What is Rally Racing?
Rally racing is the purest form of racing. It's a racecourse is composed of closed down real roads. Events can last several days and cover hundreds of miles through rain, snow, mud and dust. It's whatever mother nature decides during the day or through the night. Many in other forms of racing consider rally drivers to be the best all around drivers in the world. Any road surface and every weather condition must be mastered while possessing the wherewithal necessary to make it through arduous hours and hundreds of miles. An experienced veteran once said Circuit racers see 10 turns 1000 times while rally drivers see 1000 turns 1 time!
A major part of a driver's success is their co-driver. Rally drivers cannot practice the course and must rely on their navigator (or co-driver) to succeed. The co-driver uses a computerized odometer along with a supplied route book in order to communicate to the driver what lies ahead on the road. The route book describes in detail the road ahead and includes warnings for hazards such as dips, rocks, cliffs, trees and even water crossings. It is up to the driver to process this information along with what the driver sees ahead to determine how best to attack the course. After all it's a race and they are racing against many other teams!
Rally cars must be strong enough to survive hundreds of miles and several days of conditions that would quickly destroy an unprepared vehicle . An additional element to their preparation is keeping them street legal since they must traverse public roads with traffic between the competitive timed sections. In the MaxAttack!Rally Championship any vehicle could potentially be a rally car as long as it meets the scrutineering requirements of the events and is two wheel drive
Old rutted logging roads and well groomed forest roads as well as the chance paved road make up what is the course for a rally. They are temporarily closed, real roads on which rally drivers can go as fast as they can. The manpower needed to make sure the course is safe and administrate the rally is provided by volunteers. Many volunteers are needed to make an event successful. The coordination and determination of these voulunteers is a huge challenge and the RSGA salutes the efforts of these people who make the events possible.
There is no other experience like spectating a rally in the forest in person .Fans get to line the road and get close to the action. Cars hurtle down the forests roads, seemingly out of control as they pitch and slide through bumps and corners. Fans can also visit the service areas where drivers and their teams repair the cars before heading back to the special stages in the forest. The best thing about the experience & it's totally free.
The Rally Lifestyle
A major part of a driver's success is their co-driver. Rally drivers cannot practice the course and must rely on their navigator (or co-driver) to succeed. The co-driver uses a computerized odometer along with a supplied route book in order to communicate to the driver what lies ahead on the road. The route book describes in detail the road ahead and includes warnings for hazards such as dips, rocks, cliffs, trees and even water crossings. It is up to the driver to process this information along with what the driver sees ahead to determine how best to attack the course. After all it's a race and they are racing against many other teams!
Rally cars must be strong enough to survive hundreds of miles and several days of conditions that would quickly destroy an unprepared vehicle . An additional element to their preparation is keeping them street legal since they must traverse public roads with traffic between the competitive timed sections. In the MaxAttack!Rally Championship any vehicle could potentially be a rally car as long as it meets the scrutineering requirements of the events and is two wheel drive
Old rutted logging roads and well groomed forest roads as well as the chance paved road make up what is the course for a rally. They are temporarily closed, real roads on which rally drivers can go as fast as they can. The manpower needed to make sure the course is safe and administrate the rally is provided by volunteers. Many volunteers are needed to make an event successful. The coordination and determination of these voulunteers is a huge challenge and the RSGA salutes the efforts of these people who make the events possible.
There is no other experience like spectating a rally in the forest in person .Fans get to line the road and get close to the action. Cars hurtle down the forests roads, seemingly out of control as they pitch and slide through bumps and corners. Fans can also visit the service areas where drivers and their teams repair the cars before heading back to the special stages in the forest. The best thing about the experience & it's totally free.
The Rally Lifestyle