News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
Just finished up with the final measurement for Oktoberally National Course Rally, September 17th, sanctioned by the SCCA Milwaukee Region. For those of you who like ‘loops,’ there are lots. While I’ve tried to avoid unpaved roads, sometimes things are inevitable. So, I ended up with less than 10 miles of smooth[Read More…]
NECs News 6/29/2022 One of the jobs of the NEC, in addition to the scheduling of National Rallies, is to assist the RRB in updating the Road Rally Regulations. At our last Zoom, we worked on some rules changes/updates suggested by the RoadRally community. Those suggestions have been submitted to the RRB[Read More…]
Continuing the series of Quarterly Zoom Get-Togethers which started in 2021, the SCCA RoadRally Board announces that the next session will take place on July 28, 2022 from 7:00-9:00 PM CDT, and will address these two topics: Update on Memberships and Waivers, presented by Aimee Thoennes from the SCCA National[Read More…]
June 2022 CP Open and Close Times and Directionally Sensitive Checkpoints In the Richta GPS Checkpoints system, when a rally entrant passes a checkpoint, the Competitor – GPS Checkpoints app detects this passage of the checkpoint and generates a timeslip and a score; that is what the app is meant[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 Summer Challenge Road Rally, with Rallymaster John Buffum, will be sanctioned by the SCCA New England Region and held on Saturday, August 13th. More information is available at https://winterchallengerally.com or by reaching out to Buffum via email: johnbuffum1@gmail.com. Update August 14th – Here are the standings for this annual[Read More…]
A rally group out of the Chicago area gave me the idea about six years ago. Put your rally together, sell the “entry” as a donation to your cause, and they can run it whenever their schedule allows. Their events were to view holiday lights, and timing was not a[Read More…]
A long-time supporter of the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC), the holder of the SCCA Archives, commissioned this brick in honor of Bruce Gezon, saying, “Bruce has certainly earned a place in the IMRRC.” At RReNews, we are grateful for those that help extend the accolades of our road[Read More…]
Sure, you have been able to download the pdf-file of the 2022 SCCA RoadRally Rules from the SCCA website, yet with the recent announcements of awards at the SCCA Convention in January – the hard copies are ready to be ordered. We have been following this after an email from[Read More…]
SCCA Women on Track (WoT), a part of the SCCA Foundation, honored a woman in our SCCA ranks from across our RoadRally, Solo, RallyCross, Racing-Club and Pro, and Track events – be they Navigators, Drivers, Administrators, Competitors, Crew or Enthusiasts! Amongst the women who represented SCCA RoadRally we had Jeanne[Read More…]