| Have you noticed there are certain motorsports | | | | schedules as well from year-to-year, but not in a |
| championships that just go out of their way to | | | | wholesale fashion. More importantly, they certainly |
| shoot themselves in the foot? The World Rally | | | | do not pass over there marquee events! |
| Championship certain qualifies with one of the | | | | Think this concept through as it would relate to |
| stranger scheduling plans. | | | | other forms of motorsport. Can you imagine |
| The World Rally Championship, better known as | | | | NASCAR passing over the Daytona 500 every |
| the WRC, is comprised of road rallies in different | | | | other year? How about Formula One passing over |
| countries. Each rally consists of legs through the | | | | Monaco every other year? The INDYCar series |
| roads and terrain of the area. The drivers | | | | passing over the Indianapolis 500 every other |
| compete against the clock in each leg. The total | | | | year? The mere suggestion of doing these things |
| time at the end of the legs of the rally establishes | | | | is laughable, but it is exactly what the WRC does |
| who wins and the remaining finishing positions. | | | | and it then wonders why it isn't more popular! |
| Each rally usually lasts three days. | | | | The WRC is some of the most exciting racing |
| As with any motorsports championship, the WRC | | | | you will ever find. It is almost unknown in North |
| has its marquee event. That event is the Rally of | | | | America with the exception of people playing |
| Monte Carlo. Much like NASCAR, the race typically | | | | video games. The racing is intense because the |
| kicks off the rally season in February each year. | | | | track consists of roads the locals travel in their |
| In 2009, the rally season kicked off in Wales. Not | | | | daily lives. Crashes are frequent and they are |
| only did Monte Carlo not start the season, it is not | | | | spectacular to say the least. In short, this form of |
| on the schedule at all! Why? It all has to do with | | | | racing has huge potential, but seems to be run |
| the bizarre scheduling of the WRC. | | | | with the goal of keeping it from becoming popular. |
| The WRC has a rotating schedule for its yearly | | | | If the WRC wants to truly become a huge form |
| rally championship. This effectively means that a | | | | of motorsports across the globe, it need to |
| rally may be on the schedule one year and not | | | | schedule its marquee events each and every |
| the next. Other motorsports tweak there | | | | year. To skip them is shear lunacy. |