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Old 01-18-2013, 09:10 PM
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There's an awesome off road track at Tamiya Raceway in Aliso Veijo that would be perfect for rally. It is used very little or not at all right now and is on the opposite side of the drivers stand from the on road track. You would stand opposite of the on road guys on the drivers stand and could run at the same time as long as there would be no frequency conflicts.
It is primarily a very sandy soil surface and the layout could be designed to be a combo off road/rally course with plenty of room for small jumps and a straight with a sweeper leading into the off road section again. There seems to be little interest to run off road on the track because the soil composition that off road runs today has changed so much since the track was originally installed (1994). It is also on the small side compared to a West Coast or OCRC, but is very good sized for rally.
If you could dig up a roto tiller and a couple of able bodied helpers, you could design a layout that would suite whatever you wanted it to be in a few hours. I bet if you started running there you would pick up a lot of interest from others that run on road there every Saturday.
One word of caution however. Since this track is owned by Tamiya America, only Tamiya RC cars are allowed on the track. That is the downside. The upside is that if you own a Tamiya car racing on the track is FREE! They even have a covered pit area with electricity supplied (no generators or popups needed)! Tamiya just introduced the XV-01 rally car that is made specifically for rally. Go to the Tamiya America (Tamiyausa.com) website for more info part number 58526... it's an awesome car perfect for this type of racing. Speedtech and Ultimate hobbies have them in stock for sale
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