News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
Greetings from the RoadRally Board, and welcome to the fifth edition of The Mike Drop. The Summer flew by, and Fall events are already underway! At mid-year, we compared the number of events to date in 2023 versus 2022 and found that this year is equally strong as last year.[Read More…]
On a weekend with temperatures soaring above 107 degrees, the Texas Region held a Solo and Time Trials event. A dramatic reminder of a RoadRally “competitive differentiator” over other disciplines: no helmets or fire suits required, and the ability to roll up the windows and enjoy the comforts of a/c!
Your smart device must have the latest Richta GPS Checkpoints app versions before each event. We encourage you to click the link below and check out the many useful videos, documentation, and presentation links on the Richta Rally webpage, as well charts from the comparison between Richta GPS Checkpoints system[Read More…]
Greetings from the RoadRally Board, and welcome to the fourth edition of The Mike Drop. Hard to believe, but we are well into the Summer portion of our schedule, and Fall events are not far away! The RRB has been looking at a new proposal from SCCA National Staff to[Read More…]
The winning car was launched off a cliff. The class-winning rental car was teamed up with a “Bunch of Idiots.” This was no ordinary rally. Lemons, the group known for low-cost endurance racing with a sense of humor, also has a successful endurance rally series. Little known to most rally[Read More…]
Thank you for understanding our wonky post-styles over the last two months. We had a plug-in that worked well until it didn’t. Click the image below to open the pdf, allowing for download, printing, or enlargement on your screen. The Road Rally eNews Clan SCCA National Tour Championship SCCA National[Read More…]
The Putnam Purple Cow Precision RoadRally was designed to encourage those on the trackside of Indy Region-sanctioned events to get behind the wheel for a RoadRally. The Putnam Park Roadcourse, Greencastle, IN, was home for the Indianapolis Region’s SCCA Time Trial/Track event on July 1-2, 2023. The rally was open to run anytime over the[Read More…]
A RoadRally Regional Development Committee (RRDC) shall be appointed by the RRB to coordinate and administer the SCCA RoadRally Regional program. The RRDC is a sub-committee of the RRB and reports to the RRB. That is the official statement where the words stop, and the work begins for the RRDC. Starting from scratch in[Read More…]
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!