RAL Online Giving / Donations Link

Racing Against Leukemia Weekend This coming weekend is our annual RAL weekend of events. ROAD RACING: The road racing program will be hosting the RAL races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, with their silent auction and fundraising activities on Saturday night at the event party. This year, Nick Leverone, has offered up his flowing locks to be placed on the auction block. Donations are still be accepted for the auction. If you have goods or services you are willing to donate for the cause, please contact Abhi. RALLY: The rally program is hosting a Rally Against Leukemia, a road rally event starting and ending out of NHMS on Saturday. This is a 9 question Scavenger Hunt type Rally where the most answers correct in the least amount of miles wins. Questions and locations will focus on the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Registration is still open. AUTOCROSS: Solo ran one of their points events last weekend and encouraged their participants to donate via the online giving portal available with the UMass Memorial Medical Center. Online Giving Whether attending one of the RAL specific events or not, NER members are encouraged to help [...]

By |2022-08-02T16:16:19-04:00August 2nd, 2022|Autocross, Featured, RAL, Rally, Region News, Road Racing|
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2022 RAL – Auction Items Needed

RAL Info Page The History Donation Totals by Year Yearly Recaps Highlights 2022 RAL Auction Planning It's that time of year - time to start planning for the NER Annual RAL fundraising. One of the biggest money earners each year is the auction held at NHMS during the road racing Saturday night part. As we begin planning for this year's event, we are once again reaching out to the membership to supply the items that will be auctioned off to support the UMass Memorial Medical Center. Everything is welcome! Goods and services, gift cards, experiences, etc. Smaller items we can compile into larger baskets, so please don't think anything is "too small" to donate. It all goes towards helping the families battling childhood cancerns. Possible Donation Ideas include: Race car parts and materials: belts and harnesses, cleaning supplies, tools and tool sets, work gloves, tool boxes Restaurant gift cards: fast food restaurants, coffee shops (Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks), chain restaurants (Chili’s, Outback, Longhorn) Grocery store gift cards: Whole Foods, Stop ‘n Shop, ShopRite Kid Toys: Stuffed animals, Hot Wheels, bikes and scooters Clothing Items: Rain gear, jackets, hats and gloves [...]

By |2022-06-15T14:39:15-04:00June 15th, 2022|Featured, RAL|
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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 [...]

By |2020-08-17T09:38:20-04:00August 17th, 2020|RAL, Road Racing|
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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 [...]

By |2020-08-17T14:07:52-04:00August 17th, 2020|Featured, RAL, Rally, Rally Results|
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NER Hosts iRacing Enduro Fundraiser for RAL 2020

We are happy to announce the first NER SCCA iRacing RAL enduro, a charity event to benefit the UMass Medical Center’s Leukemia research fund. We are asking NER members to form teams to help us raise funds for our charity partner. Teams can solicit friends, family, and even their workplaces for donations per lap, per minute or hour raced, or in whatever other form they wish. This event will be a 6 hour team enduro, with 2 people per team. We expect teams to be able to complete approximately 100 to 130 laps around the Road America course. The Race will be held on Saturday, July 25th.  Professional Commentator - BeardedSimRacer The race will be broadcast to Twitch, Youtube, Facebook Live and Mixer. Professional commentating by experienced virtual racing commentator, The Bearded Sim Racer, will be a part of the day-long event. Team Details Teams are highly encouraged to create team liveries for their cars and racing suits, and upload them for their team on Trading Paints to help stand out in the race. Tire wear and fuel use will be active, and teams can spot and crew-chief for [...]

By |2020-07-10T18:05:44-04:00July 10th, 2020|Featured, RAL|
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Road Racing, Solo, & Rally Come Together at NHMS for RAL 2019

All three region specialties - road racing, solo and rally - came together at NHMS and raised thousands of dollars to support the UMass Memorial Medical Center as part of our Racing Against Leukemia 2019 event.

By |2019-08-29T15:54:40-04:00August 21st, 2019|Autocross, Featured, RAL, Rally, Region News, Road Racing|
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