Obviously, NOT something that we want to encounter on our adventure, thank you very much… A bit too legendary, as it turns out, because it was packed with bikers, camper vans and very slow traffic. The Dragon’s Tail pass between the states of North Carolina and Tennessee is legendary. It’s a lovely road, set amid a backdrop of beautiful scenery and ticks a lot of boxes on our ‘great ERA road’ checklist. Day 3 – Highlands, North Carolina to Nashville, Tennesseeĭuring our recce, the weather upon departure was a bit miserable but then the sun broke through and the stunning scenery took our breath away!ĭuring the morning we remained in the mountains and tested a scenic half gravel/half asphalt regularity alongside a river. Repleted, we head onwards through yet more mountain roads to the fabulous hotel we’re staying in, located in Highlands, North Carolina. Organised in a quirky venue in Asheville, it’s the sort of place made for Endurance Rally Association events. Today will be mainly… tremendous! Get ready for the fabulous rally roads that await you.Ĭarrying on the ‘tremendous’ theme, our lunch halt will not disappoint. This first day of the rally is geared to settling in with just a couple of short regularities to negotiate as we head towards Charlotte, driving through flat country littered with mobile homes and tiny churches.Ī visit to the spectacular NASCAR Hall of Fame will mark the end of the day’s motoring before we make tracks to our hotel for the night. But undeterred, we tweaked our schedule in deference to Mother Nature and her severe flood warnings and started the recce a day earlier than planned. Thanks to Irma, the greatest hurricane in the Atlantic since 2005, mayhem reigned supreme over our carefully planned recce preparations. It has a great location and there’s lots of parking for the pre-event scrutineering and fettling… Day 1 – Charleston, South Carolina to Charlotte, North Carolina The Dewberry Charleston hotel is the venue we have selected as the start hotel of this iconic drive. We’re in no doubt at all… this, the third edition Trans-America Challenge, is set to be the best yet. Serge Berthier(F) / Jacqueline Berthier(F) Jean-Philippe Tripet(CH) / Iris Tripet(CH)Įrik van Droogenbroek(NL) / Adrian van der Linde(NL)
Otakar Chladek(CZ) / Ota Chladek (Jnr)(CZ) Peter Weigelt(CH) / Bruno Himmelberger(CH)ĭaniel Wiedemann(GB) / Barbara Wiedemann(GB)Ĭarlos Rieder(CH) / Martina Rieder-Weber(CH) Phillip Blunden(AUS) / Lynda Blunden(AUS) Stephen Hardwick(GB) / Samantha Hardwick(GB) John Whitelock(GB) / Nicole Whitelock(GB) Trans America Challenge 2018 Participantsīrian Scowcroft(GB) / Catherine Scowcroft(GB) We’ll be happy to answer your questions and offer any guidance you may need. To find out more please call Annette, Eleonora or any of the Rally Office team or email us for your copy of the event brochure and entry form. In addition, scheduled visits to places such as the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte are also part of the experience. As well as taking in little-known back roads, the route encompasses deserts, oceans, mountains, flat plains, small towns and big cities and features gravel tests, forest regularities and race circuits.įour rest days have been built into the route to give entrants the chance to take in Nashville, New Orleans, Santa Fe and Aspen. Starting in Charleston on May 27th and finishing in Seattle on 17th June 2018, the three-week fusion of competitive historic rallying and road trip will clock up 8,000 kilometres of breath taking sights and scenery.
The Endurance Rally Association Team has been hard at work planning a true ‘hum-dinger’ of a challenge for 2018 and is thrilled to open up the entry book for the third running of the iconic Trans-America Challenge.ĮRA and American historic rally guru Steve McKelvie have joined forces to ensure that the exciting all-new route will satisfy a competitive and adventurous spirit as well as guaranteeing that once engines stop at the end of each day, entrants get to experience the very best of American hospitality.