Where is Allen???
We actually have a real live SCCA Rally Steward on the list, But he is
awfully quite today. He is usually quite verbose, but usually has nothing
to say.
Larry
At this exact moment in time 2/17/00 12:16 PM, ya632@victoria.tc.ca made
the profound statement:
>At 6:55 2/17/00 -0800, Nina Barton wrote:
>>Hi everyone. I'm supposed to be setting up a rally for my MG club in
>>April. Since I have never done this before, I would like some tips on how
>>it is supposed to be set up and what kind of tricks are incorporated into
>>it and all that. The only rally I have seen was around the backwoods of
>>Marin County, and it involved a bunch of pictures and you had to decide
>>whether they were valid, and mark down a landmark (like a streetsign) if
>>they were. Thanks in advance for any tips. Nina
>
>
>Back in 65-67 I did some great rallies in northern New York and southern
>Ontario in a Volvo 122s. These were done on the basis of precision timing,
>and instructions using mileage to the 10ths of a mile and times to the
>second, and people would register your time at checkpoints as early or
>late, both losing you points. I really wanted a Halda Speedpilot at the
>time, which was a mechanical computer running off the speedo cable, but
>haven't done any rally driving since. A lot of work to set up, though. If
>anyone is in Buffalo, are the annual Simon Pure rallies still happening?
>Paul Nelson
>
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