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…]
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…]
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…]
And now here I was, spending hours planning a route that competitors would pass by in the blink of an eye!
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…]
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…]
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...]