Isla de Tenerife Rally and Rally co-drivers course

An item at El Cañizo caught my eye for some reason today, informing us that the Town Hall in Güímar are collaborating in the 3rd edition of the Curso de Copilotos de Rallyes (Rally Co-drivers Course) next February.

Gosh, imagine the authorities anywhere else subsidising something so fun!

Of course, if you're just visiting Tenerife, you're probably having enough trouble driving on the right side of the winding mountain roads at normal road speeds, so maybe not too many of you would be seriously interested in the course.

But before you imagine that a language barrier might be your largest obstacle to participation, it would be better to watch the video above to help decide whether you'd be likely to be able to keep your eyes open whilst speeding along those roads. I know I used to have trouble - and that was when I was driving!

Any of you who already have any experience of the rallies in Tenerife - even if only as a spectator - will be relieved to know that there is some training.

This makes me feel 100% safer, given the general lack of marshalling!

Tenerife rallies are really well worth the day out - if only to remind yourself what the world was like before those evil twins, Health and Safety, took over.

See also: Accidentes Rally Subida a Guía de Isora, Tenerife

Tenerife Island Rallies in November

The above article also reminded me that the 35th Rally Isla de Tenerife 2009 is coming up next weekend, on Friday, November 13th and Saturday, November 14th, starting in Santa Cruz. (Download route maps PDF.)

Later, on the weekend of the 27th and 28th of November is the 3rd edition of the Rallye Isla Tenerife Histórico (Historical Tenerife Island Rally), at which, presumably, one will be able to see classic and retro cars, such as this Fiat 131 Abarth of the Retro Cars Club.

The cars leave from the Parque Marítimo in Santa Cruz, at 8.30 p.m. on the Friday. The second stage leaves at 9.30 a.m. on the Saturday and, after a short stop in Vilaflor at around 2.30 p.m., terminates in Güimar around 5 p.m.

Via: Federación Interinsular de Automovilismo de Tenerife

Video: Victor Delgado_Isla de Tenerife 2008 from DXT Producciones SL on Vimeo.