Rally Challenge

Rally Challenge Written and photographed by Andy and Angie Belcher

拉力挑战赛 文字与摄影：安迪·贝尔彻、安吉·贝尔彻

A special rally I've always loved cars, especially fast ones. When I was young, I dreamt of racing cars. Now, years later, I was ready to race in the Dunlop Targa Rally of New Zealand.

一场特别的拉力赛 我一直很喜欢汽车，尤其是跑得快的车。我小时候就梦想着能开赛车。 现在多年过去了，我已经准备好参加新西兰邓禄普泰格拉力赛了。

This is the route for the rally.

这就是本次拉力赛的路线。

The Dunlop -Taga Rally of New Zealand is six days long. This is how it works. Cars have to race in special stages and touring stages. In the rally, a different car starts every 30 seconds. Timekeepers record how long it takes each car to finish each stage. The car that finishes each stage in the shortest amount of time wins the rally. Rally cars start each stage of the rally at different times.

新西兰邓禄普泰格拉力赛总共要比六天，比赛规则是这样的。 参赛车辆要在特殊赛段和行驶赛段两种赛段比赛。 比赛里每隔30秒就会有一辆车出发。 计时员会记录每辆车跑完每个赛段的用时。 所有赛段总用时最短的车辆就能赢得拉力赛。 每辆拉力赛车每个赛段的出发时间都不一样。

Different stages of a rally A special stage is driven on a road which is closed to all other traffic Rally drivers drive as fast as they can and use both sides of the road There are 48 special stages in the Dunlop -Taga rally covering a distance of 900 kilometers To get to the next special stage Drivers have to use roads that are not closed to other traffic This is called a touring stage Drivers must obey all the rules of the road the touring stages cover a distance of 1700 kilometers You

拉力赛的不同赛段 特殊赛段的道路不对其他社会车辆开放 拉力车手会把车开到最快，道路的左右两侧都可以用 邓禄普泰格拉力赛一共有48个特殊赛段 总里程为 900公里 要去到下一个特殊赛段 车手们得走对其他社会车辆开放的普通道路 这种赛段就叫行驶赛段 车手们必须遵守所有的交通规则 行驶赛段的总里程为 1700公里 你

Getting ready for the race Many different types of car enter the rally. I'm driving my Toyota MR2. This is what we do to get it ready. Inside the car. Fit the rally computer. Check the race safety harnesses. Wheels. Fit new race tires. Check the air in the tires. Fit new brakes.

为比赛做准备 很多不同类型的车都参加了这次拉力赛。 我要开的是我的丰田MR2。 我们是这样给它做赛前准备的。 车内准备： 安装拉力赛专用电脑。 检查比赛专用安全带。 轮胎准备： 换上全新的比赛专用轮胎。 检查轮胎胎压。 装上新的刹车装置。