2011 Ohio Forest Rally
Saturday, December 10, 2011
A fun day on southern Ohio's famous PRO Rally Roads...
Information Revised 12/5/2011
EVENT CANCELLED
Unfortunately, we are forced to cancel the December 10, 2011 running of the Ohio Forest Rally.
Event overview:
This will be a Saturday event starting and finishing in Chillicothe, Ohio.
The first half of the route will be run in the daylight with a break near
McArthur, OH. After it gets dark you'll run the rest of the stages as you
go back to Chillicothe. The route will be composed of about 200 miles
of county/township and forest roads once used for the Sunriser 400 Forest Rally.
The route is primarily in Ross, Vinton, Athens and Pike Counties. The route is about 70% well-maintained gravel roads.
Over the past years we have been asked a number of times if the Sunriser
400 Forest Rally might ever come back to southern Ohio as a stage event.
There is a possibility that this may happen and if it does, the route for the
first running since 1996 will probably look a LOT like what we will be running
on December 10, 2011. HOWEVER: This is NOT a speed event. The
local rangers and sheriff deputies frown upon people who play too hard on these roads. If you
want to go 90 MPH on the gravel this IS NOT the time or place to practice.
Pre-Registration IS REQUESTED. We will
have a limited number of route books available for walk-on's. Should you
decide to run after 12/8/11, please call the Rallymaster, Dick Paddock at
614-619-0049 (cell) or email him at
rpaddock@tsass.com to assure we will have materials for you.
The competitor pre-registration form can be found HERE.
Working the Event:
We can always use more workers. If you are not in a position to run.
but are interested in volunteering to work, we have provided a worker sign-up
form that is available by clicking HERE.
If you are inexperienced as a control worker, we will try to pair you with an
experienced person. As a worker you will be driving sections of the route
to get to your assigned locations, but unfortunately you will not see the entire
route.
We will be doing a worker's meeting about Noon on Saturday of the event to
distribute control materials, make sure you know the procedures and assure that
you know how to get to your locations. If you are experienced, and can not
be in Chillicothe at Noon, sign up anyway and we will work with you to get
materials to you earlier and do a phone briefing.
Running Schedule:
The start will be from the truck parking lot behind the McDonalds in East
Main Street at US 23 on the east side of Chillicothe - Click
HERE
for map of the start location. The map is from prior year
so ignore the date at the top - the start is across the street from the old
Travelodge on the map. The Travelodge used to be the L-K Motel in the days
of Sunriser 400 and is now an America's Best Value Motel.
Worker's Meeting - 1 PM
Registration - 11:00 to 12:30 PM
Worker meeting - 12:00 noon
Driver's meeting - 12:30 PM
First Car Off Section 1 - 1:01 PM - Tar Hollow Stages
Chillicothe break - 3:00 - 3:30 PM
First Car Off Section 2 - 3:31 PM - Scioto Trail & Jackson County Stages
McArthur Break - 5:30 - 6:00 PM
First Car Off Section 3 - 6:01 PM - Zaleski Forest Stages
First Car finishes back in Chillicothe - 9:00 PM
Awards - 10:00 PM
Route Status:
The roads are in great shape. The roughest part of the rally is
actually a few sections of paved road which has developed significant pot holes.
You will be warned of these locations.
NOTE: The route will be a bit brisk. Speeds are often in the 35-40 MPH
range on the gravel and higher on the pavement. This will be a bit like
the old Ohio rally Championship or Michigan-Ohio-New York events. You are
cautioned to DRIVE SAFELY on the narrow forest roads. Be wary of
hunters...
Rough stage agenda:
- Haynes Hollow
- Lewellen
- Sugar Run
- Vista
- Forest Road 5
- Practice
- Experimental Forest
- Webb Hollow
- Bolster Hollow
- America's Best
- King Hollow
- Lookout Rock
- East Raccoon
- Will Tract
- Buckeye Trail
Clarification of Scoring:
If you are delayed for any reason, you can claim a no-penalty delay of whole minutes + 30 seconds up to 20 minutes for any one half of the event. Delays must be turned in, in writing at the control after your delay. Timing / scoring will be 1 point per 0.01 minute early or late up to 2 minutes and 500 points for a missed control or more than 10 minutes early / late.
All potential controls will be shown in the route book, and interval times between instructions will be provided to simplify the math. Not al marked locations will be staffed. It can't get much easier, but experience shows that people will still be early / late. (See the regulations for a sample of the route book.)
Route books will be distributed at the registration. A sample route book page is available HERE.
Entry / Worker List:
We are maintaining an entry list as pre-entries and worker information forms are received. To see the current entry list, click HERE.
To pre-register and request a car number, complete and submit the registration form. You will receive a confirmation email from the Rally Master with your car number.
The pre-registration form can be found HERE.
Pictures:
I have posted pictures from a prior year's route below. This year's route uses very similar roads. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger view. Sorry about the glare through the windshield...
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