No Alibi Rally 2007

This eighth annual No Alibi rally is conducted by Rainier Auto Sports Club following a tradition established by Rainier over 40 years ago. At the core, that tradition dictates a long-distance tour, lightly traveled scenic backroads, a social gathering of friendly people and a challenge of precision driving and navigational skill.

No Alibi is a two-day, 540 mile tour of Eastern Washington incorporating timed sections and touring sections. The 2007 event attempts to improve on the 2006 route by adding many new roads and reusing some old favorites. It begins and ends in Wenatchee, Washington and will overnight in Colville, Washington. The course will use all types of roads from highways to gravel to dusty farm roads, however No Alibi roads are selected for their character and are not of the car-breaking variety. No Alibi typically enjoys beautiful early-summer weather and presents a peek at the green and growing season.

If the roads aren't enough to satisfy you, we will be providing lunch on Saturday with the aim to keep even the hugriest among you happy. Following tradition (or habit) Saturday night will feature our usual social gathering including a buffet dinner and rally-centric entertainment. The buffet dinner and entertainment, as well as Saturday lunch are included in your entry fee. Our event is intended to challenge the experienced competitor but is completely suitable for novice or lightly seasoned entrants.

Date: June 2-3, 2006

Rallymaster: Eric Horst

Thanks to our Volunteers:

Marvin Crippen, route and routebook, checkpoints, scoring.
Jessica Fleenor, hospitality coordinator, checkpoints and putting up with Marvin.
Diana Horst and Paula Larsen, lunch preparation and hosting.
Steve Willey, registrar, checkpoints.
Kim Prater, checkpoints.
Joel Wright, checkpoints.
Tom Palidar, checkpoints.
Mark Nolte and Sally Devore, checkpoints and spectator control.
Ken and Sue Lingbloom, checkpoints.
Steve Brown and Dave Glassman, checkpoints.
Jeff McMillen and Pete, checkpoints and A/V equipment.
Kirk Simons and Roy Ward, rally precheck.
Nikki Carder, trophies.
David Harto and Nancy Stentz, commemorative poster design.
Dan Comden, DVD production.

Thanks to our Hosts:

Benny's Colville Inn, Colville, Washington. Great overnight accomodations and friendly service.
The Park Place Restaurant, Colville, Washington. Conveniently located next to Benny's, they hosted our Saturday banquet. The whole staff gave us 100% effort and made the dinner go smoother than ever. Thanks!

Pictures:

Excellent photos from car #16.
Car #10 got a few shots.
The rallymaster took photos on our pre-check run

We'd love to post your photos or a link to your photos. Contact the webmaster!

Final Results:

Car #	Competitors	Class	Saturday	Sunday	Total	O/A	Tie	by Class	Tie
1	Satch Carlson / Russ Kraushaar	UNL	13	12	25	1		1
2	Esko Mannisto / Tom Hemenway	UNL	16	13	29	2		2
3	Lee Sorenson / Rod Sorenson	UNL	18	15	33	3		3
5	Pat Biggar / Jack Heppes	UNL	21	16	37	4		4
12	Michael Daily / Steve Pfau	UNL	25	13	38	5	T	5	T
11	Jason Webster / Brandon Harer	UNL	21	17	38	6	T	6	T
6	Ron Sorem / Max Vaysburd	UNL	23	19	42	7		7
13	Steve Richards / Gary Reid	EQU	25	18	43	8		1
21	Johdi Masterman / April Smith	UNL	33	22	55	9		8
10	Dan Comden / Hans Adomeit	UNL	31	27	58	10		9
20	Don Gibson / Mike Workman	EQU	74	37	111	11		2
8	Steve R. Perret / Kathryn S. Hansen	EQU	87	31	118	12		3
14	Greg Woodbridge / Bill Joy	UNL	160	41	201	13		10
4	Harold Dittman / Susan Everett	SOP	137	74	211	14		1
7	Marinus Damm / Renee Damm	EQU	165	48	213	15		4
27	Jason Stokes / Vanessa Stokes	EQU	249	55	304	16		5
19	Walt Wendolowski / Zoe Wendolowski	EQU	227	84	311	17		6
24	Vasco dePinna / Pam Vo	SOP	239	108	347	18		2
9	Derek Mitchell / Mathew Brucker	SOP	266	103	369	19		3
28	Erik Lyden / Brian Stoliker	NOV	374	111	485	20		1
17	David Fox / Simon Fox	NOV	423	141	564	21		2
26	Daniel Wei / Bonnie Leung	SOP	407	162	569	22		4
25	Paul Pagac / Casey Loudin	SOP	502	156	658	23		5
16	William McRae / Dave Harms	VIN	440	230	670	24		1
23	Pam Rorvig / Mike Rorvig	NOV	570	160	730	25		3
18	Anatoliy Palanchuk / Vadic Palanciuc	NOV	542	291	833	26		4
22	John Meckler / Mike Nason	NOV	3542	331	3873	27		5
15	Richard Rapalyea / Judith S. Holt-Rapalyea	NOV	7523	DNF	DNF	28		6

Detailed Scores

Saturday Scores (PDF)
Sunday Scores (PDF)

What To Do Now?

Developed a taste for dust? Need to find ways to satisfy your need for rally competition and adventure? Try some of these upcoming events:

Night On Bald Mountain: A brisk one-day gravel TSD rally running on the unpaved forest roads of the Washington Cascades. Round 3 of the Pacific Coast Challenge International Rally Series. October 6, 2007.
The rally formerly known as Armageddon, November 3, 2007, hosted by Chuckanut Sports Car Club. Featuring excellent unpaved forest roads in the North Cascades.
Totem Rally is a challenging two day event starting and ending in the interior of British Columbia. Uses many famous stage rally roads as part of it's route. Can be a tough fall event with a good chance of finding snow. Usually in mid-November.

In addition to the fine gravel events above you might also enjoy these paved NWRC sanctioned events:

Sno-Git Monte Carlo Rally, Saturday, July 21, 2007. A picturesque all-day tour of paved roads in Snohomish and Skagit counties.

Pacific Coast Challenge International Rally Series: No Alibi 2007 is proud to serve as round 2 of the PCC series this year. Your participation and finish position in No Alibi earns points in the series. We encourage you to contest all PCC events. Complete Information on the series is available at the Pacific Coast Challenge Website.