About this event
There and Back Again: Time-Speed-Distance RoadRally
--Sunday October 25th 2026--
ABOUT THIS EVENT-
There and Back Again (Taba) is a 100-mile Divisional Tour Road Rally with easy to follow route instructions. This rally starts at the Charles Prince Memorial Park in Middletown,DE and ends back in Middletown,DE at Crooked Hammock Brewery. The rally has been designed with newcomers in mind. All turn instructions are supported by official mileage and speeds are at or slightly below posted speed limits. No tricks or traps are present in the instructions, just pay attention to the route instructions to stay on-time and enjoy the drive.
The course will take you from Middletown,DE through Maryland farm country on the western side of Route 301, over some local waterways and down through the historic town of Chestertown,MD. The later part of the course crosses back over Route 301 into Delaware and into the Millington Wildlife Area. We will end the day at Crooked Hammock Brewery for food,drinks and awards. Along the way you can enjoy many great roads and wonderful fall colors.
Awards will be presented to teams who achieve the lowest overall score in their class. We will also have a special Best in Class Subaru award presented in part by OVERTAKE for those that run a Subaru vehicle in the rally.
This is a Divisional event for those looking to compete for SCCA Course RoadRally Series points in the standard Equipped,Limited,GPS and Stock classes. For newcomers and teams that have participated in five or less road rallies, this event will offer a Stock (Novice) class as well.
We will use the Richta GPS checkpoint system to check and score the event. Richta GPS checkpoint system is a free to use app and will record your arrival time at each checkpoint. You'll keep this app open while you run the rally and it will use the GPS signal from your device to record your arrival time at each checkpoint. Once you pass a checkpoint, the app will automatically calculate your score for that checkpoint and announce it to you. You will be able to see your live score right away so you can check how you are doing.
Instructions about the Richta App will be emailed to all registered contestants a few weeks prior to the event along with some general instructions.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (We are NOT offering day of registration for this event)
Event Registration Fee:
$30.00 for teams with at least one SCCA member.
Non-SCCA member teams event cost is $50.00. (This covers your event registration fee and a weekend SCCA membership.)
EVENT SCHEDULE
- (8:30am-9:00am) Participants roll in.
- (9:00am-9:15am) Short drivers meeting.
- (9:15am + car number) Route Instuctions Handout.
- (10:00am + car number) Rally begins, First Car off.
- (???????) 45min break at Molly's Restaurant
- (???????) 15min break at Royal Farms
- (???????) First Car Estimated arrival time at Crooked Hammok Brewery for Awards.
Some additional Information
What to bring:
Paper and pencil and/or a pen, highlighter, a watch or stopwatch and a clipboard will be helpful. Valid drivers license and proof of current liability insurance are required. The vehicle must meet basic safety standards. ( For example- lights, brakes,wipers and horn must all be in working order.)
Length:
The rally is going to cover around 100 miles, on mostly country roads following legal speed limits. The overall compilation time of the rally is about 4 hours, this includes two rest breaks.
Participants:
Each vehicle participation shall have at least two participants , a driver and a navigator. Additional passengers are allowed but no more than can safely be carried in the car and they must sign an event waiver and register for the event.
Awards:
Results will be posted (live) in the free Richta Scoreboard App and trophies will be awarded to the top finisher in each class (E,L,G,S,SN) of competition at the end of the event. In addition to class trophies the top finisher in each class that drove a Subaru will win the Best Subaru in Class award valued at over $50.00.
Minors:
A SCCA Minor Waiver must be provided for each minor ( person under the age of 18).
More info can be found here: https://www.scca.com/downloads/59650-digital-annual-waiver-instructions/download
Event Class Descrption as follows:
Teams will be asked to enter in one of the following class for this event-
Class E (Equipped)
There are no restrictions on calculating equipment in this Class. Typical calculating devices in this Class include: Alfa, Chronar, Timewise, and Zeron rally computers.
Class L (Limited)
All distance information is derived from any of the following: the vehicle’s electronic system, the vehicle’s speedometer cable, or pulses generated by the movement of the vehicle (e.g. magnets mounted to the drivetrain, or GPS devices). Calculating devices are limited to those that require manual entry of the distance information (e.g. Curta calculators, tables, laptop computers, electronic APPs, programmable and non-programmable electronic calculators). Readouts that continuously show the difference from either the perfect time or the perfect distance are prohibited.
Class G (GPS)
All distance information must be derived from a GPS source. Calculating devices may be any electronic device (e.g. Simple Rally Computer type APPs and a GPS-Pulser providing distance input to a Rally computer.
Class S (Stock)
Any distance information used for timing calculations must be visually acquired from the vehicle’s stock, non-adjustable odometer in the stock location. Any calculating device may be used as long as the distance information from the vehicle’s stock odometer is manually entered into the device.
Class SN (Stock Novice)
This class is for any first time teams or teams with participants that have competed in five or less road rallies, otherwise it follows the same rules as the Class S ( Stock) above.
