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Originally Posted by Firehawk505
Points are interesting to ponder, but it's 2am, so I'll wait on that. I'll just say that rallies seem so short now compared to the 70's. I love watching old videos of, say, the Safari Rally, which, IIRC, used to actually be pretty long.
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That's because they are so short; most are approx 300km - not even 200 miles.
Those at the top of the WRC told us that Endurance style events were no longer relevant in the 21st century. So we get the same generic event all season long....with a Power Stage on Sunday lunch time.
Some events need more freedom to do what they want; I don't have a problem with one or two short events starting on Friday morning, and ending Saturday night.
As long as we can see a proper Monte, with a final night over the Col du Turini, as once happened - and a more challenging Safari.....