[Doug&Julie]

Originally posted by Aerkuld
When I lived in England I was a member of the local car club and did a few road rallies, which I guess is similar in principle to that which you are referring. These weren't races as such, they were officially refered to as 'navigation rallies'. The idea was to complete the event in a given time which would be worked out on a 30mph average speed.

I think some of the Porsche Club of America regions actually do this kind of rally. They sound like fun, but nothing beats being able to fly down normal roads at speeds limited only by your ability to safely navigate them. (..which, for me, would still be pretty slow.. )

As someone pointed out, the tarmac rallies I'm talking about are very much like pro WRC...only done by amateurs in a wide variety of cars and a wide variety of "classes" and different groups for different levels of competition. It just looks like a lot of fun, mostly because it's not highly competitive and it looks like an event where the priority is having fun and bringing the car home safely, not so much winning the rally.