Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

**saco0o** · 21st April 2024, 17:10

i just watched the wec race at imola. we keep mentioning how they fixed things and how wrc should find a similar fix (in general) and i gotta say i never got into endurance but it was such a fun watch. lots of brands, which is awesome, but the whole 'vibe' of the series is incredible right now. i think when the championship gets to an exciting point, everything suddenly becomes more fun. interesting. hope to see wrc going back to that fun excitement like in 2017 with the new cars

**saco0o** · 30th April 2024, 13:40

have u fellas watched the first race of the new AUTONOMOUS OPEN WHEEL RACING SERIES from abu dhabi, with a 2 million bucks for the winner? man, i regret saying anything positive about this tech.
I AM SORRY for what you are about to watch
https://youtu.be/143MxioL0ns?feature=shared

**Jarek Z** · 30th April 2024, 13:55

Originally Posted by saco0o

have u fellas watched the first race of the new AUTONOMOUS OPEN WHEEL RACING SERIES from abu dhabi, with a 2 million bucks for the winner? man, i regret saying anything positive about this tech.
I AM SORRY for what you are about to watch
https://youtu.be/143MxioL0ns?feature=shared

No, I haven't watched it. And don't apologize, mate! It was a great laugh, thank you!

**Rallyper** · 1st May 2024, 07:18

Originally Posted by saco0o

have u fellas watched the first race of the new AUTONOMOUS OPEN WHEEL RACING SERIES from abu dhabi, with a 2 million bucks for the winner? man, i regret saying anything positive about this tech.
I AM SORRY for what you are about to watch
https://youtu.be/143MxioL0ns?feature=shared

Hahahahahaha.

**Eli** · 1st May 2024, 08:03

Originally Posted by saco0o

have u fellas watched the first race of the new AUTONOMOUS OPEN WHEEL RACING SERIES from abu dhabi, with a 2 million bucks for the winner? man, i regret saying anything positive about this tech.
I AM SORRY for what you are about to watch
https://youtu.be/143MxioL0ns?feature=shared

Nothing to be sorry about, was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while, thanks for sharing!

**NaBUru38** · 7th May 2024, 15:56

The Tennessee Rally USA will be held on June 14-16 in Chattanooga.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/more-...-event-emerge/

I still don't understand how a 110 km race can be useful to earn a WRC round.

**WRCStan** · 7th May 2024, 19:10

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

The Tennessee Rally USA will be held on June 14-16 in Chattanooga.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/more-...-event-emerge/

I still don't understand how a 110 km race can be useful to earn a WRC round.

Shows they can organise, it isn't the roads under inspection.

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 8th May 2024, 17:15

Win a ride in a Hyundai i20 Rally1 car !

Draw on Sunday at Rally Portugal. Proceeds to the Craig Breen Foundation...

https://app.galabid.com/cbf24/items/...DJx0KRQRzk9auT

**BleAivano** · 11th May 2024, 19:32

I spent the day today in the Nyköping area spectating the third round of the Swedish rally championship. Lovely weather, superb roads.
Anyway they had the double run of stages that most rallies today has,
but with a twist. Instesd of doing the regular repeat of the morning stages in the afternoon two of the three stages in morning were run again in the morning.
During the morning loop we were at Ss6 and once the last car had passed (about 100 cars) there was less then hour until the first car was due for the second loop.
It was the same thing in the afternoon, 3 stages run twice. This meant that we were able to see all cars three times. For the morning loop we only watched the first 40 cars to be able to make it to SS12 in time. For the second loop we didnt stay to watch all cars because delays (stage start was one hour late) and when we left at around 18.30 only the first 25 cars had come through and there was more delays.

I have never seen this kind of looping of stages before..Why doesnt more rallies use this loop stragegy? With some planning I think you might be able to see the best cars 5-6 times.

**becher** · 12th May 2024, 09:00

Originally Posted by BleAivano

I spent the day today in the Nyköping area spectating the third round of the Swedish rally championship. Lovely weather, superb roads.
Anyway they had the double run of stages that most rallies today has,
but with a twist. Instesd of doing the regular repeat of the morning stages in the afternoon two of the three stages in morning were run again in the morning.
During the morning loop we were at Ss6 and once the last car had passed (about 100 cars) there was less then hour until the first car was due for the second loop.
It was the same thing in the afternoon, 3 stages run twice. This meant that we were able to see all cars three times. For the morning loop we only watched the first 40 cars to be able to make it to SS12 in time. For the second loop we didnt stay to watch all cars because delays (stage start was one hour late) and when we left at around 18.30 only the first 25 cars had come through and there was more delays.

I have never seen this kind of looping of stages before..Why doesnt more rallies use this loop stragegy? With some planning I think you might be able to see the best cars 5-6 times.

Intresting, in the austrian championship this isn't to uncommon. It's pretty easy access for casual people as they just have a picnic and watch rally cars for an afternoon, no running around endlessly chasing the cars which is probably to much for people who don't really follow the sport.