<VV> Re: Econorun safety - VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 31, Issue 51

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Bruce,

I would think you could run a TSD rally and an econorun at the same time.

Couldn't you just give simple route instructions to the econorun cars and the TSD instructions to the TSD cars?

I am assuming, and that's got me into more hot water than I care to admit, that a TSD rally has the emphasis on Time Speed & Distance. I am not trying to get you lost, but rather can you follow directions, do the calculations and maintain the prescribed speed for a specified distance. The econorun could use the same route directions, we just don't put a clock on them to the hundredth of a second.

I have done a ton of rallys back in the 60's & 70's, but got out of rallys when the new rally masters seemed to lose the focus on what was a TSD rally, a poker run and a gimmic rally. Each one is unique.

Why did the Ashville rally fail???

I would also agree with you on proper course layout. All rallys should be away from the main flow of traffic, Interstate roadways and highways.

Roy

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Bruce Schug <bwschug at charter.net> 

> On Aug 10, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Mark Corbin wrote: 
> 
> > I'm beginning to think that we have ONE too many events. Maybe the 
> > econorun 
> > SHOULD be run during the TSD rally. Would solve the problem in one fell 
> > swoop, AND shorten the convention by a day to boot. 
> > 
> 
> No, this is not a good idea. Economy runs are not run with rally 
> instructions and rallies are not run with economy run instructions. 
> Similarly, concourse entrants shouldn't get extra points for racing to 
> the concourse field ahead of their competitors and autocrossers 
> shouldn't get bonus time subtracted from their times if their cars look 
> really nice. These are four separate events that deserve their own 
> time. 
> 
> The economy run, is not a leg of the rally. This was tried at the 
> Asheville convention with disastrous results. 
> 
> As I wrote before, the problem with the economy run and all the other 
> events is that often the eventmasters don't set them up properly. Rules 
> and guidelines don't mean anything if not followed. The result is 
> people getting lost on economy runs and driving dangerously slow, silly 
> fun-and-games rallies that prove little about who is a good ralliest, 
> and autocrosses with a 15 second FTD. 
> 
> Eventmsters need to be familiar with the event then read the rules over 
> and over until they understand them, then follow the rules and event 
> guidelines in setting up the event. It's that simple. 
> 
> Bruce 
> 
> 
> Bruce W. Schug 
> President, CORSA South Carolina 
> Greenville, SC 
> bwschug at charter.net 
> 
> CORSA member since 1980 
> 
> '67 Monza. "67AC140" 
>