Clear Blue Sky Rally announced

CLEAR BLUE SKY RALLY

This road rally will show off some pretty roads in Grayson County, and a few in Collin County as well. To keep you from getting bored on this fun trip, there will be a few course-following tests, designed to see how well you can follow the rules, and to keep you from getting lost if you go the wrong way. Signs and landmarks that you find will tell us which way you went.

Rally Day: Saturday, July 13, 2013
Starting Place: Brandon Tomes Subaru, 1100 S. Central Expy. in McKinney, Texas, 75070
Registration: 9:00am to 9:45am on Rally Day
Novice meeting: 9:45am
Cars leave the start: 10:00am plus your car number
Length: 120 miles (~3 hours)
Finish: El Pueblo Restaurant, 1909 Texoma Pkwy, Sherman TX, 75090
Rally type: GTA (fun run). A clipboard and pencil is all you need
Route: paved roads in Grayson County, and a few in Collin county
Vehicles: Sports Cars, Family Cars, Classic Cars, Antiques, Hot Rods, Cruisers, anything with 4 wheels that’s street legal is OK in this Rally. Note: "speed" is not a factor. Cars built before 1950 get a little extra time
Rally Fee: $20.00 for SCCA Members: $25.00 for non-members. $5.00 late fee if not preregistered at motorsportReg.com .
Four classes: First Timer, Novice (<3 rally trophies), General, and Master.
Rallymaster: Liz Witt

All on paved roads, at legal speeds, with plenty of entertainment for you and a friend!

You will want to do online registration (at http://msreg.us/CBS13msr) because then you will be emailed the rally rules a few days before the event.

We always have at least one Mazda in our rallies....Join us!

Eighteen cars are already entered in the Clear Blue Sky Rally. It looks like we will have about 40 entrants. Cars included so far are: BMW, Lancia, Mazda3, Mustang, Mini, Subaru, Toyota, and Volkswagen. For some reason, no Miatas yet. So far Subaru is the only marque with enough cars to form a Team; it takes a minimum of three. The route is about 120 miles long, and includes some twisty and very pretty roads. It was all paved when we laid it out; they are working on one road, and if they don't finish by rally day, there may be several short stretches of smooth gravel.

If you have never run one of our rallies, you are missing a fun event. There is a "First-Timer" class, so you won't be competing against experts.

If you want to run the rally, but cannot do it on Saturday July 13, why not run it free on another day? We need a pre-check team to run the event to check for errors. You pick the day. Contact me at rally (at) texasscca.org.

We have 41 cars entered, and rumors of 2 more. We have:
BMW (1), Camaro (5), Chevy Bel Air (1), Mustang (3), Honda (3), Jaguar (1), Kia (1), Lancia (1), Lexus (1), Mazda (3), Mini (6), Nissan (1), Pontiac (1), Studebaker (1), Subaru (7), Toyota (1), VW (2)
Preregistration closes at 6pm Friday. You may register in McKinney, but you don't get the rules in advance.