• May the 4th Be With You Episode 2 RoadRally

The SCCA Buccaneer Region’s most successful road rally is back! This time with more prizes, more trivia, and a route that follows Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones movie!

Each team will be tasked with tracking down Padmé’s attempted assassin by traversing the busy streets of Coruscant. Then track the mysterious bounty hunter to Kamino where you’ll discover the droid army the Federation has been manufacturing in secret. After that, it’s on to Geonosis where you’ll have to escape the Reek, Acklay, and Nexu before engaging in a lightsaber battle with Count Duku. After a battle well fought, you’ll finally report back to the Jedi Council – for awards, prizes, and event wrap-up.

This event is an SCCA TSD (time-speed-distance) Road Rally, where each vehicle will drive on paved public roads, following a set of predefined route instructions through various checkpoints using the Richta GPS Checkpoints mobile application. Participants will be scored based on their arrival time at each of the defined checkpoints. We will start at Panera, located near downtown Jacksonville, where cars will depart every 1 minute. The finish will be a sit-down restaurant at the Saint Johns Town Center, where scoring, awards, and lunch will be available (you are responsible for purchasing your food; we encourage everyone to eat and support the location).

New to road rally or unsure what they’re all about? Check out RoadRally 101: Everything YOU need to know to Rally Your Car by Red Hen Racing on YouTube. It is somewhat lengthy, yet a humorous video explanation.

Any car is allowed, provided it meets all Florida state laws and is insured to meet the state’s minimum requirements. A valid driver’s license and proof of insurance will be required at on-site registration. Each car is allowed as many people as there are seatbelts in the vehicle, but each car is required to have at least 2 people: a Driver and a Navigator. There will be a starting location, a calibration zone, multiple free/transit zones, and several unmanned checkpoints. Team numbers will be assigned, but the starting order will be determined at random.

There are three available classes for this rally: Stock, Limited, and Seat of Your Pants. Visit https://www.scca.com/pages/roadrally-rules for official class descriptions and rules. Below are some examples of the types of setups used in each class.

• Stock: Using your vehicle’s stock trip/odometer, smartphone as a calculator, and a stopwatch (perhaps the same or another smartphone). This is the most common class and recommended for novices.
• Limited: Using the car’s built in navigation system to show distance traveled, a 3rd party GPS tracking system via mobile app (i.e. Richta Odometer, Maps, or a Odometer/Trip app), as long as that information isn’t transferable to the calculating device (i.e. can’t be the same smartphone running the app and calculations).
• SOP: Just your odometer, pens/pencils, stopwatch, and gut instincts. No calculator of any kind.

Online registration for the driver and navigator is required at Motorsportreg.com!

Starting Location: Panera Bread
Finishing Location: Chuy’s, 4914 Town Center Pkwy, Jacksonville, FL
Registration Fee: $30 for SCCA members, $50 for non-SCCA members (Weekend Membership required)
Estimated Duration: 35 miles, 1.5 – 2hrs in duration (depending on traffic conditions in Coruscant and Geonosis), breaks are allowed along the way at your leisure.
Required Equipment: A Dedicated smartphone with the Richta GPS Checkpoint mobile app; the phone cannot be used while the rally is active. Download at https://richtarally.com/
Recommended Equipment: Clipboard, pencils/pens, highlighters, stopwatches (smartphone ok), calculator, secondary (and/or 3rd) smartphone

Event Schedule:
Thursday May 1st 11:59pm – Online event registration closes
Sunday May 4th 9:15am – On-site check in opens
Sunday May 4th 10:00am – First car out
Sunday May 4th 12:00pm (estimated) – First car arrives
Sunday May 4th 1:00pm (estimated) – Award ceremony