Adventure is the lifeblood of the Sports Car Club of America™. This has been true from the early days of the Club some 80 years ago, when the journey was the adventure for these automotive enthusiasts as they gathered to chat about cars. Being that people are naturally competitive, it didn’t take long for SCCA® members to turn those group drives into a form of competition taking place on public roads, known as RoadRally. Fast forward to today, and more than a hundred SCCA RoadRallies take place each year, with new RoadRally adventures popping up all the time. Like, for instance, the Colorado Adventure Rally, which recently got the attention of a popular adventure website.

Hosted by Colorado Region, the upcoming (and inaugural) July 16-19, 2026, Colorado Adventure Rally is a three-day adventure through the Rockies where your entry fee includes your hotel rooms in Denver, Steamboat Springs, and Glenwood Springs, plus three breakfasts, a Sunday award luncheon, a T-shirt, and a donation to Humane Colorado. This, obviously, comes in addition to the three days of rally competition.

The event’s Rallymaster will be RoadRally stalwart Jim Crittenden, who fell in love with Colorado when he lived there.

The Colorado Adventure Rally is also gaining attention beyond SCCA circles. Most recently, OVR: Outdoor Vehicle Recreation highlighted the rally on its website, saying the rally “is sure to provide plenty of excitement for adventurers looking for amazing roads, epic scenery, and camaraderie.”

The event, OVR explains, is “a time-speed-distance (TSD) rally over three unforgettable days and more than 600 miles of mountain roads (about 100 miles of this dirt or gravel), complete with breathtaking passes and precision driving.”

The article then extends into what RoadRally is:

Months in advance, Crittenden, the Rallymaster, designs the rally route by selecting roads based on their scenic beauty and driving fun factor. A series of route instructions is written explaining how to follow that route. Then each road on the rally route is assigned an average speed accounting for the speed limit and the road’s quality.

Teams must follow these directions via a supplied route book, adhering not only to the rally’s correct route and speed, but to also complete each rally direction on each specific odometer reading that’s given.

There’s more in this well-researched article. Read the entire article by clicking here.

Then register for the July 16-19, 2026, Colorado Adventure Rally – it only takes $100 to reserve your spot.

There are some things we shouldn’t ask the Dave Ramsey show about, and this is one of them – you’re going to want to set some calendar reminders for the next two months for some serious SCCA® National Solo® action. The events themselves are not in January, but driver registration is getting a workout, so get your clicking finger ready, because five different National Solo events open their registration in the next four weeks.

The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo® Championship Series is the first to the lights, with three events opening registration between Jan. 21 and Feb. 11. That’s if you didn’t purchase a SuperPass – if you’re a SuperPass holder, you’re going to want to adjust your dates by a week in each event.

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Like with your reaction time at the lights, you’re going to want to be quick. Beeville has a 240-driver entry cap, and those spots for the March 6-8 weekend will likely go fast when registration opens to all drivers on Jan. 21.

Moreover – if we’ve learned anything from the movies, it’s this: If you’ve got an opportunity to spend two weekends in Las Vegas, you should absolutely take advantage of that. There’s Hoover Dam, hikes in the desert, world-class ballet, and the occasional games of chance – but there are also back-to-back ProSolo events.

Vegas ProSolos take place March 20-22 and March 27-29, but you’re going to want to mark Feb. 4 and Feb. 11 on your calendar to reserve your spot, because that’s when registration opens. Remember, one lucky spin at the roulette table can pay for your entire season of competition! That’s sound financial advice Ramsey would surely approve of.

If the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour and its traditional autocross format is more your style – or, more accurately for the month of March, you’d like to stay in the Southeast – you’ve got some options, too.

The “Road to Lincoln” official kicks off with the Red Hills event Red Hills Solo National Tour – the ever-popular location near the Florida/Georgia line is a great place to knock the salt off the car. The event is March 13-15, so mark Jan. 28 as the day to sign up for this weekend of #funwithcars.

Just two weeks later, both for the March 27-29 competition and the Feb. 11 registration date, is the Charlotte Solo National Tour. The zMax Dragway lots make for strong courses and good fun, and the competition level in the Southeast is always a good measuring stick for where you stand in the New Year.

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What are you waiting for (besides the dates to roll around)? Get prepped, set some reminders on your calendar, and get your season started as early as possible. It’s the easiest way to make a New Year’s resolution you know you can keep – enter more autocross events!

More information on the Tire Rack National Tour and ProSolo schedules are here:

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