In a message dated 8/20/01 6:13:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, phil@outtech.com
writes:
> If you overtake a car in a rally, you are going too fast. The object in a
> TSD rally is to be on time. Cars running a rally perfectly will end in the
> exact order in which they started and all cars will have a perfect score of
> zero. If you are early, you get penalty points and drop in the rank.
> Overtaking in a race will move you up. So the answer is, "At least third."
>
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> Or he's going too slow. Never do anything in a rally based on what other
>
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As I explained to someone else (off list) who said the same thing, since this
was a hypothetical story, we can ASSume that all the cars are staying at
perfect time, and you decided to pass car #2. That would make you wrong. :-)
In my rally novice class, I ALWAYS tell newbies not to follow another rally
car. (And they always do anyway.)
Allen Hefner
SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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