News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
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…]
6-Hour “Starlite”-style modified Monte Carlo, an SCCA Cal Club Regional Course Rally, with Rallymaster Joe Akerman, run on December 9, 2023. For a bunch of us rally people out here in Southern California, this is the rally format that first got us hooked. There’s a colorful history to it all, beginning[Read More…]
It is a Friday. It is the First One of the month. You know what that means! Adventure out on the highways and byways in Southern California!
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…]
On Friday, July 7, 2023, please join us for an Into the Night rally takeover of the SCCA Cal Club Santa Monica Sports Car Club First Friday Niter. The Rallymaster is Joe Akerman. This rally will be a Monte Carlo/TSD rally, meaning you get turn-by-turn directions AND your target time[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.
There was an old movie, “If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium,” back in 1969. For the SCCA Cal Club, Santa Monica Sports Car Club Chapter, theirs would be entitled, “If it’s the first Friday of the Month, This Must be Rally Day”! Rallymaster Joe Akerman promises an enjoyable Monte[Read More…]
There was an old movie, “If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium,” back in 1969. For the SCCA Cal Club, Santa Monica Sports Car Club Chapter, theirs would be entitled, “If it’s the first Friday of the Month, This Must be Rally Day”! The Rallymaster for the October FFN, a[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…]
Rallymaster Larry Scholnick wants you to “mark your calendars” and “stay tuned” for details! Stagecoach, on Sunday, August 20, 2023, is a traditional tour rally running primarily in Riverside County; you are expected to be “on time all the time.”
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...]
The Spring Fling Rally is now ready to run. The Rallymaster is certain more curse words will be flinging than rocks, so entrants should not be afraid to roll up in your summer special. The course will cover more than enough area to have you rallying for approximately 3 hours,[Read More...]
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