News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
Stick with me. It truly is a positive piece! “As of now, the exorbitant costs of international motor racing—Formula One in particular—is because of the engines. There are only a few constructors and the job is virtually a custom one. The Watkins Glen (N.Y.) and Mexico City promoters of Grand[Read More…]
The RoadRally Board wants all Regions, Rallymasters and competitors to know that the GTA Handbook has been updated. The 2022 Edition is dated March 13, 2022, and is posted in the Rules and Documents portion of the RoadRally program page at the SCCA website. The 2022 Edition features this one change,[Read More…]
After an absence of two years because of the pandemic, the St. Louis Region’s RoadRally program is back in business with a Region social event May 15 and the return of its Gateway National RoadRally Weekend Sept. 2–4 (Labor Day weekend). Designed to reintroduce the sport, Sunday Drive #1 is[Read More…]
Sure, you have been able to download the pdf-file of the 2022 SCCA RoadRally Rules from the SCCA website, yet with the recent announcements of awards at the SCCA Convention in January – the hard copies are ready to be ordered. We have been following this after an email from[Read More…]
SCCA Women on Track (WoT), a part of the SCCA Foundation, honored a woman in our SCCA ranks from across our RoadRally, Solo, RallyCross, Racing-Club and Pro, and Track events – be they Navigators, Drivers, Administrators, Competitors, Crew or Enthusiasts! Amongst the women who represented SCCA RoadRally we had Jeanne[Read More…]
Finding good resources for those new to the sport is good. Having them as a refresher for those who have rallied before is helpful too! Yet having an author who updates it as technology and equipment enhancements come along is very much appreciated. Gary Starr has maintained his Tips for TSD[Read More…]
News from the CSCC Geargrinders, A Review of 2021 — Cascade Sports Car Club’s Geargrinders Road Rally Program put on nine road rallies and averaged 24 cars per rally, improving over 2020’s average of 18 vehicles per rally. A very successful rally season. Procedures we implemented in 2020, at the[Read More…]
SCCA Women on Track (WoT), a part of the SCCA Foundation, announced their latest Women on Track Initiative to expand participation of women in all facets of SCCA programs as participants, volunteers, leaders, or supporters, during the SCCA National Convention. With the full support of the SCCA RoadRally Board, the SCCA WoT[Read More…]
RoadRally has gained positive recognition and support within the Club in recent years, and I want to keep that momentum going. As a group of enthusiasts, we once had an adversarial relationship with National Staff, but now we have very good cooperation with them. We once had no interest in[Read More…]
Secretary Jeanne English from the SCCA RoadRally Board – Jan through Dec 2022 Minutes