Sun, Apr 19, 2026

FG Rally School

Jackson Street Hall

About this event

Sunday, April 19, 2026, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

If you’re interested in Road Rally and unsure where to start, competed in some events and want to improve your scores, or simply want to try out a new kind of motorsports competition, all are welcome regardless of experience level!

Taught by 2020  SCCA Stock Class National Champions Sawyer Stone and Alison Lee, Rally School will consist of “classroom” portions where you’ll walk through all of the terms, rally sections, and how-to of following instructions and keeping time to achieve low scores in Road Rally. In addition, you’ll put these new skills to the test over two real road rally sections where you’ll encounter everything seen in a typical TSD Rally. Our goal is to give you the skills and confidence to be competitive in Road Rally events.

What You Need:

  • A Teammate: Road Rally is a team sport! Teams consist of Driver and Navigator. No teammate? Let us know, we can pair you up with someone
  • A Car: Any road-legal car is allowed. Most of the roads you’ll drive are paved backroads around Grand Rapids, but ordinary passenger cars will be just fine
  • A SmartPhone: Nearly all checkpoints in Road Rallies are set up via GPS. You’ll need the Richta Competitor App* to test out your new skills
  • Pen, Paper, and Calculator: Road Rally has some math and some notes. A basic 4-function or cell phone calculator can do everything you need, but it should be a phone that won’t be used for the Competitor App.

* Look for "Competitor Richta GPS Checkpoints" app on Google Play Store or Apple App Store or click on the appropriate link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.richta.cpa2&hl=en_US
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/competitor-richta-checkpoint/id1448298019
 
Prior to the rally, all the checkpoint information (locations by Latitude and Longitude and the correct arrival times) is loaded onto the internet by the rally master. People who register for the rally are given a car number and the password for the app. Each Rally Team then goes to the site and downloads the information for their car.  The contestants will NOT be able to view Rally Master information. During the rally, when each car reaches a checkpoint, the contestant’s device will signal a checkpoint has been reached with a “bing-bong” sound. The device will then display your time entered and your score and say “early” or “late”. Your total score for the rally to that point will also be displayed.

Visit the Richta app information page at http://drscca.org/rally/using-the-richta-competitor-app/ to learn more about how the app works and how to use it.

Where:

Jackson Street Hall 

921 Jackson St NW

Grand Rapids, MI 49504

When:

  • Sunday, April 19
  • Class Start           11:00 AM
  • Class Finish         5:00 PM

Registration:

  • $20 per team
  • Online entries only via MotorsportReg
  • +$5 if neither driver or navigator is a Furrin Group member

 

Contacts:

Instructors:         Sawyer Stone and Alison Lee       sdstone12@gmail.com

FG Road Rally Chair    Nic Boris   vdubsessed@gmail.com

Event requirements

Please read carefully:

If you are registering yourself for the first time please choose Option 1 on the order form and follow the prompts.

If you are registering as a co-entrant and your partner has already registered, please choose Option 2 on the order form.

If you do not already have a MotorsportReg.com account, click the 'Create New Account' button below

It is not necessary to register as a team. Let us know and we will try to match you up with someone if you are coming alone.

 

 

Jackson Street Hall

Grand Rapids, MI

Organizer

Road Rally organized by

Furrin Group, Inc.

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