Back in the 1980s, when my wife Carol Gezon and I did all of the administration for The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, there were often cartoons within the route instructions of characters and other items as done by Dave “Footie” Laffitte. One of those characters was a critter called the Sidehill Muncher[Read More…]
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St. Valentine’s Massacre Closes the Map on 60-Year Road Rally
In a few sentences, after 60 years, a road rally tradition ended, with these two lines: “This winter’s St. Valentine’s Day Massacre has been our last competition. The Old Maltese is fine; 60 years seems to be a good time to say howdy and adieu.” So, with those words, we[Read More…]
Smuncher’s Attic – Heart of Dixie Philosophy
From RReNews — The Heart of Dixie Rally Philosphy, provided by Bruce Gezon from his Smuncher’s Attic rally collection, leads off with this statement, “In the Spring of 1970, several adventuresome members of the Tennessee Valley Region cast the variable main road rule upon the rally community in a Heart of[Read More…]
Smuncher’s Attic – Why Not Rallye?
This month, Bruce Gezon brings us an article from The Stopwatcher, which was published on December 4, 1970. The Stopwatcher was a weekly subscription covering Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. We have chosen to reprint it here and share a copy of the original column. We asked all members of the[Read More…]