News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
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…]
Summer was truly in gear for the Backcountry Bliss Rally hosted by the San Diego SCCA on Saturday, July 15, in El Cajon, CA. You know you’re in for a toasty rally when people are sweating during the driver’s meeting! Our knowledgeable expert teams helped our first-timer and novice categories with some of the[Read More…]
Some things in the universe are constant. The sun rises and sets. The moon goes through its magical phases. The tides rise and fall. The big wheel and the little wheel turn in their synchronous dance. And, for the last 70 years or so, at 7 pm on the First[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.
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…]
Eighteen teams entered the June 10 Saturday Series Rally. A few Season Ticket holders took the day off, so ten teams ran the Double Down Rally by Rallymasters Cody and Sabrina Gavin. First Overall and First in the SOP Class is the team of David and JoAnn Gattman. Second Overall and[Read More…]
On May 21st, nine teams ran the third event of the seven-event Southern Indiana Region’s annual rally championship in Evansville, Indiana. The Another May Day Rally by Harold and Karen Davis would run 75 miles, have ten scored legs, and take about two and half hours to complete. Nine teams[Read More…]
About the Cascade Sports Car Club May 13th Saturday Series Rally —The rally was about 100 miles from the start in northwest Portland to the ending location in Midway south of Hillsboro, and it took about three hours to complete. The odo check ended at the Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge[Read More…]
I’ve been busy with RoadRally stuff lately but have yet to have the chance actually to compete in a rally for over a year. So, when Rallymaster Chuck Hanson said that Sam Crites would Safety Check the Indy Region Dogwood Daze Tour Rally so that I could run the event,[Read More…]
The St. Louis Region opened its 2023 rally season on May 5 with the sixth edition of Jim Heine’s Tulips by Night (four Regionals and two Divisionals now since 2017, with a National in the early planning stages). This year, Tulips was organized as a road rally social event that served as a Friday evening prologue to[Read More…]
It's May, so it's finally time to run the postponed February FFN! The rally will run primarily in and around the Rye Canyon industrial park in Santa Clarita (near Magic Mountain). Jeanne English is the Rallymaster, and she likes traps, so there will be some. They are all based upon WOF[Read More...]
Milwaukee Region SCCA invites you to come run the annual Badger Burrow Tour Rally, on Sunday May 4. The event is a brisk run through Wisconsin's Driftless Area's beautiful hills and valleys, mostly in Sauk County. Expect lots of interesting roads with lots of hills and curves. Many say these[Read More...]
The Detroit Region SCCA is back with its Twilight Tour Divisional RoadRally on Saturday, May 4th. The rally covers ±180 miles of mostly unpaved roads in Washtenaw, Jackson, Lenawee, and Monroe counties. Rallymaster Bruce Fisher will take you on this straightforward time-speed-distance (TSD) Tour Rally, which means no traps. All[Read More...]
The Detroit Region SCCA (DRSCCA) is excited to announce the return of Road Rally School! All are welcome regardless of experience level: if you’re interested in Road Rally and unsure where to start, have competed in some events and want to improve your scores, or want to try out a[Read More...]
Neohio Region, SCCA invites you to enter the 2024 Ohio Milk Run Rally (OMR). Competitors can expect an absolutely straightforward, gimmick-free, Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) road rally with emphasis on precise timing at well-placed controls. The ~180-mile route will wind through the hills of Ohio's Wayne, Holmes, Coshocton, Knox, and surrounding counties. The Milk Run's name is[Read More...]
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