Spring Warm Up Road Rally

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Rallymaster:   John Li
Date:   Saturday February 26, 2011
Registration:   9:00 - 9:30 am
County Market, 1914 Glenn Park Dr. just off Mattis Ave. in Champaign, IL
End around noon at Monical's Pizza, 205 N. Mattis Ave, Champaign, IL

Special Information
This road rally is the ideal way to take a spring warm up spin in the car that you’ve just freed from the garage or a snowbank. This is the first of CCSCC’s six short introductory rallies this year. Four of them, including this one, will be run during daylight hours so that they will be user friendly for everyone, especially those just getting started in rallying. The rally is a bit over 50 miles long and will include some broken surface roads. So that the rallymaster will know about how many cars to expect you are encouraged to preregister on CCSCC’s Online Registration System and/or to post your intention to come on the CICEnet.net thread for the rally. Come on out and see where some of the country back roads go.

Registration Info
The entry fee will be $20.00 per team. Please try to register close to the time registration opens. This will give you time to do the paperwork including certifying that your driver’s insurance meets the appropriate state’s standards, that the driver has a valid license, that your rally vehicle is being used with the permission of the owner, is in safe operating condition, is on the road legally, and that all its operational items such as lights, turn signals, brakes, horn, tires, mirrors, seat belts, windshield wipers and windshield washer are in proper working order. It will also give you time to read the rally’s general rules and to talk to other rally participants. This last is especially important if you’ve never run a rally before.

Don’t Have a Driver or Navigator?
If you don’t have a partner to drive or navigate for you just come by yourself. At almost every rally there are folks who come alone then team up with someone else to run the event. If you are lucky you’ll have a chance to team up with someone who has some rally experience. Sometimes that increases your chances of winning a trophy. If you’re only slightly less lucky you’ll get to run with someone who has no rally experience and have twice the fun as you discover what rallying is all about. At the very worst (which almost never happens) there will be no one to partner with and you will get the chance to work some of the checkpoints and see how everyone is doing as the event progresses.

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