News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
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 as charts from the comparison between the Richta GPS[Read More…]
The Richta GPS Checkpoints team is close to releasing a new Android version to support events conducted in what werecalling Great Race format. The Great Race has unique timing and scoring requirements compared to most rallies in North America. Entrants can not be shown the official rally clock, their overall score, arrival times at checkpoints, or their scores while[Read More…]
The updated SCCA RoadRally Planning Calendar helps participants find rallies locally and beyond. It encourages sharing corrections and promoting regional events prior to sanctions. Jeanne English, the calendar’s keeper, invites feedback and contributions to enhance the resource, making it a valuable tool for rally enthusiasts.
From the Home Office in Lawrence, Kansas — We are delighted to report our best-ever year with Richta GPS Checkpoints! Thank you to the Rallymasters and Organizers for choosing Richta GPS Checkpoints for your events with our Competitor, Rallymaster, and Scoreboard Apps. 2024 Richta GPS Checkpoints Stats: 2,421 Competitors entered[Read More…]
It’s a new year, which brings something new to a long-standing road rally tradition: The First Friday Niter Rally Series, a longtime Cal Club Region, Santa Monica Sports Car Club Chapter series, is being paused, and the Santa Monica Even Months Second Saturday Series (SMEMSS) begins. After 50 years, the club[Read More…]
From Jeanne English: Hi, everyone. The last RoadRally Planning Calendar for 2024 has arrived. I know one was published recently, but more rallies have been added to the calendar. Come on out and run some of them! As always, please let me know about your events as soon as possible;[Read More…]
The United States Road Rally Challenge, sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America over November 9-11th, was known to be the event days out, yet “who” would it be? Rich Bireta, reached out a few days before Rallymaster Joe Akerman’s Thunder Road, which was the first day of the[Read More…]
Greetings from the Richta home office in Larryville, Kansas – July 2024 Last night, we released new versions of the Competitor and Rallymaster apps for Android and Apple devices. The significant enhancements in this release include the ability of the Rallymaster to specify alternate increments for time allowances and a[Read More…]
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…]
The 2024 USRRC is coming to Southern California! ONE WEEKEND – THREE RALLIES!THUNDER ROAD is an 8-hour SCCA National Tour Rally on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. Rallymaster Joe Akerman has written a very scenic course with lots of things to keep folks on both sides of the car busy. The[Read More…]
The 36th Annual Get the Dust-Off Rallye will be held on Sunday, May 4th, 2025, sanctioned by the MG's of Baltimore and is dedicated to the memory of Richard W. Murphy. It will start and finish at Dejon Vineyards! This will be a GTA (Game, Tour, Adventure) style rallye of[Read More...]