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Rallying for rallysport
Rally rules
Although Targa Newfoundland holds a distinct place in the
Canadian rally racing circuit, rallysport has been alive and
well across Canada for the last 50 years. The Canadian Association
of Rallysport (CARS) was established in 1991 as the official
sanctioning body of the sport for the whole country. The Canadian
Rally Championship has been run consistently since 1957. Beside Targa events, there are three other types of rally
races: navigational, cross/sprint, performance. The navigational rallies have a precise course that a driver
and a navigator must follow and are known as time, distance,
speed rallies, or TDS. They are driven on public roads. The
race is scored by times that cars meet at designated checkpoints.
Cross courses are club-level rallies and are usually short — approximately
three kilometres — and take place on private land. They
are set up on terrain with loose surfaces, such as a gravel
pit, to create a challenge for the drivers. Sprints are short,
three -kilometres races that take place on proper roads. Performance rally courses combine special stages, which are
controlled or monitored roads, and public roads to mix it
up. The cars team up a driver and a co-driver to take on the
challenge of the course. A regional performance rally is generally
100 kilometres and the winning time is usually close to an
hour, while the national rally is 150 kilometres with the
winner taking closer to two hours to complete it.
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