 | The Cavalier daily Wednesday, October 11, 1972 |  |
Beginning The Race
Immediately before leaving
for the course, instructions are
handed to the navigator
through the window and the
time is taken for his car.
The first checkpoint is
found by following "very easy
instructions," according to Mr.
Cordell. This is the "Odometer
Check" where the team must
compute the correction factor
between the official mileage
and the contestants' car.
The contestants then follow
the instructions. "Any sign or
object visible from the road at
the speed at which we're
supposed to be going is legal,"
commented Mr. Cordell.
Each of the 12 checkpoints
is timed to the minute.
Participants are "given 29
seconds lee-way either way,"
continued Mr. Cordell. "They
are penalized one point for
every minute which they are
early or late over that time."
Two checkpoints are timed
to the second for tie-breaking
purposes. This year, those
placing third, fourth, and fifth
places all had 17 points. The
seconds recorded at those two
checkpoints determined the
actual places of those three
teams.
| The Cavalier daily Wednesday, October 11, 1972 | |