<VV> Road Rallies

[Vairtec Corporation]

I knew that Bruce would weigh in [grin!].  When I was writing CORSA's 
original national rally guidelines, Bruce and I butted heads frequently 
over the very point he advocates here:  A requirement for a 
championship-style TSD rally at the annual convention.

I disagreed and I wrote a set of guidelines that permitted a variety of 
rally types.  But the key distinction is:  Even if a rally is not a true 
time-speed-distance rally, the fundamental elements should nonetheless 
be predicated on the participants staying on-course, maintaining 
appropriate speeds, and completing the route in a reasonable period of 
time.  No one should have to "struggle to find landmarks" as was the 
original complaint.

Bruce opines that conventions rallies are generally a joke.  Even though 
CORSA's rally guidelines are not to Bruce's liking, my complaint is that 
convention rally organizers are ignoring the guidelines and "doing their 
own thing."

Those interested in the CORSA rally guidelines may find them at

http://www.corvair.org/pdf/rally1.pdf

--Bob


Bruce Schug wrote:
> On Dec 9, 2009, at 7:53 PM, Vairtec Corporation wrote:
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>> tim mahler wrote:
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>>> (the econorun) may be less dangerous than many road rally's who are  
>>> struggling to find landmarks.
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>> If you are struggling to find landmarks then the rally is poorly
>> designed.  It should not be a contest between the competitors and the
>> sneakiness of the rallymaster.  It should be about time - speed -  
>> distance.
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> You are exactly correct.
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> I've been part of rallye rules revisions and have tried to no avail to  
> institute required TSD rallies at the convention.
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> Convention rallies are generally a joke. Someone who competed in the  
> rally at last year's convention told me they used "Florida rules".
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> This is how a convention rallye should be run:
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> 1. It should be a true TSD rallye which would make it a true national  
> championship event. It would be similar from year-to-year.
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> 2. The directions should be straightforward. Some people will find a  
> way to get lost, you don't have to trick them into it.
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> 3. With simple straightforward directions, novices and those just out  
> for a nice drive should be able to finish, have fun, and see the  
> scenery.
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> 4. More skilled entrants should do well running "seat of the pants"  
> without being engineers, math majors or rallye professionals who know  
> that "POR" has nothing to do with rust.
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> 5. Skilled ralliests who can follow directions and continually stay on  
> the clock can do very well and will probably win the event, as they  
> should.
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> At conventions, there is too much emphasis put on trying to make  
> events so that novices can do well at them. A novice is not likely to  
> score 99 points in the concourse, why should they be expected to maybe  
> win the rallye?
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> Bruce
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> Bruce W. Schug
> Treasurer, Membership Chairman
> CORSA South Carolina
> CORSA member since 1980
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