CONTROLS,  RALLY ROADS,  SPEEDS,  and  INSTRUCTIONS

•   Open (8), Closed (1), and DIY (7) Timing Controls will be used.

•   Passage (Pumpkin) Controls will be used to monitor visits to The Great Pumpkin.

•   Out Markers will be used at Open and Closed Controls.

•   Odometer zeroed at all Out Markers.

•   Most rally roads are paved with less than three (3) miles of unpaved.

•   Assigned speeds are moderate;  liberal use of pauses, free zones, and transit zones.

•   The 'Onto' Main Road Rule will be used.   

•   Numbered Route Instructions are frequently referenced to Official Mileages.

•   Seven (7) Lettered Route Instructions (LRIs) will be used.   The official LRIs appear in the Route Instructions, but 

             an additional copy of the LRIs will be provided on label stock for those wishing to use that format for the LRIs.

•   Map Zone -- One of the DIY legs in the morning route will use course-following instructions presented in the Route 

             Instructions in the form of a straight-line map (sometimes called a stick map).    The description of the straight-line

             map and an example of its use are presented in the General Instructions.   The straight-line map is drawn to scale 

             and 'rulers' are provided in the General instructions to aid in conversion of  map-inches to rally-miles.  

             Peppermint Patti considers this Map Zone as an exercise in Advanced Descriptive Geometry, and views it 

             with appropriate disdain!    

•   Control Instructions are issued on Control Slips.  With one exception that is explained in the General Instructions,

             Control Instructions are used only to 1) zero the odometer at Out Markers, and 2) begin DIY legs.  

•   GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS will be mailed to the driver for entries received by September 27, 2004.

          Pre-registration is strongly recommended in order to receive the GENERAL 

       INSTRUCTIONS prior to the event.              

AWARDS  and  PRIZES

•   Placement awards in NER Classes  A, B, C, S, and D.

•   Special Dead Last But Finished (DLBF) trophy for both driver and navigator                                                          

       of  the entrant car finishing in last place overall.

•   Distinctive brass tri-color dash plaques for both driver and navigator.

•   Special awards in the competition to find The Great Pumpkin at Passage Controls.

•   $50 Prize to the winner of  The Pumpkin Patch RallyGame for ENTRANTS.

•   $50 Prize to the winner of  The Pumpkin Patch RallyGame for WORKERS.

•   POST-EVENT 'RAFFLE'.