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 dozens upon dozens of RoadRallies take place each year, with new SCCA 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.
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Then register for the July 16-19, 2026, Colorado Adventure Rally – it only takes $100 to reserve your spot.
