RallyX is a type of racing held normally on flat dirt lots with a course defined by rubber cones. It is extremely easy to participate in and is one of the most grassroots motorsports there is. Any car can race as long as it meets the basic safety criteria.

If you wanna see an old video of ours explaining all this, Click Here!

It’s as easy as just signing up for a race. If you have a car that has

-all four wheel securely on the hubs

-your windshield isn’t cracked all the way through

-you’ve got seatbelts

-your battery is securely tied down

-you’ve got a roof or a hardtop for your convertible. (We’re looking at you, Miatas)

There are a lot more rules and classes that you can explore here in the SCCA Rulebook, this book is a PDF of the 2025 Season.

Find more info about those rules here

Rodnoc Racing has RallyX events held at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster, CA. We are currently looking for a new venue to play at more towards San Diego to help accommodate the more southern crowd.

Our fourth Stage Rally is being held December 6th in Jawbone Canyon in California.

Our RallyX events are all weekend long. Saturday is our practice day, unless otherwise specified, and Sunday is our competition day. Registration and check-in opens up at 7:30am and our drivers meeting is at 8:45am. Anytime before the drivers meeting, you can walk the course. First car is out at 9:30am. Tech inspection will happen in grid.

This is the beginning of day schedule for both Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday is relaxed and isn’t normally timed. This is your day to get used to the terrain.

Sunday is our competition day and is timed for Series Points for the season’s championship and awards for the day. Trophies are 1st to 3rd. We have nothing for fourth place and below. What would that medal even be in the Olympics? Plastic? Tin Foil from on top of the baked ziti from the other night? Lead?

If a class only has 2 pre-registration entries, that class will not receive any physical awards.

That is Rallycross! Although that is the wheel to wheel version with cars that cost north of 400k dollars. Look up Nitro Rallycross on how to race with them! Or more likely, show up to an event. They’re a whole lotta fun and we highly recommend going if they’re coming to a town near you!

Rally is a motorsport where a driver and navigator (co-driver) race down closed dirt roads, one car at a time, flat out as fast as they can. The cars race against the clock and not head-to-head. The racing sections are called Special Stages and are closed to all non-rally traffic. Stages are anywhere from 5 to 20 miles or more. Teams are timed and are given a time card that will be checked throughout the race. When not on a Special Stage the teams Transit between Rally Headquarters, Car Service, and the Special Stages at normal road speed, obeying traffic and speed limits. When in transit, Rally cars can get pulled over and ticketed by local law enforcement. 1, 2, or even 3 day events will run anywhere from 40 to 200+ miles of stages with overnight stops. Performance Rally is an international sport that has had some success in the United States.

First things first, you need a car.

After that, you need to set it up with all the safety requirements for whatever sanctioning body you plan to race with. Currently American Rally Association (ARA) is the largest sanctioning body for Stage Rally. This means caging your car to their specifications and installing all the other safety equipment. Up to date seats, harness belts, fire suppression, roll bar pads, etc.

For more information about the rules, click this here!

After the car is up to spec and ready to race, you have to buy a racing license with your sanctioning body. With ARA it’s as easy as spending $200 and filling out some forms.

Now we got the car and we the license! Now you need to find an event and sign up! Find yourself a co-driver, some buddies to help crew for you! If you can’t convince anyone to come help you out in the forest, desert, mountains, wherever this rally is, hop onto facebook and reach out to your fellow racers. The Rally Community is up there with the nicest and most helpful group of racers there is. Ask around, you’ll be surprised with how much help you find.