Rally pace notes...who was first? - Printable Version

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Rally pace notes...who was first? - Kevan - 21st-Nov-23

I always thought 'Jenks' invented pace notes, first used in the 1955 Mille Miglia in a Mercedes 300SLR driven by Stirling Moss

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...it seems they were actually first used by Hans Klenk in the 1952 La Carrera Panamericana in a Mercedes 300SL driven by Karl Kling

Klenk was temporarily knocked unconscious by a vulture that crashed through the windscreen...Kling & Klenk won

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munter - munter - 22nd-Nov-23

Wondering about pace notes for Carrera Panamericana…. How accurate could they be? Notes maybe but….

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RE: Rally pace notes...who was first? - Kevan - 22nd-Nov-23

Pre-prepared shorthand pace notes are pre-prepared shorthand pace notes, they were obviously accurate enough to be an idea to adopt and improve to where they are now.

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RE: Rally pace notes...who was first? - JasonB - 22nd-Nov-23

Interesting.

Kling and Klenk sound like a blacksmith's though.

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RE: Rally pace notes...who was first? - Kevan - 22nd-Nov-23

A great pairing for the Wacky Racers

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munter - munter - 22nd-Nov-23

My point, Kevan, was that at an approximate distance of 3,500 kms how accurate could the said notes be? Perhaps the accuracy doesn’t matter just that they reconned somehow and recorded a few details as best they could.

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RE: Rally pace notes...who was first? - Kevan - 22nd-Nov-23

Probably did recce as google maps and satnav weren't around at the time

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