News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
And now here I was, spending hours planning a route that competitors would pass by in the blink of an eye!
It had been 30 years since I last participated in an SCCA Road Rally, but when I learned that a National tribute rally written by John Sears was taking place in my home region, I knew I had to be involved. After signing up on the MotorsportReg site, the excitement from years ago[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…]
For 2022 the Road Rally Board (RRB) has approved six changes to the Road Rally Rules (RRRs). There are several overriding themes to these changes. Part of the RRB’s stated mission is to promote more events in more regions and take steps to increase the number of entries in those[Read More…]