Guide to Indy Series Auto Racing

Discover Indy Racing at it's Best.

Rally racing is an immensely popular form of automobile racing that takes place on public roads, off-road trails and in some cases uncharted desert wastes. Rallying is done with customized production cars specifically modified to handle anything and everything that could happen on any sort of surface. This exceptional motorsport is very different than the NASCAR or Formula One style circuit racing many people are familiar with.

The participants in a rally race compete in a point-to-point format where drivers and their co-drivers (or navigators) “rally” to a set of points, leaving in regular intervals from set starting points. Rally is also unique in that races take place on all types of road surfaces and in all weather or climate conditions. Asphalt (tarmac), gravel, sand, snow & ice; all surfaces are valid and sometimes rally racers encounter more than one on a single rally.

You can find rallies being run in every month of the year and in every climate, from bitter arctic cold to drenching monsoon rain to scorching desert heat. A typical rally course consists of a sequence of relatively short (up to about 50 kilometers) timed "special stages" where the actual competition takes place, and un-timed "transport stages" where the rally cars must be driven under their own power to the next competitive stage within a generous time limit. The need for the cars to be driven on public roads in the un-timed stages means that they must be “street legal”, and this factor adds to their popularity with rally fans. Generally a rally will have 20 drivers and 20 co-drivers competing. Rally racing is also a great entry-level sport for amateur racers, as few modifications need to be made to most production cars in order for them to compete in a car rally.