About this event
Tulips by Night I
Friday, June 9, 2017
A Road Rally/Novice School/Social Evening at Wild Country, Collinsville, Ill.
Description: Tulips by Night I is a nighttime Monte-Carlo-style road rally/tour of about 60 miles. We have designed the event with the new/occasional rally team in mind. Expect paved roads, easy-to-follow tulip diagrams for route instructions, and checkpoint locations identified both by official mileages and official arrival times. Timing will be in minutes and seconds, with checkpoint arrival times calculated to whole minutes. For teams new to rallying, a brief school before the event will explain how to run the event and answer questions a team might have. After the rally, stick around to enjoy bench racing and country dancing at our start/finish location.
Start and finish: Wild Country, 17 Gateway Drive, Collinsville, IL 62234 (http://wildcountrynightclub.com).
Size of the field: We are limiting the field to 20 teams.
Registration: You may register here at motorsportreg.com or at Wild Country the evening of the event. (Cash or check only the evening of the event.) Entries will be on a first-come basis.
June 9 check-in and signing of waivers, etc.: 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at Wild Country, 17 Gateway Drive, Collinsville, Ill. All participants are required to sign the standard SCCA waiver. If a minor wishes to participate in the event, a parent/guardian must sign/submit an SCCA minor waiver.
Rally school: 7:30 p.m.
Drivers meeting: 7:45 p.m.
First car departs the start: 8:01 p.m.
First car returns to Wild Country: Approximately 10 p.m.
What you need: A car (or van or SUV, etc.); a driver and a navigator; a clipboard, pencils, and paper; a simple calculator, a watch or clock that’s readable at night; a flashlight, penlight, or map light that will allow the navigator to read the route instructions.
What you don’t need: Special rally lights on your vehicle. (Your OEM headlights should do just fine.) Cowboy boots for line dancing (although they help.)
Entry fee: $20.00.
Other good things to know: Tulips by Night I is the first part of a three-rally weekend organized by the St. Louis Region, SCCA. Tulips by Night II is Saturday evening, June 10, starting and finishing on historic Main Street in Columbia, Ill. On Sunday, June 11, we will offer As Time Goes By, a do-it-yourself introduction (with a little help) to classic Course (trap) rallying. See information about these two events posted here on motorsportreg.com or at www.stlscca.org.
Information: James H. (Jim) Heine, rallymaster, 314.922.6120, editorialsolutions@sbcglobal.net.
About the St. Louis Region, SCCA:
The SCCA’s St. Louis Region, with nearly 800 members, offers Club Racing, Performance Driving Experience (PDX), RallyCross, RoadRally, Solo (autocross), and Street Survival School programs to educate and provide safe environments for individuals to enjoy their street-legal (daily driver) cars and purpose-built racecars. The region is home to more than 80 national champions in Club Racing, RallyCross, RoadRally, and Solo, and has been recognized three times by the Sports Car Club of America as the Region of the Year in its member category. In 2017, the region will host an "SCCA Majors" road-racing weekend and multiple Solo and RallyCross regional events. To learn more about the St. Louis Region, visit www.stlscca.org.
About Wild Country:
Established in 1996 to provide a premier venue for live music and dancing, Wild Country (http://wildcountrynightclub.com) is a country-themed nightclub located in the heart of Collinsville’s convention and entertainment district at the intersection of Illinois 157 and Interstates 55/70.
Event requirements
The standard SCCA rules regarding day-of-the-event road-rally registration will be observed (e.g., proof of valid drivers license and current auto insurance, vehicle inspection [self-inspection by the rally team], signing of waivers and release forms, including appropriate minor release and waiver forms). Appropriate forms will be available at registration.