Motorsport Discussion

I saw a short video on Facebook, in which a rally car raced through a section of street rather quickly, basically "blink and you'll miss it", with a caption that seemed critical of the speed they were going and then a comment ranting about how rallies shut down entire countries or whole regions and nobody can go to work or anything. Evidently rally isn't fully understood by a lot of people, and I get that. It's not all over television like some other forms of motorsport, and it doesn't work the same way. I addressed the video clip and comment by trying to clear up some misunderstanding and correct some misinformation, but I'll touch on them further here.

They do not shut down entire countries, or regions, and people definitely can go to work, school, the store, or home. Rally races aren't typically done on highways or major streets. Inste…

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