The 60th Anniversary Press On Regardless®

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The 60th Anniversary Press On Regardless®

Detroit Region SCCA presents: The 60th Anniversary Press On Regardless®

Friday and Saturday, September 11th- 12th, 2009.
Headquarters – Atrium Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Houghton Lake, MI

Event Schedule:
Preregistration open until 9/11/2009 at 4:00 PM.

Friday
3:30 PM – Social Hour
4:30-6:00 PM – Registration
5:15 PM – Safety Meeting
First Car Out – 6:01 PM
First Car Finishes - ~3:00AM (Sat.)

Saturday
12:00 PM – Social Hour
1:00-2:00 PM – Registration
1:15 PM– Safety Meeting
First Car Out – 2:01 PM
First Car Finishes - ~2:00 AM (Sun.)
Awards Breakfast - ~2:30 AM
Awards - ~3:30 AM

Pre-registration fees: $195. FPOR only: $100. SPOR only: $125.
Non-SCCA members add $15 to entry fee (weekend membership).
Late registration (after 8/27) or day of event, add $25

Registration form and details available at: www.Detroit-SCCA.org
•Join us for the oldest continuously run rally (61st running) in North America.
•First run in 1949 – The Press On Regardless® has a history like no other rally.
•Choose between running the full POR® (two nights/570 miles) or an individual night (either FPOR or SPOR)
•POR® will count toward National RoadRally Tour points. Points awarded separately for FPOR and SPOR in the Great Lakes Division and Detroit Region series.
•Not a car breaker! The roads are fun and challenging.
•Running after dark allows for increased level of safety.

HQ: Atrium Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, 9285 W. Lake City Rd, Houghton Lake, MI 48629.
(989) 422-5175. Mention POR® when making reservations.

Pre-registration: Send completed entry form (less tech inspection) to:
POR® 2009, 7307 Dyke Rd, Algonac, MI 48001-3011

Workers needed! Sponsors needed!

Contact chairman: Bruce Fisher
BAFisher at aol.com or (517) 282-9516

Registration Form: http://detroit-scca.org/e107/page.php?13
 
FACTS: THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF PRESS ON REGARDLESS®

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACTS
Bruce Fisher, Chairman and Rallymaster: 517-282-9516 BAFisher at aol.com
Ken Wiedbusch, Rally Director – Detroit SCCA: 248-990-0855 twilighttour at wowway.com

PRESS ON REGARDLESS® RALLY
September 11-12, 2009, the 60th Anniversary

2009 marks the 60th Anniversary (61st running) of the Detroit Region Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Press On Regardless Rally® (POR), the oldest continuously run rally in North America. More than twenty teams of drivers and their navigators will compete over 500 miles of mostly unpaved roads near Houghton Lake, Michigan during the two-day event September 11-12, 2009. This TSD (Time-Speed-Distance) rally is NOT a race, but rather a competition involving precision driving and teamwork between a driver and a navigator.

Press On Regardless® first ran in 1949, with entries including an SS100 Jaguar and a 1936 Duesenberg. That first POR started in Dearborn, and took competitors to Battle Creek and Flint before returning to the start. The first winners drove a 1949 Studebaker. Since that first presentation, POR has been a unique event, going from an SCCA-sanctioned National Rally, to a “brisk” 24 hour Time-Speed-Distance event and then to a closed road performance event patterned after the European Championship rallies. After several years as a FIA listed event, it became the first World Rally Championship Rally in the United States in 1972. When SCCA initiated the Pro Rally series, POR joined that series and was generally considered not only the oldest but also the longest, toughest and meanest event on the schedule. Finally, in 1994, the Detroit Region decided to return the event closer to its roots, and it once again became a TSD event.

The challenge of a TSD rally, such as POR, is to follow of route instructions, which describe both the route to be followed, and the speed at which the car should be traveling. Periodically, competitors encounter checkpoints – unknown to them – where the rally car is timed precisely. The difference between the actual time the car arrives and the time the car should arrive, based on the route instructions, becomes the competitor’s score. A perfect score is zero, indicating the car arrived exactly on time. Cars are penalized for each hundredth of a minute they arrive early or late. The 61th running of POR will award points for the SCCA Detroit Region, Great Lakes Division, and National Tour Rally Championship


FACTS: THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF PRESS ON REGARDLESS®

Dates: September 11-12, 2009

Headquarters: Atrium Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Houghton Lake, MI.

Course: Each day’s event starts and finishes in Houghton Lake, MI. The course covers many famous rally roads from previous Press On Regardless® rallies, most of which are unpaved.

Schedule: Friday START: 6:00PM – FINISH - 3:00AM (240 Miles)
Saturday START 2:00PM – FINISH 2:00AM (330 Miles)

Expected Number of Competitors: 20-30 Teams (two people per team)
Expected Number of Event Workers: 20
Total Number of Competitive Miles Driven (20 cars + course cars): 12,540

The Detroit Region of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) was founded in 1948 to promote and support amateur motor sports on a local level. The Detroit Region SCCA has more than one thousand members, who participate in RoadRally, Solo, RallyCross and Road Racing events. For more information, visit the Detroit SCCA website: www.detroit-scca.org

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If you’d like more information about this event or to become a sponsor, please call Bruce Fisher, Chairman and Rallymaster at 517-282-9516 or email Bruce at BAFisher at aol.com.

For the latest updates and information, join the POR e-mail list by sending an e-mail request to pressonregardless at ameritech.net
 
For the most part smooth dirt and gravel. However, any rough spots are called out in the route instructions and pauses, to allow you to slow down, are given if necessary. Keep in mind, the weather can play a role leading up to the event.

At our events you'll typically see Subarus, Evos, Cobalts, Talons, Audis, VW's, and even a few Jeeps.

Here you will find others opinions of the roads from the 2007 event: http://detroit-scca.org/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?3752
 
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