Ohio Winter Rally: A Tradition Since 1966!

Neohio Region, SCCA invites you to enter the 2024 Ohio Winter Rally (OWR). OWR has been a northeast Ohio tradition since 1966. 

Competitors can expect an absolutely straightforward, gimmick-free, Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) road rally with emphasis on precise timing at well placed controls. Columnar “tulip” style route instructions, with Official Mileages for all action points (similar to a stage rally routebook), will be used. The ~165 mile route will wind through northeast Ohio’s Lake Erie “snowbelt” (Geauga, Ashtabula and surrounding counties). The rally’s difficulty will be dictated by prevailing road and weather conditions. All participants should come prepared to spend extended periods outdoors in severe winter weather.

In an effort to help teams with limited prior timekeeping experience stay on schedule, and to mitigate the possibility of “double jeopardy” from carrying a timing error through multiple controls, parenthetical perfect cumulative leg times will be provided at all speed change locations.

The rally will count toward both the SCCA Great Lakes Division Rally Championship, and the SCCA National Touring Rally Championship (Divisional Rally).

Register on MSR!

Start Location:  DiBella’s Subs, 30050 Aurora Rd., Solon, Ohio 44139 (Latitude N41˚23.803’, Longitude W081˚27.964’).

Tentative Schedule (all times EST):
Saturday, January 27, 2024:     
23:59 – Early entry cutoff
Wednesday, January 31, 2024:     
18:00 – Registration closes. General Instructions, and Richta password distributed via email.
Thursday, February 1, 2024:     
20:00 – Competitor briefing / Novice Q & A session (via Zoom)
Saturday February 3, 2024:     
13:45-14:30 – On-site registration     
15:01 – Car #1 starts rally.     
21:00 (approx.) – Car #1 finishes.