At long last the snow is disappearing from Minnesota and the Spring time road rallies are starting to appear. These are the ones in the Minnesota/Wisconsin area aver the next few weeks.
April 26th Escape to Wisconsin out of Hudson, WI
May 3rd Badger Burrows, Madison, WI
May 17th Waterloo, Davenport IA.
I fear that work commitments may well preclude me from entering all of these events. But after what has seemed an age without anything going on it is good to have activity again.
Springtime also sees one of the great European classic car rallies. The Tulpenrallye, or Tulip Rally in the Netherlands. This years event runs from May 4th to 10th starting in the Netherlands, passing into France and Germany before finishing in Noordwijk in the Netherlands.
The Tulpenrallye was first run in 1946 which was among the "golden years"of road rallying. Winners in the past have included legendary rally names like Roger Clark, Walter Rorhl, Timo Makinen and Pat Moss. However since 1992 the rally has been limited to cars built before December 31st 1971, and the event became known as the Historic Tulip Rally.
Rules for the event are pretty strict. You can't use cellphones (only in an emergency) and the timing and measuring equipment is limited too, These restrictions however, don't have an effect on the number of entries. There are 216 entrants in four classes for the 2014 event.
The event can be followed through its website, Tulpenrallye.nl where you can select an English language version of the site, there is also a full set of race regulations on the website to follow. On the other hand, if you have an iPhone there is an App for the Rallye available from the App store. With it you can review the entrants, keep up with their progress, and watch videos of the event too.
Perhaps the Tulpenrallye should be on my road rally bucket list. All I need to do is find a family member or friend with a pre-December 1971 car who will let the wife and I drive it through Europe for four days.
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