Come RALLY in your Z! Max Legal FUN on street
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Come RALLY in your Z! Max Legal FUN on street
Santa Monica Sports Car Club
FIRST FRIDAY NIGHTER RALLY
At the beginning of October my wife & I checked out this monthly rally and it was a RIOT.
It is a TSD (Time, Speed, Distance) rally. You start at a precise time and have a cryptic set of instructions through a series of waypoints to get from point A to point B, where you must arrive at a precise time. It is scored by summing your deviations from the "perfect" time to each waypoint.
The one we did took about 2 hours, but you're so absorbed in what you're doing that it felt like 30 minutes.
It's only $10 per car. Cheap!
Where:
The rally starts in the parking lot behind the Bank of America at Sepulveda & Devonshire in Mission Hills (near the 118 & the 405).
When:
The first Friday night (hence the name) of each month. The next one is Nov. 7. First car begins at 8:01 p.m. Registration begins at 7 and there is a driver's meeting for beginners at 7:45 that you'll be totally lost without if you're new to this. This month's ends up at the Round Table Pizza at Sand Cyn/Soledad Cyn/14 Fwy in Santa Clarita.
Full info:
CLICK HERE
I tell you, it's a lot of fun. Although the whole thing is written to conform to traffic laws, opportunities for "spirited" driving abound. Bring a smart, good friend for a navigator (don't even try to go it alone). If you're bringing your wife/girlfriend make sure you have a really solid relationship or you will scream at each other the whole time. My wife and I were joking that every couple should be required to do one of these rallys before marriage as a test!
Other than that, you just need a clock that displays seconds, a stopwatch, a pen, and a clipboard.
Don't worry -- the beginner class is the biggest and there were tons of newbies like us there last time.
I want to see some Zs out there!!!!!
FIRST FRIDAY NIGHTER RALLY
At the beginning of October my wife & I checked out this monthly rally and it was a RIOT.
It is a TSD (Time, Speed, Distance) rally. You start at a precise time and have a cryptic set of instructions through a series of waypoints to get from point A to point B, where you must arrive at a precise time. It is scored by summing your deviations from the "perfect" time to each waypoint.
The one we did took about 2 hours, but you're so absorbed in what you're doing that it felt like 30 minutes.
It's only $10 per car. Cheap!
Where:
The rally starts in the parking lot behind the Bank of America at Sepulveda & Devonshire in Mission Hills (near the 118 & the 405).
When:
The first Friday night (hence the name) of each month. The next one is Nov. 7. First car begins at 8:01 p.m. Registration begins at 7 and there is a driver's meeting for beginners at 7:45 that you'll be totally lost without if you're new to this. This month's ends up at the Round Table Pizza at Sand Cyn/Soledad Cyn/14 Fwy in Santa Clarita.
Full info:
CLICK HERE
I tell you, it's a lot of fun. Although the whole thing is written to conform to traffic laws, opportunities for "spirited" driving abound. Bring a smart, good friend for a navigator (don't even try to go it alone). If you're bringing your wife/girlfriend make sure you have a really solid relationship or you will scream at each other the whole time. My wife and I were joking that every couple should be required to do one of these rallys before marriage as a test!
Other than that, you just need a clock that displays seconds, a stopwatch, a pen, and a clipboard.
Don't worry -- the beginner class is the biggest and there were tons of newbies like us there last time.
I want to see some Zs out there!!!!!
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It was hard this month! Even the guys in the Expert class got trounced. The overall winner was actually someone in Beginner class, but I think this was purely luck -- gross errors cancelling each other out, etc.
Next month is supposed to be light, fun, and straightforward with no traps. I think I'm going to be out of town though
Next month is supposed to be light, fun, and straightforward with no traps. I think I'm going to be out of town though
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