Road Rally Development Group

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  • A new year, and a midwinter moon shines brightly

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    Gary S.
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    I wanted to write this before January raised its ugly head to usher in the new year but, as they say, I was overtaken by events.  Here we are a couple of days into 2026 and I’m already a few paces behind the curve. I can only hope that’s not an omen of things to…

  • Lend us a hand?

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    Gary S.
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    All good things must come to an end, and so it is with our 2025 Atlantic Region Motor Sports (ARMS) road rally season. For the first time in recent memory, we conducted five events on various surfaces and using both traditional and Richta/GPS scoring methods. We welcomed a number of new novice crews (all of…

  • Lost in Lunenburg Report

    Lost in Lunenburg Report

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    Gary S.
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    – written by Chris Pye Organizing the 2025 Lost in Lunenburg rally was, in theory, a simple process. Take the route and documents from the cancelled 2024 rally and just update them. Various government bodies changed that. Road construction in Mahone Bay and Bridgewater required some significant re-routing and the start location being booked for…

  • Tarmac Trial Report

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    Gary S.
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    It had been a long, hot summer in Nova Scotia. Wild fires had closed down access to the woods and to hiking and cycling trails, smoke filled the air and there seemed no respite from the heat. Rain? One of my friends reported he had forgotten where the wiper switch was in his car. So…

  • The TT and Richta

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    Gary S.
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    OK, all of you road racers have had your fun on the big AMP weekend. Can our road rally program get some love now? This is all tongue-in-cheek, of course. I don’t begrudge our circuit racing brothers and sisters (a number of whom either compete in road rally or are significantly involved in it) a…

  • Time Allowances

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    Gary S.
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    We hope you enjoyed the Bluenose Rally on May 24. I know things went well at CP 8 and it was great to hear the stories of rally mayhem over a wonderful curling club dinner at the finish. The rallying community is full of top-notch people and spending post-rally time with them over sustenance and…

  • Supplementary Regulations – May rallies

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    Gary S.
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    If you’ve been paying attention to our Calendar page and Facebook posts, you’ll know there are two road rallies coming up in May. The ASCC New Scotland Road Rally (NSRR) on May 3 will visit central Nova Scotia and the Northumberland Strait coastal area, while the BAC Bluenose Rally will start in Windsor and take…

  • Numbered Turns

    Numbered Turns

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    Gary S.
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    With everything else on the go (the 2025 motorsport season is ramping up here in Nova Scotia) I find myself behind the curve with my promise to keep you updated on those types of route instructions you may find on rallies this year. After our post on herringbone diagrams, I promised a spot on numbered…

  • Car Zero Time (CZT) Restarts – why and how

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    Gary S.
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    Three of the four remaining rallies on the 2025 road rally calendar will be using Richta GPS timing and scoring. I’ve gone over the basics of this system any number of times so I’ll spend no further time on the generalities. You may, however, run into certain variations of checkpoints and procedures which we’re not…

  • An overdue update

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    Gary S.
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    I know it’s been a quiet couple of weeks on the RRDG group and on our website. I’ve had a welcome visit from some of our European family, and it has also given the rest of the RRDG a chance to review some documentation, survey some rally routes, and move forward with a few new…