News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
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.
Greetings from the RRB, and welcome to the third edition of The Mike Drop. We are wrapping up one of the busiest First Halves ever in the SCCA RoadRally program, and more events are being added to the calendar frequently. What a great time to be involved in our sport![Read More…]
Nor’wester is a Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) rally conducted since 1967, by the Rainier Auto Sports Club. Entrants receive instructions with specific, clear directions at speeds at or below legal limits, with specific times to start each section at one-minute intervals. Nor’wester is a “closed control” format where cars do not stop[Read More…]
Time for the August First Friday Niter! Rallymaster Paul McGaffey has written a pure tour course using the Monte Carlo style timing. You will be given “Car Zero Times” at each Checkpoint. Just add your car number in minutes to the Car Zero Time to get your time to cross each Checkpoint. If you[Read More…]
RReNews asked Debbi Segall Laitenberger to write a piece after her return to SCCA National RoadRally Championship Series. A member of our RReNews Clan has known her since the early-90s when Debbi was active in the SCCA Finger Lakes Region as a Rallymaster and competitor, and she also served as[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…]
Here’s the latest SCCA RoadRally Planning Calendar. Your calendar is going to be full for 2023 rally adventures!
Rabbit Stages Editor as timing support for a Richta-scored National Tour Rally: Great Potential deserving of future development. We used Rabbit Rally’s Stages Editor feature at Roads Scamper on Sunday, June 4th, by the SCCA Milwaukee Region. This app, running on my Samsung tablet via an external Rabbit Glo GPS, kept track of[Read More…]
Putnam Purple Cow Precision is a Tour RoadRally designed to be run by individuals attending the SCCA Time Trial event at Putnam Park Road Course the weekend of July 1-2, 2023. While the goal on track is to go fast, the goal of a RoadRally is to drive with precision[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…]
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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