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Checkpoint Chat with Rich Bireta, RRB Chair
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Robert V. Ridges Memorial Award
Bob Ridges was Secretary of the Road Rally Board (RRB) from the inception of the National program in 1957 until his death in 1965. This award is presented to the SCCA Member who exemplifies the highest degree of dedication and sportsmanship in the sport during the preceding year who has made an outstanding contribution to the success of an event during its execution; who has made an outstanding contribution to the program as a whole; who has exhibited exceptional sportsmanship involving personal sacrifice; or who has undertaken physical risk for the preservation of life or property.
This award is not intended for sitting RRB Members, Official Observers, Rallymasters, or Officials unless they have clearly demonstrated extraordinary dedication, achievement, and/or sportsmanship above and beyond the duties and responsibilities of their office. Contestants shall only be eligible in cases involving exceptional sportsmanship, personal sacrifice or risk. The recipient is selected by the RRB based on recommendations of any rally participant or Board
Member. Presentation of the award is made at the Annual SCCA National Convention. This award may not be presented each year.
You can find a list of past recipients in Appendix C of the RRRs.
To nominate an individual for this award send an email with your nominee’s name and a brief supporting statement to rrb@scca.com.
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2017 Rule Changes for SCCA RoadRally
The annual rule change process for the SCCA Road Rally program starts in the first half of the calendar year. All proposed rules changes are surfaced to the Road Rally Board by June 30. The RRB then takes an initial pass at the proposed changes and those proposals which have to the potential to be approved by the RRB are released for public comment. The comment period for comments from the road rally community closed October 8 and the RRB took their final action at the October 10 meeting. Rules changes that passed at this meeting are forwarded to the SCCA Board of Directors for their review and approval at their early December meeting. The Road Rally Rulebook is then updated and made available for the 2017 competition season begin in January.
This year the RRB made a concerted effort to execute a rules change process that was objective, methodical, thoughtful, inclusive and transparent. Toward that end we actively solicited comments from many members of the broader road rally community and formally tabulated those results and comments.
This year 22 people from the rally community shared their opinions with us on these proposals. This was very helpful to the RRB in deciding on each item. I have included information on how the rally community voted on each proposal. Not everyone offered an opinion on every proposal, so you’ll note that many of the votes do not total 22.
At the October 10th RRB meeting, the RRB voted to pass 5 of the 14 proposals as originally stated. Two proposals were passed with a slight modification. One proposal was tabled for further investigation. The remaining 6 proposals were rejected.
To read the RRB rulings please click here!
These recommendations will now go the SCCA Board of Directors for their final decision, so I caution everyone against assuming that these are a done deal. They are not final until the Board of Directions acts on each proposal in December. I anticipate approval of the RRB recommendations by the full BOD.
I would again like to thank the people who sent an email to share their opinions with us on these matters. Your opinions allowed the Rally Board to quickly discuss and approve or dismiss those proposals where there was a strong indication of support or disapproval and allowed us to spend the majority of our time discussing those proposals and to determine whether the effect of the change would best meet our goals for the rally program.
As always I look forward to your comments on this or any other item of interest or concern regarding the SCCA road rally program.
Rich Bireta via rbireta@gmail.com
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United States Road Rally Challenge - Nov 4-6th
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USRRC is 0 Days Away!
Cheryl Lynn with RReNews here! I will be heading to the USRRC 2016, and I am sad that I shall not find Ted Goddard there to greet me, yet shall look for his ghost around the covered bridges as we pass, or maybe he will point my car in the right direction along the route!
Come join New England Region of SCCA as it celebrates 50 years of Ted Goddard and Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge 50 Road Rally and A Bridge Too Far, will be headquartered at Mount Snow Resort, West Dover, VT on the weekend of November 4-6, 2016.
And to John Buffum, Rallymaster of Sunday's event — we forgot to pack our Red Lantern Trophy! You will have one awaiting us, won't you?
We shall hope to have coverage in the December RReNews from the organizers and some of the teams too! Maybe a few photos too?
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From the Home Office in the Arctic...
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Snow has fallen, winter is here!
I have been faithlful to RReNews, and I ask your pardon this month as I don't have a column directly from me this month. Yes! It has been almost four years that we have been providing RReNews.
You have all read my request
s each month to be a contributor and I am including it again this month. Please, take it to heed.
I have had unexpected travels in September, and two trips in October, and am willingly heading to New England for the USRRC November 4-6th.
I have three questions on USRRC 2017 that come to mind that are needing answers:
- Jerry White on free tickets
- Bruce Gezon on all-wheel-drive needed
- Philip Royale on details! details! details!
The USRRC17 Commmittee met last week, and we want to thank those of planning to trek north (and locally in Alaska) who have written to be added to our USRRC17eNews@comeroadrallywith.us
eNews list! We appreciate that you are considering, planning and supporting the effort being made for the event!
In the meantime, thank you for being a part of my Road Rally Family! Safe travels, Cheryl Lynn
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Road Rally eNews Needs YOU!
Please choose to increase awareness of your events via calendaring when you have the date, to writing pre-event and post event articles to invite and entice folks to come rally with you.
RReNews is intended to bring awareness to Road Rally across North America. Yes, I am a part of the SCCA Road Rally Community, yet John F Kennedy's quote, “The rising tide lifts all the boats.” applies to Road Rally as well! More awareness leads to more participation, more enthusiasm, more Rallymasters, and stronger Road Rally programs across America!
- We strive to have have some consistent contributions: Thompson with NEC News
- My First Road Rally column (are YOU writing yours?)
- Nemeth-Johannes with rally development ideas
- Bireta addressing the SCCA Road Rally Community, Rally APP Developers
- SCCA Championship Standings by Emmons
- Road Rally Planning Calendar by English and Rowland SCCA RRB Minutes
- Words from the Wheel
We continue to appreciate Rallymasters and Organizers who submit their information and follow-up with post-event stories! From
independent clubs, SCCA, PCA, BMW, British or other marque club – you are all invited to support Road Rally and bring awareness.
Please, pass along the text-2-join information above at your next Road Rally! It truly takes less than 45-seconds and two texts to complete!
Rallymasters, Organizers and those of you who handle your clubs' webpages or
Facebook
matters — we can provide you a link to send out in a Facebook post, place on your Website, or via an email directly to your competitiors — help us gain exposure for
RReNews in 2016!
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SCCA Regional RoadRally Development
by Jay Nemeth-Johannes
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Planning the Course – Second in a Series - Using Google Maps
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Google maps is a powerful too for the Rallymaster, that allows you to layout a tentative route without leaving your house. It helps if you are generally familiar with the roads in the area, but it is not absolutely necessary.
Assume you already know your start and finish locations. Launch google maps (maps.google.com) on your browser and find the start location.
Click on the graphic to the left to download a pdf-file that walks you through "just a glimpse" of how googlemaps can help you as a Rallymaster!
I’ve only brushed on the surface here, but as you learn to use maps, you will find it is a valuable tool. Again, the key is to use it as a tool. It will not eliminate running the course or writing detailed route instructions, but it will give a good start and prevent spending a lot of driving time examining roads that go nowhere, or even possibly painting yourself into a corner.
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Upcoming Road Rally Events
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Kansas Rally Weekend - Nov 12-13th, 2016
The
East to Weston Rally
is a TSD (time-speed-distance) Touring Rally
sanctioned by the Kansas City Region of the SCCA. This event will run over the
paved roads of northeastern Kansas, starting in Lawrence, Kansas and ending in
Weston, Missouri.
The
Pavement Ends Rally
is also a TSD Touring rally that will use paved and
good quality unpaved roads. This event will start and end near Lawrence,
Kansas.
These events are a test of precision driving and teamwork between driver and
navigator. Straightforward, non-devious route instructions with specified average
speeds will test the rallyists’ ability to arrive at unknown checkpoint locations on
time, neither early nor late.
Entries strictly limited to 20 cars. Pre-Registration is strongly
recommended. Reserve your place now by sending an email to:
rbireta@gmail.com, 785-691-7437. See the flyer Kansas Rally Weekend Flyer.
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SCCA Matters —
Minutes, Planning Calendar, Championship Points
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SCCA Road Rally Board Minutes
by Jeanne English, RRB Secretary
This month we present the September 12, 2016 Minutes
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SCCA National Championship Standings
The RoadRally Competition Season is now a calendar year – January to December.
John Emmons
is the 2016 Points Keeper for the SCCA National Championship. This month we present the points for National Tour, Course and GTA through August 18th.
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SCCA Road Rally Planning Calendar
All SCCA Regions are encouraged to Sanction their events through the National Office as soon as the date is known – it will get it out on the planning calendar, a listing in SportsCar and let fellow Rallymasters know that date is already taken. And, perhaps most important, it helps Rallyists plan their travels to your Rally!
Jeanne English
maintains this calendar, with input from
Deena Rowland of the National Office as sanctions come in from Organizers. Seek out the latest calendar off the www.scca.com website via the About SCCA and the Downloads tab!
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Road Rally Events Happening in 2016-2017
Does your Club, Region, Chamber of Commerce or a neighbor town have events planned this year?
Please send RReNews the date, event details, and the contact information. Email them to RReNews@comeroadrallywith.us for our North American Road Rally calendar. This online calendar is for all marque clubs, independent car clubs and SCCA Regions, as well as community events in your hometowns!
We want to help you bring awareness to your events and the sport of Road Rally across North America. We are trying to make your initial input smoother — and we hope to share that in our November edition of RReNews!
Pre-event or post-event write-ups of special events? Send them and event photo(s) to us for sharing the event with fellow Rallyists as well. Share your enthusiasm and success!
We are still on target for mid-December, when we'll hope to unveil the changes on our webpage to better help promote events and share the road rally news on North America. As always, we welcome your comments 'n kudos!
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Road Rally eNews is produced in association with the Sports Car Club of America
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