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Road Rally

SCCA RoadRally

 

Area Rallies

Santa Monica Sports Car Club
• First Friday Night
• Inaugural
... and more

Arizona Rallies
• hosted by the Arizona Border Region

A Road Rally is a two (or more) person team, competing in ordinary cars, on regular roads, within the legal speed limit. The challenge is to drive on time —not early or late (it's not a race). Each team needs a watch which can be set to match rally time; something to write on and write with. For night rallies it is a good idea to have a map light, flashlight or other interior lighting to be able to read instructions.

Cars start at one minute intervals. The first section of the rally is called the odometer check leg and allows you to compare your mileage to the rallymasters'. If you have a trip odometer in your car you can zero it at the start. You will have a specified amount of time to reach the end of the odometer check leg which is called the Official Mileage Point. Wait there until the given time has elapsed, then leave, following the directions given and travel at the specified speed. Timing controls, or checkpoints, will be found at various locations along the route. After you pass the checkpoint sign and the timing car, stop safely off the road and go back to the timing car to get your time and any other special instructions.

For 2007, SoPac is host to local as well as National-level RoadRally events. The first event of the National RoadRally Championship is a series of events that run through the beautiful southern Arizona desert in early March which starts near Tucson. The competition then moves to northern Arizona for the recently-transplanted "1000" multi-day event in early April.

If you are just starting out and would like to try out a novice-level road rally, and you live or will be visiting the Los Angeles area, there is an event on the first Friday night of each month. Contact Jeanne English at 310-372-7168 or by email at ean21@juno.com for further information.

Further information can be found at SCCA.com.



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