VT: New England Region Winter Challenge RoadRally

The Winter Challenge Rally, by Rallymaster John Buffum, will take place February 28th and end in the early morning hours of March 1st. The rally will generally follow the NER (New England Region) Road Rally Regulations (RRR), which can be viewed at (NER.ORG). We have condensed the RRR’s and these ‘Generals’ should be all you need to follow the correct course. Interested teams can find more information at winterchaallengerally.com.

Rally Philosophy:

WINTER CHALLENGE RALLY (WC) is not a ‘trap rally; it has a couple of thinking situations in Section 1) – don’t overthink every NRI. There will be 15-20 Regularity Sections (RS) throughout the day (night).  The controls at the start of Regularity Sections are called CZT’s (Car Zero Time); you should self-start (at 1 minute intervals) at your start time. No penalties will accrue at these controls. Within the RS’s, starting at the CZT, there will be timed portions (Legs).

You will be penalized for every SECOND you arrive early or late at timing control points in these Legs. There may be multiple controls in each timed portion (leg). After the last timing CP or the notation “End Regularity timing” (whichever comes first), there are no controls and competitors can travel at their own pace. Driving normally, you should get to the start of the next RS 2 minutes before your RESTART time.  The Route Instructions will show the RESTART time for Car 0. Your Richta phone will show your ideal RESTART time.