What do I do if my driver crashes on stage?

Go get them! Well, maybe. Sometimes, they'll make it back to service, sometimes they won't. In general, you can't just go running off willy-nilly and expect to get access to the stages.

Here are some useful facts for you: the sweep vehicles will not be dragging the vehicles back to service. Their task is to keep moving and keep following the rally. So there are several possible scenarios:

1. The situation was minor, and sweep towed them to the end of the stage.
2. The situation was a little worse, and sweep moved them around a little bit, often further off the road to make room for more racing.
3. They were far enough off the road that sweep decided a commercial wrecker was going to be needed to get them out, and left them right where they are.

It's common that sweep will bring one or both of the racers out with them, and leave the vehicle to get rescued later. It's also possible that another racer may tow them back to service.

So, let's say you need to go get the car. However, this isn't as easy as it might appear. First, you don't know where they are. So be sure you can get clear information about what stage they had problems on and if they were moved to the end of that stage, or possibly dumped at a spectator area. Don't worry about getting the exact mileage of the where they are... you'll find them easily enough once on stage. Everything will be bannered off so there's only one way through the area.

Use the directions to the stages given in the Rally Guide. Those routes were chosen because they were both quick and did not intersect any other stage roads. Be exceptionally careful if you set out without those, as a GPS may route you right across a hot stage road, which of course will be controlled by a marshal, and now you have a big truck and a trailer stuck on this tiny road where you can't turn around. So, you can use the GPS, just start from a position of skepticism.