News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
History of the Original Great American Mountain Rallye 1953-1957 The flag dropped on the first GAMR on Thanksgiving Day of 1953, and the rally continued every November through 1957. Described in the April 1956 issue of Auto Age as “America’s longest, toughest, and coldest rallye,” the races attracted driving teams from across America, Europe, and Scandinavia.[Read More...]
Join us on this fantastic and challenging adventure… rally with us to the end of the world!
Come join us for Mini Takes Route 66 and drive the Mother Road from Los Angeles to Chicago, over the June 23 - July 2, 2023 timeframe. Or, perhaps, pick up and travel part of the way? We are going backward – starting in Santa Monica and ending in Chicago. [Read More...]
America is a land intrinsically linked with the automobile, and whilst the United States cannot lay a claim to being the ones that invented the contraption that we are all obsessed with, thanks to the likes of Ford and Durant et al. the motor car became something that would touch[Read More...]
Continuing the series of Quarterly Zoom Get-Togethers, which started in 2021, the SCCA RoadRally Board announces that the next session will occur on Thursday, August 31, 2023, from 8:00-10:00 PM EDT. Topics featured are: All SCCA members are invited to participate. Join us on August 31st!
The Great American Mountain Rally Revival (GAMRR) will return to the beautiful Green Mountain State of Vermont this Fall. This fall will be the 70th Anniversary of the first running of the Great American Mountain Rally! Thanksgiving weekend in 1953 started the Great American Mountain Rallye that ran for four years -[Read More...]
The Hagerty Spring Thaw is a budget-minded driving adventure through British Columbia for pre-1979 and earlier touring and sports cars, with exceptions for select newer cars per car (see the FAQ section for the Delorean Rule. This un-scored, non-competitive event takes place entirely within the province of British Columbia and consists[Read More...]
It's Baaack....! Join us for the “Lakes Tour” of Central Ohio – craziness, spirited driving, food trucks, games will ensue! What is the original, low buck, enthusiast vintage/weird/specialty (ambulances!)/JDM/antique auto rallye? 300 miles of “TSD/fun Rallye” format on four rally stages over three days. The Mon Melee is an Original[Read More...]
The GREAT RACE is June 22 to June 30, 2024, from Owensboro, Kentucky, to Gardiner, Maine, traveling through Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The Great Race organization is based in Chattanooga, TN. This rally is well publicized[Read More...]
Mini USA has set the official route for its Mini Takes The States (MTTS) biannual owner meetup event. Camp MINI is the theme for the upcoming MINI owners' rally in the western U.S. Woodcliff Lake, NJ, April 8, 2024. MINI USA has officially opened the registration site for MINI TAKES THE STATES (MTTS)[Read More...]
The Rush to ‘Gold Bridge’ (R2GB) is our end-of-August, 3-day driving event organized by Classic Car Adventures. Originally conceived as “Dave’s Birthday Touring Adventure,” our first year took us to Gold Bridge… thus, the event was called “The Rush to Gold Bridge.” The actual destination is subject to change yearly,[Read More...]
The Hagerty Fall Classic is a budget-minded driving adventure through Washington/Oregon for 1979 and earlier touring and sports cars (with exceptions for select newer cars on an application basis). This un-scored, non-competitive event takes place entirely within the states of Washington and Oregon and consists of approximately 700mi of driving over three days. The[Read More...]