News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
This news came to us from Jeanne English; she had received notice of Bob’s passing in a holiday card from Roger Bergstein. Before we share the formal obituary, we thought this a lovely tribute from his brother R.S. Radford: From our first toys to your rallies You loved the driver’s[Read More…]
The Furrin Group, based in Michigan, has a long history and will celebrate its 70th Anniversary in 2024. In 2023, they held the Up Shift Creek Rally on May 13th and the Down Shift Creek Rally on October 21st.
In a few sentences, after 60 years, a road rally tradition ended, with these two lines: “This winter’s St. Valentine’s Day Massacre has been our last competition. The Old Maltese is fine; 60 years seems to be a good time to say howdy and adieu.” So, with those words, we[Read More…]
On May 21st, nine teams ran the third event of the seven-event Southern Indiana Region’s annual rally championship in Evansville, Indiana. The Another May Day Rally by Harold and Karen Davis would run 75 miles, have ten scored legs, and take about two and half hours to complete. Nine teams[Read More…]
Rallymaster Ron Johnstonbaugh of the NE Ohio Region took rallyists on a ±160 mile route through the hills of Carroll, Columbiana, and Jefferson counties. The Vertigo Rally was a straightforward, gimmick-free TSD road rally. As part of the SCCA Great Lakes Division Rally Championship and the SCCA National Tour Championship,[Read More…]
From RReNews — The Heart of Dixie Rally Philosphy, provided by Bruce Gezon from his Smuncher’s Attic rally collection, leads off with this statement, “In the Spring of 1970, several adventuresome members of the Tennessee Valley Region cast the variable main road rule upon the rally community in a Heart of[Read More…]
From Rallymaster Ernest “ERnie” Roales —The Knox County Knock About Rally was held on April 16, in cool, mostly cloudy weather, perfect for a drive in the country. There was a decent field with 4 in the A Class (Prepared) and 3 in B Class (Basics). A new twist was[Read More…]
Another Michiana Jeep Rally is in the history books! Forty-six Jeeps (and one Camp Jeep) came out to run the event this year. Special thanks to Robert Thompson and the Cass County Road Commission for the use of the Milton Township garage as a starting point, Buzz and Julia Bolton[Read More…]
The time is here for SCCA members to begin submitting nominations for fellow members to be inducted into the SCCA National Hall of Fame for their impactful contributions to the development of the SCCA. Some may ask what the SCCA Hall of Fame is, why this is important to me[Read More…]
Once again, the Sports Car Club of America, which has had their 2023 RoadRally Rules available as a pdf download on their website, are offering a printed version for their road rally organizers, competitors, and others enthusiasts outside of SCCA through Amazon.com. Order your copy today for only $5.99 +[Read More…]