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6/01/04 The St. Louis RallyCross Region has found a new event site, and it will be used for the third event on June 6th. The information page has been updated to include the Ewing event site.

5/25/04 Results are posted from the second 2004 event held at the Trail of Tears lodge. Excellent performance by all 16 drivers.

5/23/04 413 photos from the second 2004 event have been added to the media page. Every car should be featured, so go and check them out

5/06/04 The schedule page has been updated due to a conflict with the 4th St. Louis AutoX event. The 2nd rallycross event has been moved to Saturday, May 22nd. The event site has not changed, it will still be held at the Trail of Tears lodge.

4/29/04 The Trail of Tears information page has been updated. The entry fee to compete in the RallyCross is now listed as $20 and the gate fee to get into the Trail of Tears lodge is $5 per person.

4/11/04 StlRallyX.org has a new website. We hope you like the new site layout and more organized results and photos pages. Please direct all questions/comments/errors to Mark and/or John Huebbe.

04/05/04 Awesome turnout for our first event of the year! We had 22 drivers! Results are posted.

04/01/04 Checked the site last night, it's still pretty soft, but if the forecast is right and we get 3 days of dry weather, I believe we'll be in good shape. Watch this space closely for updates!

03/05/04 A schedule page has been added to the site that shows the rest of the events for the year.

03/04/04 Next event is scheduled for 4/4/04 at the Pittsburg Illinois Site. That's the weekend before Easter. Hope to see you all there!

11/27/03 Videos posted from the last Trail of Tears event!

11/13/03 Results are posted for the 11/09/03 Pittsburg event.

11/04/03 Registration information and schedule have been added to the Pittsburg page for the 11/9 event. Everything looks good so far as long as mother nature works with us.

10/31/03 Happy Halloween! Beans are being removed from the Pittsburg sight right now, things are looking good for 11/9

10/23/03 Also, check out our appearance in Roundel (BMWCCA) Magazine.

10/23/03 Looks like the final rallycross of our season will be at the Pittsburg site. It's scheduled for 11/9, but depending on the status of the crops in the field, it may be re-scheduled for 11/23.

10/04/03 Event Cancelled!!!!!! due to site problems. Site was a mess when we arrived, the road heading to the course was more like a rock-crawl than a rally stage. Field was un-prepared and littered with HUGE car eating rocks.

10/01/03 Directions to the Viburnum site have been updated.  These should be a little easier to follow.  Remember that this event is on Saturday, not Sunday as they normally are!

09/24/03  Just wanted to make sure everyone was aware that the ClubRally that the Viburnum rallycross was supposed to accompany has been cancelled.  The rallycross will still go on as planned, but the ClubRally isn't going to happen. Please help to get the word out about this as we don't want anyone to make an unnecessary trip.

09/24/03 More pictures have been submitted from the last couple TOT events.  In addition, I'd like to make sure everybody knows about the next Rallycross in Viburnum MO on October 4th.

09/20/03 Now the Results and some of the pictures are posted on the TOT page.

09/19/03 Results posted late as per the recent trend!  You can find them on the TOT page, or you can just click here.  I will get the pictures posted as soon as I have a chance.

9/07/03 Next weekend, September 14th is our next event at the Trail of Tears Lodge.  Don't miss it!

8/11/03 Pictures from 8/3 posted.

8/08/03 Results are posted for the 8/3 Trail of Tears event.  I got them up a little slower than usual, but finally got it done.  We had a small turnout, but those that did make the trip got 8 runs! If I've spelled any of your names wrong please let me know so I can correct them.  I didn't have the registration forms to work off of this time and it was all copied from the scribbles on the scoresheet.  Don't forget our next event on September 14th!

7/17/03 August 3rd and September 14th are confirmed at the Trail of Tears Site!

7/10/03  St. Louis Region RallyCross in the SportsCar Magazine spotlight!  In Addition we have some un-official dates for our next events, we plan to have two events at the Trail of Tears site on August 3rd and September 14th, and another on October 4th in Viburnum, MO

6/09/2003 After a few uncertain moments, the sky cleared over the Trail of Tears site, and the safety steward arrived.  The small turnout provided 6 timed runs, and a LOT of fun runs at the end.  I think I speak for everyone when I say we all had a great time Sunday.  The course provided a nice mix of tail-out fun, technical decisions, and smooth elevation changes.  Results have been added to the Trail of Tears event page.

5/09/2003 A page has been setup specifically for the Trail of Tears Events.  This page will be updated again in the near future to include more details.  If you have any questions, please contact one of the committee members on the contact page.

5/06/2003 The next StL. Rallycross is on it's way June 8th. It will be at the Trail of Tears Lodge near Jonesboro Illinois. It's about 30min south of the Pittsburg site, but for the St. Louis drivers it may be closer to follow the river south in MO, and then cross at Cape Girardeau. The site is medium sized and mostly smooth with rolling hills.There's a bed-and-breakfast and a restaurant on-site. Their website is www.trailoftears.com . More information including maps and some slight procedure changes for this particular event will be posted soon.

4/22/2003  Pictures are up on the Pittsburg Page of the April 19th event.

4/20/2003  More news on the 4/19 event later, but we did manage to get the results published here.

4/18/2003  All is still looking great as of this morning.  We'll head out to the site to begin setup in a couple of hours.  Weather report says cloudy today with a 0% chance of rain.

4/17/2003  I just looked over the course and it looks good!  Looks like the rain came fast enough that it mostly just ran off the surface!  Can you believe that we may have a rallycross that's NOT a mud-bog?

4/16/2003  It's raining hard here in Southern Illinois.  If the weather cooperates, it can still dry up enough to run on Saturday.  Let's all hope we don't have another mudbath!

3/5/2003  The St. Louis region has adopted the new Midwest RallyCross Championship Rules/Regulations.  The new information can be found here.

3/5/2003  We are currently in search of more sites to host our RallyCrosses. If you have a potential site, or know of one, please contact Jeff Templeton, or any of our other committee members on our contact list.

3/4/2003  Now that the 100 Acre Wood ClubRally is over, we can focus on some RallyCross!  Our first event this year, the "Rabbit Egg RallyCross",  is planned for April 19th, the day before Easter.  It will be at the Pittsburg, IL site.  The Pittsburg information page has been updated with the new information.

12/10/2002  More pics from the previous cancelled event have been added to the Pittsburg page.

12/10/2002  Photos have been uploaded for the Potosi event here.

12/10/2002  Photos have been uploaded for the Pittsburg event here.  More photos will be added shortly.

12/8/2002  Bright sunshine and a warm breeze greeted the 20+ Competitors that showed up to run St. Louis Region's 2nd and last RallyCross of 2002. As always, some of the folks that were turned away at the first attempt to hold this event, when 3 inches of rain fell in the wee hours of November 10, were unable to return. But several folks that could not come THEN, took their place.

The course measured just a tick over 1/2 mile in length and the fastest runs timed were about a minute and a half. No sooner than the decision was made to give 5 runs, the sun began softening the surface of the field which had been quite frozen and covered by a good 4 inches of snow. Quickly the added run was taken back and scoring reverted to "the best 3 of 4". Even so, a couple of cars needed the help of a stiff rope to return them to the "racing surface" when they strayed to far into the cold sludge on the outside of turn 3. No harm came to any equipment, and the combo "timing vehicle / rescue truck / observation & photography platform" was able to make quick work of the extracations AND return to station fast enough to get a time for the errant drivers! (although we may have added a new name to the waiting list for a kidney)

We would like to thank everyone who showed up and especially those from outside our home region. They included competitors from Missouri, Chicago, Indiana, "National Staff" from Kansas, and a ClubRalliest from Chattanooga who will drive tonight to Huntsville Al. for another event Sunday! Results will be posted on the website shortly, as soon as the "extra coating" on the pylons is returned to the proper location. The Illinois Department of Soil and Errosion Control has agreed not to require the return of any "coatings" on the vehicles proper, sighting an inability to "identify" the make, color, or license plate number. Under concideration is holding another event at that location with the same course, as a number of drivers seem to prefer going in the opposite direction.

Bookmark this website and ask to be placed on an E-MAIL list to learn of future plans for a full schedule of events for the comming year brought to you by the St. Louis Region SCCA, "Home of the ClubRally National Championship".

-Mike B.

12/8/2002  Results for Pittsburg are posted here. 

12/5/2002  After thoroughly inspecting the field this evening, it looks as if the Pittsburg event should go ahead as planned.  The dirt surface is partially frozen, and the ice and snow on top form an additional protective layer!  Weather report says temps should stay below freezing for the most part.  As long as the ice doesn't melt we have an EXCELLENT ice/snow surface!

11/26/2002  Results posted for 11/23 event in Potosi

11/26/2002  Thanks to everyone for making the Potosi event a success!  Don't wash your cars just yet though.  The Pittsburg event is approaching quickly on the 7th.