TSD night rally in Mount Kisco NY Saturday 10/09/10
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TSD night rally in Mount Kisco NY Saturday 10/09/10
http://www.wscc.org/flyers/2010HarvestFlyer.pdf
TimeSpeedDistance night rally on Sunday, 10/09/10. Starts at GrandPrix NewYork Go-Karts. Registration from 5pm to 6:30, drivers meeting at 6:30, first car off at 7pm. Cars leave in 1 minute intervals from your car number, so first come first start. Should be about 2-4 hours (usually 3ish). You need TWO people (driver and navigator), and $20 per car ($10 each). Recommended: a pen, something to write on on the nav's lap (like a clipboard), a basic calculator (or a nav who likes math), a small light like an LED so the nav can read the instructions and write, and a watch/clock with seconds that you can easily reset to the rallymaster's time. Rally computers, GPS systems, and lights above headlight level not allowed. Trophys for the winners of each class.
What is it? A TimeSpeedDistance (TSD) rally has an "average speed" that you should follow through the rally. Its set BELOW the speed limit. The rally instructions are very tricky and you're looking for stuff at night (ie: make 3rd left after the word "STRINGS", or make second acute right, etc) so you're going to make a few bad turns. After you figure out you're in the wrong place you have to backtrack to the correct turn without getting lost, then speed up to get back to your "average speed" (where you would be if you didnt get lost). There are hidden signs along the course you need to mark down, and hidden checkpoints where you pull over and they record what time you came in. Points are given for every second early or late to each checkpoint, and for each sign missed or put out of order. Lowest points win.
So questions like "is this illegal" or "dude this is awesome I'm gona go 175mph" or "wont we all get arrested" are silly since thats not what the rally is about. Some people do it in minivans with their kids in the backseat helping look for turns. If you make a wrong turn or get lost, its up to you if you choose you catch up slowly and safely and risk hitting a checkpoint and getting lots of points, or if you drive like an *** and risk getting pulled over by a cop or taking risks so you can make up time as quickly as possible and get a better score. There will be mostly twisty hilly backroads where you probably will never see a cop, but they are also public roads and you take any risks on your own. I can guaranty you will enjoy them a lot more in a sports car "taking a few risks" than a minivan full of kids tho. Some people will choose to have a nice ride down some twisty windy backroads in the dark, some people will get way lost and come into checkpoints late and gets lots of points, and some people will choose to drive in a manner to make up time each time they get lost and have a blast down some twicked roads. Its all up to the drivers. The roads are awesome and usually including some dirt and gravel roads, but nothing a lowered car couldn’t handle.
TimeSpeedDistance night rally on Sunday, 10/09/10. Starts at GrandPrix NewYork Go-Karts. Registration from 5pm to 6:30, drivers meeting at 6:30, first car off at 7pm. Cars leave in 1 minute intervals from your car number, so first come first start. Should be about 2-4 hours (usually 3ish). You need TWO people (driver and navigator), and $20 per car ($10 each). Recommended: a pen, something to write on on the nav's lap (like a clipboard), a basic calculator (or a nav who likes math), a small light like an LED so the nav can read the instructions and write, and a watch/clock with seconds that you can easily reset to the rallymaster's time. Rally computers, GPS systems, and lights above headlight level not allowed. Trophys for the winners of each class.
What is it? A TimeSpeedDistance (TSD) rally has an "average speed" that you should follow through the rally. Its set BELOW the speed limit. The rally instructions are very tricky and you're looking for stuff at night (ie: make 3rd left after the word "STRINGS", or make second acute right, etc) so you're going to make a few bad turns. After you figure out you're in the wrong place you have to backtrack to the correct turn without getting lost, then speed up to get back to your "average speed" (where you would be if you didnt get lost). There are hidden signs along the course you need to mark down, and hidden checkpoints where you pull over and they record what time you came in. Points are given for every second early or late to each checkpoint, and for each sign missed or put out of order. Lowest points win.
So questions like "is this illegal" or "dude this is awesome I'm gona go 175mph" or "wont we all get arrested" are silly since thats not what the rally is about. Some people do it in minivans with their kids in the backseat helping look for turns. If you make a wrong turn or get lost, its up to you if you choose you catch up slowly and safely and risk hitting a checkpoint and getting lots of points, or if you drive like an *** and risk getting pulled over by a cop or taking risks so you can make up time as quickly as possible and get a better score. There will be mostly twisty hilly backroads where you probably will never see a cop, but they are also public roads and you take any risks on your own. I can guaranty you will enjoy them a lot more in a sports car "taking a few risks" than a minivan full of kids tho. Some people will choose to have a nice ride down some twisty windy backroads in the dark, some people will get way lost and come into checkpoints late and gets lots of points, and some people will choose to drive in a manner to make up time each time they get lost and have a blast down some twicked roads. Its all up to the drivers. The roads are awesome and usually including some dirt and gravel roads, but nothing a lowered car couldn’t handle.
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WSCC is a nonprofit group. Its not making money of the rallys, in fact they lose it. They pay for gas for the many people who write and test the rally (its probably driven through about 15 times to test it), advertising the rally, buying trophies and plaques, the hidden signs hung all around the roads you look for, etc.
$10 each (driver/navigator) is pretty slim for 4 hours of fun these days. But to each his own. "checking it out" might be pretty boring, you're going to see 75 to 100 people standing around a parking lot while there is a drivers meeting, then 40 to 50 cars line up and leave one at a time. Then they're off in the backroads for 2 to 4 hours and come back to GPNY bar one by one. Then at night you'll see everyone at the bar of GPNY yelling laughing and telling rally stories.
Bring a friend and enter it. I guarantee its 10x harder than it seems. People doing their first rally almost never finish and give up before they get to the last checkpoint.
$10 each (driver/navigator) is pretty slim for 4 hours of fun these days. But to each his own. "checking it out" might be pretty boring, you're going to see 75 to 100 people standing around a parking lot while there is a drivers meeting, then 40 to 50 cars line up and leave one at a time. Then they're off in the backroads for 2 to 4 hours and come back to GPNY bar one by one. Then at night you'll see everyone at the bar of GPNY yelling laughing and telling rally stories.
Bring a friend and enter it. I guarantee its 10x harder than it seems. People doing their first rally almost never finish and give up before they get to the last checkpoint.
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ha almost every rally I've been on that starts in MtKisco either starts or ends going up or down knowlton ave. So many good roads up that mountain. I can tell you the rally I'm writing now for the Turkey Tour (weekend before thanksgiving) wont go on it, but if you cant go on that road you wont like the crazy roads i was scouting out last night.
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