Rally
A Time Speed Distance Rally is fun way to explore the Georgia countryside on your way to a great party. You'll be given a set of instructions that will guide you along a route that you need to follow exactly to stay on time. Every second early or late will cost you points!
Rally is a team sport, with a driver and navigator both trying to ensure that they get to each checkpoint as close to the predicted time as possible.
If the word 'Rally' conjures images of Group B cars sliding around Monte Carlo, don't fear - all Rallies are run on public roads and at the speed limit. This is a test of navigation and accuracy!
Who Can Rally?
Rally is open to any PCA member.
What do I need to Rally?
Any member over the age of 16 can participate in a rally. You will need a navigator, but we can help you find one if you don't have a friend or partner willing to join you.
What can I expect?
When you arrive at the start you'll park, check-in with the event chair and be given a mandatory drivers briefing. This will include any last minute notes for the route, so pay attention!
At a specific time you will leave the start and complete the Odometer leg, which will help you understand your cars odometer calibration vs the instructions and get your brain working in rally mode. You'll have plenty of time to complete this leg of the rally, and then you'll head off on the first timed leg.
Progress through the rally is tracked in the Richter app, which calculates your score and triggers your arrival and departure from each checkpoint automatically.
What are the classes?
There are two rally classes, SOP (Seat of the Pants) and Tour. The main difference is that Tour gets more mileage indications in their instructions.
How do I register?
Head to Clubregistration.net to register, it's very simple to create an account if you don't already have one.
Frequently Asked Questions
Any street legal vehicle is eligible.
If you have a valid driver's license, you are eligible to drive the Rally vehicle.
The fee for Rally participation is $15 per Rally team. The fee for food varies, but it is usually about $10 per person.
The Rally team is given a set of instructions (called "Rally Route Instructions), based on the Peachstate Rally Generals,
here, that will define the Rally course. The team must interpret these instructions in order to stay on course.
The team consists of a driver and a navigator. By definition, the driver drives a rally vehicle along the course, while the navigator instructs the driver when to execute a written instruction. To be successful, both team members must work together to follow the course and be on time.
The Rally is subdivided into Legs and each leg is its own entity. It is measured and a completion time is calculated and assigned. The Rally Teams’ goal is to traverse each leg in exactly the assigned time. The Rally Master assigns a CAST (Change Average Speed To command, which sets the rally speed limit for that section of the Leg) based on legal speed limits encountered along various parts of the Leg. The Rally Team should maintain that average speed.
A point is awarded for each second early or late at a checkpoint that ends a Rally Leg. A zero on a Leg means that the team traversed the Leg in exactly the calculated/assigned Leg time. As in golf, where the lowest score wins, so also in rally does the team with the lowest total score win.
When you reach a checkpoint the Richta app will make a sound and show you your score. You can now carry on with the next leg. Some checkpoints with a wait will have different in and out locations, so proceed to the out location when you're ready to continue
Peachstate has two rally classes. SOP (Seat of the Pants) is our competitive class, allowing only driver and navigator in the rally vehicle. The Tour class is for new or occasional rallyists that also allows extra passengers to ride in the vehicle during the rally. The Rally Route Instructions are much more detailed for the Tour class, thus making following the course significantly easier than for the SOP class. Each major turn is explained to keep the rallyists on course. We also offer a Rally School that explains rally basics and provides fundamental understanding of the logic contest called "Rally." Rally School Videos are available
here on this website to teach you the basics of rallying in Peachstate.
Rally registration is located at the Rally Start point (as defined in the announcement of the Rally event itself) and is usually held at 1:00 - 1:30PM on Rally day.
Pre-registration is not necessary for competing in a rally, although the Rallymasters always need a full contingent of rally workers prior to Rally day. If you have some concern about competing in a rally, then starting out as a worker may be very beneficial as an introduction to rallying.
At registration, the Rallymaster will assign you an out-time. Before that time, you will have some free time to set your watch to the official rally time, to socialize with other rallyists, to attend a driver's meeting, to receive the Rally Route Instructions (given to you 10 minutes before your out-time), and to prepare to start the rally at your designated out-time on the ODO leg.
ODO is short for odometer, as in the part of your speedometer that measures and reads out the distance the car has traveled in miles. In a rally, the ODO Leg is a 5 to 10 mile leg in which you can calibrate your vehicle's mileage against the official rally mileage, based on the Rally Master's vehicle used to lay out the Rally Course. A set length of time is provided to complete the ODO Leg, but the ODO Leg is not scored. The odometer leg is provided to allow odometer (and perhaps speedometer) calibration in relation to official mileage. The timed and scored portion of the Rally starts after the ODO leg according to your start time. Therefore, you'll actually begin the rally on Leg 1, not the ODO leg.
A clipboard or notebook to hold the route instructions, pencils, a timepiece (digital is best), a copy of the Peachstate Rally Generals, available
here, and whatever you want to drink at the party. A clear head may help and the determination to have fun and a great drive through the countryside.
