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The RX-7 Club of San Diego will be having a "Fun Rally" in May of 2007. The difference between this type of rally and the standard road run is that the rally is competitive. All entrants will be given a set of clues that they must use to figure out where to go, with each car being launched separately from the others at two minute intervals. It is recommended that each car have both a driver and a navigator, as the navigator can read the directions, write the answers to the occasional questions, and generally provide another set of eyes to look for listed landmarks. The winner will have the most correct answers to the 30 questions, with mileage and/or time elapsed being used as tiebreakers.

The rally is not a race, as all driving must be done at the speed limit (those driving too fast or too slow would lose the tiebreaker). All contestants will be given a sealed envelope with the directions to the finish line, where everyone will meet for lunch. Obviously, if you get so lost that you have to open the envelope you will forfeit any chance of winning, but at least you will be guaranteed to meet the survivors for lunch at the end. The rally directions will not be as hard as similar rallies in other car clubs, where less than 50% of the participants fail to finish. This rally has been made easy enough so that 90% of you should be able to get to the finish line without opening your envelope.