Editing Rallying (section)

==== Speed competitions ====
{{Visible anchor|Rally racing|Stage rallying|text=Also called ''rally racing'' or ''(special) stage rallying''.}}

Road rallies must use [[Special stage (rallying)|special stages]] where speed is used to determine the classification of the rally's competitors; the quickest time to complete the special stages wins the rally. These are sections of road closed to traffic and authorised to be used for speed tests. Special stages are linked by open roads where navigation, timekeeping, and road traffic law rules must be followed. These open road sections are sometimes called transport stages, somewhat complementing special stages in the make-up of a stage rally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-28 |title=Legs and Stages: The Bits and Parts of a Rally {{!}} Beginner's Guide to Rally |url=https://www.skoda-motorsport.com/en/legs-and-stages-guide-to-rally/ |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=ŠKODA Motorsport |language=en}}</ref> These are the most common format of professional and commercial rallies and rally championships. The FIA organises the [[World Rally Championship]], Regional Rally Championships; and many countries' motorsport governing bodies organise domestic rallying championships using speed competitions. The stages may vary from flat asphalt and mountain passes to rough forest tracks, from ice and snow to desert sand, each chosen to provide a challenge for the crew and a test of the car's performance and reliability. A single-venue rally takes place without the need for public road sections though the format and rules remain.

In the wake of the ever more advanced rally cars of the late 20th and 21st century is a trend towards historic rallying (also known as [[classic rally]]ing), in which older cars can continue to rally.<ref>[http://www.historicroadrally.co.uk/ UK HRCR's Historic Road Rally] Retrieved 13 August 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.hra.org.au/ Historic Rally Association (Australia)] Retrieved 13 August 2006</ref> Historic rallies are usually regularity rallies with no speed tests arranged. This discipline attracts some former professional drivers back into the sport. Other drivers started their competition careers in historic rallying.<gallery mode="packed-hover" caption="Special stage rallying">
File:2018 Rally de Portugal - Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC.jpg|alt=|[[Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC|Hyundai i20 Coupe]] contests a special stage of a WRC rally
File:PROKOP - TOMANEK en SS14 La Figuera 2 - panoramio.jpg|alt=|Closed asphalt public highway used as a special stage
File:2010 1000 Lakes Rally Harju 14.JPG|alt=|Urban 'street stage'
File:Forest road junction in Craigvinean Forest - geograph.org.uk - 500942.jpg|alt=|Ford Escort on a historic rally's special stage
File:The Snowman Rally 2010 - geograph.org.uk - 1732909.jpg|alt=|Snowy rally special stage
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