# 10/12 Discover America Rally
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [October 3, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893 "2008-10-03T11:43:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@MXS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MXS)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/1 "2008-10-03T11:43:41Z")
2008 Discover America Car Rally
Sunday, October 12, 2008
115 Miles thru the Southern Tier
Brought to you by Rallymasters of W.N.Y.
Start: [Hamburg Holiday Inn, Hamburg, NY](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2Fmaps%3Fq%3D5440%2BCamp%2BRd%2BHamburg%2C%2BNY%2B14075%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26um%3D1%26sa%3DX%26oi%3Dgeocode_result%26resnum%3D1%26ct%3Dtitle&ei=SrHZSLLwBpuiec_d1b8G&usg=AFQjCNEmD8vhiuszdHgAspeDccdVa2vEMA&sig2=JAnAcZUCuab6LtvzakM0yw)
Finish: [The Holland Willows, Holland, NY](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2Fmaps%3Fq%3D177%2BSavage%2BRoad%2BHolland%2C%2BNY%2B14080%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26um%3D1%26sa%3DX%26oi%3Dgeocode_result%26resnum%3D1%26ct%3Dtitle&ei=e7HZSPGtCajgeIKj7bwG&usg=AFQjCNH31bwaMdzSvJzMjrUvUHBi2F8JnA&sig2=7K6bgaDxpYXiOO5chGrxVA)
Registration opens at 9:30 AM
First Car Off at Noon
Registration Fee is $40 if pre-registered and pre-paid (by October 7th) or $45 on the day of the event
Includes Rallyist’s Roast Beef Dinner for two at the Finish
Save $5 off the pre-registration fee by obtaining a certificate from one of our sponsors and sending it in with your Paid Pre-Registration
e-mail for more info: [RallyWNY@aol.com](mailto:RallyWNY@aol.com)
[http://www.rallywny.com/rallywny/](http://www.rallywny.com/rallywny/)
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This event is not like a normal road rally… it’s not straightforward, there are a lot of traps, and they time you to the nearest minute. But it’s all on paved roads so you don’t have to have a rally car or even snow tires. All you really need is a team of two people who can stand each other for a few hours 😃 a car with a working odometer/speedometer, pencil/calculator/clipboard, etc. It was a bunch of fun last year. If you’re interested, you still have a few days to preregister and save $5.
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### Author:  [@Silver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/2 "2008-10-03T19:53:43Z")
Wee, I’m excited for this.
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### Author:  [@StrictlyQuickly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrictlyQuickly)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/3 "2008-10-03T21:36:04Z")
loads of fun. i do it every year.
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/4 "2008-10-04T06:54:10Z")
Looking quite forward to it. 🙂
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/5 "2008-10-04T10:46:34Z")
did it two years ago.
I was like 8th car… got super lost, ended up behind everyone, but then passed everyone and was the first one to the finish by atleast 15 minutes.
LOL
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### Author:  [@Silver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/6 "2008-10-14T06:59:29Z")
Fun, as usual. Marnie and I picked up second place with 4 points. First place had 2 points. :fistshake: Third place had 13 points. 56 registered cars, and 54 made it to the end.
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### Author:  [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/7 "2008-10-14T07:05:32Z")
fucking string maps! i still cant figure out how to read that fucking thing!
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/8 "2008-10-14T07:29:21Z")
Was quite a good time, string maps were a bitch. Make a bit more sense now though. Got 1st rally noob award, 25th overall, was a ton of fun.
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### Author:  [@Silver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/9 "2008-10-14T07:47:09Z")
String maps are easy, if you think of them the correct way. Just keep thinking how many roads you need to leave to the left or right… like if you see this +, you know you need to make some sort of execution (even if that means driving straight) to keep one road to your left and one road to your right). If you get one that is like |\< you need to execute to leave two roads on your right (in a four way intersection, that would mean making a left).
The string maps come pretty easy for me thinking about it like that.
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### Author:  [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2008, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/10 "2008-10-14T07:52:39Z")
makes it a little easier to understand. I feared it when i saw it on the first half but oh well there is always next year.
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### Author:  [@MXS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MXS)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2008, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-12-discover-america-rally/55893/11 "2008-10-14T08:44:09Z")
Yeah, this event was awesome! Fun roads, gorgeous scenery, perfect weather… we didn’t get lost at all… I still can’t believe that other team got a 2. :lol:
My pictures:
Makeshift rally car:
[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/marnie/2937269172/)