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The 2009 Planet Motorsport Black Bear Rally held in McArthur's Mills, Ontario for the first time was a highly successful event. 17 teams started but attrition started during the first stage where 2 cars DNF'd during the first stage which started the ball rolling. Two more finished their day after the 2nd stage and 4 more did not continue after the first service stop. The last DNF of the day came after the 4th stage for a total of 9 teams who's day ended early. NewsJune 18, 2009Great photos have been posted by: Tom Hayston at Performancerallyimages.com Mike Proulx on Flickr Maciej Janiak at www.matjaniak.com June 15, 2009 Results are now available in the "Results" section. The 2009 Planet Motorsport Black Bear Rally held in McArthur's Mills, Ontario for the first time was a highly successful event. 17 teams started but attrition started during the first stage where 2 cars DNF'd during the first stage which started the ball rolling. Two more finished their day after the 2nd stage and 4 more did not continue after the first service stop. The last DNF of the day came after the 4th stage for a total of 9 teams who's day ended early. Those that did not finish all suffered mechanical issues of one sort or another. The battle was on for the 8 cars left in the field to complete the next 4 stages and when they arrived back at the finish, the results were as follows: 1st Peter Thomson and Frank Sprongl, 2006 Mitsubishi Evolution 2nd Chris Martin and Phil Narini,1995 Subaru Impreza 3rd Martin Donnelly and James Drake, 2007 Subaru WRX 3rd Novice Team Michelle Laframboise and Jen Horsey, 2001 Mitsubishi Evolution 2nd Novice Team Vincent Landreville and Chuck Storry, 1986 VW Golf GTI 1st Novice Team Chris Martin and Phil Narini, 1995 Subaru Impreza 1st Open - Peter Thomson and Frank Sprongl 1st Group 2 - Vincent Landreville and Chuck Storry 1st Group 5 - Martin Walter and Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, 1991 Nissan 240SX 1st Production GT - Ian Crerar and Doug Draper, 2002 Subaru WRX 1st Production Sport - Philip Deans and Carmel Burke, 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer 1st Classic Division - Vincent Landreville and Chuck Storry 1st MLRC Driver - Peter Thomson 1st MLRC Co-Driver - Frank Sprongl This may be the only or perhaps one of a very few rallies that EVERYONE who finished went home with some hardware! Thanks to all the teams that participated. Special thanks to our sponsors - Planet Motorsport, Hot Bits and to Clearwater Design who donated a kayak as the ultimate worker prize. Donna Huber Co-ordinator 2009 Planet Motorsport Black Bear Rally June 8, 2009 Cell service is very had to get around the McArthur's Mills area. For those of you who would like to leave a contact number in case of an emergency at home, etc. you can provide them with the phone number at Rally Headquarters which is (613) 332-2380 Also, there is going to be a concession stand in operation on Saturday at Rally Headquarters. It will be run by a fundraising group in McArthur's Mills so I urge you to patronize them for lunch, snacks, drinks etc. For those who will need breakfast, there is a quaint little restaurant just east of Mayo Lake Lake road on Hwy. 28 which is the Little Mississippi Inn Cafe. June 8, 2009 Instructions to Rally Headquarters for the 2009 Planet Motorsport Black Bear Rally: McArthur's Mills is approximately 25 km east of Bancroft, Ontario on Hwy 28. Turn onto Mayo Lake Road and you will pass 3 houses on the right and then you will see the Mayo Township Community Centre on your right which is Rally Headquarters. CLICK HERE FOR MAP TO HQ! June 8, 2009 Spectator Map Now Available! CLICK HERE FOR SPECTATOR MAP! Spectators are encouraged to bring their own food, drink and bug repellant. June 4, 2009 Door Panels and Numbers for RSO stand alone events: 1) All cars will use the NEW style CARS door panel 2) In RSO Regional only events, RSO will provide a stick-on decal that will cover the National sponsor portion of the CARS door panel. This decal has the RSO and Hotbits logo on it. 3) For those competitors NOT running the national series but stand alone regional events only, they are required to run the new door panel. RSO has purchased blanks of these with no national sponsors on them. These will be available for purchase at the event at registration for $10 a set which includes a panel for the driver's door and a panel for co-driver's door. In this way competitors for Shannonville, LHFR, Black Bear and Galway will have door panels that all look the same. 4) On either the CARS panel or the blank regional panel, you will receive new CARS door numbers which are Green. They are to be placed onto these panels on the driver's door and the co-driver's door. 5) At the Planet Motorsport Black Bear Rally, you will receive a set (2) smaller orange numbers as it was discovered at Shannonville and LHFR that the green door numbers were very difficult to see by the marshals and workers. You will place a small orange number in the driver's back window and the co-driver's back window. May 6, 2009 - We are pleased to announce that for those competitors that would like to make reservations at the Bancroft Motor Inn, we have secured a 10% discount on the room rate for them. Competitors can call the Motor Inn using their toll free line - 1-888-219-4900 and ensure that they tell them that they are with the Black Bear Rally to receive the discount. The Motor Inn has rooms with either 2 double beds or a queen size bed and pull-out sofa and smoking and non-smoking rooms are available. May 2, 2009 - Competitor Registration is now open! Please visit the Competitor Information page and fill out the online entry form. Or download the Supplementary Regulations to find details on how to enter by mail or fax. |
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