Tonight, I am writing from The Home Office in Lancaster, CA! The United States Road Rally Challenge was held on the East Coast, October 20-22, 2023, with three rallies sanctioned by the Philadelphia and South Jersey Regions. I was fortunate to be there with Rebecca Bastien, Travis Maxim, Jen Bersch,[Read More…]
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US: 2024 SCCA United States RoadRally Challenge
The 2024 USRRC is coming to Southern California! ONE WEEKEND – THREE RALLIES!THUNDER ROAD is an 8-hour SCCA National Tour Rally on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. Rallymaster Joe Akerman has written a very scenic course with lots of things to keep folks on both sides of the car busy. The[Read More…]
Revving Up for the Unknown
They say that “life truly begins at the end of your comfort zone,” a belief I’ve long held close to my heart. In a spur-of-the-moment decision, encouraged by my friend Cheryl, I decided to take a leap and apply for the SCCA Foundation Women on Track United States Road Rally[Read More…]
Reviving the Rally Spirit: My Experience at the 2023 USRRC
Introduction From October 20th to 22nd, I had the privilege of participating in my first road rally since December 2018 in Anchorage, Alaska. The journey to this remarkable event began when I applied for the SCCA Women on Track Scholarship, reigniting my passion for rally racing. Despite international borders and[Read More…]
The Mike Drop by Mike Bennett, RRB Chair
Greetings from the RoadRally Board, and welcome to the fifth edition of The Mike Drop. The Summer flew by, and Fall events are already underway! At mid-year, we compared the number of events to date in 2023 versus 2022 and found that this year is equally strong as last year.[Read More…]
News from the Paddock
As summer comes to a close, school is back in session, and we often define the remainder of the year by holiday planning and ease into the fall and winter seasons. For SCCA, we are just getting started. Between Labor Day Weekend and Halloween, SCCA members will have had the[Read More…]
SCCA National Events Committee June News
Hello everyone. I want to take a moment of your time to let you know what’s going on at the NEC. First off, we have welcomed Debbi Laitenberger, as a new member of the NEC. Debbi has a wealth of experience as an organizer of National Road Rallies and looks[Read More…]
United States Road Rally Challenge Set for October 20-22nd
It’s time to Save the Date!The Philadelphia Region and South Jersey Region, with Rallymasters Clyde Heckler and Jim Wakemen, are working on the routes for the October 20-22nd Weekend:• 50th Anniversary Little Appalachian National Course Rally, Exton, PA• Up the Creek National Course Rally, • Jersey Devil National Tour RallyThe last two out of Vineland, NJ When it started,[Read More…]
500 Mile Wrap-Up: SCCA Detroit Region’s USRRC
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…]
“Wise Words from the Route” — Day One of the SCCA USRRC from Whitmore Lake, MI
We talked briefly as Team Wiseley was making their way north from their “rally” home of the SCCA Texas Region, rounding Indianapolis and making their way to Michigan. Driver Ethan Wiseley and Navigator Misty Wiseley are regular attendees at their local Region rallies and partake in autocross. They’ve rallied with[Read More…]