User:Rally Wonk

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On the name 'Motorsport'

Not all motorsport is auto racing! Why is the flagship article for Project Motorsport, Auto racing? Why does the motorsport article suck?

I didn't come here to take on this much work! But, I have now begun to improve:

Motorsport

After improving to the best of my current ability:

Please join me.

Rally racing

I put a lot of effort into removing this term from where it doesn't belong across Wikipedia.

I understand it is a common term in United States for rallying, however internationalism prevails. It is not a common term internationally. This point is backed by the second point.
The majority of rallying globally takes place within the FIA system of member organisations, this is original rallying stretching back to 1911. Rally Racing is only a term used by US sanctioning organisations (ie businesses that organise their own series/events) that do not belong to the global FIA structure and use their own terms, possibly to skirt IP law and legal conflicts. Therefore these are not internationally aligned, are not recognised by the IOC etc. These organisations in the US have come and go over the years.
- One current rally racing series is organised by National Auto Sport Association which is not aligned with FIA else it wouldn't be called rally racing.
- American Rally Association is a part of the United States Auto Club who are registered with ACCUS (US's FIA member) and, officially, they do not use the term rally racing.
I have seen Rally racer used to describe motorcyclists who take part in rally raids, I don't know the form or language for motorcyclism so have left these. However I have never seen any content on motorcycling rally racing.

If there is anything to discuss on this topic, please leave a message on my talk page or tag me on an article talk page.

Ford and flags

In an article about FIA rallying, including WRC, there is a good chance Ford should be represented using Great British flag .

The reason for this is manufacturers represent the country of the ASN with whom the car was homologated. It has nothing to do with the ownership structure of the companies involved. When M-sport win in 2023, the British national anthem is played because Ford homologated the car in the UK, it is not because M-Sport are a British company. This is written in the WRC sporting regulations.

The successful Ford cars listed in lists of champions were homologated in Britain by Ford of Britain, particularly their motorsport and performance division based at Boreham in Essex who also ran them in competition

Other cars were homologated in Germany by Ford Europe such as the Taunus, Capri.

There were also some cars homologated by Ford USA that went rallying usually in North America. These included Falcons, Mustangs etc.