<VV> Lexington Rally results

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To all those who participated in the Rally - - - - I'm wondering if any of 
you had similar experiences to what Greg Hanlin and I went through.  The Rally 
took us through some beautiful horse country, saw lots of white fences, rock 
fences and beautifully manicured farms.  We felt good about our chances as we 
found all the check points and answers to the questions.  The only problem was 
we were delayed once by a train for 11 minutes and also for 17min 30 seconds at 
a traffic light.  The traffic light was at the end of the timed portion just 
before entering I -75.  It was backed up for nearly a mile.  I don't know how 
these two factors effected the rest of the participants, but they were a 
disaster for us.  There were others in the same line as us who were effected 
similarly.  These problems surely skewed the tally to varying degrees for some of 
the participants, making the results of the Rally considerably off time because 
of something beyond our control.
My advice to future Rally directors, stay away from active railroad tracks 
and traffic lights if you can, it will make it easier to score and more fair to 
the participants.  We spent several hours on the course only to end up in a 
parking lot on the highway at the last light.
Many thanks to those who worked at running to Rally, it was well run and well 
staffed.
Lexington 2004, was truly a Convention to be fondly remembered, great job, 
Greg Scarboro.