News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
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…]
Continuing the series of Quarterly Zoom Get-Togethers, which started in 2021, the SCCA RoadRally Board announces that the next session will occur on Thursday, August 31, 2023, from 8:00-10:00 PM EDT. Topics featured are: All SCCA members are invited to participate. Join us on August 31st!
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.
Continuing the series of Quarterly Zoom Get-Togethers, which started in 2021, the SCCA RoadRally Board announces that the next session will occur on Thursday, August 31, 2023, from 8:00-10:00 PM EDT. Topics featured are: All SCCA members are invited to participate. Join us on August 31st!
Greetings from the RRB, and welcome to the third edition of The Mike Drop. We are wrapping up one of the busiest First Halves ever in the SCCA RoadRally program, and more events are being added to the calendar frequently. What a great time to be involved in our sport![Read More…]
Join the SCCA Reno Region for our Northern Sierra Trek, a non-competitive driving event as we travel through the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains! We will start at Automotion in Reno, then Truckee, then Downieville, and end at Nevada City. NOTE: This trek occurs on public roads. All traffic laws are[Read More…]
Hello everyone. I want to take a moment of your time to let you know what’s going on at the NEC. First off, we have welcomed Debbi Laitenberger, as a new member of the NEC. Debbi has a wealth of experience as an organizer of National Road Rallies and looks[Read More…]
San Antonio has had more battles fought within its city limits than any other town in North America. These battles occurred while San Antonio was under the jurisdiction of Spain, the Republic of Mexico, The Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States of America, not to mention the United States. This[Read More…]
The Moontower RoadRally was intended to be a tour of central Austin, Texas, by driving to each of the remaining 13 Moontowers installed in 1895 to illuminate the city. The city has always denied that these 165-foot-tall artificial moons were purchased to brighten the city after a series of murders[Read More…]
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…]
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...]