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Originally Posted by Vman455
Bob announced at the driver's meeting that we were shooting for 43 mph. I was watching my average speed readout, but that of course included the idle time and pace lap so it ended up reading ~41 mph.
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I've been using RallyTracks on my iPhone. I found a few apps for rally data so I'm sure there are more options including for Android. These apps run off GPS data, they don't need a connection to your car for speed data.
It's mostly useful for more conventional Rally events, which the GGP used to run in the afternoons. Now mostly replaced by Autocross.
If I recall correctly - -
It tells you your average speed for that rally segment, while you're driving. When you complete the segment you can tap the screen and it logs the segment in, and starts tracking the next one. I think you can see the average speed for the current lap while you're driving it. But it shows nothing for the first 20 seconds or so; there's not enough data yet for a meaningful average speed.
AND - I did some math a few years ago, using the track lap length (google will find that for the WGI track), and the target speed - to derive the ideal time per lap. Bob G, or any Rally organizer, would never tell you that number. But because you can find the length of the WGI track - with our without the Boot - you can find the distance and derive the time. Without the Boot, it's 2.428 miles. I used to have the length as 2.45 mi but see my link in next post, I think 2.428 is more correct.
Then my brother = navigator uses a digital stopwatch (not toooo expensive) to get our lap time for each lap. Press a button as you pass the start/finish, and it reads out the time. And starts counting time for the new lap just started.
All this works if you're pretty good with math. You have to use miles/hour and find lap times in minutes and seconds. But it's doable.