Rally Racing
Rally cars are designed around the hazards of racing on dirt and gravel. While downforce is still important, low suspensions, airdams, and low-profile tires are not likely to stand up to repeated bumps or getting the car airborne. Consequently, many rally cars run at the stock height with somewhat smaller wheels and taller tire sidewalls (not to mention knobbier tire patterns) than road race cars. Rally cars often use wings like road racers, although recently, special rally wings have appeared designed to keep producing downforce while sliding sideways.
Many of the other mods on rally cars are designed to deal with rally racing hazards. Rally cars frequently run large clusters of extra lights to deal with racing on dark roads with ...
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