2024 SCCA Great Lakes Division Rally Championship Update

A summary of current SCCA GLD Rally Championship series points standings attached. Please address any questions about errors or omissions in these standings to Greg Lester or Rob Moran.

The next event on the 2024 GLD schedule is Detroit Region's Twilight Tour on Saturday, May 4, 2024 (Note Date Change). More information is available, and registration for this rally is open here: msreg.com

Neohio Region will host the Ohio Milk Run rally on Saturday, May18, 2024.  Starting in Wooster, rallymaster Ron Johnstonbaugh has crafted a course that winds through the hills of Ohio's Wayne, Holmes, Knox and surrounding counties. The rally's name is an homage to a motorcycle enduro that ran in the same area. More information is available, and registration is open here: msreg.com/OMR24

The following 2024 GLD Championship rallies remain in the works:

May 4 (Note date change) - Twilight Tour, Chelsea, MI. Detroit Region(Registration is open here: msreg.com) .

May 18 - Ohio Milk Run, Wooster, OH. Neohio Region (Registration is open here: msreg.com/OMR24). 

August 17 - Name TBD, North Canton(?), OH. Neohio Region.

September 6 (Note date change) - 1st POR, St. Ignace, MI. Detroit Region.

September 7 - 2nd POR, Manistique, MI. Detroit Region.

October 19 - Johnny Appleseed, N. Canton, OH. Neohio Region.

November 2 - Pavement Ends, Roscommon, MI. Detroit Region.

Look for date changes, and the addition of other rallies as the schedule solidifies. Please contact GLD Rally Steward Rob Moran (RTMoran2008@yahoo.com) with any questions.

Neohio Region, SCCA will host the second annual(?) Day of Motorsports on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at Nelson Ledges Road Course (10342 Ohio Route 305, Garrettsville, OH 44231, N41˚18.588'. W081˚00.958'). This will be an opportunity to learn about "All Things SCCA ". There will be representatives from all of the Club's programs on hand to answer questions, and tempt you to come out and participate in something new. More information can be found at neohioscca.com

For those who enjoy stage rallying (flat-out racing against the clock over closed forest roads), this year's Southern Ohio Forest Rally (SOFR) will take place June 6-8. SOFR will be an American Rally Association (ARA) National Championship event. It will start with a Thursday evening stage through Chillicothe's Yoctangee Park. Friday stages will run in Shawnee State Forest (near Portsmouth), and Saturday stages will run in Zaleski State Forest (near McArthur).

As always, a "cast of thousands" of volunteers, with a wide variety of skills, is needed to make this event successful. Amateur radio operators and emergency medical personnel are particularly in demand. Volunteer registration is open at southernohioforestrally.com/volunteer 

Neohio Region, SCCA will host a Rally-X on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at Nelson Ledges Road Course (on State Route 305, near Garrettsville, Ohio). This event will run in conjunction with Neohio's 12 Hour Enduro on the track. More information should be available soon here: neohioscca.com

1) Wanted: 2 Hella Rallye 2000 "Euro" (driving) beam lens/reflector assemblies (new or good used condition).

2) Wanted: Timewise 798A rally computer.

3) For Sale: ALFA Checkpoint rally clock. Operates in either Hour:Minute:Seconds or Hour:Minute.cents mode. Multiple split memory. Backlit LCD display

- contact Greg Lester (wgregorylester@gmail.com or phone 330.256.6531)

1) For Sale: Timewise 797A rally computer.

2) For Sale: ALFA EZ-Pulse external rally odometer wheel drive.

3) For Sale: Stevens Rally Indicator (Stevens "Wheel" - circular TSD rally timekeeping slide rule).

4) For Sale: Miscellaneous odometer probes, wiring (for Timewise, ALFA, etc electronic odometers)

- contact Ken Kovach (rallykov@att.net or phone 216.509.4966)