, December 2nd, 1971, Page 9 MOTORING wiTH Mike Burgess Getting involved "Getting involved" and "How NOT to go Ral1lying" were both themes for thought for this week's column. in the pastithasbeenrmypolicyto feature loc- al talent, which I will continue to do in future, but i feel that the aforementioned top ics deserve a little attention at the present time. The "lal Pines" Rally MapleLeaf Rally Club's "Tall Pines Rallyl", a 550 mile national champion- ship event held last Saturday and Sun- day was a good example of "How NOT to goRallying", especially ifyou'rea nov- ice. The rally itself was faultless, but the roads were an icy nightmare. Whitby's Entry W h i tby's own Skip Lane piloted my Renault 10 vwhich hadn't yet been taken on ashakedown run. Skip did an excellent job in the face of adverse conditions, some of which l'l1 relate. In the first tenmileswelostourskid pan going over r a i i w a y t racks. Two hours later we m i s s e d an icy right hand corner, but Sk ip managed to save us from going over a cl.iff by wedging the car against tree, but %wrote off" one fender. For- tunatelywehada chain and sledge ham- mer with us, so after winching the car back on the road and doing a quick "body j o b " we were back in the running, ai- t ho ug h we were nine minutes late for the next checkpoint. An hour i a ter we found ourselves trying to get up a steel trail with a high hump that the bottom of the car kept g e t t ing stuck on. We gave up, backed down thehill, and took a run at it. This time we tore loose from the bottom pan, but we made it! Out came the sledge hammer for some more "body work " and we lost five minutes into the next con- t r o i. Five minutes later we had a flat tire! Not to mention a motor mount that worked itself free. The n e x t control, somewhere near Or ill1i a , was being manned by fèllow Os hawa Motor Sport Club member Jeff Christie whokindly asked me, "How are things going?" ! Oshawa Motorcycle Club Oshawa Compe ti tion Motorcy cie Club h as cha n g ed i ts bi-monthly meeting nights to every other Sunday.' The place r e ma ins t he same, Kinsale School , Highway 7. if you're interested in fur- ther details, i'd suggest you contact the p r es ident BiiL-ishman - 649- 2 918 Claremont, or the vice president Robin Teeling at 839-4047 in Pickering. O s hawa Motor Sport Club holds its monthly meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at the Holiday Inn, Oshawa starting 8 p. m. if your interes ts l ie in either of these areas, and you would like to get invol- ved and "hob-nob" with the people who speak your language, now is the time to do so. These clubs will welcome you to their meetings wi thout obligation, and if you join now, you will have the benefit of a ful l1972 membership, plus get in on al I the Christmas activities and ban- quets. Don't let it faze you because most of our local clubs are cal led Oshawa this letters to the editor box 206, whitby and Oshawa that! Actually, their mem- bers live in as far away places as Braid- enton, Florida. 'Til next week, Happy Motoring?? BICYCLES (Including 10 Speeds) $15 Down (No Outside Financing) Hockey Equipinent & Accessories Skates (new & used) RED'S 1 CYCLE & SPORTS BLAIR PARK PLAZA 508-8411 SEoEron-DI Premium u7 Fuel Oil *D 6OIL TD 6681-341 mmWý a 1 -- 1 668-8471 1 BLAIR PARK PLAZA