The Official guide To Gimmick Rallying

While gimmick road rallyes in other parts of the nation may run the gamut from treasure hunts to poker runs, Chicago-style gimmick road rallying is a scientific, challenging, creative and professional style of road rallying derived from TSD (Time, Speed, Distance) rallying and transferred to a palate of thematic game experiences.

You are probably familiar with board games. In most board games you have a set of rules, that you play the game by, and then you have the actual game play itself. In gimmick road rallying, you get a set of rules, (termed General Instructions), which lay out the schematic for the actual play of the rallye (game).

Then you get the route instructions which, like in a board game, are the moves that get you around the board. Route instructions can be simple (example: Right on Jones) or can be two and three part instructions always directing an action. You never know where you are going until you get there.

But what if you do something wrong? Well, actually, we design road rallyes to trick you into doing things wrong, and we also design them so you will not get lost (okay, okay, sometimes you do get lost, but it is rare, we have a 99.6% of finishers on Wheels Rallye Team rallyes). We make the course so that you can go off course and come back on course again, and not even know it.; we call these bypasses (just like a highway bypass).

Creative thinking on the part of rallymasters devise all sorts of traps (gimmicks) which range from on course observation to sneaky hidden addenda posted on a car's wheel. These elements, put together, into the collage of thematic scenarios and professional planning, make road rallying a game for the ages. One that can be enjoyed by singles and married people of all ages.

Wheels Rallye Team is committed to being the leader in creative assembly of gimmick road rallyes and fine autosport events that touch both the brass ring of competition and the carousel of entertainment. The fun does not stop when you finish a road rallye, it continues into the endpoint where you get a precise Living Synopsis of the course, can get questions answered about what you may have done, and where the exclusive Wheels Rallye Team Awards are presented.

Then a day or two after the rallye you can see the official results posted again, on the official Wheels Rallye Team Website at wheelsrallyeteam.com along with championship points and comments about the rallye (sometimes including photos, and graphics). You may have a question or two about the event and we want you to submit it at the website and you will receive a prompt e-mail answer. The more you know about the sport the more fun you will have. So Come on out….!!!!

Wheels Rallye Team presents some of the best road rallying you can find anywhere, and while this guide pertains to traditional Chicagoland Gimmick Road rallying, Wheels Rallye Team also presents other unique adventures in rallying designed for those that want a simpler, easier type of auto rallye event.

We have PUZZLE rallyes where you solve a puzzle, go to the corresponding place on the map, and then solve another puzzle, etc. No previous rallye experience is necessary.

We have PHOTO rallyes where your route is guided by following clues given to you as photos. Easy and enjoyable.

We have murder mystery events where you drive to solve a murder mystery by picking up clues along the way.

In addition we have our Christmas Light Tour and Summer Cruise rallyes which are "light" versions of standard road rallyes, designed to have fun and do a little rallying along the way. We invite you to partake in all or some of the events and hope that you will be with us throughout the season.

We have attempted to organize this Guide into parts that both define and explain the basic concepts and standard conventions of gimmick road rallying.

In doing so we have prepared a Glossary that gives detailed explanations of commonly used terms (either alphabetically or grouped when we deem necessary.) In the back of this Guide you will find alphabetical listings of terms and explanations to more easily reference what you are looking for in the guide.

Our attempt in this guide is to shorten the learning curve involved in understanding road rallying. While there is a lot of material included here, it does not have to be learned all at once. It is our intention to display the latest fundamentals and thoughts involved in gimmick road rallying. To that extent, we have tried to anticipate questions and provide solutions along the way.

While no guide can make up for road rallying experience, this guide can induct you into the "in the know" group of rallyists who continually turn in good scores on road rallyes because they don't misunderstand basic uses of defined words and established conventions.

Of course Wheels Rallye Team is always available to you online for questions and rallye discussions.