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.