The next RoadRally in the 2008 SCCA Championship RoadRally Series will be held Saturday, August 9.

The Mountain Creek Classic rally will begin at Turner Park in Grand Prairie, and end at Joe Poole Lake Marina restaurant.

This year's course has some great country roads, and some challenging rally tests. This was last year's 2nd most popular event.

You can pre-register (and save $5) at http://www.dlbracing.com/clubs/texas...x?EventID=3553

For more information go to http://www.texasscca.org and click on Rally.

If three of you enter, Team Evo can compete for the Team Trophy.

Keep tuned for other rallies in our series...including 2 sponsored rallies!

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rally@texasscca.org

P.S.: Rally questions/comments? Go to the RoadRally forum at
roadrally.freeforums.org

 

Now this would be interesting!

Too bad I think I'm already slated for the BMWSCCA event on the 9th!

 

If anyone is interested...
we did one last year, had a team of EVOs...
Walter did very well, and shoulda taught all of us the ropes...

it was very frustrating trying to understand the whole thing,
(no one should try it w/out detailed lessons)
all the other EVOs spent the entire day
completely lost----but====never in doubt

I suggest an EVO cruise as an alternative,
our own route, ending in a picnic at some lake, drinking....

 

Is this on public roads? What about the 5-0? I was thinking about this on the way to work today... I can imagine a gumball 3000 like thing going through Dallas!

 

I'm not sure I'm fully grasping this whole road rally...sounds like it wants to be a TX leg of the gumball 3000 but with "rules" on paper like maintaining the legal speed limit...so is there a set route and you get points for taking alternative twisty routes and getting back on the main road also? I'm confused...

 

http://www.texasscca.org/gimmick_rally.html
not even close...but this should help explain...

 

um.


Lame.

 

There is a set route. There is a set of rules to follow, which you read before you start. Then you use a set of Route Instructions to follow the course. You follow all traffic laws...this is on paved, public roads, but fun roads, out in the country. There are some things to puzzle out, which is why you need a good navigator. You probably won't win your first one (did you win your first autocross?), but you will learn the ropes...and there is a "First-Timer" class, so you might get a trophy without earning the top score. Come on and try it, it's fun!

 

not to be debbie downer, but once, I was told that a scavenger hunt at a corporate team building event would be fun... and it wasn't.

Is using the Sat Nav in your car cheating?

 

Looks like what might also be called a Time-Speed-Distance rally. You'll have a starting point and a series of point-to-point instructions like...

1) Proceed at 35 MPH to Wells Rd.
2) Continue at 40 MPH until the fourth yellow road sign and make a right
3) Proceed at 40 MPH until something else...

The two tricks are 1) maintaining the speed indicated and 2) figuring out where those waypoints are. Oftentimes the thing you are looking for is obscured or otherwise not exactly what you're expecting. The goal is to make it to all of the checkpoints in exactly the amount of time that the judges are expecting. The number of seconds (absolute) you vary from that time become your score, and the lowest score wins.

I did one of these with the Porsche club, and had a very good time. We screwed the pooch on one leg, though, and went from second to dead last. I might be inclined to do this if someone were interested in teaming up...

 

Sounds like fun. I may do it.

 

One of you wrote: "Is using the Sat Nav in your car cheating?"
No, and you can have all the maps you want. Neither will be much help. You just have to drive it to find "Right at third Stop sign."

Another wrote: "Looks like what might also be called a Time-Speed-Distance rally. You'll have a starting point and a series of point-to-point instructions like...

1) Proceed at 35 MPH to Wells Rd.
2) Continue at 40 MPH until the fourth yellow road sign and make a right
3) Proceed at 40 MPH until something else..."

Our instructions look like that, except no speeds listed. You just drive the speed limit or less. Time is not a part of the scoring unless you are more than 30 minutes late at the end, and then there is a small per-minute penalty. Scoring is based on who follows the correct route most closely. It's not as easy as it sounds, but there is a "First-Timer" class, so you will be competing against people of the same skill level.

 

"TEAM EVO" took part in one last year and it left me w/the familiar frustrated feeling of:

• being hopelessly lost
• trying to figure out someone else's directions (knowing they are trying to 'fool you' at the same time)
• 'shake' w/the pressure of competition
• garnish w/the pressure of over-time penalties
• 'chug' w/ the pressure of 'TEAM EVO' counting on my lack of understanding of the whole thing....

I decided at that time:

• most of us just want a friendly get2gether
• a fun drive w/out leaving anyone out
• brief periods of 'play' leaving any real 'playing' to MSR/Ennis or ultimately TxHillCountry/Arkansas' Ozarks ie NTEC's TwistyRoadTour

did i leave something out?
oh, yes
someone has to organize it all....
any takers?

 

Kelly I think we should have split up the teams differently before so it wouldn't have been frustrating for you and your navvie. All is meant in fun and the "pressure" thing is all in your head. Nothing matters but enjoying a nice drive, you're just playing a little game while you're at it.

All that being said I'm shooting on the 9th so I couldn't make it anyway.

 

We have 18 cars entered today, so it looks like about 30 by Saturday. We have 3-car teams from Crossfire, Mini, Subaru, and the Italian Car Club. We also have 2 Great Racers entered (1928 Hudson Sport Roadster and 1930 Ford Model A, though with the temperatures, they may bring their daily drivers). Come join us!