Solihull Society - Denver, Colorado

Our Land Rover National Rally Trail Leaders pre-ran rally trails.
Here are a couple of photos of their outing.

On June 3rd, 18 trucks made the trek north to run Kelly Flats. The vehicle make-up varied from stock to heavily modified trucks consisting of 9 Discovery Is and Discovery IIs, 3 Defenders, 3 Range Rover Classics, 2 LR3s and 1 Jeep. The weather was great and the scenery superb. Multiple lines were tried as the truck proceeded up Heart Attack hill without real incident. The real entertainment of the day started when everyone rolled up to the Chutes. Anthony in his D90 ST made quick work of the obstacle with only minor body damage. Next up was Kyle in his ‘customized’ RRC. Kyle quickly showed his energetic and enthusiastic driving style. The line chosen, ‘careful’ spotting by Ali, along with ample skinny pedal resulted in Kyle landing on his side. The truck was put back on it’s wheel with a strap and manual labor. A little winch action was required to properly orient the RRC Special, but after that Kyle proceeded through the rest of the obstacle with spirits non-the-less dampened. [Considering Kyle’s recent propensity to do acrobatics with his truck and the nice job he did fabricating the roll cage of this soft top RRC, one has to wonder how long it will take for him to make a complete external skeleton for the truck and stop typing up wanted ads each week on the forum for body panels.] Next up was Ali and his RRC. He chose a more delicate style of driving to negotiate his way through the obstacle. With just a little rock-to-metal contact he was through. Garbs was next and made it look easy with the short wheel-base of his D90 SW with 37” MTRs and rugged sliders. Scott in his DiscoII climbed up the first part of the obstacle with a nice wheel-stand and subsequent soft positioning of the truck’s front wheels back on the ground. He made it through with just a little rubbing (“Rubbin’s racing”- Days of Thunder) to the driver’s rear quarter panel. Last up was Jimmy in his highly modified DI. With the right line and ample use of his sliders he too was through with just a little ‘rubbin’. The rest of the contingent having taken the by-pass with their vehicles took a seat in the rocks to enjoy the show. Everyone had a great time, and served as a reminder that anyone interested in running trails with the club should come on out and enjoy themselves, regardless of their type of Rover, modifications, and driving experience.

Announcement: We are pleased to announce Beth Dyson-Muskopf has volunteered to be the Club Secretary/Membership Coordinator.

Thanks to all members for your patience regarding memberships. With the recent vacancy in the position, we were slow in response to membership questions, applications, and communication. We apologize. We are fortunate to have Beth volunteer.

There will be an official vote at the next general club meeting for this position. If anyone else is interested in the position please attend the meeting on June 12, 2007. See club calendar.

We did need to catch up on all of our memberships and Beth has done an outstanding job in a very short time.

Here are is the latest from Beth.

* All of the paid renewals for 2007 have been updated in the database

* New membership cards have been made for the paid members

* Thank you notes will be going out for all paid members with their new cards.

* Beth will be bringing the membership cards to the general club meeting for those that normally attend. The rest will be mailed after the meeting.

* Later this week Beth will start on getting a mailing out to those members who have not paid for this year. Beth will include the opportunity to pay for both 07 and 08 in the notice.

Our membership is what ‘drives’ this club. Sorry about the pun…
We are very appreciative to our members for participating in the many ways that make this club great.
Thank you for your time, effort and involvement.

David Garbs
Solihull Society Vice President

Running Kelly Flats today was popular (16 trucks) and interesting!! Trip Report to follow….