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« on: April 07, 2016, 04:17:44 PM »
Glad you found that. I've been having a hard time sleeping since thinking a hybrid Ford had won..
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« on: April 03, 2016, 05:20:36 PM »
What is winning STX?
"Ford C-Max Hybrid"?
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« on: April 01, 2016, 08:58:44 PM »
Give me a few days and I will write a program to go through last year's data and print out a list of numbers+drivers.
 Thanks Murray.
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« on: March 30, 2016, 07:20:08 AM »
I'm excited to see the car in action. Not enough american muscle around here.
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« on: March 27, 2016, 07:46:10 PM »
I see the schedule on the forum main page makes no reference to there being a joint championship for this year. Is that off the table?
I think it's just an oversight on my part.
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« on: March 25, 2016, 05:41:04 PM »
works for me. Thanks Tom.
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« on: March 14, 2016, 10:10:42 PM »
Hi all,
Myself, Reijo, Tom and Wayne presented to the Ft Macleod town council this evening, and we are pleased to announce that the club will indeed be back in Ft. Macleod for 2016. We had a positive exchange with the council and it's exciting to continue and develop our relationship with the them and the town.
Dates will follow in the next couple weeks as a few details are finalized, but expect to get going late April!
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« on: March 11, 2016, 04:10:47 PM »
By my experience, they also won't mount non-OEM sizes.
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« on: March 09, 2016, 12:41:52 PM »
As I have said many times over the years, we need to be asking the local residence "how we can improve our presence. Maybe have an annual inter club "Residence Appreciation Day"
Get a dozen cars or so invite the local residence give them some fun rides, free hot dogs, pop, burgers. We need to start getting the public on our side instead of viewing them as the enemy.
Many of you may not know this but I spent over 20 years Road Rallying in the UK, full blown competitive events on public roads run between midnight and 5am. Most events were 100 miles competitive, every house on the route and every house with 1000 yards have to be personal visited and the residence needed to sign a declaration that they had no objection. One refusal and that area needed either a re route or be changed into a non competitive section.
I took an army of people, VERY pro active leadership and often 2 years to organise. 
Very interesting to hear Terry. Your idea of a community appreciation day sounds like fun to me, and I think that it would be well worth the investment in time and dollars.
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« on: March 03, 2016, 08:32:21 AM »
I will inquire about this. Very close friends with their marketing manager, and another manager there. Can you be more specific about the location of this lot? We would need to be well away from the stables on the northern end. Is there a way we could set this up for spectators safely (ie. clearly marked viewing location and don't have to sign our waiver)?
Edit: I've sent an e-mail regarding the general idea, size of lot and location. Will respond when I hear more.
My impression memory is that it was west of the main building... but at the time it was nothing more than acres of gravel.
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« on: March 02, 2016, 07:12:02 PM »
Century Downs? Don't think it's been mentioned here yet. I was at our new horse race track last September, and they were in the middle of grading a HUGE parking lot. Not sure if it was destined for asphalt or going to stay gravel, but it was properly sized. A weekend time event probably conflicts a their busy periods, but I wonder if a mid week evening would be a possibility...
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« on: March 02, 2016, 05:31:31 PM »
Your analysis of square footage agrees with mine, but I think 30% smaller than the current Westerner lot is pretty small. I also didn't consider pitting in one of their regular service parking lots or on the east end. You must be.
I thought the better course would on the east end where the "drag strip", service road and other small lot are. That's where there are K rails and immovable objects lurking adjacent to asphalt... although is there not a fence that runs around the entire perimeter of the lot you pictured?
Not saying I wouldn't take it... but I think lobbying higher powers to try and make it happen is inordinate.
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« on: March 02, 2016, 03:00:32 PM »
I talked with them a little bit myself last year, and have worked a couple of non-motorsports events on the site. It is my personal feeling that the site itself isn't well suited to hosting a solo event. - It is not a public area, and there is often equipment and debris on the grounds that could be a liability to attendees. At the events I was involved in, participants were under direct supervision of staff at all times. At a solo event where families show up with kids, friends stop by to see how things are going, this is an extreme challenge. Couple that with a layout that is scattered over a very large area and it's even more challenging.
- The layout just isn't that conducive to a good solo course. There is a lot of asphalt, but it's in tiny parking areas and connected by narrow roads. You mentioned fire hydrants. There are fences and K rails as well. Some of the road side ditches are deep with culverts and other concrete structures in them. We could probably make it work, but I think it would feel claustrophibic in comparison to other options.
I spoke with Adrianne and Dan when I was on site last fall and heard basically that they were sympathetic to the fact that there aren't any motorsports venues, but they don't feel like motorsports events are a good fit for the facility. Despite all its short comings I'd still be happy to run there, but I hope we can find better options to pursue.
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« on: February 29, 2016, 08:29:21 PM »
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