Who starts first, cars or bikes?
1) A higher percentage of our cars have rally experience. They have better odometers plus a co-driver, and are less likely to go down a wrong road. This means it’s good to let them set an example and/or mark the way on dirt sections. 2) Serious dust is unlikely: 2 or 3 minutes between groups is plenty for TSD’s, and on highway sections everyone spreads out anyhow. 3) Mud is likely at some point. Roads where this might happen aren’t well traveled, but I’d hate to see cars behind a bike if someone went down. 4) In the unlikely event of a cycle incident this puts officials close behind. After TSDs most officials (hams, sat phones, EMTs) will follow immediately. If cycles ran first we’d be 20 minutes farther behind them. ROUTE BOOKS & GPS What route book formats are available? Our printed route instructions include a mileage at each instruction but almost no “Alpine” intersection diagrams (here’s a 1998 sample) There are 3 route formats. Everyone receives two copies of #1 and the other two
