The Victorian Rally Championship was the evolution series of car rallies in Victoria, Australia . Prior to 1972, car rallies/trials relied heavily on the ability of a navigator to read a map and direct their driver over a planned course covering shire roads and forest tracks at night .
5-456: In 1972 the series evolved in line with the improvement of forest tracks , and the population of properties along Shire roads – into a more driver-oriented event . Route instructions became comprehensive, making it easier for a crew to avoid getting lost, and results were effectively determined by how fast the drivers drove on the generally narrow forest roads . Since 1990, many of these events have been held during daylight hours – making
10-803: The competition more attractive to spectators . At present, the Victorian Rally Championship includes awards for overall champion, two wheel drive champion, and class champions. Two single car make championships are associated with the Victorian Rally Championship: The Fiesta Rally Series and the Grant Walker Parts Excel Rally Series. Winners of the Victorian Rally Championship and the preceding Victorian Trials Championship are as follows: * Driver and navigator were not from
15-516: The plains in order to enable vehicles to safely negotiate hairpin bends . On the other hand, the widening of old tracks runs the risk of heavier erosion or landslides . Forest roads may be subdivided into various classes according to their capacity. For example, in Germany, the key of topographic maps distinguishes between are metalled roadways ( Befestigte Fahrwegen ), roadways ( Fahrwegen ), forest tracks ( Waldwegen ) and footpaths ( Fußwegen ),
20-436: The establishment of forest roads is not only subject to approval under forest management law, but also conservation law. In riparian forest and other especially important conservation areas, forest roads and tracks are generally signed as being out of bounds and/or closed off with barriers . In mountainous regions the situation is more complex. On the one hand, forest roads on steep mountainsides must be wider than on
25-959: The same crew. ** Victorian Rally Championship introduced; previously, this was known as the Victorian Trials Championship. Since 2003, there has been a separate Two Wheel Drive Championship contested as part of the Annual Championships. Winners of the Victorian 2WD Rally Championship are as follows: Forest track Forest tracks or forest roads are roads or tracks intended to carry motorised vehicles or horse-drawn wagons being used mainly or exclusively for forestry purposes, such as conservation or logging . Forest tracks may be open to ramblers or mountain bikers depending on local rules. Forest roads may be tarmacked, gravelled or metalled (using hard core) and often have restrictions on use. In many regions
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