Resources

This page contains links to a variety of additional information on car rallyes.

Gimmick Rallye Resources

• CM Gimmick Rallye Guide (PDF, 912kB)
  The CM Gimmick Rallye Guide is formated to be printed double sided on 8.5"x11" paper and folded into a booklet. Print settings: front to back, landscape, and flip on short edge.

• The World of the Gimmick (PDF, 587kB)

• A short CM school rally
  • Scoresheet
  • General Instructions (GIs)
  • Route Instructions (RIs) and Map
  • Supp/SI Page
  • Critique

• A sample CM rallye (PDF, 26.0kB)
• A sample Q–A rallye (PDF, 35.8kB)
• A guide to A–B gimmick rallyes (original PDF version, 208kB)
• History and Evolution of CM gimmick rallyes (PDF, 91kB)
• CM Gimmick Rallyes - A Blast from the Past (PDF, 94kB)
• Rallye tips
  • Course Following (PDF, 35kB)
  • Keep a Run Sheet (PDF, 39kB)
  • Onto Gimmicks (PDF, 43kB)
  • Parallel Signs (PDF, 123kB)
  • Hanging Supps (PDF, 63kB)
  • First RI (PDF, 43kB)
  • Scoring Patterns (PDF, 50kB)
  • Sign Locations (PDF, 234kB)
  • Be a Rallyemaster (PDF, 53kB)

• Sample Run Sheet for recording CMs (PDF, 7kB)

• The text for the TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards for development.

Timed Rallye Resources

• How to do seat-of-pants T&D navigation
• How to solve math problems on trap T&Ds
• Three steps to running a Monte Carlo rallye
• Four steps to running a Pan Carlo rallye
• Timed rallye tables
• Time and Distance Rallye General Instructions (PDF, 61.5kB)
• Guide to Equipment for Timed Rallyes
• Glossary of Equipment for Timed Rallyes (PDF, 12.0kB)
• Review of The Road Rally Handbook
• The Almost Complete T&D Rallying Bookshelf (PDF, 14.3kB)

Other Rallye Sites

• Bay Area Miata Association (BAMA)
• Bay Area RX-7 Club (BARX7)
• Porsche Club of America (PCA)
  • PCA - Loma Prieta Region
  • PCA - Golden Gate Region
  • PCA - Zone 7
  • PCA - Diablo Region
  • PCA - Sacramento Valley Region
  • PCA - Yosemite Region
  • PCA - San Diego Region
• Golden Gate Lotus Club
• Santa Clara Corvettes
• Empire Sports Car Club
• TSD Road Rallye
• Into-The-Night (ITN) Rallye Team
• Sports Car Club of America (SCCA)
  • SCCA - San Francisco Region
  • SCCA - Cal Club Region Flyer
• Pacific Northwest Rallye Information
• Jaguar Clubs of North America
• Crazy Hunt (San Diego)
• Wheels Rallye Team (Chicago and online rallyes)
• Brand-X Rallye Team (Chicago)
• Car Clubs of the World
• Rallye Central (lots of rallye information)
• Worldwide Find-A-rallye
• US Rally Database

Rallye Equipment

• Rallye Equipment Suppliers
• Squirrel Technologies Software
• Rallye Equipment Manuals
• Halda Information

Other Resources

• TRC's Multimedia Archive
• Overview of Rallye Types (PDF, 37.2kB), a printable single-page summary
• TRC's Starlite Scrapbook
• TRC Bylaws, updated November 2006

Rallyemaster Resources

The following are intended to aid rallyemasters in preparation for their events.

To Help Write Rallyes

• Sample General Instructions (A-B)
• Sample General Instructions (CM)
• Sample General Instructions (Q-A)
• Maps showing neighborhood names. (We mark our internal rallye calendar with neighborhoods to avoid rallyes close in time and in space.)

To Prepare for Finish

• Award and Par Plaque Process (PDF)
• Scoring Program (PDF)

To Prepare a Flyer

• Flyer template (PowerPoint)
• Maps to Start Location:
  • Map 1 (JPEG)
  • Map 2 (GIF)
  • Map 3 (JPEG)
  • Larry's Autoworks (GIF)
• What is a rallye? (PDF)
• Checkpoint (GIF)
• TRC Logo:
  • Logo 1 (GIF)
  • Logo 2 (GIF)
  • Logo 3 (GIF)
  • Logo 4 (GIF)
  • Logo 5 (PNG)

Rallye Publicity Resources

• Some have discussed having business cards for TRC.

• Gmail users can subscribe to TRC's calendar, and others can view TRC's calendar, which lists our gimmick rallyes and other events.