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ROAD RALLY eNews • We're Wrapping up 2022
Your Road Rally Roundup of News, Views, and How-Tos
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From the Home Office in AK, NJ, and WI...
Hibernation is here! Snow, Dark, and Chilly Temps!
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Greetings of the Thanksgiving Weekend!
Let me begin there, expressing my thanks to:
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Rallyists who support our volunteer efforts on RReNews, going on 11 years in 2023
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Rallymasters (Event Chairmen and Committees) who send in their stories about their rallies and adventures, without our soliciting them and for making their rallyists aware of RReNews
- SCCA National Staff 'n BOD and members of the many RRB who have believed in us these first ten years
- Those of you who have signed up with us over the summer – Welcome!
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Our regulars, those contributors who make our pages worth reading, thank you so much!
We encourage you to click the “View as Web Page” link at the top of the email, making it easier to view. This edition is full of rally news and stories; we hope you’ll take the time to read most of them.
For those of you who are SCCA Members, we have urgent deadlines for your attention and more info in the Words from the Wheel section and in the body of RReNews:
- Service opportunities on the RRB, NEC, and RRDC (don’t we love the alphabet!)
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Nominations for the Robert V Ridges Award are needed very soon
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SCCA Quarterly Zoom, which shall address 2023 RoadRally changes by the RRB and a presentation on MiRally
March 2023 is Women’s History Month, and the SCCA Foundation is seeking your support to recognize women active in SCCA to be recognized through their Women on Track Committee. We will cover this in the next edition too, yet please start looking around your programs at those women who stand out behind the scenes and as competitors in our sport!
You must read Rob Moran’s contribution as he shares how, for him, Scott Harvey and the Press On Regardless changed his life. It is a great read. In our My First Rally column, you will find the “quote of the year” for every Rallymaster in Satish Gopalkrishnan’s Second Hand Roads write-up!
This edition is full of news, and we’ll have one more edition before December 31st. In it, we’ll be updating 2022 news from the Cascade Sports Car Club, the RoadRally Regional Development Committee, Alcan5000, SCCA Southern Indiana, Texas, and Northern New Jersey Regions, and the final Armchair Rally from Gary Starr. And as there are seven rallies in the upcoming weeks, we're hoping for more enjoyable stories n standings!
So let’s get on with it!
Safe travels,
Cheryl Lynn and the RReNews Clan
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Worthy News Since our Last Edition - Catch Up!
Rally WrapUps, How-To's, Standings, App for That
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SCCA Mohawk-Hudson Region Goes on a Roundabout
The Roundabout Rally , sanctioned by the SCCA Mohawk-Hudson Region, was held on Sunday, November 20th, with Rallymaster Ken Relation putting together an enjoyable and scenic route. We all ran a single class, chose our Team Names during...
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South Jersey Region and Ciocca Chevrolet Road Rally Video
Thank you to Ed Sain for getting this in our direction. It is always welcome to have a production and promotion for our sport. This is from the Ciocca Corvette Road Rally, run on November 12th, which was put together by the SCCA South Jersey Region.
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NNJR Receives Community Environmental Award
It's not often that an environmental group gives a motorsports group an award - but the two are not necessarily at ends with each other. SCCA's Northern New Jersey Region (NNJR) found that out on Oct. 12, 2022, when the New Jersey Highlands...
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Syd Stelvio Rally Report from the Peru to Lima HERO ERA...
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them...
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"Wise Words from the Route" - Day One of the SCCA USRRC...
We talked briefly as Team Wiseley was making their way north from their "rally" home of the SCCA Texas Region, rounding Indianapolis and making their way to Michigan. Driver Ethan Wiseley and Navigator Misty Wiseley are regular attendees at their ...
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Catch 22 Puzzles & Conundrums Congratulations
Congratulations to the record number of participants who puzzled their way through some of Adams County most beautiful roads on Saturday, October 15. A great time was had by all as we drove past 19...
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Ghost Tracks National GTA Goes Video Game?
Video Replay of your chosen route on Ghost Tracks As the Rallymaster, watching the various routes teams chose was fun. Click on the icon in the upper right and pick your car number by clicking on its icon to follow your adventure. The speed can...
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TX: West Texas Region Enjoys "Taste of Victory" Rally
On Sunday, September 18 th, we here in West Texas Region SCCA ran our third Road Rally event and 1st TSD (Time Speed Distance) Rally - the Taste of Victory Rally . We have been trying to implement this for a very long time and were, fortunately,...
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NJ: PCA Northern New Jersey Region Summer Sizzle Rally
On Sunday, July 17th, the Porsche Club of America's Northern New Jersey ran their Summer Sizzle Rally . I've put together the Answer Grid to help you understand which questions were too easy or too hard. The July event was straightforward since...
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NJ: PCA Northern New Jersey Region "Welcome to the Club...
The Porsche Club of America's Northern New Jersey Region held its 2022 Welcome to the Club Question and Answer "Gimmick"' Road Rally on Sunday, May 15th. For those who do not know, the Welcome to the Club is a dual event; the day starts as a...
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MO: On the Road Again-Finally!
After an absence of two years because of the pandemic, the St. Louis Region's RoadRally program is back in business with a Region social event May 15 and the return of its Gateway National RoadRally Weekend Sept. 2-4 (Labor Day weekend).
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The Great American Mountain Rally Revival 2022 is in the ...
On October 17th, 18th, and 19th, the fourth running of the Great American Mountain Rally Revival (GAMRR), presented by the New England Vintage Road Rally LLC, took place. This would be the eighth running when you combine the four years of the...
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SCCA Road Rally Planning Calendar 221123
Check out the latest production by Jeanne English , who maintains the calendar - you'll find even MORE events added for the fall season. From Jeanne this month: Hi everyone, Only two weeks since the last calendar, but I am giving you a...
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500 Mile Wrap-Up: SCCA Detroit Region's USRRC
November 9, 2022 at 9:00 AM from SCCA.com Website, Words and Photo by James Heine For the second time this decade, the Detroit Region hosted the annual United States RoadRally Challenge (USRRC), returning the now 27-year-old event to the rural...
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Geargrinders in Oregon Ready for Summer Saturday Series
News from the CSCC Geargrinders, A Review of 2021 - Cascade Sports Car Club's Geargrinders Road Rally Program put on nine road rallies and averaged 24 cars per rally, improving over 2020's average of 18 vehicles per rally. A very successful rally ...
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Great Lakes Division Road Rally Championship
Encompassing the Regions of the SCCA Great Lakes Division, the Division is one of the few that holds an annual Championship across the Regions. Greg Lester is the Pointskeeper for the Division, and he has been faithful to the timely posting of...
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OR: CSCC 2022 Saturday Rally Series Champions
The Cascade Sports Car Club's Saturday Road Rally Series included six rallies, March through September (Mountains to the Sea was in May). Drivers and Navigators earned points based on the number of competitors in their competition category. To be ...
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SCCA to Honor Members during Women's History Month in...
SCCA Women on Track (WoT), a part of the SCCA Foundation, honored a woman in our SCCA ranks from across our RoadRally, Solo, RallyCross, Racing-Club and Pro, and Track events - be they Navigators, Drivers, Administrators, Competitors, Crew or...
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MI Rallyist Looks Back on Press on Regardless 2011, and...
The article below originally appeared in the Winter 2012 edition of the Detroit Region SCCA newsletter Open Exhaust. At the time, I had had a decent, if not overwhelmingly spectacular, rally Navigator career at the Great Lakes Division levels.
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Smuncher's Attic - Road Rally, for SCCA, is in Trouble
"As of now, the exorbitant costs of international motor racing-Formula One in particular-is because of the engines. There are only a few constructors and the job is virtually a custom one. The Watkins Glen (N.Y.) and Mexico City promoters of...
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And that is how it is done! A quick look at Hold'em and...
San Diego Region Tour, the Hold'em, Fold'em, and Suck it Up Butter Cup Rally in 1.11 Minutes A quick recap of the Hold'Em, Fold'Em and Suck it Up Buttercup Rally from our wi...
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WI: Festival of Speed Celebration * Milwaukee Region...
Congratulations to the SCCA Milwaukee Region and the celebration of 75 Years of Motorsports over the July 8-10th weekend. And, we are delighted they added a road rally into the mix on the eve of the big weekend. Here are the standings and photos...
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There's an App for That! Richta Rally Updates
Your smart device must have the latest versions of the Richta GPS Checkpoint apps before each event.
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Summary of SCCA 2023 RoadRally Rule Changes
The SCCA RoadRally Board announces six changes to the 2023 SCCA RoadRally Rules which have been approved by the SCCA Board of Directors. The 2023 RRR changes are highlighted in bold font. Questions about any of these changes can be raised at the...
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SCCA 2022 National RoadRally Championship Standings &...
SCCA National Course Championship, by Points Keeper Bruce Gezon SCCA National Tour Championship, by Points Keeper Bruce Gezon SCCA National GTA Championship, by Points Keeper Bruce Gezon SCCA National Championship Manufacturer Standings On behalf ...
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SCCA RoadRally Volunteer Opportunites - Service on...
The SCCA RoadRally Board is announcing several opportunities for RoadRally community members to serve the program in 2023: By joining the RoadRally Board (RRB) The addition of one or two members is under consideration. The RoadRally Rules define...
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Tachimedion - a Car Clock that Averages Speed
Bruce Gezon posted up asking, "Anyone ever seen or used one of these?" Off to the googley-bits we went to find that Popular Science featured it in their August 1952 issue - the Tachimed...
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OR: 56th Ghoul's Gambol Road Rally
Twenty-six cars ran the October 29th Ghouls Gambol Rally , a Cascade Sports Car Club road rally with a 56-year history. All had a good time on Rallymaster Monte and Victoria Saager's course. This year, the rally ended at Spirit of Halloweentown,...
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Thunder Road National Tour Rally
Thunder Road 2022 was a Monte Carlo-style Tour with Car Zero Times and Official Mileage at over 58 Checkpoints, with five On-Course Controls and 14 Restarts. It was run on Saturday, October 15th, sanctioned by the SCCA CalClub Region. It was also ...
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OH: SCCA Johnny Appleseed Rally
SCCA's Northeast Ohio Region has closed the book on another Johnny Appleseed Rally by Rallymaster Greg Lester . With over 71 checkpoints (53 of which were scored timing controls), using GPS crews, ten teams took on the challenge through the...
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VT: Summer Challenge Rally Standings
Rallymaster John Buffum enjoys challenging rallyists in both Summer and Winter. Prior to the August 13th rally, he wrote, "I just did a complete course check. I was struck by how different and more beautiful it was in the summer compared with...
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PA: NORMAN
We asked, "Why Norman ?" Rallymaster Bruce Gezon replied to that question with, "Why you ask? You'll have to run it to find out." Norman , a Divisional GTA was sanctioned by the SCCA Steel Cities Region and ran May 21st.
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NJ: SCCA NNJ Second Hand Roads
When Peter Schneider casually asked me if I would like to put up the next Second Hand Roads rally last year, I did not envisage the time and energy it would take to do one. Despite rallying for over a decade in India and the US, I hadn't thought...
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33rd Annual Get the Dust Off Rallye
The MGs of Baltimore, in partnership with the Washington DC Region of the Sports Car Club of America, held the thirty-third annual running of the Get the Dust Off Rallye on Sunday, May 1st.
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There's an App for That - Controlling Checkpoint Detection
June 2022 In the Richta GPS Checkpoints system, when a rally entrant passes a checkpoint, the Competitor - GPS Checkpoints app detects this passage of the checkpoint and generates a timeslip and a score; that is what the app is meant to do. There ...
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Nothing New Under the Sun - New Richta GPS Competitor Use?
A rally group out of the Chicago area gave me the idea about six years ago. Put your rally together, sell the "entry" as a donation to your cause, and they can run it whenever their schedule allows. Their events were to view holiday lights, and...
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Worthy News Since our Last Edition - Catch Up!
Upcoming Events
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We do have a few rallies that are not active on our comeroadrallywith.us website. And, as this year comes to a close, we have the following SCCA RoadRally events, as well as an announcement by our friends in Oregon with the Cascade Sports Car Club. Rallymasters, Organizers, Event Chairman, and Rallyists — please choose to send in your event information when you know the date, and we can get it up on the calendar. We know that folks have attended events because they learned of them through RReNews! |
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CA: Cal Club First Friday Niter Social RoadRally
The December First Friday Niter , sanctioned by SCCA Cal Club, Santa Monica Chapter, is being written by Rallymaster Joanna Weissen. As is her December tradition, the rally will highlight Christmas lights and decorations. We are using the Richta...
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NJ: SCCA Northern New Jersey 32nd Teddy Bear Rally
For the past 32 years, SCCA Northern New Jersey Region has been hosting this annual event. Over $27,500 in toys have been donated to the United States Marine Corp Reserve toy drive since the 1st Teddy Bear Rally in 1990. SCCA-NNJR's Toys for Tots ...
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Holiday Tree Run 2022
SCCA - Lone Star Region - RoadRally on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at Summer Moon Coffee and EVO Entertai, San Marcos, Texas - This purpose of this RoadRally is to enjoy the farm and ranch countryside during a leisurely 90 minute drive. This...
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CA: San Diego "It's a Pie Run!" Road Rally
The SCCA San Diego Region is back with It's a Pie Run! Road Rally on Saturday, December 3rd. The first car departs around 9A and should be finishing before Noon. A beginner's video will be shared online the week before the event.
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IN: Holiday Shopping Shuffle GTA Road Rally
Our mission, on the Holida y Shopping Shuffle GTA Road Rally , is to gather food for a holiday meal and be back at the time that the Rallymaster says we should be back. The catch is that each item must come from a different town.
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SCCA Quarterly Zoom Get-Together
The SCCA RoadRally Board has set the date, so mark your calendars today! Their next Quarterly Zoom Get-Together is Thursday, December 15, 2022. Join fellow SCCA Rallyists, 7 pm to 9 pm Central, at the last online gathering before the SCCA...
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Sasha's Children's Book Run Rally
SCCA - Texas Region - RoadRally on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Rally roads of North Texas, Plano, TX - Let's close out the Rally season supporting a good cause while honoring Sasha Lanz! The Texas Region of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) ...
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NY: Finger Lakes Region Route of Some EVO Road Rally
The Route of Some EVO Road Rally is a rally of approximately 125 "interesting" miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier. In keeping with the Winter Rally Series format, sanctioned by the SCCA Finger Lakes Region, this is...
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CSCC 2023 Rally Series Pass
Cascade Sports Car Club - Road Rally on Saturday, February 18, 2023 - Saturday, August 19, 2023 at Cascade World HeadQuarters, Portland, OR - Save with a Series Pass. $120. The CSCC 2023 Road Rally Series Pass covers entry in Rally School on Feb.
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Road Rally eNews Calendar
Click the photo displaying events to view the upcoming rallies on our online calendar. You can also use the filters to dial in by date, state, or sanctioning club!
We welcome your event information from the Furrin Group in MI, the Cascade Sports Car Club in Oregon, local SCCA and PCA Regions, and marque clubs in your area!
Send us your road rally listings and post-event write-up with standings. Share the stories and invite more rallyists to your events: rrenews@comeroadrallywith.us today!
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Words from the Wheel
News from the SCCA RoadRally Program and National Office
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Robert V. Ridges Award 2022 Recipient Requests
The SCCA RoadRally Board seeks recommendations for potential recipients for the Robert V. Ridges Award for 2022. Please send any name(s), along with justification for consideration, before midnight, November 29, 2022, directly to the RRB via...
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Nominations Due BEFORE Nov 29: 2022 Member of Excellence
Sports Car Club of America is accepting nominations for the Club's Member of Excellence Award that acknowledges great volunteer commitment to SCCA motorsports. The nomination deadline for the 2022 Member of Excellence award is Monday, Nov. 28,...
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Strap In, Because SCCA Membership Brings Big Savings
Have you ever looked at something and thought, how do I get the inside line for a discount on that? Look no further than your SCCA membership card and all of the incredible benefits and discounts it brings. Need some examples?
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SCCA President's October 2022 Address Recap
The Sports Car Club of America has had a busy few months since SCCA President and CEO Mike Cobb presented a virtual address to members in June. On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Cobb conducted a third-quarter, virtual address to keep SCCA members apprised...
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SCCA RoadRally Volunteer Opportunites - Service on...
The SCCA RoadRally Board is announcing several opportunities for RoadRally community members to serve the program in 2023: By joining the RoadRally Board (RRB) The addition of one or two members is under consideration. The RoadRally Rules define...
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SCCA RRB Updates GTA Handbook
The RoadRally Board wants all Regions, Rallymasters and competitors to know that the GTA Handbook has been updated.The 2022 Edition is dated March 13, 2022, and is posted in the Rules and Documents portion of the RoadRally program page at the...
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2023 SCCA Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The Sports Car Club of America will soon honor Costa and Wilma Dunias, Robert "Rocky" Entriken Jr., Jim Jeffords, Kent and Kathy Prather, and Bill Scott as they join SCCA's Hall of Fame as the class of 2023.
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2023 National Convention Jan 19-27; Reg Opens December 1st
The SCCA National Convention is a yearly gathering designed for all SCCA members who seek to learn, trade ideas, and teach each other in the pursuit to better themselves and improve their Club at every level. Attendees can attend general sessions ...
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SCCA RoadRally Zoom Get-Together December 15th
The SCCA RoadRally Board has set the date, so mark your calendars today! Their next Quarterly Zoom Get-Together is Thursday, December 15, 2022. Join fellow SCCA Rallyists, 7 pm to 9 pm Central, at the last online gathering before the SCCA...
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SCCA Road Rally Planning Calendar 221123
Check out the latest production by Jeanne English , who maintains the calendar - you'll find even MORE events added for the fall season. From Jeanne this month: Hi everyone, Only two weeks since the last calendar, but I am giving you a...
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SCCA 2022 National RoadRally Championship Standings &...
SCCA National Course Championship, by Points Keeper Bruce Gezon SCCA National Tour Championship, by Points Keeper Bruce Gezon SCCA National GTA Championship, by Points Keeper Bruce Gezon SCCA National Championship Manufacturer Standings On behalf ...
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SCCA President's Midyear Update Recap
Thursday evening, June 23, 2022, SCCA President and CEO Mike Cobb provided SCCA members with a midyear status update on the Club. The address was conducted virtually as a webinar and recorded so members can review the full presentation at their...
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