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409industries
10-24-2008, 01:32 PM
I read this while poking through Alex Kihurani's rally blog while he is across the pond rallying in the UK. It sounds like they use recce recorded to DVD over there as a way to prepare for stages? I've never heard of this before...

We grabbed dinner, then I went back to my room and marked up all the notes for raceday and ran through the recce DVD once more on double speed with my laptop, as suggested by Mark Higgins. Now, the recce is being done around 60mph, race speed, rather than 30mph. It was truely a magnificant tip. I could go through all my notes, get my timing down, and figure out precisely where I needed to speed up or what sections I should possibly write differently so that every call was clear.

Source: http://britishrallybrat.blogspot.com/2008/10/bulldog-rally.html

And running the DVD at 2x speed to get a feel for when to call out notes, simple, but pure genius! :mrgreen:
UP2MTNS
10-24-2008, 01:34 PM
i saw that too and was wondering about that...takes a lot of time/cost out of running a rally and 'doing' recce....

everyone just pays $15 or $20 for the CD......a bargain for time not wasted, gas not spent, etc.....and the organizers pick up a few extra bucks...
albascoob
10-24-2008, 02:05 PM
Not just that but the forest roads in most cases are owned by the Forestry Commission in the UK so land access is a huge problem what with repair/cost/security etc. DVDs were the logical step. \

On hillrallies of course we didnt have recce at all...barely even had notes...you just had to look out for the bright orange arrows and step on the throttle!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HIflHT3s4lE&feature=related
KevinWelker
10-24-2008, 03:13 PM
many teams video tape the recce so that it can be consulted when fine tuning the notes. I would not trust a premade recce DVD, but one made by the team during normal recce is a trick of the trade and entirely legal.
Maverick
10-24-2008, 04:06 PM
It would make sense to me that all Organizers do this the day of the race for teams that cant get to recce. Maybe as an option not a rule. That would be sweet for soem competitors.
409industries
10-24-2008, 04:28 PM
many teams video tape the recce so that it can be consulted when fine tuning the notes. I would not trust a premade recce DVD, but one made by the team during normal recce is a trick of the trade and entirely legal.

I had always wondered about filming recce. Is this legal to do in the US?
Anders Green
10-30-2008, 11:38 AM
I had always wondered about filming recce. Is this legal to do in the US?
Nothing stoppin' ya. If someone filmed recce at Rally Tennessee I wouldn't issue any penalties or anything. I would be pretty careful that I was obeying the recce speed limit during filming, or the evidence there could get you in trouble. :nono :flamed :D

Anders