<VV> Re: Econorun safety - VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 31, Issue 51
rbuckridge at comcast.net
rbuckridge at comcast.net
Fri Aug 10 23:38:16 EDT 2007
Bruce,
I would think you could run a TSD rally and an econorun at the same time.
Couldn't you just give simple route instructions to the econorun cars and the TSD instructions to the TSD cars?
I am assuming, and that's got me into more hot water than I care to admit, that a TSD rally has the emphasis on Time Speed & Distance. I am not trying to get you lost, but rather can you follow directions, do the calculations and maintain the prescribed speed for a specified distance. The econorun could use the same route directions, we just don't put a clock on them to the hundredth of a second.
I have done a ton of rallys back in the 60's & 70's, but got out of rallys when the new rally masters seemed to lose the focus on what was a TSD rally, a poker run and a gimmic rally. Each one is unique.
Why did the Ashville rally fail???
I would also agree with you on proper course layout. All rallys should be away from the main flow of traffic, Interstate roadways and highways.
Roy
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Bruce Schug <bwschug at charter.net>
> On Aug 10, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Mark Corbin wrote:
>
> > I'm beginning to think that we have ONE too many events. Maybe the
> > econorun
> > SHOULD be run during the TSD rally. Would solve the problem in one fell
> > swoop, AND shorten the convention by a day to boot.
> >
>
> No, this is not a good idea. Economy runs are not run with rally
> instructions and rallies are not run with economy run instructions.
> Similarly, concourse entrants shouldn't get extra points for racing to
> the concourse field ahead of their competitors and autocrossers
> shouldn't get bonus time subtracted from their times if their cars look
> really nice. These are four separate events that deserve their own
> time.
>
> The economy run, is not a leg of the rally. This was tried at the
> Asheville convention with disastrous results.
>
> As I wrote before, the problem with the economy run and all the other
> events is that often the eventmasters don't set them up properly. Rules
> and guidelines don't mean anything if not followed. The result is
> people getting lost on economy runs and driving dangerously slow, silly
> fun-and-games rallies that prove little about who is a good ralliest,
> and autocrosses with a 15 second FTD.
>
> Eventmsters need to be familiar with the event then read the rules over
> and over until they understand them, then follow the rules and event
> guidelines in setting up the event. It's that simple.
>
> Bruce
>
>
> Bruce W. Schug
> President, CORSA South Carolina
> Greenville, SC
> bwschug at charter.net
>
> CORSA member since 1980
>
> '67 Monza. "67AC140"
>
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