Fallbrook
Mini Cooper Rally
Fun
Run and Picnic
Sunday
May 23, 2004
Meet at Fallbrook High School in Fallbrook, Ca. at
the corner of Stagecoach and Mission Rd. The Rally Ends at Anthony Cooper’s
Estate for a picnic lunch so bring your own blanket and picnic goodies.
Drivers meeting at 9:00 am. No Fees just Fun.
From I-15 take
MISSION ROAD exit toward Fallbrook go 0.3mi. Turn RIGHT onto OLD HIGHWAY 395 go 0.1mi) Turn
RIGHT onto E. MISSION ROAD go 3.4mi
From I-5
take CA-76 East 5.8 mi, becomes CA-76/MISSION AVE go 3.4mi,
becomes CA-76/MISSION ROAD, go 3.4mi, turn LEFT onto S MISSION
RD go 4.1mi, turn RIGHT onto S STAGE COACH LANE, go 3.3mi.
There are three ways to make your day enjoyable:
1 – Entry Level Time/Speed/Distance Rally(TSD) You will
need a driver, navigator, speedometer, odometer with 1/10 mi readings, pen or
pencil, calculator and two stop watches with seconds reading.
There will be self-policing checkpoints, you record your own checkpoint
times. There will be one odometer
check segment, but you are responsible for checking your equipment before the
rally. This is not a serious competition but will test your basic TSD skills.
Cars will leave independently, started by the Rally Master. Certificates for
first through third place for Manual and Computerized classes. A nice TSD
Tutorial can be found on the web: http://www.jcna.com/library/rally/introduction.html
2 – Riddle Rally. You will need a driver, odometer, compass or good sense of
direction, binoculars, pen or pencil, and a sense of humor.
Although an individual could complete this rally, for safety and fun you
should have a navigator. Cars will leave independently, started by the Rally
Master. Certificates for first through third place
3 – Scenic Tour. Enjoy
the ride through the country side with a complete set of directions to reach the
destination. All cars in this group
will leave together after the Rally groups leave..
Please do not run over Rally Contestants, even if they look like roadkill.
FRS/GMRS radios should be set to Ch-15 Sub-7 subject to change at the
meeting.
TSD
Rally General Instructions:
There are four
independent segments, each is started and scored separately. You can completely blow one segment and still get good scores
on the others. Each of the checkpoints and starting points will be clearly
marked. Each rest stop will have
ample parking and facilities.
STRAIGHT AHEAD RULE IS
IN EFFECT: If a route instruction places you on a road without name or number,
and you encounter another road for which no route instruction is given, you
automatically select the road that offers the most straight ahead direction of
travel possible.
PRIVATE ROADS, DEAD END
ROADS, DRIVEWAYS AND UNPAVED ROADS (dirt or gravel) DO NOT EXIST FOR THE
PURPOSES OF A JCNA RALLY UNLESS YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED TO ENTER THEM.
This means if you are instructed to turn left at the third opportunity, none of
the examples given above should be counted as an opportunity to turn.
Where Route
Instructions depend upon WORDS OR ILLUSTRATIONS TAKEN FROM SIGNS located along
the rally route, the material MUST APPEAR IN CAPITAL LETTERS WITHIN QUOTATION
MARKS,
example:
"BAXTER'S
FARM"
OR THEY MAY BE BOXED,
example:
|
BAXTER'S
FARM |
The Rally Master may
choose to indicate by use of dots that he has left out some of the words
which appear on the sign,
example:
'
.................BAXTER'S FARM .............'
OBJECTS OR LANDMARKS
MUST BE WRITTEN IN LOWER CASE ,
example:
Left at Baxter's farm
A Route Instruction
must be executed in full before the next numbered instruction can be
attempted.
HERE IS THE METHOD
FOR ADJUSTING THE OFFICIAL RALLY AVERAGE SPEEDS BY THE AMOUNT OF YOUR ODOMETER
ERROR:
Your odometer reading
at the Official Mileage/odometer check = Your Average Speed Correction Factor
(CF)
|
Official
Mileage |
Your
Odometer Reads |
Correction
Factor |
|
21.20
|
21.84
|
1.030
|
|
22.04
|
21.76
|
0.987
|
|
20.00
|
19.62
|
0.981
|
If you apply this
factor to the average speeds wherever they appear in the RI's, your speed will
then be the official average speed corrected for your odometer error. If your
Speed Correction Factor (CF) is .941, all official average speeds would become
adjusted average speeds like this:
|
Official
Speed |
Your
Corrected Average Speed |
|
30
mph |
28.23
mph |
|
34
mph |
26.35
mph |
|
|
|
Once you have calculated your CF, you need to update all the Mileage and Speed figures in your TSD instruction sheet .
TSD
Terms That MAY be used in this Rally:
|
ACUTE
LEFT |
Indicates
a sharp turn or change in direction to the left of perceptibly more than
90°. |
|
ACUTE
RIGHT |
Indicates
a sharp turn or change in direction to the right of perceptibly more than
90°. |
|
BAS |
Begin
Average Speed |
|
BEAR
LEFT |
Indicates
a gentle change in direction to the left of roughly 45° and perceptibly
less than 90°. |
|
BEAR
RIGHT |
Indicates
a gentle change in direction to the right of roughly 45° and perceptibly
less than 90°. |
|
BLINKER |
A
single red & yellow traffic signal operating in an alternating
sequence of off & on. NOT a traffic light (TL). |
|
CAS
or CAST |
Change
Average Speed to. |
|
CHECKPOINT |
A
spot along the rally route, the location of which is generally unknown to
the rallyists in advance, where their car will be timed and given penalty
points for being EARLY (ahead of) or LATE (behind) their correct arrival
time. |
|
OPEN
CP |
An
OPEN CHECKPOINT is easily seen by the rallyists. They may be required to
stop after crossing the timing line, to receive an official timing slip or
further instruct-ions as stated in the GIs. FOR THE PURPOSES OF SAFETY,
ALL OPEN CHECKPOINTS WHICH REQUIRE CARS TO STOP WILL BE LOCATED ON THE
RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD IN YOUR DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. |
|
CLOSED
CP |
A
CLOSED CHECKPOINT does not require rally cars to stop. It may be concealed
from rallyists in such a way that they may not know they have passed it. |
|
CROSS |
To
go straight across. To cross a divided highway is to cross both halves of
it. |
|
FINISH |
The
location of the last place along the rally route where rally cars are
timed. This need not be the gathering place at the end of the rally. |
|
(AND)
FOLLOW |
If
you are placed on a road by name or number, you are to follow that road
until another instruction directs you to leave it. To execute a follow it
is necessary to make AT LEAST one action (turn or straight) that would not
have had to be made in the absence of the follow instruction. |
|
FREE
ZONE |
A
part of the timed rally route in which there are no timing controls. |
|
GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS |
Printed
matter describing the rules & definitions under which the rally will
be run. |
|
INTERSECTION |
A
crossing of roads. |
|
ISLAND |
A
road or traffic-separating device of indeterminate shape. |
|
LEFT |
A
turn from your direction of travel to the left of roughly 90°. |
|
LEG |
A
section of the rally between checkpoints, or between the Start and the
first check-point. Several legs comprise a complete rally. |
|
LOSE
TIME |
Add
the amount of time specified in the RIs to your running time by delaying
at a named point or during passage of a specified distance. EXAMPLE OF A
TYPICAL INSTRUCTION IN THE RIs: "Between mile 35 & mile 50 lose 5
minutes." This means that the official time allowed for this section
of the rally is 5 minutes MORE than it would be if you continued at the
prescribed average speed. This type of instruction is often used when the
Rally Master anticipates the probability of traffic delays or traffic
lights. |
|
MPH |
Miles
Per Hour |
|
ODOMETER |
That
portion of your car speedometer, which measures distance, traveled in
miles & tenths. |
|
ODOMETER
CHECK |
A
precisely measured, clearly marked section at the beginning of a rally
route {usually a minimum of 10 miles) giving the navigator an opportunity
to compare his car's odometer with the "official mileage" shown
in the RIs. |
|
ODOMETER
ERROR |
The
difference between the official rally mileage and your odometer is
reading. |
|
OFFICIAL
MILAGE |
Rally
Master’s official measured distances from the start to any point along
the rally route given to within at least 0.1 and preferably 0.10 of a
mile. |
|
PAVED |
A
road having a continuous hard surface such as concrete, macadam, etc. |
|
PAUSE |
See
LOSE TIME, TAKE TIME OUT |
|
RALLYMASTER |
The
individual in charge of planning and putting on a particular rally. |
|
RIGHT |
A
turn from your direction of travel to the right of roughly 90° |
|
ROUTE
INSTRUCTIONS |
The
directions handed to rally teams at the start of the rally, which tell
them specifically where, how, and at what speeds to proceed along the
rally route. |
|
START |
That
point which marks the beginning of the rally's measured course. Odometers
are zeroed and watches started at this point. |
|
STRAIGHT |
Proceed
straight ahead. |
|
STOP |
A
conventional, octagonal red stop sign. |
|
TEE
JUNCTION |
A
point at which a road terminates into another road running more or less at
right angles to it, thus forming the crossbar of a capital "T"
.This term applies only when you are heading upward on the vertical bar of
the T. It is not possible to go straight at a T. |
|
TAKE
TIME OUT |
See
LOSE TIME, PAUSE. |
|
TIMING
LINE |
A
real or imaginary line across the rally route at a checkpoint, odometer
checkpoint, or at the start for the purpose of timing rally cars. |
|
TRAFFIC
LIGHT |
A
conventional red, yellow & green traffic control signal light, used to
regulate movement of traffic. WARNING: DO NOT MISTAKE THIS ABBREVIATION
FOR 'Turn Left" , that is correctly abbreviated as simply "L'. |
|
TRIANGLE |
A
three-sided ISLAND. |
|
UNPAVED |
A
road having a discontinuous, non-hard surface such as broken stone, gravel
or dirt. |
|
Y |
A
branching of roads in the general shape of the letter "Y" ,
requiring a turn to the left or right, both turns being substantially less
than 90 degrees. This term applies only when you are heading upward on the
vertical tail of the Y. It is not possible to go straight at a Y. |
EXAMPLE
FALLBROOK
TSD SCORING SHEET
PRINT
DRIVER AND NAVIGATOR NAMES BELOW:
Driver
_______________________ Navigator ______________________
MILEAGE Official / Adjusted
mph/mph |
INSTRUCTION
/ DIRECTIONS |
AVG
SPEED MPH |
CP
TIME |
|
0.0
/ 0.0 |
Start
Clock – Turn right out of starting area |
BAS 35 |
|
|
/ |
L
at Stop |
CAS 35 |
|
|
/ |
S
at TL |
CAS 35 |
|
|
3.5/___ |
ODOMETER
CHECK |
PAUSE |
|
|
|
Official Mileage/Your Mileage = CF |
|
|
|
|
Official Mileage = |
|
|
|
|
Your Mileage = |
|
|
|
|
Enter
your CF on RIGHT à |
à |
|
|
|
Calculate
Adjusted Mileage & Speed |
|
|
|
|
Then
Resume TSD |
|
|
|
0.0
/ 0.0 |
Reset/Start
Clock and Odometer Begin Segment at purple sign |
BAS 32 |
|
|
2.7/___ |
|
CAS 35 |
|
|
|
L
at T |
CAS 41 |
|
|
6.4/___ |
AR
onto Mission Blvd |
CAS 39 |
|
|
10.64/____ |
FIRST
CP – Record CP TIME |
à |
|
|
|
Rest
Here 10 minutes |
|
|
|
0.0
/ 0.0 |
Reset/Start
Clock and Odometer |
|
|
|
/ |
<TBD> |
|
|
|
/ |
SECOND
CP – Record CP TIME |
à |
|
|
|
Rest
Here 10 minutes |
|
|
|
0.0
/ 0.0 |
Reset/Start
Clock and Odometer |
|
|
|
/ |
<TBD> |
|
|
|
/ |
<there
will be four segments> |
|
|
|
/ |
FINISH
– Record CP TIME |
à |
|
|
|
Park
in picnic area and submit this TSD record to Rally Master |
THE END |
|
EXAMPLE
FALLBROOK
RIDDLE RALLY SCORING SHEET
PRINT
DRIVER AND NAVIGATOR NAMES BELOW:
Driver
_______________________ Navigator ______________________
0.0
Turn right out of starting area
0.7
Turn left at colored octagon
3.6
You could ride horses here ________________
Turn left on first road after “Farmer John"
5.7
What kind of store is that? _________________
7.9
Speed Limit is _____________
…etc….