News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
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…]
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…]
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…]
Happiness may be a warm puppy, but when it comes to rallies, The Jersey Devil from South Jersey Sports Car Club is still 100 shares of General Motors, Tiffany’s, Laurence Olivier, and Joe Namath all rolled into one. The Devil is, in a word, the greatest. This year’s version differed from previous years only in content,[Read More…]
This month, Bruce Gezon brings us an article from The Stopwatcher, going back to December 4, 1970. The Stopwatcher was a weekly subscription covering Washington DC and Baltimore. We have chosen to reprint it here, as well as sharing the copy of the original column. We asked all members of[Read More…]
This month, Bruce Gezon brings us an article from TOP GEAR, which served the Delaware motorsports community. They wrote: Of the many clubs in the Delaware Valley area, the most junior in organization is the Valley Forge Motor Club. Since this is the initial issue of TOP GEAR we felt[Read More…]
This month, Bruce Gezon brings us an article from The Stopwatcher, going back to December 4, 1970. The Stopwatcher was a weekly subscription covering Washington DC and Baltimore. We have chosen to reprint it here, as well as sharing the copy of the original column. We asked all members of[Read More…]
It has been said, “There is nothing new under the sun!” It is true that Lloyd Loring authored the column submitted for Smuncher’s Attic, yet it must be noted that it is as relevant now as it was in 1965! Who knows, RReNews may choose to bring this into an[Read More…]
A look back to 1968 by Handley, and 57 Events Scheduled Before Season! Smuncher’s Attic is our gift from the Archives of Bruce Gezon. A National Champion (many times over), Rallymaster, friend, worthy competitor, and has a treasure trove of rally history. And in 2021, he will also be an inductee in the[Read More…]