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Originally Posted by hoffman66
I simply dont believe they are proper rallying
They are sprint events that cater for very certain sorts of cars, I remember years ago talking to admittedly rich crews at an airfield moaning about having to adjust their suspension and use different tyres because the surface was not very good, that to me is a part of rallying, not turning up in a hillclimb car setup basically for circuit racing.
it serves a purpose but for me, these events would not exist in the main rally season, they exist to make Palmer and other venues money off season and are designed to impact the venue as little as possible.
They are click bait for the off season a bit like the car shows at the same time. AS I say they serve a purpose and you can see with this raft of changes the people running them are trying to claw back interest.
The closed roads scene is the future, always has been, to bring us in line with the rest of Europe in particular and hopefully these circuit events in my opinion stay off season for people who don't really know much about rallying to watch at, as for fans like me, they are really not worth the effort to watch at anymore.
But as is the case with most club level motorsport these days, the punters are the last people these events, circuits etc think of.
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I dont think anyone would argue that the events are different to traditional stage rallying but then so are closed roads from a UK point of view.
I think that the closed roads are a fantastic initiative and a great spectacle and all us rally fans want to see more of them but i remain sceptical that there will be as many as people think. I think there could be a great deal of opposition from the environmental lobby and even from residents who dont want any disruption to their lives.
I hope i am wrong but i think those thinking that closed road rallying is a great new dawn maybe sadly mistaken.