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The First Friday Niter Road Rally, a five-decade tradition, is sanctioned by the SCCA, Cal Club Region, and the Santa Monica Sports Car Club! Join us for August First Friday Niter on August 2nd for another Tour Rally in the Citrus Blossom Series presented by Santa Monica Sports Car Club. Rallymaster Rachel[Read More…]
Tulips, Checkpoints, and No Traps, Oh My! Join us on June 7th for the June First Friday Niter, sanctioned by the SCCA, Cal Club Region, and the Santa Monica Sports Car Club! Once again, Rallymaster Jeanne English is bringing you a tulip diagram rally with NO traps and lots of[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…]
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…]
6-Hour “Starlite”-style modified Monte Carlo, an SCCA Cal Club Regional Course Rally, with Rallymaster Joe Akerman, run on December 9, 2023. For a bunch of us rally people out here in Southern California, this is the rally format that first got us hooked. There’s a colorful history to it all, beginning[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…]
Some things in the universe are constant. The sun rises and sets. The moon goes through its magical phases. The tides rise and fall. The big wheel and the little wheel turn in their synchronous dance. And, for the last 70 years or so, at 7 pm on the First[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…]
It happened the morning we were running precheck, so we didn’t find out about it until we reached the gorge’s beginning and found a dump truck across both lanes. “How long will it be closed,” we asked the Caltrans worker. “I dunno,” he said with a shrug, “Could be three days, could be three months.” Not an answer one likes to hear.
I was ready to pull the plug, but I knew that some folks had bought plane tickets, and I checked with them and found that some were not refundable. So, we waited.
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…]
Join Rallymaster Joanna Weissen for the last FFN by the Cal Club Region Santa Monica Sports Car Club as they go on hiatus. Last year's January FFN, the rally will be a tour (no traps) focusing on Christmas light displays, which were spectacular, with many lights and a few massive displays. It[Read More...]
It is again time to enjoy the winter roads of the Southern Tier with the Finger Lakes Region’s 2025 Winter Rally Series. The first rally of the SCCA Finger Lakes Region Series consists of approximately 180 competitive miles using mostly unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier. Entry fees[Read More...]
The 16th Annual Ithaca Winter Rally is approximately 170 rally miles long and uses mostly unpaved roads in the southern part of Central New York. This is the second event in the SCCA Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series.Entry Fees: $45 per vehicle for SCCA Members, and a $15 Weekend[Read More...]
The SCCA Land O' Lakes Region's Yucatan Safari is a 200+ mile TSD day/night road rally traversing the high-quality gravel roads through the hardwood forests of SE MN. The rally will start in Winona and wind through Winona, Fillmore, and Houston counties before returning to Winona. The simple instruction format[Read More...]
Join The Rallye Club on Saturday, February 1st, for our membership Rallye in memory of TRC's dear friend Larry Friedrich. Life of Larry will be an A/B Gimmick Car Rallye. Membership can be renewed during registration. The start is at 11 AM, the Rallye School is at noon, the checkpoint[Read More...]
The SCCA Land O' Lakes Region continues its Yucatan Safari weekend with the Grumpy Old Men National GTA RoadRally, a navigational scatter. Navigational Scatters were created to provide a rally challenge without the burden of staying on time. We track your progress using the MiRally transponders. Your course is converted[Read More...]
The SCCA Buccaneer Region is excited to announce our latest road rally event and our first 2025 — Road Rally Event #1, which will be held at the SEDiv Annual Convention. Each car will drive on paved public roads using a set of predefined route instructions through various checkpoints using the[Read More...]
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)[Read More...]
The Hollows, Gulches & Hills RoadRally is approximately 200 miles on paved and unpaved roads. This is the third event in the SCCA Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series. Vehicle and driver requirements:Snow tires are recommended (all seasons may limit your speed group eligibility)DTow rope/strapOne (1) DOT Reflective Triangle (or[Read More...]
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