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Originally Posted by NaBUru38
I had never read about this championship.
So they use rallycross sections and surrounding roads?
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Sort of, it’s usually all on tarmac using the circuit in different configurations with link roads, the pit lane, areas of the paddock etc. Cars run singly as in normal rallying but each stage is usually 2 or 3 “laps” of the stage with splits and merges for different sections of the track to give a stage length of, say, 6-8 miles at somewhere like Donington Park, rather than a race lap of 2.5 miles.
There are chicanes made up from bales and/ or tyres to keep it twisty.
Often stages 3&4 will be the reverse of stages 1&2. There will then be a change in configuration at lunchtime and stages 7&8 will be the reverse of stages 5&6
There are usually 6-10 cars on the stage at any one time.
Some circuit rallies will have short sections of smooth gravel linking tarmac sections and the Oulton Park rally has a water splash.
Hope that all makes sense?
This is video of a circuit rally at Donington Park. Hope you can see the sections of track compared to the linking sections.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bDWVVlZNjGQ
And this one shows a rally at Oulton Park.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dkBjcnrHl0k
The first part shows the cars using Oulton’s low grip “drift circuit” on the infield before joining the main circuit.