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2023 Thunderbird Rally 50th Thunderbird
Rally -- February 4-5, 2023
Round 1 of the BC TSD Rally
Championship Round 1 of the Pacific Coast Challenge Hosted by the West Coast Rally Association
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The Thunderbird is a winter driving adventure, round 1 of the 2023 BC TSD Rally Championship, and round 1 of the Pacific
Coast Challenge. The rally follows the current BC TSD Rally Regulations, which are posted on
http://www.rallybc.ca.
The rally runs on straight-forward instructions.
In addition to the route instructions, maps will be provided.
The rally will be about 850km long, entirely within the province
of BC, and will start with an odometer check section of about 15km.
Roads will be about 40% clear pavement, 60% snow-covered pavement and gravel.
Instructions are provided in both km and miles, but the official measurements and
calculations are based on the km figures.
Officials of the Event
Route Master:
Paul Westwick
(paul@rallybc.com)
(604) 617 4132
Registrar:
Tony Latham
(tony@rallybc.com)
(604) 537 6760
Steward:
Mark Dykstra
Provisional Schedule - to be confirmed when regs are posted Saturday January 28: Close of early entries. Preliminary start order assigned.
Those
who pay after this date will be assigned at the back of the field.
Thursday February 2: Novice training seminar on Zoom, at 7pm
If you wish to attend, please contact Paul (paul@rallybc.com) to confirm a spot.
Friday February 3:
7:00-9:00pm
Registration & Technical inspection, at rally HQ in Merritt (Best Western Plus Hotel)
9:00pm
Final start order posted, based on current paid entries.
Any entries received after this time, or without payment yet confirmed,
will start at the end of the field.
Saturday February 4:
7:30-9:30am
Late Registration & Breakfast, rally HQ, Merritt (Best Western Plus Hotel)
7:30-9:30am
Technical inspection, rally HQ, Merritt.
9:30am
Novice drivers' meeting
10:00am
Drivers' meeting
10:31am
First car out
8:00pm
End of day 1, Dinner & Scoring, Penticton
Sunday February 5:
8:00am
No drivers' meeting for day 2, but if there any notes, they will be posted in the
hotel lobby by this time.
8:31am
First car out
3:30pm
End of day 2, (restaurant TBA), Merritt, Dinner, Scoring &
Awards presentation (start making up your stories)