News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
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...]
