2020 NERRC Championship Rule Changes
Changes to the qualifying and championship rules for the 2020 NERRC season.
NERRC #2 – RAL Road Racing at NHMS
Final results and recap of the NERRC RAL event at NHMS
NER RAL Weekend Raises Almost $7000
RAL 2020 August 6-9 was the annual Racing Against Leukemia weekend for the New England Region. Once again, all NER specialties hosted racing events and offered participants opportunities to help with fundraising efforts that go to children and families battling cancer at the UMass Memorial Medical Center. The weekend began with a Thursday night Track Night in America at NHMS. Then the NERRC #2 road racing event ran Saturday and Sunday, with the Road Rally crew hosting an event starting and finishing at the track on Saturday. Back down at Devens Airfield, the Solo team hosted their second full event as well on Sunday. All NER members and event participants were able to donate directly to the region's FirstGiving account, as well as participate in other fundraisers, like a silent auction hosted by the club racing team. The big money earner was the the iRacing Virtual Enduro event last month that kicked off the year's fundraising efforts with almost $4000 in sponsorships and donations for the 20 drivers that competed. The club racing silent auction raised $2227 as members bid on items like G-Force Racing Gear, event entries, and a road rally handbook. The Road Rally entries from the [...]
Rally Round Up: RAL GTA Road Rally
Written By and Photos By Jon Lamkins Event: Rally Against Leukemia 2020 Date: August 8, 2020 Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH Rallymasters: Jon and Kelli Lamkins For the 2020 edition of Rally Against Leukemia, Rallymasters Jon and Kelli Lamkins were faced with the dilemma of "how do we layout an event two states away from our Connecticut home during COVID-19 travel restrictions?" Luckily the original plan for RAL 2019 called for teams to visit locations both east and west of Route 93, but ended up with all but 1 question being west of Route 93. So Jon and Kelli culled through the east locations to determine a potential route. A 1 day run in mid-July confirmed most of the locations were valid (1 substitute location needed to be found along way). On Saturday, August 8th, 10 rally teams showed up at New Hampshire Motor Speedway between 8:30 and 10 am for RAL 2020. After a 20 mile odometer calibration run, the teams received a NH Lakes Region tourism map and a list of 10 questions. Teams then plotted their own [...]
RESULTS: NERRC Racing Against Leukemia (RAL) 2020
Final results from the 2020 RAL club racing event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
RESULTS: Scorched Orange Points Event – RAL 2020
Final results from the second autocross of the 2020 season are now available.
RAL iRacing Enduro Fundraiser Reaches Almost $4000
20 drivers participated in the first iRacing RAL Enudro raising almost $4000 for the UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Pace Car: What’s Going On In There?
James Blumenfeld gives readers a peak inside a pacecar.
Club Racing Returns to 2020 with the NE Majors @ Thompson Speedway
130 cars made the NER debut road racing for the season.
RESULTS: NERRC #1 – Thompson Majors
Final results from the first 2020 NERRC race, which was also a Northeast Majors event, at Thompson Speedway on July 11-12 are now available.
