November 9, 2022 at 9:00 AM from SCCA.com Website, Words and Photo by James Heine For the second time this decade, the Detroit Region hosted the annual United States RoadRally Challenge (USRRC), returning the now 27-year-old event to the rural roads of a picturesque five-county Great Lakes area southwest of[Read More…]
There’s an APP for That!
Great Lakes Division Road Rally Championship
Encompassing the Regions of the SCCA Great Lakes Division, the Division is one of the few that holds an annual Championship across the Regions. Greg Lester is the Pointskeeper for the Division, and he has been faithful to the timely posting of both the standings and event finishes. Below you[Read More…]
Ghost Tracks National GTA Goes Video Game?
Video Replay of your chosen route on Ghost Tracks As the Rallymaster, watching the various routes teams chose was fun. Click on the icon in the upper right and pick your car number by clicking on its icon to follow your adventure. The speed can be controlled in the lower[Read More…]
And that is how it is done! A quick look at Hold’em and Fold’em
San Diego Region Tour, the Hold’em, Fold’em and Suck it Up Butter Cup Rally in 1.11 Minutes
VT: Summer Challenge Rally Standings
Rallymaster John Buffum enjoys challenging rallyists in both Summer and Winter. Prior to the August 13th rally, he wrote, “I just did a complete course check. I was struck by how different and more beautiful it was in the summer compared with Winter Challenge. To see the Vermont countryside in[Read More…]
WI: Festival of Speed Celebration • Milwaukee Region 75th Anniversary Rally
Congratulations to the SCCA Milwaukee Region and the celebration of 75 Years of Motorsports over the July 8-10th weekend. And, we are delighted they added a road rally into the mix on the eve of the big weekend. Here are the standings and photos – from registration, on the road,[Read More…]
SCCA RoadRally Quarterly Zoom Get-Together Set for July 28th
Continuing the series of Quarterly Zoom Get-Togethers which started in 2021, the SCCA RoadRally Board announces that the next session will take place on July 28, 2022 from 7:00-9:00 PM CDT, and will address these two topics: Update on Memberships and Waivers, presented by Aimee Thoennes from the SCCA National[Read More…]
There’s an App for That – Controlling Checkpoint Detection
June 2022 CP Open and Close Times and Directionally Sensitive Checkpoints In the Richta GPS Checkpoints system, when a rally entrant passes a checkpoint, the Competitor – GPS Checkpoints app detects this passage of the checkpoint and generates a timeslip and a score; that is what the app is meant[Read More…]
Nothing New Under the Sun – Richta GPS Competitor App
A rally group out of the Chicago area gave me the idea about six years ago. Put your rally together, sell the “entry” as a donation to your cause, and they can run it whenever their schedule allows. Their events were to view holiday lights, and timing was not a[Read More…]
NJ: SCCA NNJ Second Hand Roads
And now here I was, spending hours planning a route that competitors would pass by in the blink of an eye!