News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
On Sunday, May 19th, the Northern New Jersey Region of the Porsche Club of America conducted its first rally in the 2024 Rally Series. Seventy members and friends of the club turned out for the event on a gorgeous sunny day. 100% of the entry fee was donated to the Cheshire[Read More…]
December 3, 2023, marked the 34th Annual Toys for Tots Teddy Bear Road Rally, hosted by the Northern New Jersey Region of the SCCA and Motorsport Club of North Jersey. Subaru World of Hackettstown was this year’s sponsor and has been for the last eleven years. Twenty-eight teams competed in this year’s rainy[Read More…]
Dangerousroads.org describes Jacob’s Ladder this way, “Set high in the Ben Lomond Ranges, in the northeastern part of the country, the road to the summit is totally unpaved and runs through dramatic dolerite cliffs. It’s called Ben Lomond Road. Starting at Upper Blessington, on C401 road, the ascent is 17.7 km[Read More…]
On April 23rd, SCCA Northern New Jersey Region presented this year’s version of Second Hand Roads. Sanctioned as a Divisional Tour and a Regional event, the 92-mile Time-Speed-Distance RoadRally utilized the Competitor – Richta GPS Checkpoint timing/scoring app. Twenty-nine teams competed in the Regional event; only three teams entered the[Read More…]
Forty-two teams competed in this year’s event, and only four teams ran the rally clean and did not fall for any of the five route following traps. One team ran an almost perfect event with less than 1/10 of a mile error over a 70-mile route.
On Sunday, July 17th, the Porsche Club of America’s Northern New Jersey ran their Summer Sizzle Rally. I’ve put together the Answer Grid to help you understand which questions were too easy or too hard. The July event was straightforward since most of the teams did very well, with nine[Read More…]
The Porsche Club of America’s Northern New Jersey Region held its 2022 Welcome to the Club Question and Answer “Gimmick”‘ Road Rally on Sunday, May 15th. For those who do not know, the Welcome to the Club is a dual event; the day starts as a Concours/Car Show and finishes with a[Read More…]
In a sense, the Northern New Jersey Region’s road rallies are a “party on wheels.” They serve as an excuse to get together with friends and family for a social gathering, with a bit of friendly competition thrown in for good measure. Each event starts with a light breakfast buffet,[Read More…]
by Peter Schneider and Jim Wakemen Some people’s initial impression of New Jersey is only based on what they see on television, whether it is the urban landscape of the Sopranos or Seaside Heights bar scene as seen on Jersey Shore. But that is only a tiny part of what the state is all about. New[Read More…]
(A true learning experience) By Peter Schneider Over the February 9th weekend, I attended my first Canadian Winter Rally, a two-day event that included both day and night Sections. The event was Round 1 of the 2018 British Columbia Rally Championship, and the West Coast Rally Association hosted it. It started[Read More…]