The Make Smoking History Forest Rally is set to rev up on Sunday, 13th September 2020.
The event starts on one of the old Rally Australia stages near Harvey before moving towards Collie to compete on arguably some of the best rally roads in WA around Wellington Dam.
The Service Park will be in the centre of Collie and SPECTATING is absolutely Free!!
There are ample opportunities for spectators to enjoy the action out in the forests as well as in the Collie Service Park where crews can be seen frantically maintaining their cars.
A Rally differs from other forms of motorsport in that the cars do not compete on a ‘circuit’ instead they compete on closed road sections that they have only driven over twice in order to make their ‘pace notes’, a short-hand system of symbols that enables the Co-Driver to describe to the Driver what hides around the next corner or over that blind crest. In an event they may only see a particular corner 4 times…and given that the gravel conditions will be different each time, rather than the same lap after lap after lap, many argue that Rally drivers are the most skilled of all motorsport competitors.
There is a wide variety of cars competing including Classics like Ford Escorts and Datsun 1600’s to more modern turbocharged Mitsubishi Evos, Subaru WRXs and even a number of International spec “R5” cars.
Spectating is FREE!!
Yes, you get to spectate for FREE…whether at one of the special stages around Harvey or Wellington Dam or if you prefer just wandering around the Collie Service Park…it is all FREE.
Maps of the stages are available here. There are many vantage points for Spectating, for further details see our Spectators info here.
The Make Smoking History Forest Rally is a SMOKE FREE EVENT.
