time/speed/distance night rally, 11/22, mt kisco NY, $20 per car
11-13-2008, 01:27 PM
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time/speed/distance night rally, 11/22, mt kisco NY, $20 per car
http://www.wscc.org/flyers/2008TurkeyTourFlyer.pdf
TimeSpeedDistance NIGHT rally on Saturday, 11/22. Registration from 5 to 6:15, drivers meeting at 6:30, first car off at 7pm. Cars leave in 1 minute invtervals from your car number, so first come first start. Should be about 2-4 hours (usually 3ish). You need TWO people (driver and navigator), and $20 per car ($10 each). Recommended: a pen, something to write on on the nav's lap (like a clipboard), a basic calculator (or a nav who likes math), and a watch/clock with seconds that you can easily reset to the rallymaster's time. Rally computers, GPS systems, and lights above headlight level not allowed. Trophys for the winners of each class.
What is it? A TimeSpeedDistance (TSD) rally has an "average speed" that you should follow through the rally. Its set BELOW the speed limit. The rally instructions are very tricky and you're looking for stuff at night (ie: make 3rd left after the word "STRINGS", or make second acute right, etc) so you're going to make a few bad turns. After you figure out you're in the wrong place you have to backtrack to the correct turn without getting lost, then speed up to get back to your "average speed" (where you would be if you didnt get lost). There are hidden signs along the course you need to mark down, and hidden checkpoints where you pull over and they record what time you came in. Points are given for every second early or late to each checkpoint, and for each sign missed or put out of order. Lowest points win.
So questions like "is this illegal" or "dude this is awesome I'm gona go 175mph" or "wont we all get arrested" are silly since thats not what the rally is about. Some people do it in minivans with their kids in the backseat helping look for turns. If you make a wrong turn or get lost, its up to you if you choose you catch up slowly and safely and risk hitting a checkpoint and getting lots of points, or if you drive like an *** and risk getting pulled over by a cop or taking risks so you can make up time as quickly as possible and get a better score. There will be mostly twisty hilly backroads where you probably will never see a cop, but they are also public roads and you take any risks on your own. I can guaranty you will enjoy them a lot more in a sports car "taking a few risks" than a minivan full of kids tho. Some people will choose to have a nice ride down some twisty windy backroads in the dark, some people will get way lost and come into checkpoints late and gets lots of points, and some people will choose to drive in a manner to make up time each time they get lost and have a blast down some twicked roads. Its all up to the drivers. The roads are awesome and usually including some dirt and gravel roads, but nothing a lowered car couldn't handle.<ul><li><a href="http://www.wscc.org/flyers/2008TurkeyTourFlyer.pdf">http://www.wscc.org/flyers/2008TurkeyTourFlyer.pdf</a</li></ul>
TimeSpeedDistance NIGHT rally on Saturday, 11/22. Registration from 5 to 6:15, drivers meeting at 6:30, first car off at 7pm. Cars leave in 1 minute invtervals from your car number, so first come first start. Should be about 2-4 hours (usually 3ish). You need TWO people (driver and navigator), and $20 per car ($10 each). Recommended: a pen, something to write on on the nav's lap (like a clipboard), a basic calculator (or a nav who likes math), and a watch/clock with seconds that you can easily reset to the rallymaster's time. Rally computers, GPS systems, and lights above headlight level not allowed. Trophys for the winners of each class.
What is it? A TimeSpeedDistance (TSD) rally has an "average speed" that you should follow through the rally. Its set BELOW the speed limit. The rally instructions are very tricky and you're looking for stuff at night (ie: make 3rd left after the word "STRINGS", or make second acute right, etc) so you're going to make a few bad turns. After you figure out you're in the wrong place you have to backtrack to the correct turn without getting lost, then speed up to get back to your "average speed" (where you would be if you didnt get lost). There are hidden signs along the course you need to mark down, and hidden checkpoints where you pull over and they record what time you came in. Points are given for every second early or late to each checkpoint, and for each sign missed or put out of order. Lowest points win.
So questions like "is this illegal" or "dude this is awesome I'm gona go 175mph" or "wont we all get arrested" are silly since thats not what the rally is about. Some people do it in minivans with their kids in the backseat helping look for turns. If you make a wrong turn or get lost, its up to you if you choose you catch up slowly and safely and risk hitting a checkpoint and getting lots of points, or if you drive like an *** and risk getting pulled over by a cop or taking risks so you can make up time as quickly as possible and get a better score. There will be mostly twisty hilly backroads where you probably will never see a cop, but they are also public roads and you take any risks on your own. I can guaranty you will enjoy them a lot more in a sports car "taking a few risks" than a minivan full of kids tho. Some people will choose to have a nice ride down some twisty windy backroads in the dark, some people will get way lost and come into checkpoints late and gets lots of points, and some people will choose to drive in a manner to make up time each time they get lost and have a blast down some twicked roads. Its all up to the drivers. The roads are awesome and usually including some dirt and gravel roads, but nothing a lowered car couldn't handle.<ul><li><a href="http://www.wscc.org/flyers/2008TurkeyTourFlyer.pdf">http://www.wscc.org/flyers/2008TurkeyTourFlyer.pdf</a</li></ul>
11-18-2008, 08:40 PM
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But as of the COI date it seemed it may not even be happening. How are we to know that
it will or even was always held the weekend before Thanksgiving...and if it will always be held there why not promote it sooner?
There is typically no notice on these rallies and I often hear from AW members..."had I known sooner I would not have made plans".
WSSC runs an outstanding rally and each time I go I have an awesome time but the lack of notice and failing to keep the public informed sometimes leaves us nonmembers left out.
Communication is the key to a successful event.
There is typically no notice on these rallies and I often hear from AW members..."had I known sooner I would not have made plans".
WSSC runs an outstanding rally and each time I go I have an awesome time but the lack of notice and failing to keep the public informed sometimes leaves us nonmembers left out.
Communication is the key to a successful event.
11-18-2008, 08:49 PM
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Did you not get a flier in the mail?
We mail ~230 fliers for each rally, and email to every email address in our list. Anyone who has attended any rally in the past should get one, assuming they are not a member from the past two years (in which case you would have gotten a flier in our newsletter) and did not fill out fake address info when they registered for a past rally.
If anyone wants their name/address added to our mailing list, I maintain it. Email me your (or anyone you feel would be interested) address info and I'll make sure you get future fliers. We dont rent or sell our mailing list.
If anyone wants their name/address added to our mailing list, I maintain it. Email me your (or anyone you feel would be interested) address info and I'll make sure you get future fliers. We dont rent or sell our mailing list.
11-19-2008, 05:14 AM
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The flyer came this past week. I am just saying that every rally has just a two week notice
if you have done one in the past and a one week notice (or less) for new people on the boards. The rallies are a blast and I think if promoted a bit better there would be a much larger turnout. And maybe then we could get one or two more a year.
11-19-2008, 06:33 AM
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Thats how the board of directors of WSCC likes to do it. They feel more than a month is too far...
...away and people will "forget" about the rally so they try and mail them right on the three to four weeks notice. I'd like to mail them earlier, but I always get overruled. I've even suggested doing two mailings since the forums of our website has been shut down, but the postage costs were too high.
Also, it wouldnt matter if we had twice the turnout at a rally in terms of creating more rallys. There are no rallymasters to WRITE rallys anymore. The halloween rally did not happen for the first time since I've been a WSCC member for the last 10 year because nobody was available to write one. The regular rally writers were either burned out and sick of doing them or were on vacation for most of the month.
I will inform the board of your comments on the flier arriving too late.
Also, it wouldnt matter if we had twice the turnout at a rally in terms of creating more rallys. There are no rallymasters to WRITE rallys anymore. The halloween rally did not happen for the first time since I've been a WSCC member for the last 10 year because nobody was available to write one. The regular rally writers were either burned out and sick of doing them or were on vacation for most of the month.
I will inform the board of your comments on the flier arriving too late.
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