News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
While there was no snow to speak of, the SCCA’s Detroit Region had a nice clear cold day to play around on SE Michigan’s dirt roads! 25 teams, and 11 of them novices, set out from South Lyon at noon, traveling 170 miles to Dexter, Howell, and back to South[Read More…]
Tanned, rested and ready… A northeast Ohio tradition since 1966 is back! Neohio Region, SCCA invites you to enter the 2023 Ohio Winter Rally. The ~165 mile route will traverse portions of northeast Ohio’s Lake Erie “snowbelt” counties. Competitors can expect an absolutely straightforward, gimmick-free, Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) road rally with emphasis on precise timing at well placed controls.[Read More…]
We have heard from Piotr Roszczenko requesting to ‘Save the Date’ for the 75th Running of the Press on Regardless Rally. Bruce Fisher will be Rallymaster, and as of November 17, 2022, it is planned to be a Double National Tour Rally. The event will return to the Hampton Inn, Gaylord, MI, the lodging used[Read More…]
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November 9, 2022 at 9:00 AM from SCCA.com Website, Words and Photo by James Heine For the second time this decade, the Detroit Region hosted the annual United States RoadRally Challenge (USRRC), returning the now 27-year-old event to the rural roads of a picturesque five-county Great Lakes area southwest of[Read More…]
Encompassing the Regions of the SCCA Great Lakes Division, the Division is one of the few that holds an annual Championship across the Regions. Greg Lester is the Pointskeeper for the Division, and he has been faithful to the timely posting of both the standings and event finishes. Below you[Read More…]
We talked briefly as Team Wiseley was making their way north from their “rally” home of the SCCA Texas Region, rounding Indianapolis and making their way to Michigan. Driver Ethan Wiseley and Navigator Misty Wiseley are regular attendees at their local Region rallies and partake in autocross. They’ve rallied with[Read More…]
The article below originally appeared in the Winter 2012 edition of the Detroit Region SCCA newsletter Open Exhaust. At the time, I had had a decent, if not overwhelmingly spectacular, rally Navigator career at the Great Lakes Division levels. I had been fortunate enough to have won POR once before[Read More…]
Seek the Right Opportunity, the first T-S-D rally of the SCCA Southern Indiana Region season ran Sunday, March 13th. Be sure to notice the close margins in the standings at the top of the two classes. Only 33 points between first and second finishers in Class A, and Class B beat that[Read More…]
The 2021 SCCA Great Lakes Division Rally Championship standings following the season-ending Lake Erie Covered Bridges Rally are below. Please address any questions about errors or omissions in these standings to Greg Lester or Piotr Rozsczenko. For those unfamiliar with the GLD Championship points award scheme: Points are awarded based on a[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...]
If you love spirited driving on backroads, our dual-rally weekend with the Flamethrower Road Rally and Alligator Slide is for you! Here are two great winter rallies in one weekend; you can run these rallies in your street car with no special modifications. Grab a friend, and let's go! Flamethrower Rally[Read More...]
If you love spirited driving on backroads, our dual-rally weekend with the Flamethrower Road Rally and Alligator Slide is for you! Here are two great winter rallies in one weekend; you can run these rallies in your street car with no special modifications. Grab a friend, and let's go! Alligator Slide[Read More...]