Jan 11 2014
They’re late in posting them online, the 2013 Perce Neige coverage just went up 3 weeks before the 2014 event. The good news is that my good friends at BOWES MEDIA Inc. in Montreal just signed a 3 year contract to provide coverage for CARS in 2014-2017! Christopher Bowes and his crew are highly experienced rally media folks and will do an amazing job. If you’ve see any of last year’s Subaru Rally Team USA ‘Launch Control’ series you know their work! I can’t wait!
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Jan 11 2014
The 2014 edition of the Canadian Association of Rallysport’s national General Competition Rulebook is now available!
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Jan 03 2014
Sorry folks, with the weather received today and uncertainty of whether Racetrack Road leading to AMP will be clear in time or that we’ll be able to even make a path through the Back 40 I think its just safer to scrub this one.
Thanks go to Dave Hull for his road scouting and prep work at AMP. The upside of this is that we should have a pretty good base to run on when we do finally hit AMP!
Next event is January 19th at Scotia Speed World! Stay tuned!
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Dec 31 2013
Well, we’re keeping an eye on the forecast and the snow accumulation that’s coming. Rumors of 30cm on Friday which could pose an issue. If AMP gets that much its a hard bet on whether or not Racetrack Road will be plowed and the track will be accessible. Since nobody lives on the road its a very low priority and from what I’m told in previous years if the snow comes heavy on Friday its a gamble on whether or not it will be done by Sunday. I’ll try and have a go-no go declared by Friday but this is a tricky one to judge. Check this post or the RallyEast website/Facebook group for updates!
Dave Hull has graciously already been to AMP and cleaning up the paddock area to make it accessible, but the back 40 hasn’t been touched so its likely a good solid base. Could be pretty slippery/sideways! We do still need volunteers as always to help out so if you can lend a hand please let me know!
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Nov 16 2013
With the successful completion of last weekend’s ASCC Kennetcook Conundrum rally we now have a championship! Full results for all of the events of the 2013 season and the Championship can be found on the results page and awards will be handed out at tonight’s Atlantic Region Motor Sports Annual General Meeting banquet! Congratulations to all who competed in 2013 and we look forward to more great TSD events in 2014!
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Nov 03 2013
Well, RallyCrossers! I have good news and I have bad news.
The good news is that a number of competitors and motorsport community volunteers pitched in at the AMP Work party today to make the Back 40 better than ever for RallyCross. We excavated hundreds of pounds of Nova Scotia Geology from potential course routes and Bruce McNutt and his handy excavator made good dent in levelling out some of the rises and trenches that have formed over the years.
The bad news is currently the Back 40 is a sucking swamp of red AMP mud and no matter how dry it is for the next week we can’t run on November 10th without destroying the lot of the rest of the season. We need at least two weeks of dry weather or for the temperature to drop significantly and that’s just not going to happen. That means the first event is officially not going to happen.
We hope to see everyone ready to kick off the season on November 24th at Scotia Speed World instead where we’ll run rain, shine, sleet or snow! (I vote for Sun, though!)
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Oct 31 2013
Happy Halloween, rally fans!
Its scary how time flies but another year of rally in the Maritimes is drawing to a close! Don’t fear, though! There’s always lots of rally treats in every season for everyone!
The Bluenose Autosport Club’s Performance Rally series finished up its 2013 run on the all new Trout Lake roads in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia! These new roads provided plenty of all new challenges for the 6 teams entered, including the Canadian return of brothers Robert and Nathan Sockalexis from Maine! Robert and Nathan have previously visited our region for RallyCross events but stepped up their game this year with their Rally America prepared “2.2RS” Open Class Impreza! They handily took home second place honours after 6 stages chasing down overall winners Jonathan Conrad and Clarke Paynter in the 2002 Impreza WRX, who also claim the overall season championship! Full results for all performance rally events can be found on the Rally East website athttp://www.rallyeast.ca/!
Performance Rallying will be back next year, including the marquee Ledwidge Lookoff rally returning bigger and better than ever on August 23rd and 24th! Mark your calendars now, you won’t want to miss it!
Navigational Rallying has had another tough year with the long postponement of the ASCC regional rally in January due to weather and the cancelation of the October BAC T.O. Bridgewater Rally. After nearly a two year delay, the ASCC Regional Kennetcook Conundrum rally will finally take place on November 9th starting and ending in Enfield! This will be the second and final event of the 2013 Regional Navigational Rally series! Whether you’re an experienced crew with all the toys or a novice wanting to try it out this event is a must for anyone wanting to try out TSD Rallying! For details and Supplemental Regulations see:http://goo.gl/KTwYyM
Immediately after the Kennetcook rally on November 9th the 2013-2013 BAC RallyCross series starts off its 10 event season on November 10th at AMP! RallyCross is the cheapest and easiest way to get a taste for real sideways rally action out there whether you have a $200 beater or a $40k Fire Breathing STI! Come on out and give it a try! The full BAC RallyCross calendar can be found on the BAC Website at http://
Before the start of the RallyCross season we will be conducting a work party at Atlantic Motorsport Park this Sunday, November 3rd at 10am (remember the time change!) to clean up the Back 40 to make it ready for us to play on! More hands mean less work and we should be done in no time! Bring boots and gloves and appropriate weather gear!
With the end of the year approaching its also time for the Atlantic Region Motorsport Annual General Meeting which takes place November 15-17th at the Westin Nova Scotian in Halifax, NS. At the AGM we will discuss the past year and plan for the year ahead in all forms of ARMS sanctioned motorsport in the Maritimes. The AGM Rally Workshop will take place at the Westin on Saturday, November 16th at 1pm. All are welcome to come and talk rally and to plan for the future! For details on the AGM seehttp://goo.gl/xWFCpy
Also as a treat for rally fans we will be holding a screening of the new rally documentary “Easier Said than Done” by Matt Johnson at 1pm Saturday, November 2nd at the Riverside Pub in Bedford, NS. We will even be raffling off a copy of the movie on DVD as a door prize! All are welcome so drop by for a great flick with some great rally people! More information about the movie and a trailer can be found at http://
Remember that there are lots of ways to keep up to date with all the rallying information!
http://www.armsinc.ca/ and http://www.armsinc.ca/forum – The Atlantic Region Motor Sports website and discussion forum. The sanctioning body for all rallying in our region.
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http://www.fmc-inc.net/ and http://www.mmsc.ca/ – The clubs which organize rally events.
http://www.rallyeast.ca/ and https://www.facebook.com/
http://www.lookoffrally.com/ – The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally, the premiere Performance Rally event in the Maritimes!
Rally never sleeps so we hope to see you out at any of the events coming up in the near future! There’s rallying for every taste and every vehicle! Come on out and join the fun!
See you in the dirt!
Gordon Sleigh
ARMS Regional Rally Director
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Oct 28 2013
Ride along on Stage 1 with Sockalexis/Sockalexis from Maine. Robert’s first stage ever as a competitive driver and Nathan’s first stage as a Co-Driver!
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