CA: Ron Dunlop Memorial Road Rally

Please join us for a fun and exciting car road rally celebrating the life of Ron Dunlop, a great guy and a tremendous rally organizer and competitor, on Saturday, March 19, 2022. The Ron Dunlop Memorial Rally, sponsored by the Into the Night Rally Team, is sanctioned as an SCCA Divisional Tour Rally and will explore the amazing Wine Country backroads around Santa Barbara and Santa Maria.

Rallymaster Paul McGaffey’s Route Instructions will use a simple Monte Carlo format, meaning you get turn-by-turn directions, AND you will get your target time at each Checkpoint. All Timed Checkpoints are listed in the Route Instructions, and all are referenced by prominent signs on the course. The rally is a little over 200 miles long, and you will have seven hours of driving nirvana with many breaks for gas, food, and rest stops.

The object of this event is to enjoy driving sweeping, beautiful, challenging back roads at legal speeds while following simple directions to pass a series of checkpoints at just the right time. 

There is no need for advanced math, no riddles, compasses, maps, or gimmicks, just glorious roads to drive with a focus on precision and accuracy. Rallying is a team sport; the Driver and Navigator must work together to get it right.

There are no average speeds. Just run at the posted speed limits (rally is timed at least two mph BELOW those limits and has pauses where needed). If you reach a timed Checkpoint early, you can pull over, get out of traffic lanes, and either creep in or wait for your target time to pass by the Checkpoint.

We will be using the Richta GPS Competitor app for timing and scoring. This app is FREE and easy to use on any GPS-enabled smartphone or appropriate tablet. Go to the App Store, Google Play Store, or direct to https://richtarally.com/ and download it. There is no need for additional timing equipment; your Official Time shows in the app!

We’ve designed it to be EV-friendly. There are five stations and a Tesla Dealership near the Start in Camarillo, five near the lunch break in Santa Maria, two fast-charging stations, and a Tesla Supercharger in the parking lot at the Finish in Goleta. 

Please register online here at MotorsportsReg. The registration fee is $60 per car, with a $15 discount for SCCA members. You may still register in person at the Start. (Sorry, but we will not be able to accept credit cards at Registration. Please use the MSR website to pay by credit card.) Both Driver and Navigator are required to complete the Waiver. To save time for both you and us at the Start, we ask you to please enter your cell phone number where indicated near the bottom of the registration page, and please check the ‘yes’ button just below that. Speedwaiver will send you a text, and you follow their directions to use your phone to complete the Waiver.

We start at the Mcdonald’s rear lot. In-person Registration opens at 9:00 am; there is a beginner/Richta GPS meeting at 9:40 am, and the first car out at 10:01 am. Yet we encourage you to Pre-Register so that we can have ample copies of the Route Instructions!

The finish will be at Camino Real Marketplace (near Starbucks), 7030 Market Place Dr, Goleta, CA 93117. The first car should be arriving around 5 pm.

Trophies will be awarded to the top teams in Classes E (Equipped), L (Limited equipment), S (Stock), G (GPS-driven rally computers), and N (Novice – 3 or fewer previous rallies).

More rally information can be found at www.itnrally.org and on our ITN Facebook page. For more detailed information, contact: Paul – Selmer6@gmail.com or Joe – carzero@aol.com.

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