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To attain Seed 4, you have to finish in the top half of all finishers at a ProRally.
At Cherokee Trails there were 39 finishers. So you would have had to finish 19th or higher to be in the top half. The first 19 finishers were ALL 4wd Turbo cars...
Conclusion? It is getting incredibly difficult for a non 4wd Turbo car to attain seed 4, and they have to finish in the top half twice to get seed 3.
Seed 2? You have to have at least one 7th overall finish. 2wd cars of any kind finishing in the top 10 is going to be incredibly rare.
Take the Zimmer/Shindle team that was so kind as to give us Video of them racing at Cherokee. In 1999 and before that kind of drive would have been top 5 at pretty much any ProRally. And a win if the conditions were right.
Higher Entry fee for Cherokee Trails & Oregon Trail hasn't slowed down the entries. 96 for Cherokee & 73 at last count for OT.
We clearly have reached the point where it won't be very long before ProRally's are exclusively for the Manufacturers or those that are very rich. The little guy in his 2wd car will have a difficult time being included in the top 25 results if we get another 30-40 4wd turbo cars. This is the biggest British invasion since the Beetles...
So we need to build up ClubRally so most of us will still have a place to play.
At Cherokee Trails there were 39 finishers. So you would have had to finish 19th or higher to be in the top half. The first 19 finishers were ALL 4wd Turbo cars...
Conclusion? It is getting incredibly difficult for a non 4wd Turbo car to attain seed 4, and they have to finish in the top half twice to get seed 3.
Seed 2? You have to have at least one 7th overall finish. 2wd cars of any kind finishing in the top 10 is going to be incredibly rare.
Take the Zimmer/Shindle team that was so kind as to give us Video of them racing at Cherokee. In 1999 and before that kind of drive would have been top 5 at pretty much any ProRally. And a win if the conditions were right.
Higher Entry fee for Cherokee Trails & Oregon Trail hasn't slowed down the entries. 96 for Cherokee & 73 at last count for OT.
We clearly have reached the point where it won't be very long before ProRally's are exclusively for the Manufacturers or those that are very rich. The little guy in his 2wd car will have a difficult time being included in the top 25 results if we get another 30-40 4wd turbo cars. This is the biggest British invasion since the Beetles...
So we need to build up ClubRally so most of us will still have a place to play.