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OH: Ohio Winter RoadRally
February 1 @ 12:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Neohio Region, SCCA invites you to enter the 2025 Ohio Winter Rally (OWR) on February 1! This annual hivernal tour of the Lake Erie “snowbelt” counties of far northeastern Ohio dates back to at least 1966. It was one of the core events of the long-lamented Ohio Rally Championship (ORC) series.
Competitors can expect an absolutely straightforward, gimmick-free Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) road rally, with an emphasis on precise timing at well-placed controls. Columnar “tulip” style route instructions, with Official Mileages for all action points (similar to a stage rally routebook), will be used. The ~165-mile route will wind through Ohio’s Geauga, Ashtabula, and surrounding counties.
Prevailing road and weather conditions will dictate the rally’s difficulty. Competitors should come prepared to spend extended periods outside in severe winter conditions.
To help teams with limited prior timekeeping experience stay on schedule and to mitigate the possibility of “double jeopardy” penalties from carrying a timing error through multiple controls, parenthetical perfect cumulative leg times will be provided at all speed change locations. This will be done through the Richta GPS Checkpoints app, available as a free download for your smart device.
Registration and more information are available on motorsportreg.com. However, it is important to note that there will be no on-site registration, and online registration closes on Wednesday, January 29th.
The rally will count toward both the SCCA Great Lakes Division (GLD) Rally Championship and the SCCA National Touring Rally (NTR) Championship (Divisional Rally).
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