Rally Car Race

A rallying or car race is the oldest and the purest form of motorsports. It does not hold on to dedicated race tracks. Instead, it can be performed on both public and private roads. It has a point-to-point car racing format, distinguishing it from other motorsports organized by different groups. 

What is a rally car race?

A rallying or car race is the oldest and the purest form of motorsports. It does not hold on to dedicated race tracks. Instead, it can be performed on both public and private roads. It has a point-to-point car racing format, distinguishing it from other motorsports organized by different groups. 

Rallying is considered the ultimate motorsports event because it is unpredictable and creates a heavy toll on cars and drivers. Although other motorsports events gas powerful and high-speeding cars, rally race cars have a more extensive fan base. 

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Types of a rally car race

Rally races are of two types -stage rallies and road rallies. Although Road rallies are known to be the original form of sport, the official format since the 1960s is the sport format of Stage rallies.

Stage Rallies

The World Rally Championship (WRC) has its choice for the best motorsports is the Rally race. The stage rallies are point to point or from A to B, linked by the public road sections. The stages differ in length from as little as 2 miles to 30 miles. The rally driver and co-driver must drive on public roads completing all the particular steps in the least time possible. The setup prevents backlogs as the competing team has to begin at a set interval. The stages of the stage rally race can be snow, tarmac, or over dirt. Each rally event generally consists of 15 to 30 special stages. The rally race driver with the overall lowest time taken is the winner of that motorsport event. 

Road rallies

Road rallies are an original and fun form of rally race still held on roads with regular traffic. The determining point is not the fastest time but the average speed and accurate timekeeping. Time-Speed-Distance rallies are the new version of road rallies. The timing and navigation skill is tested during road rallies, and one such famous road rally is The Monte-Carlo-Style.

Rally races worldwide

Below mentioned are the well-known rally races in the world:

• Tour de Corse - France
• Rallye Deutschland – Germany
• Monte Carlo Rally - Monaco
• Rally Mexico Safari Rally - Kenya
• Rally Monza – Italy
• Rallye Cote d'Ivoire - Cote d'Ivoire
• Wales Rally - Great Britain

Super special stages of the Rally race

Stimulating the traditional circuit, some motorsports events encourage the rally race on parallel tracks. Two cars compete with each other on this super special stage of similar paths of short distance. Withstanding the regular steps, the winner is decided based on the lowest combined super and extraordinary times of steps. Other types of stages are off-road/ cross country and endurance. 

Conclusion 

European counterparts have active pro rally teams and pro rally events. Rally racing has been popular motorsport all around the globe since its introduction. It can also include dirt, asphalt, and ice tracks worldwide. Rally races were designed to handle the unpredictable ways and terrains on the rally stages in different parts of the world. 

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