Posts by James Heine
Saturday, Nov. 23: The Great Pumpkin Thanksgiving GTA Tour–a Road Rally from the River to the Lodge
Registration is open online at MotorsportReg.com for the St. Louis Region’s Great Pumpkin Thanksgiving GTA Tour Nov. 23. The Region’s last road rally for 2024, the Great Pumpkin GTA [for “Game, Tour, Adventure,” i.e., a non-timed gimmick rally] is a sign-hunt excursion from the National Great Rivers Museum at the Melvin Price Locks & Dam…
Read MoreEvent Report: STL Rally School #5, 24 August 2024
(The following is provided by 2024 STL Rally School Rallymaster Tom vonHatten.) The final event in the 2024 St. Louis Region SCCA Rally School series was held under warm late summer skies this past Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. Seven teams (four of them new to the series) took part. The event results are provided below.…
Read MoreFinal Reminder: Register Now for STL Rally School #5 Aug. 24
Good morning, everyone. A final reminder: Registration closes this evening at 11:59 p.m. for Rally School #5 this Saturday, Aug. 24. It’s the last event of the 2024 Rally School series in which Rallymaster Tom vonHatten walks teams through the basics of road-rallying and route-following. As before, Rally School #5 begins and ends at Sunset…
Read MoreSTL RoadRally Rally School #4 July 27: Event Report and Results
The fourth St. Louis Region, SCCA, Rally School Series event was held Saturday, July 27, at Sunset Overlook in Columbia, Ill. The purpose of the 2024 Rally School series is to gradually introduce TSD (time-speed-distance) rally concepts to novice competitors using short-distance events (about 60–70 miles) that can be completed in two or three hours.…
Read MoreSTL RoadRally Rally School #4: Register Now for July 27 Event
Registration is open for Rally School #4 July 27. As with Rally Schools 1, 2, and 3, Rally School #4 will begin and end at Sunset Overlook on Bluff Road in Columbia, Ill. Expect a mid-afternoon check-in beginning at 2:30, a 3:15 p.m. rally school with a Q&A, and a 4:01 p.m. departure for Car…
Read MoreEvent Report: STL Rally School #3 June 29
The third St. Louis Region, SCCA, Rally School Series event was held Saturday, June 29, at Sunset Overlook in Columbia, Ill. The purpose of the series is to gradually introduce TSD (time-speed-distance) rally concepts to novice competitors using short-distance events (about 60 miles) that can be completed in two to three hours. Rally 3 introduced…
Read MoreResults for STL Rally School #1 and STL Rally School #2
Scoring: At each checkpoint (control) 1 penalty point per second early or late up to a maximum of 60 points. School #1 included 6 legs, with only 3 legs scored because of an extended (really extended, more than an hour) blockage of the rally route by a Union Pacific freight train at a railroad crossing…
Read MoreSTL RoadRally Rally School #3 Registration Open for June 29 Event
Registration is open for Rally School #3 June 29. As with Rally School #1 April 27 and Rally School #2 June 1, Rally School #3 will begin and end at Sunset Overlook on Bluff Road in Columbia, Ill. Expect a mid-afternoon check-in, a rally school with a Q&A, and a 4 p.m. start. Rally School…
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