No Alibi Rally 2008
The ninth 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 challenge of precision driving and navigational skill and a social gathering of friendly people.
No Alibi 2008 is a two-day, 550 mile tour of Eastern Washington on some of the best gravel backroads and some great paved ones as well. It begins and ends in Ellensburg, Washington and will overnight in Kennewick, Washington. These two endpoints are closer together than prior years, giving us a shorter drive but more time to devote to competitive TSD sections. 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.
Our selection of roads and scenery are designed to please but we will also be plying you with a lunch on Saturday that aims to keep even the hungriest among you happy. Following tradition (or habit) Saturday night will feature our usual social gathering including a buffet dinner and some yet to be determined 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 7-8, 2008
Rallymaster: Eric Horst
Thanks Volunteers:
- Marvin Crippen, routemaster
- Kevin Barrows and Paul Katz, sweep
- Diana Horst and Nicole Nuber, lunch
- Steve and Kim Mats Mats, scoring
- Dan Comden and Hans Adomeit
- Mark Nolte and Sally Devore
- Ken and Sue Lingbloom
- Conrad Berg
- Jim Hogan
- Roy Ward and Gary Ervin
- Roger Green and Steven
- Ron Sorem
Multimedia:
- Map of the route plotted on Google Maps or Google Earth KMZ file. Note: section 1 and most of section 2 got truncated from this. Sorry!
- Photos by Hans
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lee Sorenson / Rod Sorenson | UNL | 24 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | Satch Carlson / Russ Kraushaar | UNL | 21 | 20 | 41 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | Pat Biggar / Jack Heppes | UNL | 27 | 22 | 49 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Marinus Damm / Renee Damm | UNL | 27 | 24 | 51 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Jason Webster / Brandon Harer | UNL | 31 | 23 | 54 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Paul "pablo" Eklund / Jack von Kaenel | UNL | 28 | 33 | 61 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Glenn Wallace / R.Dale Kraushaar | UNL | 45 | 31 | 76 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 19 | Michael Daily / Steve Pfau | UNL | 44 | 35 | 79 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 14 | Steve Richards / Gary Reid | EQU | 55 | 32 | 87 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Jason Stokes / Vanessa Stokes | EQU | 65 | 81 | 146 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Jeff McMillen / Max Vaysburd | UNL | 44 | 112 | 156 | 11 | 9 | ||
| 9 | Steve R. Perret / Kathryn S. Hansen | SOP | 109 | 71 | 180 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 18 | Don Gibson / Mike Workman | UNL | 75 | 146 | 221 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 3 | Greg Woodbridge / Bill Joy | UNL | 184 | 40 | 224 | 14 | 11 | ||
| 23 | Robert Gobright / Alex Schubel | EQU | 116 | 130 | 246 | 15 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Derek Mitchell / Matt Brucker | SOP | 173 | 123 | 296 | 16 | 2 | ||
| 26 | Les Nelson / Ron Barker | EQU | 397 | 102 | 499 | 17 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Harold Dittman / Susan Everett | SOP | 244 | 283 | 527 | 18 | 3 | ||
| 27 | Curt Thompson / Ben Thompson | SOP | 330 | 241 | 571 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 17 | Erik Lyden / Brian Stoliker | SOP | 352 | 316 | 668 | 20 | 5 | ||
| 25 | Steve Greer / Kathy Greer | NOV | 529 | 183 | 712 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Ryan MacDougall / Steven Smith | SOP | 629 | 760 | 1389 | 22 | 6 | ||
| 15 | Richard Rapalyea / Judy Holt-Rapalyea | NOV | 1032 | 408 | 1440 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 20 | William McRae / Dave Harms | VINT | 1067 | 396 | 1463 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Dave Sacry / Kathleen Sacry | SOP | 761 | 711 | 1472 | 25 | 7 | ||
| 24 | Tyson James Bichler / Nate Cary | NOV | 984 | 623 | 1607 | 26 | 3 | ||
| 21 | Sam Ellis / Beki Ellis | NOV | 1309 | 536 | 1845 | 27 | 4 |
Detailed Scores
- Saturday Details, in PDF format.
- Sunday Details, in PDF format.
What Do I Do Next?
Developed a taste for dust and gravel? Need to find ways to satisfy your need for rally competition and adventure? Try some of these upcoming events:
- The Road Not Taken, August 2-3, 2008. A challenging all-night 250-mile TSD rally adventure on smooth, twisty, unpaved roads in Oregon's Coast Range. Hosted by the Twisty Roads Rally Group and part of the Pacific Coast Challenge.
- Crestline Trail, September 6-7, 2008. A challenging 2 day TSD rally adventure based in Osoyoos BC. Hosted by the Island Rallysport Club and part of the Pacific Coast Challenge.
- Night on Bald Mountain, October 4, 2008. A brisk evening gravel TSD rally running on the unpaved forest roads of the Washington 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. Also a Pacific Coast Challenge event.
In addition to the fine gravel events above you might also enjoy these paved NWRC sanctioned events:
- Sno-Git Monte Carlo Rally, Saturday, July 19, 2008. A picturesque all-day tour of paved roads in Snohomish and Skagit counties.
