page_title: Road rally
hierarchical_section_title: Road rally
caption_attribution_description: Fiat Uno on Road Rally - Photo supplied by driver to accompany road rally article. Note that despite appearing to be stationary and propped up on stands, in fact the car was travelling at about 80mph, and the photographer measured the length of the jump at 51 feet! The look of terror on the navigator's face compared to the deadpan of the driver's is priceless! Result for this giant-killer was 9th overall, 1st in class out of a total entry of about 60, despite being laughed at at the start. It was my best ever result as a driver. The car was totally standard 999cc FIRE except for uprated brakepads, silicon brake fluid and the driving lights. It beat many 2 litre+ fully-prepared cars on this event. The event was the 1992 Noreaster rally, run in Cambridgeshire - an event notorious for its extensive use of green lanes and fiendish navigation. Navigator here was Andy Watson, driver was Graham Cox. [1]
context_page_description: A road rally is a car rally that takes place on the public road. It is a popular sport in the United Kingdom, especially Wales, and has traditionally been the core of the "grass roots" of club-based amateur motorsport. However it has declined in popularity since the 1980s and now stage rallies are probably generally more popular with amateurs. A very similar sport is the 12-car rally, which runs to broadly the same rules.
  The attraction of the sport is that it is very cheap to compete, requiring relatively small levels of preparation, and is open to a wide degree of abilities. Its disadvantages are that for safety reasons they have to be run in very remote areas, and late at night. One reason for their decline has been the reduction in areas available for running the events, and the increasing burden on organisers to ensure that the rally will not cause a nuisance to any residents affected. There has also been a considerable number of rule changes since 1988 designed to reduce vehicle speeds, which has not been a popular development with some competitors.
context_section_description: A road rally is a car rally that takes place on the public road. It is a popular sport in the United Kingdom, especially Wales, and has traditionally been the core of the "grass roots" of club-based amateur motorsport. However it has declined in popularity since the 1980s and now stage rallies are probably generally more popular with amateurs. A very similar sport is the 12-car rally, which runs to broadly the same rules.
  The attraction of the sport is that it is very cheap to compete, requiring relatively small levels of preparation, and is open to a wide degree of abilities. Its disadvantages are that for safety reasons they have to be run in very remote (generally rural) areas, and late at night. One reason for their decline has been the reduction in areas available for running the events, and the increasing burden on organisers to ensure that the rally will not cause a nuisance to any residents affected. There has also been a considerable number of rule changes since 1988 designed to reduce vehicle speeds, which has not been a popular development with some competitors.
caption: Airborne Fiat Uno on the 1992 Noreaster road rally, Cambridgeshire, England
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