International Competitor Survey

I'm doing some research for a story in Gearbox Magazine. I'd like to ask the rally community at large a brief survey about the 2010 season, compile the results based on region (global), and share the results with everyone. It would be neat to see how rally compares where we live to other parts of the world.

I hope you'll find this a worthwhile way to spend a couple minutes.

Looking back at 2010...

- How many events did you enter?
- How much was the least expensive event you entered?
- How much was the most expensive event you entered?
- What was the shortest distance you traveled to an event?
- What was the longest distance you traveled to an event?
- Approximately how many stage kilometers/miles did you drive this year?
- How many competitors were there in your class over the year?
- How many competition licenses did you need this year?
- What was the worst thing that happened at a rally this year?
- What was the best thing that happened at a rally this year?

This is a random idea I'm working with. Hope to hear from you.

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Brian Driggs | KG7KCA | PHX, AZ | 89 Pajero
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- How many events did you enter? 2 Rallys and 4 EuroRallyCross events

- How much was the least expensive event you entered? $50 --EuroRallyCrosses

- How much was the most expensive event you entered? $650ish ?? NEFR

- What was the shortest distance you traveled to an event? ~150 miles one-way

- What was the longest distance you traveled to an event? ~800 miles one-way

- Approximately how many stage kilometers/miles did you drive this year? ~230 stage miles, ~100 Miles of competitive EuroRallyCross, ~100 miles practice EuroRallyCross

- How many competitors were there in your class over the year? 30+ total

- How many competition licenses did you need this year? 2

- What was the worst thing that happened at a rally this year? A stage or two got canceled and we had a flat tire on stage...

- What was the best thing that happened at a rally this year? Really fun and close racing with other 2wd teams like Shephard, Duplessis, Burmeister, O'Sullivan, VanWay, Johnson, Vlasic, Tancredi, Brosnan, etc etc.

Thank you, Josh. Appreciate your input.

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Brian Driggs | KG7KCA | PHX, AZ | 89 Pajero
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I'm doing some research for a story in Gearbox Magazine. I'd like to ask the rally community at large a brief survey about the 2010 season, compile the results based on region (global), and share the results with everyone. It would be neat to see how rally compares where we live to other parts of the world.

I hope you'll find this a worthwhile way to spend a couple minutes.

Looking back at 2010...

- How many events did you enter- 3 regional rally
- How much was the least expensive event you entered- 450
- How much was the most expensive event you entered?-800
- What was the shortest distance you traveled to an event?200mi
- What was the longest distance you traveled to an event?400mi
- Approximately how many stage kilometers/miles did you drive this year?450
- How many competitors were there in your class over the year?20-25 in gr 2
- How many competition licenses did you need this year? 3-nasa,RA,Cars
- What was the worst thing that happened at a rally this year?broken cv joint, and drank to much before Tall Pines
- What was the best thing that happened at a rally this year?3rd g2 stpr regional, and I autographed some chubby kid's back with a sharppie

You just want events competed in? Or events worked too? Cuz I typically go to 9-12 events a year, but only compete in about 4-6 and work the rest.

Do co-drivers count?

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Do co-drivers count?

Yes, and I've heard they count with their shoes on....unlike drivers.

- How many events did you enter? 4 "club rallies" ( rally/autocross-like stages, but separate stages within ~30 miles radius), 4 sprints and what we call a minirally (single day stage rally).
- How much was the least expensive event you entered? Free... Cause the event sponsor paid the fee for all competitors that had upgraded their license this season.
- How much was the most expensive event you entered? ~150 USD I think.
- What was the shortest distance you traveled to an event? ~10 miles (which was also the free event).
- What was the longest distance you traveled to an event? ~200 miles (the minirally - Denmark is a small country - it was litterally in the other end of the country ).
- Approximately how many stage kilometers/miles did you drive this year? ~300 km
- How many competitors were there in your class over the year? 4 for the clubrally, 8-10 at the sprints and 12 or so at the minirally.
- How many competition licenses did you need this year? One...
- What was the worst thing that happened at a rally this year? Puncture on a fairly new gravel tire I think. Or a broken CV joint :-).
- What was the best thing that happened at a rally this year? Doing the minirally. Proper stage rally with recce and everything. Big sense of accomplishment.

Best regards Brian

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Brian

Alright, here's the "competed-in" answer:

- How many events did you enter? 4
- How much was the least expensive event you entered? $400
- How much was the most expensive event you entered? $650
- What was the shortest distance you traveled to an event? 300mi
- What was the longest distance you traveled to an event? 800mi
- Approximately how many stage kilometers/miles did you drive this year? 325mi
- How many competitors were there in your class over the year? 7 P-Stock, 12 R-A G2, 12 USRC Open 2WD
- How many competition licenses did you need this year? 2
- What was the worst thing that happened at a rally this year? Ran 5 miles on a flatted front tire
- What was the best thing that happened at a rally this year? Had lots of fun, considering I hadn't driven in '09 at all. Podiumed 3rd O/A at Gorman.

- How many events did you enter? 5
- How much was the least expensive event you entered? $450
- How much was the most expensive event you entered? $900 (average entry $625)
- What was the shortest distance you traveled to an event? 20 miles
- What was the longest distance you traveled to an event? 2100 miles (air) (average 790 miles)
- Approximately how many stage kilometers/miles did you drive this year? 450 miles
- How many competitors were there in your class over the year? couldn't say, raced in two different classes in three different championships
- How many competition licenses did you need this year? 2 (RA/CARS)
- What was the worst thing that happened at a rally this year? Nothing I would call 'bad'
- What was the best thing that happened at a rally this year? co-driving for an ex BRC/PWRC champion

In addition - worked 4 more events in one capacity or another averaging 800 miles to those (min 12 miles, max 2750 miles(air)) and I did volunteer work for one of the events I entered.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/23/2010 02:34AM by Morison.

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Yes, and I've heard they count with their shoes on....unlike drivers.

- How many events did you enter? 4 regional events 1 rallysprint
- How much was the least expensive event you entered? $150 (rallysprint)
- How much was the most expensive event you entered? $650
- What was the shortest distance you traveled to an event? 250mi
- What was the longest distance you traveled to an event? 450mi
- Approximately how many stage kilometers/miles did you drive this year? 300mi
- How many competitors were there in your class over the year? GR2 - +30?
- How many competition licenses did you need this year? 2 NASA, RA
- What was the worst thing that happened at a rally this year? lost intercom a couple of times due to a faulty peltor mic connector, had a crank trigger issue that kept us off the pace
- What was the best thing that happened at a rally this year? had fun. got to meet a lot of new people. learning to put the notes and speed together better.

Looking back at 2010...

- How many events did you enter? 7 events total
- How much was the least expensive event you entered? ~$350 cdn...cannot really remember
- How much was the most expensive event you entered? $1000 cdn
- What was the shortest distance you traveled to an event? ~180km one way
- What was the longest distance you traveled to an event? ~1400km one way
- Approximately how many stage kilometers/miles did you drive this year? ~700-800km
- How many competitors were there in your class over the year? Regionally about 10, Nationally 30+
- How many competition licenses did you need this year? 1, CARS national
- What was the worst thing that happened at a rally this year? Blowing a turbo in the last event making the entire season "for not"
- What was the best thing that happened at a rally this year? Great friends, Sponsors, and good times.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/23/2010 09:28AM by Do It Sidewayz.

Apologies for the late reply, gents. Tis the season for running around like a headless chicken, right?

@Michel - Ultimately, I would like to do something like this for each of the more prominent roles in the sport - driver, co-driver, organizer, volunteer, et al.. Apples to apples and all that jazz.

This being the first year we're doing this, I'm concerned I won't be able to gather enough data to really allow for comparison on a global level, but I believe the idea has merit and am open to feedback with regard to how this could be tweaked to be the most useful.

@Morison - I am open to co-driver data, but how do you think it might impact the results of the survey? Should there be separate driver/co-driver surveys? Perhaps team surveys?

@everyone - What do you think of the questions posed. Are there any others you'd like asked to the greater rally community?

Thanks for the input, folks. I sincerely appreciate it!

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Brian Driggs | KG7KCA | PHX, AZ | 89 Pajero
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@Morison - I am open to co-driver data, but how do you think it might impact the results of the survey? Should there be separate driver/co-driver surveys? Perhaps team surveys?

Depends on what you're trying to get out of the results.
Team surveys don't work because some people co-drive for different teams through the year. (I co-drove for three different drivers)
I think you want to simply add (driver/codriver) to the competitor survey

The bigger question is what are you trying to measure... if it is someone's involvement in the sport then there should be a 'part b' that goes into volunteerism. Not sure what the questions would look like there.

Have you thought of posting this as a survey on your site rather than manually collecting the data?