Editing Rallying (section)

=== Etymology ===
The word '<nowiki/>'''''rally'<nowiki/>''''' comes from the French verb '''rallier''<nowiki/>', meaning to reunite or regroup urgently during a battle. It was in use since at least the seventeenth century and continues to mean to synergise with haste for a purpose.<ref>{{Cite web |title=rally {{!}} Etymology, origin and meaning of rally by etymonline |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/rally |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=www.etymonline.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=rally |date=2022-06-01 |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=rally&oldid=67221410 |work=Wiktionary |language=en |access-date=2022-06-09}}</ref> By the time of the invention of the motor car, it was in use as a noun to define the organised mass gathering of people, not to protest or demonstrate, but to promote or celebrate a social, political or religious cause.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1872-09-19 |title=Rally! Rally!! Rally!!! |pages=3 |work=The Brooklyn Union |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56547937/rally-rally-rally/ |access-date=2022-06-04}}</ref> Motor car rallies were probably being arranged as motor clubs and [[automobile associations]] were beginning to form shortly after the first motor cars were being produced.

"Auto Rallies" were common events in the USA in the early twentieth century for the purpose of political [[Caucus|caucusing]], however many of these rallies were coincidentally aimed at motorists who could attend in convenient fashion rather than being a motoring rally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=3 Nov 1906, 8 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/431031828/?terms=auto%20rally&match=1 |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=22 Apr 1910, Page 6 - Winston-Salem Journal at Newspapers.com |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/95198408/?terms=auto%20rally&match=1 |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> One early example of a true motor rally, the 1909 Auto Rally Day in [[Denison, Iowa]], United States, gathered approximately 100 vehicles owned by local residents for no other real reason than to give rides to members of the public, using fuel paid for by local businessmen who hoped the event would help sell cars.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1 Sep 1909, 1 - The Denison Review at Newspapers.com |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/466193754/?terms=%22auto%20rally%22&match=1 |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Russo-balt_s24-55_ralli_monte-karlo_1.jpg|thumb|1912 [[Monte Carlo Rally]] entrant, [[Russo-Balt]] "Monako" Torpédo]]

In the case of the 1910 Good Roads Rally held in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], a rally was organised to promote the need for better roads. The rally itself had no competition and most vehicles were expected to be parked for its duration. The programme included a visit to some ongoing roadworks, a vehicle parade, with food, drink, dancing and music also arranged. However, the Automobile Club of [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]], who had members attending the event, independently organised their own road competition to contest on the journey between the two cities. A prize of $10 was awarded to the motorist "approximating the most ideal schedule" between two secret points along the route and who had "the most nearly correct idea of a pleasant and sensible pleasure tour" between the two cities. Though this format of competition itself would later become known as a regularity 'rally', it wasn't at the time, however the trophy and prize were awarded at the rally.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 June 1910 |title=Charleston's Motor Rally |pages=5 |work=The Daily Record: Columbia SC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/744541918/?terms=motor%20rally&match=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11 Jul 1910, 2 - The Columbia Record at Newspapers.com |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/744543455/?terms=motor%20rally&match=1 |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

The first known use of the word rally to include a road competition was the 1911 Monaco Rally (later [[Monte Carlo Rally]]). It was organised by a group of wealthy locals who formed the "Sport Automobile Vélocipédique Monégasque" and bankrolled by the "Société des Bains de Mer" (the "sea bathing company"), the operators of the famous casino who were keen to attract wealthy and adventurous motorists to their 'rallying point'.<ref>Louche, Maurice. ''Le Rallye Monte-Carlo au XXe Siècle'' (Maurice Louche, 2001), p.25.</ref> Competitors could start at various locations but with a speed limit of 25kph imposed, the competitive elements were partly based on cleanliness, condition and elegance of the cars and required a jury to choose a winner. However, getting to Monaco in winter was a challenge in itself. A second event was held in 1912.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-09 |title=Rallye de Monaco 1911, première édition du Monte-Carlo |url=http://pcallais.free.fr/rallyeretro/monaco11.html |access-date=2022-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809162631/http://pcallais.free.fr/rallyeretro/monaco11.html |archive-date=2020-08-09 }}</ref>