News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
Statistics December 12 marked the end of the 2021 road rally season. The last event of the year scheduled to use the Richta GPS Timing and Scoring System was held, and the total event count for the year rests on exactly 100 events. Over 1,600 entrants passed through over 4,000[Read More…]
2021 was a great year for Sports Car Club of America RoadRally in SoWDiv! After a 2020 season that COVID-19 severely curtailed, we came back with a roar, holding 11 sanctioned events, more than any time in at least the past 20 years! Four out of our nine Regions put[Read More…]
On the weekend of October 23-24, the Texas Region held its grandest SCCA National RoadRally event – The Texas Trifecta. Our dedicated and skilled Rallymaster, Liz Witt, designed a combination of events that challenged and entertained rallyists from far and wide, in addition to our local community. The Region’s Virtual[Read More…]
From the Sports Car Club of America National Events Committee Dear RoadRally Enthusiasts, The National Events Committee (NEC) is happy to share a tentative RoadRally schedule for National Rallies in 2022. One issue has caused us some concern; the first three weekends in September have National Championship events. There are[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…]
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. We received notice from Gary Starr that his[Read More…]
Continuing the Quarterly Zoom Get-Togethers, which started earlier this year, the SCCA RoadRally Board held the last Zoominar of 2021 on October 28th. Well attended, the replay is available on the SCCA Website by clicking here. The Full Spectrum of RoadRally presented information to help Regional organizers and new participants[Read More…]
October 2021 As we near the end of the 2021 road rally season, I want to provide some perspective on the current state of the Richta GPS Checkpoints suite of apps and share some plans for next year. The use of these apps has grown steadily this year. As I[Read More…]
Save the date for January 21-28, 2022 — the 2022 SCCA National Convention is coming back to help you, the members, lead this Club into the future. The 2022 Convention will build on everything we’ve learned in the past year, including the reality that it’s very hard to plan large[Read More…]
Continuing the series of Quarterly Zoom Get-Togethers which started earlier this year, the RoadRally Board announces that the next session will take place on October 28, 2021, from 7:00-9:00 PM CDT. It will focus on “The Full Spectrum of RoadRally”, and will present information that can help Regional organizers as[Read More…]
If you love spirited driving on backroads, our dual-rally weekend with the Flamethrower Road Rally and Alligator Slide is for you! Here are two great winter rallies in one weekend; you can run these rallies in your street car with no special modifications. Grab a friend, and let's go! Alligator Slide[Read More...]