News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
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…]
The Great American Mountain Rally Revival (GAMRR) will return to the beautiful Green Mountain State of Vermont this Fall. This fall will be the 70th Anniversary of the first running of the Great American Mountain Rally! Thanksgiving weekend in 1953 started the Great American Mountain Rallye that ran for four years –[Read More…]
On October 17th, 18th, and 19th, the fourth running of the Great American Mountain Rally Revival (GAMRR), presented by the New England Vintage Road Rally LLC, took place. This would be the eighth running when you combine the four years of the original event, known as The Great American Mountain Rallye (GAMR), from the ’50s.[Read More…]
It’s easy to forget the outside world when you’re on a rally, you fall within the walls of the rally bubble and the rest of the world ticks by, but there are dates, like Armistice Day, that should not be ignored, events that should not be forgotten as we enjoy the freedom to explore this continent and country, something we might not have been able to do a mere 40 years ago, lest we forget.
History of the Original Great American Mountain Rallye 1953-1957 The flag dropped on the first GAMR on Thanksgiving Day of 1953, and the rally continued every November through 1957. Described in the April 1956 issue of Auto Age as “America’s longest, toughest, and coldest rallye,” the races attracted driving teams from across America, Europe, and Scandinavia.[Read More…]
America is a land intrinsically linked with the automobile, and whilst the United States cannot lay a claim to being the ones that invented the contraption that we are all obsessed with, thanks to the likes of Ford and Durant et al. the motor car became something that would touch[Read More…]
Across the last four years, a new autumn tradition has been put in place for Lynn and me. In October of 2018, we entered our 1948 Hudson Commodore in the Inaugural running of the Great American Mountain Rally Revival (GAMRR). The “revival” is a resurrection of the original Great American Mountain Rally[Read More…]
From the pages of greatrace.com! We hoped to find photos of the support crews, as fellow road rallyists Jeanne English, Bob Morseburg, and David Head worked behind the scenes this year with many others. Congrats to the Gentry Gals! The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Drivers[Read More…]
GAMRR 2021 – SEPTEMBER 13TH, 14TH, 15TH – STOWE VERMONT We hope you can join us for the Great American Mountain Rally Revival (GAMRR), with three fantastic days of rallying in beautiful Stowe, Vermont, at our host inn, the Trapp Family Lodge. John Buffum, a multi-time USA Rally Champion and[Read More…]
Milwaukee Region SCCA will host the 2024 Spring Scamper car rally on Sunday, April 7th. You’re invited to join us for this new 100+ mile, 4+ hour rally around Madison, WI. No prior rally experience is necessary, and any type of street-legal car is welcome. You do not have to[Read More...]
Cascade Sports Car Club's Road Rally program (aka Cascade Geargrinders) offers beginner-friendly time-speed-distance road rallies, lasting three to four hours, starting and ending in the Portland area. Road rally is a game you play while going for a drive in the country. Play the game that takes you places. Season Flyer[Read More...]
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