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That was another issue. Talking with the guy who runs it (and owns wavespec rotor), the sport of rally is having some growing pains the last year or two. Lots of first timers or beginners. But that means that there is a lot of people helping and running who don’t know general safety or how these kinds of events are run. The way these events can be kept cheap is that they DONT have to hire a full set of staff for running stations. There are volunteer courses set up by dirtfish rally school to teach people the more technical aspects of running rally as well, from timing to grid setup etc.
I had a few issues mid day when I was working the course, where I had to yell at some people to pay attention. The worst part is where people weren’t tightening up in staging grid, so the line started backing into the stop box. I had to yell out to throw the red flag on the incoming car, and that happened more than once.
There was also no discussion on where is considered a safe place to stand. People were hiding corner exit after crest etc. I truly believe it was just an issue of, it’s been the same people attending for years, now all of a sudden there’s 40% new entrants and they have forgotten that some people don’t know these things.
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