Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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carbonbased said:
WIth group b, I'm talking about mainly the driver's perspective, gleaned from things I've read and seen. I think overall, watching a group b rally might be a bit boring (except if you're stupid…then you'd have 10 sec total of sheer terror and hours of boredom), and it would come to life only via TV. Kind of like the Baja 1000.

I have watched World of Outlaws in person. Loud and dangerous for sure. But they go around in a 1/4 to 5/8 mile circle for roughly 50-60 laps total. This includes the qualifying heats and final race. Going with a 5/8 mile track, in total, that's only about 38 miles of racing. The crashes are neat though, and they are LOUD. I'd probably choose this type of race to be a spectator at…lots of action.

Any top fuel drag racing is obviously in a straight line and is over in less than 4 sec and 1000ft. Some people here shoot that far. They are LOUDER. I don't know how many heats there are, but if there's six, that ~24 sec and 6000 ft of racing upon a nitromethane bomb.

The Isle of Man comes close, but the longest races are on a six-lap tarmac-only course (total ~227mi) and for the Senior TT, the record is roughly 1 hr 44 min. I've watched it a fair amount and I believe more people have died in that race than any group b rally, so hats off to them for keeping the race pure, regardless of the danger. Very crazy.

But what I am talking about is the sheer driver overstimulation of a group b rally that is comprised of a combination of 600+hp in a very low-geared small car, acceleration/deceleration, a million turns (counter steering! wheeee!), noise, crowds right next your tires, directions being piped into your ear from the co-driver, jumps, sometimes driving at night, sometimes ice/snow driving, sometimes tarmac driving, often flying around upon gravel, all over a multi-day multi-stage race. Here's the 1985 group b schedule, distances, and times. Note the mileage…300 to 3,211 miles! And I think a big key thing to remember is the sheer unpredictability of group b racing compared to even modern rallying. The tech and rules were operating on the bleeding edge and no one knew what was going to happen out there.
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