News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
Uh, oh! The April First Friday Niter is on April Fool's Day! Come on out to the Santa Monica Sports Car Club, a Chapter of the SCCA Cal Club, and see what Rallymaster Larry Scholnick has planned for you. He said, “The rally is short on miles but long on[Read More...]
The tradition continues with the Fast Friday Niter Rally Series! Many Rallymasters share the responsibilities of the series, and this year it enters its 50th Year (or is it 51?)! The Santa Monica Sports Car Club is a Chapter of the SCCA California Sports Car Club aka Cal Club.
The tradition continues with the Fast Friday Niter Rally Series! Many Rallymasters share the responsibilities of the series, and this year it enters its 50th Year (or is it 51?)! The Santa Monica Sports Car Club is a Chapter of the SCCA California Sports Car Club aka Cal Club.
The October First Friday Niter, coming up on October 7, is being written by guest Rallymasters Revere Jones and Jared Leadbetter. The odometer check heads east on the 210 to Sunland. The rally travels up Big Tujunga Canyon to Angeles Forest and down Angeles Crest into La Canada-Flintridge, where the[Read More...]
Eureka Road Rally is an SCCA Divisional Course Rally written by Jeanne English. It is a companion rally to ITN's Thunder Road, a Monte Carlo-style SCCA National Tour Rally written by Joe Akerman on Saturday, October 15. Both are headquartered at the Hampton Inn in Arvin (Tejon Ranch), CA. Registration[Read More...]
The November First Friday Niter, sanctioned by SCCA Cal Club, Santa Monica Chapter, is being written by guest Rallymaster Patrick Strong. Rumor has it that the rally will visit some of the Santa Monica mountain's twistiest (and some think most fun) roads and that rumor is true! Strong's rally is indeed a[Read More...]
The December First Friday Niter, sanctioned by SCCA Cal Club, Santa Monica Chapter, is being written by Rallymaster Joanna Weissen. As is her December tradition, the rally will highlight Christmas lights and decorations. We are using the Richta GPS Competitor app for timing and scoring, with timing to the tenth of a second.[Read More...]
The SCCA Cal Club, Santa Monica Sports Car Club Chapter, continues their tradition of its First Friday Niter Series and begins the new year with Rallymaster Larry Scholnick. He describes his rally as "a trip around the rim of the Valley, the San Fernando Valley." It really does travel from place[Read More...]
It's February, which means Jeanne English will be the Rallymaster and celebrating her birthday! The rally will travel some of the Santa Clarita area canyon roads, with the emphasis on fun driving. There are NO TRAPS on this month's rally, so be prepared to stay on time! The rally finishes[Read More...]
On March 3, 2023, grab your favorite musketeer and join the Santa Monica Sports Car Club and guest Rallymaster Joe Batwinis for the 3rd First Friday Niter of the year. There will be three legs with three stages per leg on this Tour rally of the Sierra Pelona Ridge. There[Read More...]
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...]
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."
It is a Friday. It is the First One of the month. You know what that means! Adventure out on the highways and byways in Southern California!
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"! The Rallymaster for the October FFN, a[Read More...]
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...]
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