We’re car people, so we’ll try to stay in that realm – Marking another “500” milestone, we are delighted that our friends at Richta GPS Checkpoint have reached their 500th event with Rallymaster J. Thomas vonHatten and his SCCA St. Louis Region Rally School II on Saturday, June 1st. In a mere[Read More…]
History
MD: 35 Annual “Get the Dust-Off” Rallye Winners:
Continuing a long tradition of rain or shine, the MG’s of Baltimore Ltd. headed out on their Get the Dust Off Rallye on Sunday, May 5th. This year’s event was dedicated to the memory of Richard W. Murphy. The rally was a GTA (Games, Tour, Adventure) of approximately 60 miles,[Read More…]
There is Nothing New Under the Sun – BSA and Road Rally
And when the scores of the 97 Explorers from 26 states competing in 1971’s Grand National Safe-Driving Road Rally…
SCCA’s Hall of Fame Needs YOU!
RoadRally Community Sought for Nominations to the HoF Committee We are pleased to run this personal plea from Howard Duncan, a friend of RReNews and former SCCA National Staff. We first ran this in 2014, and only a few minor amendments have been needed each year. Hi Folks, The time[Read More…]
Nominate Someone for SCCA’s Hall of Fame Class of 2025
The Sports Car Club of America® has tens of thousands of members deeply passionate about motorsports, with the SCCA Hall of Fame celebrating that drive. Now, it’s your turn to nominate someone for the very special honor of joining SCCA’s Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2025.[Read More…]
US: Great American Mountain Rally 2024
Many of you are probably wondering about dates for the Great American Mountain Rally Revival aka GAMRR 2024. We have decided to take a break for this year. We will not be running the GAMRR in 2024, which comes with mixed emotions. However, after five fantastic years and thousands of[Read More…]
Happy New Year from Road Rally eNews 2024!
Here’s to a year full of adventure,With beloved zeros along the way,And Rallymasters aplenty, Laying down challenges for our play. To time spent with our framily, Those we’ve met throughout the years,In strange towns and on backroads,Throughout our rally “careers.” And toast with those who join us,As they learn about our sport,When[Read More…]
Sidehill Muncher or How “Smuncher’s Attic” got its name!
Back in the 1980s, when my wife Carol Gezon and I did all of the administration for The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, there were often cartoons within the route instructions of characters and other items as done by Dave “Footie” Laffitte. One of those characters was a critter called the Sidehill Muncher[Read More…]
St. Valentine’s Massacre Closes the Map on 60-Year Road Rally
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…]
AL: Pine Mountain Trek Kicks-Off Rally Program
SCCA Alabama Region made history last weekend by hosting its first known Road Rally, the Pine Mountain Trek. Not to scare anyone away after their first rally, it was sanctioned as a Trek, a lead-follow event that was not officially scored and thus not a competition. Saturday dawned chilly with[Read More…]