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| July 26 07 I know you get tired of reading the line "Lets Get Ready To Rumble" But, This weekend at TMR the mountain will be rumbling once again to sound of a blown alky Nostalia Funny car. YES, Cory Kincaid will be making a surprise visit to the Mountain this weekend with his Bubble-up Funny Car clone. Most of the TMR regulars will recall that last year Cory and crew made a special trip to the mountain to enlighten the crowds with two days of full on, all out, hard driven passes. As an added bonus last year the famed 240 Gordie Bonin arrived on site to amazement of drivers and spectators alike. No word on Gordie being on site this weekend, BUT! Along with Cory will be the famous NITRO MIKE KUNZ with his 1/4 mile wheel standing Pick -up. The wheel stander is a 1957 cameo pickup with a 526 Blown Alcohol Hemi in the back, Even though the wheel stander is "testing" he has promised some full passes. This will definitely be a weekend not to miss on the mountain |
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July 17 07 TMR Race number one and two double header: |
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| July 09 07 TMR Race number one rainout date double header with Race number 2, brings out the heavy hitters Okay Race Fans the weekend you been waiting for is upon us. Greg Kilmartin 
has been working hard to bring you a top notch
bracket class that pits the fastest
of cars/trucks with doors
together for 6 a race series
to be launched this weekend.
The class "Door slammers" running 6.49 seconds in the
eigth mile to qualify and no set number of cars in the field,
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The line-up pre-registered cars
so far is very impressive with the
likes of Lyle Kennedy's
7.1 sec in the quarter mile, the incredible Barracuda of Rick Mcleod jr. . TMR's Kevin Duchesne
running his
nitrous quenched big blocked Acadian. If you love to watch door cars
running as fast as our dragsters BE THERE! this Saturday and Sunday for
2 whole days of non stop drag racing action. Along with our door slammer
series the always popular hard driving Top Comp class promises to be a major hit with
TMR's own record holding Neal Lachelt
 the fastest and quickest man to
ever run the hill, followed
 close by
the always popular Kerry Beebe and Pete
Tovani
We are also expecting to the new kid on the block
Tyson Carr , and not to forget the eye catching Little Shaker
 of Pere
Zmean, I haven't heard from the always popular and unpredictable T42
 altered of the Hough family Along with this weekends double header TMR will be hosting its
first of the season INSTANT GREEN competition where any street car
passing a limited technical inspection can run lap after lap throughout
Saturday Night Click any of the above icons to view the partial profile of that racer The expected Door Slammer racers include Lyle Kennedy, Greg Kilmartin, Carl Gronmeyer, Dallas Wagner, Gord Wagner, Rick McLeod Jr. and Rick McLeod Senior, Daryl Stone along with brother Kerry Stone, Scott Manzuik, Nick Richards, Chad Barclay, Kevin Duchesne. |
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| June 30 07 TMR Rain And Wind Damage Clean-up Detail The following pics sent in by Doug and Jacquie from the clean up detail on June 30 |
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| June 26 07 TMR Rain And Wind Damage Hi everybody I know a lot of you will have plans for the long weekend but if you want to race on July 14,2007. I need at least 10-15 people and as many chain saws and brush cutters hopefully 4 or 5 trucks to meet me at the tech shack 8:00 am Sat. morning so that we can clean up all blow down and broken trees littering the return road and entrance to our race track. Please call me on my cell @250-859-0767. |
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| June 19 07 TMR Race number one rainout update |
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| I have just been notified by those that be...the next
race at TMR JULY 14 15 will be a double
header. The rained out race from June 17 will have to be run on the
Saturday. We know Saturday is the first of our two Saturday Night
Instant Green races, but with the extra help promised from various
racers at the beginning of the season we can and will have enough
volunteers. We are sorry if this date conflicts with plans or the
schedules of any racers who were at the first race. As you know the
regular scheduled race for July 28 29 is already a planned double header
and the following race having Saturday Night Instant Green number two,
we have no other choice. |
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!!!!rained out!!!!rained out!!!!rained out!!!!rained out!!!!rained out!!!! |
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TMR racing executive will
let the racing members know as soon as possible when the rain out date
will be run. More updates when and if they come in. |
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| June 14 07 TMR pre race number one ec1 surfacing prep pics and update: |
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Just had a call from Doug Dipple discussing the outcome
of today's ec1 surface prep. The contractor was on site since early this
morning re packing the entire area., Doug wants to remind all racers
with long trailers or trucks with aggressive treaded tires please us some
caution when in tight turns ie parking your trailer for the weekend, The
surface is still soft and cuts very easy
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13 07 TMR 07 Poster Update |
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| Laura wants to remind all TMR members that there are still a significant number of posters still available for distribution and that they will be available at the track for pick up this weekend | ||||||||||||||||
| May 16 07 TMR Posters |
| 2007 Posters and Hand outs are ready for distribution. They can be picked up from Laura at the Capital News. Call first (878-4870), so Laura is aware you are coming. |
| April 18 07 TMR work party pics and update: |
| No story as of yet on the work party on April 18 but Doug D sent us a few pics of the top end clean-up |
| April 16 07 TMR additional snow pack update: We have some new Snow Pac pics from the track taken by Doug and Bill April 15th, Wow the snow sure has cleared in a hurry, but then again Osoyoos is racing this weekend |
| Apr 05 07 Last call for fuel order: |
| I am putting in our 2007 fuel
order on Monday, April 9th. Anyone else that needs fuel ordered MUST contact
me before that date at thunder-alley@shaw.ca
Leave your phone # I can contact you at this weekend. Again LAST CALL for fuel for 2007. |
| Apr 01 07 |
| TMR additional
snow pack update: Thanks go out to Doug Dipple for the following pics on the snow pack at TMR as of mar 31 |
| Mar 15th 07 |
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TMR seasonal snow pack update: Thanks go out to Kerry Beebe for the following info on the snow pack at TMR as of today |
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Hi Jim,
Here are a
few
Photos from my trip up to TMR today.
They have
not plowed the access road into the property, so fortunately for me the
snow had a hard enough crust on it that I was able to walk in. The access
road has between two to four feet of snow on it, the entrance to the track
has about three feet of snow with the top of the gates less than a
foot above the snow. The track is just as we left it without any
vandalism, but I have never seen so much snow on it at this time of year.
The pits have between two to three feet, and the snow is right up to the
top of the guardrails all the way down the track. So, its going to be
awhile before we can get into the track to do any work, and I can
understand why the concern about an overly warm spring, causing major
flooding, because there is one heck of a lot of water up there that has to
go somewhere.
Kerry
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| The 2007 Membership PDF: has been posted reflecting the lower GST rate and can be downloaded at this link. |
| JAN 14 07 |
| TMR 2007 SCHEDULE
POSTED: The 2007 season schedule has been finalized and posted to the schedule page. TMR has decided to run just 5 events in the 07 season but will have one race weekend set-up as a double header with one points race event on Sat and again on Sun this will ensure a 6 race season for the points calculation. Racers in the points chase will choose the best 5 races of their choice for the years total. TMR race dates were chosen with Ashcroft race dates in mind to avoid overlapping as much as possible. TMR also had to consider the West Coast Door Slammer Assn, into the schedule as we are continuing with our new DOOR SLAMMER class for 2007, thus we couldn't schedule any events on top of Missions door slammer dates. We regret over lapping on the two major car shows events in Kelowna in the 07 season but it was inevitable to get in our 5 race dates. We hope this winds up being satisfactory for all our regular racers and new comers as well |
| JAN 13 07 |
| FRI NIGHT INSTANT GREEN
RACING PROGRAM: TMR wants to let our Friday Night Instant Green Racers know that our Fri Night Program will be run on Saturday Nights this season. We will be holding two events this year , the first on Sat July 14 and the second on August 11th. We hope to see all past racers as well as new racers show up for these events. The program will be run as in the past seasons with the gates being open all day Saturday for entrance and tech upon arrival, Racing to commence approx 6:00 PM |
| JAN 12 07 |
| GREG
KILMARTIN REMINDER FOR DOOR SLAMMER PARTICIPANTS: Anyone who has committed to or wants to go in the new door slammer class please send me your email address to gregkilmartin@telus.net. I will send you out the Door Slammer rules and regulations and the schedule at TMR and the west coast door slammer. Thanks GREG |
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| The winners for this years club
trophies were well chosen and might I say well deserved by all
winners,
MEMBER OF THE YEAR has to be shared by two individuals, and the winners are Doug and Jacquie Dipple for their tireless hours devoted to the betterment and upkeep of our facility. VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR award goes to relatively new volunteer but a long time member on the mountain and the winner is Rob Pollman. DENNIS CARTER MEMORIAL AWARD Awarded for the first time this year to the Most Sportsmanlike Racer as decided upon by fellow racers. This first time award goes to a new racer on TMR and the winner is Barton Mason. RUDY WEBER MEMORIAL AWARD Awarded to an individual who exhibits a dedication to public service. Went to TMR webmaster Jim Graham. AARON KUNSTAR AWARD Awarded to an individual who exhibits a unending dedication to the improvement of our facility goes this year to two winners also, Mark Schuppener and Charles Siddon. Congratulations to all of this years annual awards and trophy's |
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