ProRally Racing - What is it?
Steve Gingras
(Ed note: Steve is the current National Champion in the Production GT class.)
ProRally racing is an all out, fast-as-you-can-go, cross country race. The course is secret, with no practicing allowed. The navigator reads route instructions to the driver as they race through the woods. The races take place in every type of condition imaginable form the blinding dust of summer to the glare ice of winter. The teams face rocks, mud, snow, dust, and darkness on serpentine forest roads as they drive flat out in an attempt to turn in the fastest time possible. The sport of ProRally makes incredible demands on both cars and teams. A typical rally will last 6 to 36 hours and cover 200 to 600 miles. Just to finish a ProRally is a real accomplishment.
There are two types of stages in ProRally, special stages and transit stages, or transit zones. Transit zones are public roads that are used to get the race cars from one special stage to the other. The cars are not racing on transit zones, they must obey all traffic laws. Any kind of citation is an immediate disqualification. The special stages are where the racing takes place and are on roads that are closed to all traffic other than rally cars. The cars are started on the special stage at one minute intervals. The fastest car gets the lowest time for that stage. A National level rally will have between 8 and 20 stages. At the end of the race all special stage times are added together and the team with the lowest total is the winner.
LOL Divisional ProRallies:
Headwaters May 14-15,1999, Park Rapids, MN
10,000 Lakes August 27, Bemidji, MN
Paul Bunyan's Ride August 28, Bemidji, MNLOL National ProRally:
Ojibwe August 27-29, Bemidji, MNWorkers are always needed and you do not have to be a member to work a ProRally!!
Call (612) 926-1722 to talk to someone about working. Or Call the LOL hotline at (612) 546-2097 and leave a message.
