News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
Some things in the universe are constant. The sun rises and sets. The moon goes through its magical phases. The tides rise and fall. The big wheel and the little wheel turn in their synchronous dance. And, for the last 70 years or so, at 7 pm on the First[Read More…]
It happened the morning we were running precheck, so we didn’t find out about it until we reached the gorge’s beginning and found a dump truck across both lanes. “How long will it be closed,” we asked the Caltrans worker. “I dunno,” he said with a shrug, “Could be three days, could be three months.” Not an answer one likes to hear.
I was ready to pull the plug, but I knew that some folks had bought plane tickets, and I checked with them and found that some were not refundable. So, we waited.
The Moontower RoadRally was intended to be a tour of central Austin, Texas, by driving to each of the remaining 13 Moontowers installed in 1895 to illuminate the city. The city has always denied that these 165-foot-tall artificial moons were purchased to brighten the city after a series of murders[Read More…]
Eighteen teams entered the June 10 Saturday Series Rally. A few Season Ticket holders took the day off, so ten teams ran the Double Down Rally by Rallymasters Cody and Sabrina Gavin. First Overall and First in the SOP Class is the team of David and JoAnn Gattman. Second Overall and[Read More…]
On May 21st, nine teams ran the third event of the seven-event Southern Indiana Region’s annual rally championship in Evansville, Indiana. The Another May Day Rally by Harold and Karen Davis would run 75 miles, have ten scored legs, and take about two and half hours to complete. Nine teams[Read More…]
About the Cascade Sports Car Club May 13th Saturday Series Rally —The rally was about 100 miles from the start in northwest Portland to the ending location in Midway south of Hillsboro, and it took about three hours to complete. The odo check ended at the Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge[Read More…]
I’ve been busy with RoadRally stuff lately but have yet to have the chance actually to compete in a rally for over a year. So, when Rallymaster Chuck Hanson said that Sam Crites would Safety Check the Indy Region Dogwood Daze Tour Rally so that I could run the event,[Read More…]
The St. Louis Region opened its 2023 rally season on May 5 with the sixth edition of Jim Heine’s Tulips by Night (four Regionals and two Divisionals now since 2017, with a National in the early planning stages). This year, Tulips was organized as a road rally social event that served as a Friday evening prologue to[Read More…]
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…]
The MGs of Baltimore hosted their thirty-fourth annual Get the Dust Off Road Rally on May 7, 2023. Thirty-seven teams registered via Eventbrite; however, six did not start. Although run as a Monte-Carlo event for many years, to attract more entrants competing in “historic” sports cars, the “Dust Off” is[Read More…]
Join Rallymaster Joanna Weissen for the last FFN by the Cal Club Region Santa Monica Sports Car Club as they go on hiatus. Last year's January FFN, the rally will be a tour (no traps) focusing on Christmas light displays, which were spectacular, with many lights and a few massive displays. It[Read More...]
It is again time to enjoy the winter roads of the Southern Tier with the Finger Lakes Region’s 2025 Winter Rally Series. The first rally of the SCCA Finger Lakes Region Series consists of approximately 180 competitive miles using mostly unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier. Entry fees[Read More...]
The 16th Annual Ithaca Winter Rally is approximately 170 rally miles long and uses mostly unpaved roads in the southern part of Central New York. This is the second event in the SCCA Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series.Entry Fees: $45 per vehicle for SCCA Members, and a $15 Weekend[Read More...]
The SCCA Land O' Lakes Region's Yucatan Safari is a 200+ mile TSD day/night road rally traversing the high-quality gravel roads through the hardwood forests of SE MN. The rally will start in Winona and wind through Winona, Fillmore, and Houston counties before returning to Winona. The simple instruction format[Read More...]
Join The Rallye Club on Saturday, February 1st, for our membership Rallye in memory of TRC's dear friend Larry Friedrich. Life of Larry will be an A/B Gimmick Car Rallye. Membership can be renewed during registration. The start is at 11 AM, the Rallye School is at noon, the checkpoint[Read More...]
The SCCA Land O' Lakes Region continues its Yucatan Safari weekend with the Grumpy Old Men National GTA RoadRally, a navigational scatter. Navigational Scatters were created to provide a rally challenge without the burden of staying on time. We track your progress using the MiRally transponders. Your course is converted[Read More...]
The SCCA Buccaneer Region is excited to announce our latest road rally event and our first 2025 — Road Rally Event #1, which will be held at the SEDiv Annual Convention. Each car will drive on paved public roads using a set of predefined route instructions through various checkpoints using the[Read More...]
Neohio Region, SCCA invites you to enter the 2025 Ohio Winter Rally (OWR) on February 1! This annual hivernal tour of the Lake Erie "snowbelt" counties of far northeastern Ohio dates back to at least 1966. It was one of the core events of the long-lamented Ohio Rally Championship (ORC)[Read More...]
The Hollows, Gulches & Hills RoadRally is approximately 200 miles on paved and unpaved roads. This is the third event in the SCCA Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series. Vehicle and driver requirements:Snow tires are recommended (all seasons may limit your speed group eligibility)DTow rope/strapOne (1) DOT Reflective Triangle (or[Read More...]
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