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    The Busy Bee Vol 2 Issue 7

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    The document summarizes the California Rally Series Rally School that provides driver, co-driver, and rallycross courses for beginners. It notes that the co-driver course provided the most useful information by covering pace notes and reconnaissance techniques. However, the driver course focused only on basic skills like left-foot braking and lacked exercises on racing lines. It also notes results from the first rallycross event of the season and includes classified advertisements.

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    The document summarizes the California Rally Series Rally School that provides driver, co-driver, and rallycross courses for beginners. It notes that the co-driver course provided the most useful information by covering pace notes and reconnaissance techniques. However, the driver course focused only on basic skills like left-foot braking and lacked exercises on racing lines. It also notes results from the first rallycross event of the season and includes classified advertisements.

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    My weekend in Ridgecrest; CRS rally school

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    The document summarizes the California Rally Series Rally School that provides driver, co-driver, and rallycross courses for beginners. It notes that the co-driver course provided the most useful information by covering pace notes and reconnaissance techniques. However, the driver course focused only on basic skills like left-foot braking and lacked exercises on racing lines. It also notes results from the first rallycross event of the season and includes classified advertisements.

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    The Busy Bee Vol 2 Issue 7

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    The Busy Bee

    Vol. 2, Issue 7========================================================February 19, 2013 ---------------- On Tuition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------California Rally Series Rally School Provides the Bare Minimum China Lake, Calif. For the price, there are few schools in the U.S. which offer the same amount of bang for the buck. The 16th Annual California Rally Series Rally School maintained its presentation in three iterations: driver course, co-driver course, and rallycross course; with each course presented by the local national champions and regional rally drivers... not to be confused with rallyists. The driver course provides the bare minimum tuition for a beginner to understand the driving dynamics of a front or allwheel drive vehicle on normal surfaces like dirt. The co-driver course provides extensive tuition on the many aspects of preparing for performance stage rallies. The rallycross course provides extensive tuition on driving aspects on flat, low traction surfaces. Each of these courses are helpful in one way or another for an amateur and for those who love the sport. The wife and The Busy Bee opted to attend the school again for the inexpensive coefficients toward their rally licenses; and to pick up any information that wasnt fully imbued in their attendance the previous year. This year, the wife partook in the co-driver course while The Busy Bee opted for a bit of seat time in the driver course. They both agreed that the co-driver course provided the most useful information. The co-driver course covered the use of pace notes and some minor techniques regarding reconnaissance. This also included hands-on exercises providing pace notes to a driver on a closed course and practicing route instructions on transits. While these performance stage rally transit sections are similar to what road rallyists compete on, they lack the intensity and unforgiving nature of course instructions for competitive road rallies. In any case, it was still great tuition. Unfortunately, the driver course was a little lacking, and truly provided only the bare minimum: seat time. The driver course was focused on the instruction of beginners whom had very little knowledge or experience driving near the limits of traction. This instruction was also biased toward front wheel drive and, to a lesser extent, all-wheel drive vehicles. The main point of the driver course was to stress the importance of left foot braking, which was really just an emphasis on left foot trail braking. While there was a small amount of discussion on vehicle dynamics and racing lines, particularly regarding corner entry, corner exit, and corner apexes, there were not many exercises where racing lines were discussed or stressed to the same extent as left foot trail-braking. Thankfully, over 2 hours of seat time were provided for in the schedule, with approximately 30 minutes of actual driving time allowed for each driver. (Continued on Page 2 Bare Minimum)

    Vol. 2, Issue 7========================================================February 19, 2012 -------- On Tuition (cont.) ----------------------------Bare Minimum Rather unfortunately, The Busy Bee opted to attend the driving sessions using a 1985 Mazda RX7, with a rear wheel drivetrain. This was only unfortunate because of the three instructors from whom he received tuition, only one of the three actually understood how to pilot rear wheel drive vehicles. Left foot trail braking does not work effectively on low traction surfaces for vehicles with rear wheel drive. This is the case because when the brakes are applied with the left foot, and the gas pedal is not released, the front brakes have a tendency to clamp on the wheels, thereby causing wheel lock and a general increase in understeer, while the rear wheels continue to propel the vehicle forward and away from the preferred racing line. In any case, the seat time was necessary for experimental purposes. In any case, the school is a wonderful place to learn about performance rally and is a great way to step into the ranks of regional rally drivers.

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    -------- Bite-Sized Morsels ---------------------------2013 California Rally Series Rallycross Championship Round 1 Ridgecrest, Calif. Official results can be found on the CRS website and Rallydata.com, but the most interesting thing to note is that 2nd place Stock 2WD class driver Danny Downey also placed 5th in Rally 2WD class in his stock Dodge Stealth. The competition may be fierce in Stock 2WD class this year, but the Rally 2WD drivers need to get their cars in gear if they want to prove their skill.

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