Gymkhana
Gymkhana [dʒɪmˈkænə, -ˈkanə] is a skill tournament in the German-speaking area on a course that has to be completed in the shortest possible time. Gymkhana was especially popular in the early days of motorsport , and was probably adopted from equestrian sports. From the 1980s, gymkhana elements were integrated into drifting . Skill tournaments were regaining popularity, particularly in Japan , Great Britain, and the United States , and the term became more common again.
Word origin
The expression comes from the Indian language area: Hindi गेंदख़ाना (gend kh āna) or Urdu گیندخانا (gend kh āna) stands for "ball playground", whereby the first syllable (for the word "ball") was influenced by the English gym nasium .
Motorsport
procedure
Drivers have an example in the shortest possible time pylons exit marked out, stacks of tires or straw bales course, what they mainly drift techniques apply. A free area and obstacles to be avoided are required. Gymkhana is played in two runs; the passage with the fastest time is counted. A time penalty is given for every obstacle touched. Cars and drivers are divided into different performance classes.
Course
For example, a course consists of 10 different obstacles, with task 7 “Rectangular meeting” usually being set up as the last obstacle. The order of the tasks is not fixed.
- Task 1: gate passage forwards (2 posts)
- Exercise 1a: Backward passage through the gate (2 posts)
- Exercise 2: Backward passage through the gate (4 posts)
- Exercise 2a: gate passage forward (4 posts)
- Task 3: Stop in front of the gate forwards
- Exercise 4: Stop in front of the gate backwards
- Task 5: Parking space on the right
- Exercise 6: Left parking space
- Task 7: Rectangular meeting
- Exercise 8: turn twice
- Exercise 9: double top
- Task 10: Board balance
- Exercise 11: Forward right lane
- Exercise 12: backward lane on the left
- Exercise 13: tramline backwards and forwards
- Exercise 14: Parking lot backwards
- Exercise 14a: forward parking bay
Adhering to the course sketch is binding, every deviation is scored with two penalty points. Touching an obstacle or a marker is penalized with two points.
Equestrian sport
In Switzerland , Gymkhana is used for equestrian games. The tasks to be solved can also contain elements from traditional equestrian sports.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rundschau , Deutscher Motorradfahrer No. 26, Stuttgart, from December 24, 1904, page 489, accessed on September 11, 2014.
- ↑ News from the districts and local groups of the DMV , Deutscher Motorradfahrer No. 14, Stuttgart, from July 15, 1905, p. 448, accessed on September 11, 2014.
- ^ Author: Heinrich Hasberg: Polo , first edition 1907, ISBN 978-3941551022 , accessed September 11, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gymkhana
- ↑ https://www.etymonline.com/word/gymkhana
- ↑ Swiss Freiberger Association , accessed on September 11, 2014.
- ↑ Stefan Epp: First fun gymkhana on the Holy Cross. , in: Entlebucher Anzeiger , August 3, 2006