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Originally posted by Doug&Julie
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.
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i think you got things confused there
there are time trial classic rallies, no helmets required, open , public roads, navigating and timed for average speed( as close to the target as possible, not faster or slower then) is the name of the game , anyone can enter, with just about any car as long as it is road legal, tools of the trade ,are compass, mechanical trip computer, maps, no gps.
like these guys here
i'm not saying they all drive like snails
some of em do drive faster then the speedlimit, especially when correcting a mistake, but still , it's all within reason
and there are "RAlly's" all the safety gear you can imagine
closed off public roads, balls out ... timed for speed, you need a racing licence before you can enter, your car has to fit certain specs, cannot be modified for power, weight or suspension in certain classes, tech inspection before and after
your co-pilot has to have a racing licence as well, and you have to work with the standardized roadbook...
like these guys :
this type of Rallying is not for the weak of heart, and trust me on this one , they do drive their cars like they stole em, and have cops hot in pursuit...
You do not enter the latter if you cannot afford to wreck it.