News, Views and How-To's of Road Rally
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...]
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...]
Stay tuned for updates... This rally uses the Richta GPS Competitor app for timing and scoring, with timing in seconds. This month's maximum penalty is 120 seconds (2 minutes) per checkpoint. The app is FREE and easy to use on any GPS-enabled smartphone. Go to the App Store or Google Play Store, or https://richtarally.com/. There[Read More...]
This Cinco de Mayo, the Santa Monica Sports Car Club will be running the rally initially scheduled for March 3rd, yet was postponed due to weather-related road closures. But you shouldn't let puns go to waste, so pretend it's 3/3/2023, grab your favorite Musketeer, and join us for what was[Read More...]
It’s April, and we all know what that means for the First Friday Niter. But this time, the joke is on us – Larry Scholnick is giving is a Tour Rally! So unlike all those previous April FFNs that Larry has written, there is no need to be afraid of[Read More...]
On March 3, 2023, grab your favorite musketeer and join the Santa Monica Sports Car Club and guest Rallymaster Joe Batwinis for the 3rd First Friday Niter of the year. There will be three legs with three stages per leg on this Tour rally of the Sierra Pelona Ridge. There[Read More...]
It's February, which means Jeanne English will be the Rallymaster and celebrating her birthday! The rally will travel some of the Santa Clarita area canyon roads, with the emphasis on fun driving. There are NO TRAPS on this month's rally, so be prepared to stay on time! The rally finishes[Read More...]
The SCCA Cal Club, Santa Monica Sports Car Club Chapter, continues their tradition of its First Friday Niter Series and begins the new year with Rallymaster Larry Scholnick. He describes his rally as "a trip around the rim of the Valley, the San Fernando Valley." It really does travel from place[Read More...]
The December First Friday Niter, sanctioned by SCCA Cal Club, Santa Monica Chapter, is being written by Rallymaster Joanna Weissen. As is her December tradition, the rally will highlight Christmas lights and decorations. We are using the Richta GPS Competitor app for timing and scoring, with timing to the tenth of a second.[Read More...]
The November First Friday Niter, sanctioned by SCCA Cal Club, Santa Monica Chapter, is being written by guest Rallymaster Patrick Strong. Rumor has it that the rally will visit some of the Santa Monica mountain's twistiest (and some think most fun) roads and that rumor is true! Strong's rally is indeed a[Read More...]
The October First Friday Niter, coming up on October 7, is being written by guest Rallymasters Revere Jones and Jared Leadbetter. The odometer check heads east on the 210 to Sunland. The rally travels up Big Tujunga Canyon to Angeles Forest and down Angeles Crest into La Canada-Flintridge, where the[Read More...]
The tradition continues with the Fast Friday Niter Rally Series! Many Rallymasters share the responsibilities of the series, and this year it enters its 50th Year (or is it 51?)! The Santa Monica Sports Car Club is a Chapter of the SCCA California Sports Car Club aka Cal Club.
