News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
Rallymaster Bill Walsh took nineteen teams through Washington’s northeast corner on Sunday, May 5th, on the Rainier Auto Sports Club Raindrop Rally 2024—Rally in the Valleys. The rally began in Duvall and ended in Stanwood, WA. RReNews Note: Above information from the Rainier Auto Sports Club webpage.
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!
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
6-Hour “Starlite”-style modified Monte Carlo, an SCCA Cal Club Regional Course Rally, with Rallymaster Joe Akerman, run on December 9, 2023. For a bunch of us rally people out here in Southern California, this is the rally format that first got us hooked. There’s a colorful history to it all, beginning[Read More…]
Winter in Michigan may be less predictable than it once was, but the SCCA Detroit Region’s Son of Sno*Drift is always planned with the hope and expectation of snow. Regardless, being in the dead of winter, SoSD always attracts those looking to get the car out of the garage and have some[Read More…]
It had been nine years since we held a Clue-inspired GTA rally in the Texas Region, so it was time to return to this format. Rallymaster Liz Witt carefully crafted this year’s Whodunit? Clue Rally along scenic North Texas country roads. Liz explained, “You answer fun questions from signs you see along the way. We use puns and silly plays on words. While on[Read More…]