"Dog Days Rally"

Adrenaline rushes so many ways that you can find that adrenaline rush. Last weekend, I competed in a "Dog Days Rally" put on by the Bluegrass Region of the Porsche Club of America, along with assistance from the Bluegrass Minis and Central Kentucky Region of Sports Car Club of America.

Official Results can be found on the Porsche club link above. (Yes there is a pic of the winners and runner-ups) Thanks to a good driver, Ginny E, and decent navigating skills, Ginny and I finished 2nd out of 10 entrants with a score of 466. In which 300 was from a missed turned that landed us several minutes behind on one of the legs. Lucky for us, the max you can get on a leg is 300.

The winners, Phil and Lo, are actually national pro rallyists of past and are usually the ones putting on the events.

You ask: What is a Road Rally?

Simple Description: A road rally is an automotive event in which two people, driver and navigator, attempt to follow an unknown route and arrive at timing controls exactly on time (Unless a Monte Carlo Rally these are at unknown locations).

There are a lot of different types of road rallies. This weekends set of events were both Tulip Rallies. Tulip rallies have drawings to depict the direction which you are suppose to go while non-Tulip Rallies are worded directions (Ex/ Turn Right at the T). All speeds are below speed limit, and the rallies occur on back country roads with very little traffic for the most part. Usually, all rallies end up somewhere for dinner or lunch and last 2-4 hrs depending on the setup plus eating time.

Leebo's Description: (Fellow CKRSCCA member, pulled from LexiStreets Forum)
For those of you that have never done a rally... DO IT!!! The CKRSCCA has hosted a few over the years and they really are fun but only few participate.

Imagine this...

You're given a set of driving instructions that you have to follow to a "Tee". You're told to go 42mph on a country road for 6.7 miles then turn left. A farmer pulls in front of you doing maybe 15mph in his John Deer and you can't get around him for 4 minutes.

Pop quiz: How fast do you need to drive and for how long to catch up to where you are supposed to be?

Oh and BTW, there are hidden checkpoints so you better be back on track asap.

The rallies I've participated in are very memorable. It's not like autocrossing in the car/performance standpoint, but it's in the same neighborhood of having a good time.