News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
It’s April, and we all know what that means for the First Friday Niter. But this time, the joke is on us – Larry Scholnick is giving is a Tour Rally! So unlike all those previous April FFNs that Larry has written, there is no need to be afraid of[Read More...]
This Cinco de Mayo, the Santa Monica Sports Car Club will be running the rally initially scheduled for March 3rd, yet was postponed due to weather-related road closures. But you shouldn't let puns go to waste, so pretend it's 3/3/2023, grab your favorite Musketeer, and join us for what was[Read More...]
Stay tuned for updates... This rally uses the Richta GPS Competitor app for timing and scoring, with timing in seconds. This month's maximum penalty is 120 seconds (2 minutes) per checkpoint. The app is FREE and easy to use on any GPS-enabled smartphone. Go to the App Store or Google Play Store, or https://richtarally.com/. There[Read More...]
On Friday, July 7, 2023, please join us for an Into the Night rally takeover of the SCCA Cal Club Santa Monica Sports Car Club First Friday Niter. The Rallymaster is Joe Akerman. This rally will be a Monte Carlo/TSD rally, meaning you get turn-by-turn directions AND your target time[Read More...]
Time for the August First Friday Niter! Rallymaster Paul McGaffey has written a pure tour course using the Monte Carlo style timing. You will be given "Car Zero Times" at each Checkpoint. Just add your car number in minutes to the Car Zero Time to get your time to cross each Checkpoint. If you[Read More...]
Highway Robbery, an SCCA National RoadRally Course Championship Rally, will run on Saturday, August 19th. It's a course rally that will test your ability to stay on course and on time. The rally will run primarily in San Bernardino County. There will be no absence of the sign traps and no lettered instructions. There will be ITIS (If There Is[Read More...]
Rallymaster Larry Scholnick wants you to "mark your calendars" and "stay tuned" for details! Stagecoach, on Sunday, August 20, 2023, is a traditional tour rally running primarily in Riverside County; you are expected to be "on time all the time."
There was an old movie, "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium," back in 1969. For the SCCA Cal Club, Santa Monica Sports Car Club Chapter, theirs would be entitled, "If it's the first Friday of the Month, This Must be Rally Day"! Rallymaster Joe Akerman promises an enjoyable Monte[Read More...]
It is time for the First Friday Niter Road Rally of 2024, sanctioned by The SCCA, Cal Club Region, and the Santa Monica Sports Car Club, and it starts off with Rallymaster Joanna Weissen, who is taking us on her annual tour of Christmas lights. We are traveling primarily in[Read More...]
Paul McGaffey is the Rallymaster for the March First Friday Niter! The rally will be a Monte Carlo-style event, sanctioned by the Santa Monica Sports Car Club and the SCCA, Cal Club Region. Please come out and join us for the National Pig Day Rally on March 1st. On[Read More...]
It's April—the month of fools. And that means Larry Scholnick is the Rallymaster for the April First Friday Niter, sanctioned by the Santa Monica Sports Car Club and the SCCA, Cal Club Region! Larry is fooling us by having a trapless rally—yes, it is a tour! There are two lettered[Read More...]
It's May, so it's finally time to run the postponed February FFN! The rally will run primarily in and around the Rye Canyon industrial park in Santa Clarita (near Magic Mountain). Jeanne English is the Rallymaster, and she likes traps, so there will be some. They are all based upon WOF[Read More...]