A Blog About Road Rallying » ITN

ITN Fall Rally Update-

4Zeros — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:36:39 +0000

he Night Rally Team. The ITN gang is putting together the final elements of STELLAR LUMINESCENCE, a 14 hour navigational road rally in the Monte Carlo style made famous by Pan Am and Starlite. The rally runs from Santa Barbara at 9 PM on Friday, Nov. 20 to Las Vegas, arriving late Saturday morning.
This is a beautiful rally course set over some of the best driving roads anywhere in the world. (Yes, we’’ve checked). It’’s a straightforward event with a few good traps for the more experienced folks in Group X, and an easy-to-follow fun run for the Group N and Group B people. There are still plenty of rooms at the Circus Circus for Saturday night, and there is still room for more entries in the rally.
WORKER NOTICE: If you want to help work the rally, the CHECKOUT RUN begins on Friday night, Oct. 30 in Santa Barbara at 8pm and will be done in Vegas about noon on Saturday, Oct. 31. So, if you have ever had any desire to spend Halloween in Vegas, this is your chance. Call 310 350 1360 or reply to this email right away if you’’re interested.
We have been working on this rally for quite a while, and have selected the roads with an eye toward giving you the widest variety of driving experience possible. Everything from mountain peaks to desert dry lakes, from winding along verdant riverbeds to close up visits to a couple of old mining Ghost towns. There will be a few good unpaved alternate routes here and there, for those who choose to take them. There are ample and frequent breaks, and we plan a sumptuous repast for the awards banquet. Even the T-shirts look great.
SPECIAL DISCOUNT OFFER: If 2 cars from the same club, with both cars with two first time entrants, would like to enter, they can run together on a TWO FOR ONE deal. This is a terrific offer. It’’s less than the cost of the banquet and t-shirts alone. We want to do everything we can to encourage new people to try this event. It is a spectacular experience. We promise you will be glad you tried it.
We sincerely hope you can participate in this event one way or another. You really do not want to miss it. It continues to be the best value in motorsports.
See you at Standoff.

Share and Enjoy:

ITN Road Rally – Two Lane Blacktop

4Zeros — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:24:07 +0000

Mark your calendars, Into the Night Road Rally Team is proud to present “Two Lane Blacktop”, a map based Monte Carlo Style Rally in Southern California Area. The start, location not yet disclosed, will be in the Santa Clarita Area on September 12th, 2009. And the finish near Acton.

Times to remember on September 12th, 2009

Registration opens 9:00am

Orientation for first timers and beginners 11 – 12 noon

First Car Out 1:01 p.m. PST

Here is a link to the flyer:

http://carzero.freeservers.com/2laneflyer1.pdf

Here is a link to the Generals

http://carzero.freeservers.com/general.pdf

This event promises to provide a lot of fun for the automotive enthusiasts.

It is a lot of fun, and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys their car and
back roads. All the roads are paved, and the event will run rain or shine.

I guarantee you will have more fun and better memories with the same amount of cash, or less, than you would going to the movies.

Oh, and the competition is stiff too. I am running this one and not working.

Good Luck!

P.s. Make sure your car is ready to go with new tires from Tire Rack!

Share and Enjoy:

Technorati Tags: Two Lane Blacktop

Maps for Midnight Run Rally June 26 2009

4Zeros — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:00:36 +0000

Ok you rally enthusiasts. Joe from ITN has come through again with his promise of

making the maps for Midnight Run available online ahead of schedule.

Here are the maps

Right click on your PC or control Click on your mac to download these images.

It is recommended that you tweak your printer settings to picture quality before
printing these images.

Have Fun and we will see you out there.

David

Share and Enjoy:

Technorati Tags: maps for midnight run, midnight, midnight run maps, midnight run road rally

Midnight Run Pre-Review

4Zeros — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:08:17 +0000

fellow rally enthusiasts,

I wanted to add to Joe’s message regarding Midnight Run. I helped with checkout last weekend (so I’ve been on the course) and I highly recommend running this rally. I enjoyed the roads, the vistas, and the (for the most part) utter lack of civilization. It is amazing that only a couple of hours from the California coast is wide open farm land for miles and miles. We did the checkout during the day but I continually envisioned how the roads would be at night time.

It is definitely a straightforward rally, not too easy, but not so overchallenging or complex. Not that I would ever advocate breaking laws or driving unsafely, but you will be on some straight roads, in the middle of the night… very scarce law enforcement, cyclists, kids and dogs all sound asleep, not wandering into your path. And as Joe said, the overnight rally is fun, it is not boring, it goes by faster than you think it will. Just sleep late on Saturday and bring coffee or energy drinks for the road. Snack lightly as you go and don’t eat a huge meal at the break. Swap drivers occasionally if necessary. Studies have shown that 4 a.m. is the slowest point in the human body’s rhythm so make sure that you are talking and playing the radio etc. Once the sun comes up you definitely get a second wind. Bring a handheld lamp to view routes and maps without having to use the dome lamp. This is the way almost all rallys used to be run, the daytime rally was the exception to the rule. So come out and do the Midnight Run and have a great time!

Kaylee
Silver 1995 Trans-Am 5.7 6-speed
rallying since 1985

Share and Enjoy:

Technorati Tags: midnight run road rally, Road Rally

Total Recall Routes

4Zeros — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:00:03 +0000

You Can Download the Total Recall Routes Zip File

by clicking the picture below.

↓

Click this photo to download your Routes and Maps

Share and Enjoy:

Total Recall 2009

4Zeros — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:16:16 +0000

Total Recall 2009 Is Here!

You Are At The Right Place If…

You want to play a giant board game this weekend with your car as the game piece and Central California’s Awesome roads and beautiful terrain as the Game Board.

Sunday April 26th registration opens at 9:00 a.m and the 1st car is out at 11:10 a.m…

Entry fee is $60 for group X and N, $40 for group B.
$20 discount to any car with a first time participant.
Entry fee ONLY $20 with paid Stellar Luminescence entry.

The Start is at Tucker Grove Park in Santa Barbara. Turnpike and Foothill.

So Come out and have lots of fun, bring your friends.

Routes Available on this web site at 7 a.m. Saturday April 25th, 2009

Wikipedia: “Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on
public or private roads with road-legal cars. This motorsport is distinguished
by running not on a circuit, but instead in a point-to-point format in which
participants and their co-drivers drive between set control points (checkpoints),
leaving at one minute intervals from one or more start points.”

Share and Enjoy:

Technorati Tags: Autombile Rally, automobile rally, Car Rally, car rallye, Central California Rally, Central Coast Road Rally, Fun things to do with your car, Fun with your car, Map Based Road Rally, Monte Carlo Rally, Monte carlo style rally, Monte Carlo Style Road Rally, Navigational Rally, Rally event, rally with your car, road rallies, San Luis Obispo events, Southern California Road Rally

ITN’s Monte Style Road Rally “Training Wheels” Looks to be a great time…

4Zeros — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:01:25 +0000

Zeros to you Road Rally Fans…

Yesterday, I had the pleasure (and demise, see picture) to do check out for what promises to be another great Monte Style Navigational Road Rally put on by the great folks at Into The Night Rally Club (ITN).

For those of you not familiar with the style of rallying adapted by ITN, here is a quick overview.

These rallies are map based and use a set of General Instructions for the structure of the event, a set of route cues used to guide you the right spot at the right time, and a set of maps are provided for your use.

One of the clues I stated earlier, is that it is a map based rally, and the maps provided to you are the official maps. DO NOT rely on your local Thomas Guide in order to complete the instructions, you will probably end up in the wrong place!

This year ITN has decided to do things a little different to help encourage newcomers to the sport and easier time of learning what to do and when to do it. For instance, most rallies are timed in 100 ths of minutes vs. seconds. That essentially means turn 1 minute into a 100 pieces vs 60. Since this can be difficult to calculate real world time to cross the hose, all check points are scored at the top of the minute. So if you have a properly synchronized accurate wrist watch with a second hand, you have a devise necessary to run a monte carlo style rally. The watch a few highlighters, a car, and a navigator and you are ready to go. Be careful though, be the end of the rally, you will have had so much fun, you will be ready to go out and buy a $400 rally computer. And by the end of the year, you will want to upgrade to the rally computer with a drivers display for $700. I know I did after my 1st monte style rally in 1993.

So set aside March 28th, 2009. Get the oil changed, check the tire pressures, find a good friend or significant other, and head down to Fallbrook, CA for a great 5 hour Monte Style Navigational Road Rally. If you are not sure because you have never done one before. Don’t be, this rally is called Training Wheels for a reason! There will even be a Rally school ahead of the event to teach the newcomers (Group “B”) how to get it done and get it done right the first time.

The roads are awesome and challenging, the scenery is unbelievable, and the time to be had lets you forget the worries of today’s world for a couple of hours.

Come join us on March 28th. To find out more about this event, click on the 28th of March ont he calendar to the right. or visit the ITN web page.

Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts

Share and Enjoy:

Technorati Tags: Autombile Rally, Car Rally, car rallye, Fun things to do with your car, fun with cars, Los Angeles Road Rally, Map Based Road Rally, Monte Carlo Rally, Monte carlo style rally, Navigational Rally, rallies, Rally Computer, Southern California Rally, Southern California Road Rally

Stellar Luminescence

4Zeros — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:33:24 +0000

Title: Stellar Luminescence
Location: Santa Barbara to Las Vegas
Link out: Click here
Description: Santa Barbara Sports Car Club did not want us to use the Starlite Rally name, so Stellar Luminescence is the name of this similar style rally. An overnight run from Santa Barbara to Las Vegas. Can\’t get any better than this… Now copy from the sponsoring club site.
INTO THE NIGHT 2009 presents STELLAR LUMINESCENCE
a 12 – 14 hour Monte Carlo style navigational Road Rally
Start Santa Barbara. Finish Las Vegas.
Entry Fee is $325 per car, includes rally, awards banquet, and T-shirts for 2.
SPECIAL DISCOUNT — enter by April 26, 2009 and get a $100 discount on SL.
You pay only $225 for Stellar Luminescence, PLUS you get to enter all 4 of the other ITN rallies in 2009
for only a $20 registration fee per rally.
You can pay by check or with a major credit card.
Click here for Entry Form in pdf. Print it and complete it.
Please mail completed forms with payment to PO Box 642261, L.A., CA 90064.
Entries are guaranteed. If for any reason Stellar Luminescence is cancelled, prepaid entries will receive a full refund.
If you run all 5 rallies, Experts will save a total of $240, other classes save a total of $210. It\’s like running Stellar for free.
There will be special trophies at the end of the year for the best overall driver and navigator in each class based on your best 4 out of the 5 rallies. To be eligible for the year-end awards, you must run checkout or work at least one event.
Start Date: 2009-11-20
Start Time: 21:00
End Date: 2009-11-21

Share and Enjoy:

Technorati Tags: Autombile Rally, automobile rally, Car Rally, car rallye, Fun things to do with your car, fun with cars, Fun with your car, Map Based Road Rally, Monte Carlo Rally, Monte carlo style rally, Monte Carlo Style Road Rally, Navigational Rally, Santa Barbara to Las Vegas, Southern California Rally, Southern California Road Rally, Starlite Road Rally, Stellar Luminescence Road Rally

Training Day

4Zeros — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:03:14 +0000

Title: Training Day
Location: Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane, Fallbrook, CA 92028.
Link out: Click here
Description: TRAINING DAY
a 6 hour Monte Carlo style navigational Road Rally
designed to introduce first time participants to the sport.
Entry fee is $40 for all classes. Only $20 with paid Stellar Luminescence entry.
FREE to any car with a first time participant. This will be the only long ITN 2009 rally that is FREE to first time entrants,
and it will include a FREE navigators school.
Rallymaster — Tim Errington.
Rally Headquarters at Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane, Fallbrook, CA 92028.
-
Registration opens 11AM.
Beginners\’ Navigators\’ School from Noon to 1PM.
Novice and Regular Classes Instructions out at Noon.
First Car Out 2:01PM.
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2009-03-28
End Time: 21:00

Share and Enjoy:

Technorati Tags: Autombile Rally, automobile rally, Car rallies, Car Rally, Central California Rally, Fun things to do with your car, Fun with your car, Into the Night, ITN, Los Angeles Road Rally, Map Based Road Rally, Monte Carlo Rally, Monte carlo style rally, Monte Carlo Style Road Rally, Navigational Rally, Rally event, rallye, Southern California Road Rally

Total Recall

4Zeros — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:04:55 +0000

Title: Total Recall
Location: Santa Barbara
Link out: Click here
Description: TOTAL RECALL
6 hour Monte Carlo style navigational Road Rally starting in Santa Barbara.
Entry fee is $60 for Experts, $50 for Regular, Novice and Beginners. $20 discount to any car with a first time participant.
Entry fee ONLY $20 with paid Stellar Luminescence entry.
Starts in Santa Barbara. Reg opens 9AM. Rally starts 10AM.
Rallyemasters — Justin Murphy, Steve Hannig, and Jeffrey Wyant.
(This rally runs the same weekend as El Camino Real, the great TSD rally presented by Porsche Club of America and Rallymasters Joe Boucher and Joe Schneider.)
Maps and Routes for Total Recall will be available at the Finish of ECR and online at 4PM Saturday.
Start Time: 9:00
Date: 2009-04-26
End Time: 16:00

Share and Enjoy:

Technorati Tags: Autombile Rally, automobile rally, Car Rally, car rallye, Central California Rally, Fun things to do with your car, fun with cars, Fun with your car, Los Angeles Road Rally, Map Based Road Rally, Monte Carlo Rally, Monte carlo style rally, Monte Carlo Style Road Rally, Navigational Rally, rallies, Rally Computer, Southern California Rally, Southern California Road Rally