The President’s Message

Bill Mullins President 2017-2018 m00nmullins@yahoo.com

The 500 will be held in Missoula Montana this year starting on June 18, 2017. The base hotel is My Place. Information is shown within this newsletter and http://www.antiqueautoranch.com/montana500 . This year we will be using some of Interstate 90 and routes northeast of Missoula.
So far we have 11 registered at the Motel My Place & about 20 drivers coming as of now. I hope to see every one again this year for a good time. We have a couple of new cars being built this year one in my shop belonging to Russell Hanna coming along good. I believe another car is being readied by Don MacLeod.
We have a new safety inspection list posted on the above web link. You can download it and use it to do an inspection of your car. It is included in this newsletter on the last two pages. You will need to sign this safety inspection form stating that you’ve done it.
Hope to have you all return this year for a great run. A history note: The 1999 500 was run in Missoula and the winner was Simon Nickol with an average speed 45.9 mph running with a restrictor plate. It will be interesting to see what this year will produce.
Russell Hanna and I went to Missoula this past week & stayed with Rick Bonebright who is being a great help. We drove the perspective routes and will try for the following:

If you have any question, you can email me at: m00nmullins@yahoo.com Bill Mullins

Proposed Route Information:Day one.Leg 1. Head West from Missoula on I-90 to St. Regis. Exit 33 left. ~68 miles. Gas up at St Regis.
Day one.Leg 2. Take Hwy 135 North for ~21 miles, turn right at Hwy 200 Jct. Go ~24 miles but through Dixon, turn left on Hwy 212 go to Charlo. ~13 miles. ~58 miles total.
Day one.Drive further to lunch:, Time out at Charlo but continue to drive ~4 miles and take a left on Hwy 93 North. Eat Lunch in Ronan. Get gas. Return to Charlo.
Day one.Leg 3. Leave Charlo on Hwy 212, go ~13 miles. Right on Hwy 200 West through Dixon. Go ~33 miles, turn left onto Hwy 135. Drive ~21 miles to St. Regis for gas. ~58 miles total.
Day one.Leg 4. Head East on I-90 for 68 miles. Use Exit 101 to return to My Place Hotel-Motel. Total miles day 1 ~ 256.
Day 2.Leg 1. Drive from Missoula to Butte, ~115 miles.
Day 2.Leg 2. Drive from Butte to Missoula 115 miles, ~ 230 miles total.
Day 3.Leg 1. Drive from Missoula to
Drummond, 50 miles.
Day 3.Leg 2. Drive from Drummond to Missoula 50 miles. ~ 100 miles total.
Total Endurance Run ~(about) 586 miles.