Originally Posted by
treekiller
Time Trial/Performance Rally. A speed competition, where each team is given an equal set of notes. I believe in the "American" style of rally where the pace notes are not provided to the team prior to the start of the event. and no reconnaissance is allowed.
The whole issue of notes depends on the sanctioning body and rally organizers. For example, I think RA provides notes at a cost (though this may have changed), where some regional rallies allow teams to recon and make their own notes, which can be tricky business. A fellow XR owner & friend of mine (and his co-driver wife) recon'd their own notes on one of the stages of the Mt. Hood Rally and ended up writing 6 miles worth of notes that were off-course because the course wasn't marked adequately prior to the recon time. Lost a bunch of time on that stage.
BTW, just a gratuitous rally pic of his car just for kicks:
