Tonight, I am writing from The Home Office in Lancaster, CA! The United States Road Rally Challenge was held on the East Coast, October 20-22, 2023, with three rallies sanctioned by the Philadelphia and South Jersey Regions. I was fortunate to be there with Rebecca Bastien, Travis Maxim, Jen Bersch,[Read More…]
Building a Road Rally Program
MN: Green Heck Gravel Rally Brings Brisk Rallying To Minnesota!
Press On Regardless has a new competitor. Deep in the Northwoods of Minnesota, stage rally organizers put together an event that captures the spirit of old-school rallying. Like a Nurburgring in the forest, we call it Green Heck. My dad and I started organizing the Headwaters Regional Rally and Ojibwe Forests Rally with the American Rally Association[Read More…]
IN: Hill and Dale Road Rally – Car #2 Reporting In!
Rallymasters Harold and Karen Davis wrote this year’s third event in the Southern Indiana Region (SIR) best six-of-seven Rally Championship. Their Hill and Dale Rally started in Evansville, Indiana. Seven teams took part in the rally that the Rallymasters described as simple, three hours, 100 miles, straightforward with only the “Straight as Possible” Main Road Rule,[Read More…]
NJ: PCA “Welcome to the Club” Rally
On Sunday, May 19th, the Northern New Jersey Region of the Porsche Club of America conducted its first rally in the 2024 Rally Series. Seventy members and friends of the club turned out for the event on a gorgeous sunny day. 100% of the entry fee was donated to the Cheshire[Read More…]
NY: Finger Lakes Winter Series Standings 2024
After a successful 2024 Finger Lakes Winter Series, the Rallymasters are ready for their rest, and the Champions have been crowned! Keep your eye out at the start of the fourth quarter for their upcoming Winter Series dates for rallies, camaraderie, and adventure!
US: SCCA RoadRally Quarterly Zoom Set for June
Using technology to reach coast-to-coast across North America and zip across the water to their island Regions, the Sports Car Club of America will host its second quarter Zoom on Thursday, June 20th, at 8 PM Eastern. All road rally enthusiasts are welcome to attend. Here is the link! We[Read More…]
FL: Episode II: The Rally of the Rebels
Not a long time ago in a region not so far away, the Buccaneer Region of the SCCA initiated a legendary Star Wars-themed Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) Road Rally. It was a period of intense navigation and driving precision. On May the 4th, eighteen teams of Rebels, each composed of a daring Pilot and a wise Navigator, gathered at[Read More…]
MA: Cape Cod Courageous Old Timer Road Rally
Excluding 2021, the Cape Cod Courageous Old Timer Road Rally is traditionally held at the start of April for the SCCA New England Region. Adding to the challenge of locating the answers to 17 questions, the weather on Cape Cod at this time of the year often adds an additional[Read More…]
MN: SCCA LOL Flamethrower Regional Rally
A Practical Experiment Combining RoadRally and Solo A fast-paced dance between cones, a precision reversing maneuver on the clock, hairpin turns on gravel, blind curves with unexpected ice, and half of this at night — all in the same event! That’s what competitors enjoyed at the 2024 Flamethrower Regional Rally[Read More…]
There’s an App (and a book) for That!
From the Richta GPS Home Office in Kansas — March 10, 2024 Earlier this morning, I released version 1.39 of the Android Rallymaster app. This version contains a fix for a bug first reported two years ago. Identifying the root cause of the bug illustrates the care that must be[Read More…]