Rally Development
Rallymasters Monte and Victoria Saager started thinking about this rally route almost as soon as the 59th Mountains to the Sea was put to bed. We had some ideas about the 60th anniversary of this event. We knew we wanted to end in or near Newport. We wanted to consider including some gravel roads. A ferry crossing was on our list. And we wanted an indoor, civilized ending location, out of the rain and wind of the open beach.
So… Gravel or no gravel? A few years ago, we made the decision to use only paved roads for Cascade’s rally program, thinking that folks who want to take their nice cars on a rally for the first time probably don’t want to drive on gravel. However, there are folks who don’t mind (perhaps even enjoy) the challenge of unpaved surfaces, if they know about it ahead of time so they can make the best choice of vehicle.
Part of our preferred route included gravel roads. Should we or should we not include them in the rally? We did, and the feedback from rallyists was minimal, no complaints.
Huh. There were a couple rough spots, but mostly the unpaved road surfaces were smooth.
Will the ferry be open? The Buena Vista Ferry was closed a few times while we were working on the route. On those occasions we drove the 20-mile one-hour detour to regain the route on the other side of the river. We worried that a spring storm might raise the water level enough to close the ferry on rally day.Luckily the weather remained calm and the ferry stayed open for the checkout the week before and on rally day.
But what about the trophy dance around the beach fire? Put bluntly, the whole beach fire thing is an
activity best organized by much younger organizers. Your current rally chairs prefer the comfort of a restaurant to being out in beach weather.
The Rogue Brewers on the Bay Restaurant was a fine ending location. The room overlooked the marina on Yaquina Bay directly under the iconic bridge. The highlight of the gathering was RDale Kraushaar’s reminiscence of his running of the first Mountains to the Sea Rally 60 years ago and several after that in the early years. We were honored that RDale chose to come out of TSD rally retirement to run the 60th anniversary of the rally.
Congratulate the top finishers
1st overall and 1st Equipped -- Sheldon Coles and Yulia Smolyansky
2nd overall and 2nd Equipped -- Paul Eklund and RDale Kraushaar
3rd overall and 3rd Equipped -- Bob Morseburg and Cheri Eddy
Other top finishers in their class:
1st SOP –David and JoAnn Gattman
2nd SOP –Marcus and Kerrie Gattman
3rd SOP –Alex Castaneda and Eric Hanson
1st Novice –Steven and Courtney Tellman
2nd Novice –Renee Loreen and Chelsea Funk
3rd Novice –Bill Kaplan and Judy Kraut
Mountains to the Sea Results
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Mountains to the Sea Entry List
Mountains to the Sea Rules
Mountains to the Sea Flyer
ADDRESS
PO Box 4304
Portland, OR
97208-4304
CONTACTS
rally@cascadesportscarclub.org
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