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And lo on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:46:32 -0000, scott <sco### [at] laptop com> did
spake, saying:
>>> Normally a variable - may be slippery, may be wet; it depends.
>>>
>>
>> Ahhh. Thank you.
>
> I thought it was usually short for "maybe cut", ie there might be a
> possibility to cut off some part of the turn (eg by putting two wheels
> onto the grass). It's because the conditions might have changed since
> the recce, spectators, rocks, debris, mud or anything could be there
> which wasn't there earlier. I haven't watched that specific clip though
> so could be wrong.
Well I didn't get it from the clip, got it from some rally driving friends
:-) Apparently it's part of some standard terminology in the pace notes.
> Vaguely related, I remember watching Colin McRae and his co-driver to
> the pre-run recce of a rally stage once, they were approaching an "S"
> bend that had flat grass all around it so decided that in the rally they
> would completely cut off the two turns and drive through the middle
> across the grass, allowing that section to be taken at a much higher
> speed and saving valuable time.
Again apparently there isn't a "cut" standard term, but there is a "no cut"
> Come the real rally, they approach this same section at considerable
> speed expecting to simply cut through the middle, only to find a course
> official standing directly in their path! Some extreme sideways driving
> (and a lot of lost time) got them around ok in the end IIRC.
As above if they didn't want anyone to cut it should have been labelled as
such, otherwise it's fair game.
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Phil Cook
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