There are times you need to play games, no matter what. During the New Jersey Monte Carlo Rallye [early '70s, not sure of the date] Front Wheel Drive vehicles had to back up a steep, icy hill [in the middle of an ice storm] to get over it as the hill was so steep that the weight on the front wheels did not have enough weight on them. Rear wheel drive vehicles had to have several people sitting in the trunk to make it up.

There were no 4WD or AWD vehicles in the rallye that year.

I do remember a Volvo sports coupe with the wagon body, borrowed off the showroom floor doing exciting things that night. The dealership was not happy with what they got back.

I used to participate in the NEIRA ice races in Maine during the 70's. Since my race car was my road and rallye car [a '65 SAAB Monte Carlo which I converted to a breathed upon 1.5 litre V-4] I quit the sport when they made studs legal. With no studs, when two cars touched, they bounced with no major damage. With studs, it got expensive quickly. Top speeds were about the same.