Please come and join your fellow RSP members -- and maybe a few other folks -- on our 2024 Fall Color Tour.  Here are the basics -- LOTS to read through:

* Date: Sunday October 20th
* Start location: Chelsea Carpool Lot, 1629 S. Main Street, Chelsea, 48118; just north of I-94 at Exit 159
* Times: Gather 10:00am; team meeting 10:15am; first car off 10:30am
* Length: 120 miles and ~2¾ hours total with a short pit stop in the middle
* Ends at our lunch location, Chateau Aeronautique Winery & Blue Skies Brewery, an aero themed winery/brewery/distillery/restaurant five miles east of Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Onsted, MI
* FREE for the color tour. The lasagna buffet option is closed -- our host needs time to make the homemade lasagna but the Chateau Aeronautique has a full kitchen, including gluten-free items including pizza.  So feel free to still sign up and join us on their back patio -- IT'S HUGE!!!
* Registration closes Saturday, Oct. 19th at Noon to allow me time to print the route books.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you start with a full tank of fuel -- there's a Shell station (with a Dunkin) next to the lot and a Sunoco across the street.  If you're hungry there's a McDonald's a ¼-mile north plus others.  PLEASE plan your food and fuel to arrive at the lot ≤10:00am.  There are few gas stations along the way if you really need a pit stop.

The route book is a collaboration between me and one of my OG Team Viper coworkers, we'll call him Ken (because that's his name) and his initials are on the bottom of instruction pages -- credit where credit is due.  He's been involved in the Press on Regardless (POR) Rally for 45+ years as a driver, navigator and/or organizer, plus a few other Pro rallies like Michigan's Snow*Drift.  Because of his ProRally experience y'all will experience a few new things like Tulip diagrams and Delta intersections.  Details below and more at the team meeting.

Good news: there are NO DIRT ROADS on this driving tour (as long as the registrar/tourmeister doesn't misread his own instructions again)!  The Chateau Aeronautique parking lot is gravel/hardpack -- go slowly.  My lowered Cayman S and Matt's 911GT3RS survived last year, so your Porsches will be fine!

It is strongly recommended to have at least two people in the car -- one to drive and one to navigate.  No maximum limit so bring your family, friends, pets, et al.  If you'll be solo you can always try following someone -- assuming they won't get lost!  ('shouldn't happen, but ….)  Or bring your Porsche SUV and stuff it with yourself a friend, neighbor, coworker or better yet a potential Rally Sport PCA member and bring them along.  I'm going to try generate a GoogleMaps link -- will let y'all know as we get closer..

What is a Tulip diagram?  Borrowing from a UK website: "Tulip, or ball and arrow instructions, are simple diagrams of the route junctions with the ball indicating where you come from and the arrow indicating where you are going to."  Here's the website where I plucked that quote:
         Tulip diagrams explained

Here's a chunk of last year's Route Book with a few instructions to talk about:


YOU are the big, black dot at the bottom of each "stick figure," aka Tulip diagram.
* Instruction #7 is just a heads-up to le you know you're on the right route as you pass Waterloo Road on your right at 3.73 miles from the start
* Instruction #8 is your first "Delta Tee" where you will bear or sweep to the Right where the roads form into a triangle, aka Delta
* Instruction #11 is an early STOP sign where you'll STOP, wait for traffic to clear, and turn right onto N. Territorial Road
Got the idea?  Note: This is NOT a TSD rally -- those belong to John & Diane -- so there's no need to worry about time lost crossing the many intersections you'll see along the way.

The end of the route is the Chateau Aeronautique Winery & Blue Skies Brewery, an aero-themed winery/restaurant a few miles east of Michigan International Speedway (MIS) 12000 Pentecost Hwy., Onsted, MI 49265.  It's got a HUGE covered and all-weather patio in the back where we'll be gathering.

PLEASE indicate whether you're coming to lunch or not.

To get home jump on US-12 and head east.

Electronic pre-registration through MotorsportReg (MSR) is REQUIRED!  Here is a link to detailed instructions for those who are familiar with MSR and especially for those who are not:

        MSR Registration Instructions 040722.docx

Registrar and Tourmeister: Charlie Brown, III, registrar.rsr@gmail.com, Cell: 734.358.2393