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There are several categories of rally cars. In the FIA World Rally Championship, the cars used are built to World Rally Car specification. Previously Group A specification machines were used.

A rally course consists of a sequence of relatively short (up to about 50 kilometres) timed "special stages" where the actual competition takes place, and untimed "transport stages" where the rally cars must be driven under their own power to the next competitive stage. Rally cars are thus unlike virtually any other top-line racing cars in that they retain the ability to run at normal driving speeds, and indeed are registered for street travel.

In most rallies, including those of the World Rally Championship (WRC), drivers are allowed to run on the tracks of the course. In these reconnaissance drives, the co-drivers, who sit next to the drivers, write down notes on how to drive the course. These "pace notes" are repeated during the actual race, allowing the driver to take the course as fast as possible.

In the past—and until recently in the United States—most rally courses were not allowed to be scanned prior to the race, and the co-drivers used maps supplied by the organisation. The exact route of the rally often remained secret until race day. In 2002, US rules now also allow "course notes", giving much more detail than a typical route book be available to all competitors, but the route still remains secret and there is no reconnaissance.

Because the drivers don't know exactly what's ahead, the lower traction available on dirt roads, and the driving characteristics of small four-wheel-drive cars, the drivers are much less visibly smooth than bitumen circuit racers, regularly sending the car literally flying over bumps, and sliding the cars out of corners. The entertaining nature, and the fact that the vehicles are in some cases closely related to road cars, draws massive spectator interest, especially in Europe, Asia and Oceania.

Rallies

• Acropolis Rally in Greece
• Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC)
• Monte Carlo Rally to Monte Carlo
• Neste Rally Finland in FinlandSuomen TasavaltaRepubliken Finland ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: None Official languages Finnish and Swedish Capital Helsinki President Tarja Halonen Prime minister Matti Vanhanen Area Total % water Ranked 64th 337,030 km² 9. 4% Population Tot
• Olympus Rally
• Paris Dakar RallyThe Paris Dakar Rally (or The Dakar ) is an annual, organized, professional off-road race. The race is currently sponsored by Total and organized by TSO, the Thierry Sabine Organization. Despite its name, it is an off-road endurance race rather than a con (which is actually an offroad endurance race rather than a rally as described here)
• RAC RallyThe Lombard RAC Rally 1986 was the last European Event for the full blown Group B Legends. Following a scruitineering scandal on the Sanremo, the Peugeot team were apprehensive before the event but they passed. After which they decide to appeal about Sanr in the UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly
• Rallye des PharaonsThe Rallye des Pharaons is an FIM sactioned event that takes place in Egypt, with Cairo being both the start and finish point, and covers 3,100 km. It is similar in format to the Paris Dakar Rally in that it occurs in desert conditions and cars, trucks, a in EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 km² 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797
• Safari RallyThe Safari Rally is held in Kenya and is considered by many to be the world's toughest rally. It first started in 1953 as the East African Coronation Safari and was held from May 27th to June 1st of that year in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika. In 1960 it wa
• San Remo Rally San RemoThe name San Remo can refer to several different things: San Remo, Italy a large town in Italy San Remo, Victoria a town in Victoria, Australia The San Remo an apartment building in New York City.
• Swedish Rally
• Targa Florio (on Sicily)
• Targa Newfoundland
• Targa Tasmania
• World Rally Championship

Rallying is a very popular sport at the "grass roots" of motorsport—that is, motor clubs. Individuals interested in becoming involved in rallying are encouraged to join their local clubs. Club rallies (e.g. Road rallies) are usually run on public roads with an emphasis on navigation and teamwork. These skills are important fundamentals required for anyone who wishes to progress to higher-level events. Additional information about the jargon and rules of rally racing are available through the following links:

• Rally principles and definitions
• Rally Navigation techniques, tips and tricks
• Categories of rallies