[RallySnake]

Xavier,

The Rallymaster is the guy who drove all the back roads to pick the best ones, plotted out the rally, set up a test run to make sure it all works with a few cars, he works some of the checkpoints and does the scorekeeping. He is Joe Akerman and he has invested a lot of time, sweat and money to put these events on. He's a great guy and you will see him at the pre-rally class and at the finish.

Yes, the cars are timed out at one minute intervals. You have just enough time to get to the checkpoint if you stay on course. If you get there early, you can drive slowly on the shoulder (but not stop) until your time to run over the hose. The hose is connected to a pnuematic switch that stops a very accurate clock in the timing car so they can give you the correct score.

I have to admit, one the best parts is if you make a mistake and get to run a "little faster" to make up the time. It is good to have a radar detector.

Paul