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20th April 2009, 19:33 #1Senior Member
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A criticism of cloverleaf rallying
An article by Chris Biewer @ www.rallye-info.com

"The WRC needs recognizable events and a calendar with cornerstones, so Joe Public can grasp the show. Instead the WRC has been shrinking their events beyond recognition and they insist on event rotation, which nowadays sadly means nothing more than switching classic names as Monte Carlo, Safari, RAC for no-names as Cyprus, Jordan, Bulgaria. I have long promised an article on clover leaf vs recognizable, unique adventure challenges. Here it comes...."
http://www.rallye-info.com/article.asp?sid=0&stid=7859
I think Chris has a point to be honest. I'd love for rallying to go back to the old days when it was like this.Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.



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Rallies today are still long for the drivers. Recce starts Tuesday AM, the mandatory dinner on Sunday PM, including travel makes a 7/8 day working week for each rally. Add another day or two's stages...
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