Fireball

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http://www.w-a-g.org/events/rallies/...08-20/info.htm

See that page for the Info.

Date: August 20th
Where: Starts in West Bend, WI

Basically, it's an event, similar to what I've put on before, but this is a timed route! This will give you a chance to follow a mapped route at a certian speed and certain time, and have fun driving through some very challenging roads!

Basically a TSD Rally is a street legal event taking place on roads open to the public. In southeastern Wisconsin and most of southern Wisconsin all roads are paved. Therefore, no car owners need be concerned about gravel damage to their rides.

Similar to WRC events a driver and co-driver are required for each car entered in the event. Unlike WRC where cars go as fast as possible on a controlled road, a Time Speed Distance event is run at legal speeds with scoring determined by your ability to stay on course and on time.

Approximately one half hour prior to the start, contestants are given a set of route instructions. These instructions in a touring event include mileages, action points (right, left, straight), and a average speed to maintain(CAST). Cars are started at one minute intervals and contestants are expected to follow the route at the CAST to reach controls where they are timed. The controls are not indicated in the route instructions. The object is to follow the route at the speed given and cross the control line at exactly the right time. Typically one point is given for each second or one hundredth of a minute early or late.

Roads for the two events coming up August 20 are in the Northern unit of the Kettle Morraine. The roads are ones driving enthusiasts are always looking for. Speeds tend to be enjoyable and brisk. I encourage your group to check it out and would be glad to meet with you and show you examples of route istructions and explain in more detail the in and outs if you're interested.

Nez136

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so the faster you go the more points you could loose.....damb!

Fireball

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The more consistent you are, the more points you gain!

GTSMWET

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This sounds awesom i'll have to check the calendar

bobaab

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this is what my dad used to do in Japan. he always tells me stories about it

the-moss

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We have these in the UK. They are typically run on 'back-***' roads and have the target speed at or below the posted speedlimit, but much higher than most people would drive on the road.

It's great because for the organizers on paper:
1. They penalize you if you average more than the target speed. (Key word is average).
2. They can sit there and say, no speeding, no breaking the law etc. etc..
3. If a participant crashes or get's nabbed by the cops they can show proof that they did not encourage any kind of speeding. (Means the drivers are on their own).

But great for the participants too because in reality:
1. You are going to have to be pretty quick and work hard to finish ahead of time.
2. Take a wrong turn somewhere? you are going to have to FLY to finish even close to on-time.

I might be in for this.

bobaab

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yup, take one wrong turn, u lose LOTS of time. to make up for it, what do u do? drive your *** off for a while and that is where your navigator comes to play. it's actually a really cool team sport.