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…]
After a successful 2024 Finger Lakes Winter Series, the Rallymasters are ready for their rest, and the Champions have been crowned! Keep your eye out at the start of the fourth quarter for their upcoming Winter Series dates for rallies, camaraderie, and adventure!
Using technology to reach coast-to-coast across North America and zip across the water to their island Regions, the Sports Car Club of America will host its second quarter Zoom on Thursday, June 20th, at 8 PM Eastern. All road rally enthusiasts are welcome to attend. Here is the link! We[Read More…]
Not a long time ago in a region not so far away, the Buccaneer Region of the SCCA initiated a legendary Star Wars-themed Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) Road Rally. It was a period of intense navigation and driving precision. On May the 4th, eighteen teams of Rebels, each composed of a daring Pilot and a wise Navigator, gathered at[Read More…]
Excluding 2021, the Cape Cod Courageous Old Timer Road Rally is traditionally held at the start of April for the SCCA New England Region. Adding to the challenge of locating the answers to 17 questions, the weather on Cape Cod at this time of the year often adds an additional[Read More…]
A Practical Experiment Combining RoadRally and Solo A fast-paced dance between cones, a precision reversing maneuver on the clock, hairpin turns on gravel, blind curves with unexpected ice, and half of this at night — all in the same event! That’s what competitors enjoyed at the 2024 Flamethrower Regional Rally[Read More…]
From the Richta GPS Home Office in Kansas — March 10, 2024 Earlier this morning, I released version 1.39 of the Android Rallymaster app. This version contains a fix for a bug first reported two years ago. Identifying the root cause of the bug illustrates the care that must be[Read More…]
We’ll see where it takes them—after all, it is a road rally! Yet, establishing interest for the Rocky Mountain Division’s Colorado Region and Continental Divide Region in delving into an SCCA RoadRally program is checked off the “Let’s Start a RoadRally Program” list. With Regional Executive Robert Melanson’s interest at last year’s[Read More…]
A shortest-distance rally is an untimed RoadRally following an undefined route. The object of this rally was to visit several interesting locations by the shortest route possible. Each team received a map with eighteen waypoints and had up to 30 minutes to determine their most efficient route. They then drove[Read More…]
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If you love spirited driving on backroads, our dual-rally weekend with the Flamethrower Road Rally and Alligator Slide is for you! Here are two great winter rallies in one weekend; you can run these rallies in your street car with no special modifications. Grab a friend, and let's go! Alligator Slide[Read More...]