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35:(which also include race meetings, classic endurance, and hillclimbing). A classic road rally is not about speed; in fact, there are severe penalties for finishing too early. The idea of a rally is to travel from a point to another within a certain time (time controls), not too fast or too slow, trying to match a speed average set by the organizers. 60:
In regularity rallies, a series of intermediate time controls must be visited in the correct order. At each control point, the team stops and has time recorded on a card. At the end of the event, the competitor who has visited all these controls and who has the fewest early or late penalties overall
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Classic rallies try to relive some of the great events of the 1960s and 1970s when man and machine were often alone for hours, even days, with little support. Cars now have expendable parts and a gearbox can be changed in twenty minutes. On the long tough rallies of yesteryear drivers had to drive
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In most events, participants are given a road book essential for the race. This map style book is a straightforward ball and arrow system to show the route. The name of tulip diagram, usually used to describe the road book diagrams come from the
144:(Tulpen rally) of the 1950s. It gives a diagrammatic representation of the road junction. Participants would be instructed to religiously follow the mileages on the left of the page to ensure that they were at the correct junction, for which an 104:. Service was wherever the service crews could reach and was usually limited to a change of tires, refueling and, if the team was lucky, only minor repairs, since any time used for service had to be made up on the road by the driver. 61:
is the winner. Note that with the introduction of electronics, control points can be replaced by sensors which trigger the cars at their given time thanks to a transponder, enabling much accurate penalties system.
31:, with no special equipment needed (the equipment allowed depends on the particular rally). These rallies are more about enjoyment than speed, and can be a good introduction to 280: 193: 315: 198: 72:, against the clock for most of the way, and look after the gearbox and every other part of the car, since changing them was impossible. 335: 107:
In the 1960s and 70s more than half of the competitive distance on the classic rallies was run at night. For example,
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Endurance rallies are long-distance motor rallies for vintage, historic and classic cars.
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Touring rallying is all about enjoying countryside and the company of classic car owners.
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and continuing in what was often the deeply snowbound and ice covered
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Famous rallies that now have a revival edition are for example:
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Index

road rally
classic cars
historic motorsport
French Alps
Liège
Sofia
Belgium
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Gavia
Vivione
Italy
Monte Carlo Rally
Chartreuse mountains
Chambéry
Grenoble
Rhone valley
Ardèche
Tulip Rally
odometer
Safari Rally
Monte Carlo Rally
Acropolis Rally
Rallye Sanremo
Tulip Rally
Tour de Corse
Rali Vinho Madeira
Legend Boucles de Spa
Liège-Sofia-Liège
Erik Carlsson

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