Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
3/16/23 12:05 p.m.
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Chattanooga may be best known for its numerous outdoor activities, so perhaps it’s fitting that the World Rally Championship could use the location for a 2024 return to U.S. soil–specifically, the winding gravel roads of the Cherokee National Forest.

According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Chattanooga Tourism Co. has been pushing to bring rally to the area for …

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fidelity101
fidelity101 UberDork
3/16/23 12:29 p.m.

I've been hearing rumblings of running old moonshine roads for rally USA and there has been some more KY/TN events popping up so this is interesting. If I can't compete in it I would definitely volunteer or watch because I don't know when this is coming back. I thought it may have been the Bristol TN event but its too new and not enough stage miles for a WRC event.


Should be interesting, this topic comes up annually it seems but this one has more meat on the bones than the others...

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
3/16/23 1:05 p.m.

Oh, please. I have friends in Chattanooga.

Aaron_King
Aaron_King GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
3/16/23 1:52 p.m.

Yes please.

thatsnowinnebago
thatsnowinnebago GRM+ Memberand UberDork
3/16/23 2:49 p.m.

I'd fly to Tennessee to see WRC.

californiamilleghia
californiamilleghia UberDork
3/16/23 3:15 p.m.

how do the numbers work out to ship all the cars , crew and spares over for one race ?

Will they  also have a Canada  or Mexico race ?

Feedyurhed
Feedyurhed UltraDork
3/16/23 3:15 p.m.

That would be awesome if it actually happens!

j_tso
j_tso Dork
3/16/23 6:24 p.m.

In reply to californiamilleghia :

They still do a Mexico round, but I don't think they bother to save the air miles because there's usually a South American round later in the year.

fidelity101
fidelity101 UberDork
3/17/23 9:52 a.m.

In reply to californiamilleghia :

they do that all over the world anyways. This weekend is Mexico and the next event is Croatia in April. Chile is at the end of the year and those are the only 2 WRC rounds in the western hemisphere. 

pheller
pheller UltimaDork
3/17/23 11:37 a.m.

I don't even want to think about the absurdity of costs involved in the logistics of WRC. 

It's no wonder teams aren't exactly clamoring for North American stages, and likewise why we don't see much across the pond development of drivers or teams. 

fidelity101
fidelity101 UberDork
3/17/23 12:11 p.m.

In reply to pheller :

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Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/17/23 5:02 p.m.

In reply to fidelity101 :

Aw, they are no longer doing the back to back weekend Germany/Finland rallies, where they load up the trucks in Germany and head straight to Finland and set the cars up for gravel just in time for parc expose?

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