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…]
Tag: Richta GPS
Smuncher’s Attic — Road Rally, for SCCA, is in Trouble
Stick with me. It truly is a positive piece! “As of now, the exorbitant costs of international motor racing—Formula One in particular—is because of the engines. There are only a few constructors and the job is virtually a custom one. The Watkins Glen (N.Y.) and Mexico City promoters of Grand[Read More…]
RoadRally Makes a Splash in Texas
On the beautiful North Texas Sunday afternoon of February 20, 2022, the Texas Region of the SCCA put on the seventh edition of the Sweetheart Ride Road Rally (SRRR). Typically SRRR has been run on the Sunday before Valentine’s Day, but this year’s event was pushed back a week due[Read More…]
NH: NER Seacoast Scramble Road Rally
The Seacoast Scramble Road Rally is a 150 +/- mile TSD Road Rally, sanctioned by the SCCA New England Region, that uses a combination of Written Route Instructions, Tulip Diagrams, and basic navigation skills. The route will begin in Farmington, NH, head into Maine, and back to New Hampshire. The Seacoast Scramble uses a[Read More…]
Geargrinders in Oregon Ready for Summer Saturday Series
News from the CSCC Geargrinders, A Review of 2021 — Cascade Sports Car Club’s Geargrinders Road Rally Program put on nine road rallies and averaged 24 cars per rally, improving over 2020’s average of 18 vehicles per rally. A very successful rally season. Procedures we implemented in 2020, at the[Read More…]
Avocados, Vines and County Lines Road Rally
Drawing both San Diego road ralliers as well as visitors from the northern counties, the San Diego SCCA Avocados, Vines and County Lines was a great way to kick off Valentine’s weekend with our February 12th event. With a total of 32 vehicles for this first rally of 2022, ralliers[Read More…]
SCCA Quarterly Zoom Get-Together – April 21st
Continuing our series of Quarterly Zoom Get-Togethers which successfully launched last year, the SCCA RoadRally Board announces that the next session will take place on Thursday, April 21, 2022 from 7:00-9:00 PM CDT, and will address these two topics: Introduction to Treks, presented by Peter Schneider. Regional Executives from all[Read More…]
Richta Walking Rally – What’s that you say?
There is the plan, and then there is what happens! While working with Jerry White, an SCCA Texas Region member, on his article for the Sweetheart Ride Road Rally, I shared that I had not yet completed my road rally with the Checkpoint – Richta GPS app. He joked and said[Read More…]
CA: First Friday Niter Social Road Rally
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…]
OR: Ghoul’s Gambol – The Phantom Returns
Ghouls Gambol Rally, celebrating its 56th anniversary, will run on Saturday, October 29. Rallymasters Monte and Victoria Saager are planning a ghoulish affair. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll howl at the moon. Well, maybe not that last part since it will be daylight. Cascade Sports Car Club proudly presents the[Read More…]