Cascade Geargrinders

Cascade Sports Car Club's Road Rally program (aka Geargrinders) organizes time-speed-distance road rallies in and around Portland, Oregon.

A game that takes you places.
A scenic drive on country roads.
A fun autosport competition for teams of all levels.

What's a TSD road rally?

When is the next TSD road rally?

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2025 CSCC ROAD RALLY SEASON

 
Out With the Old – In With a New Rally Season

Winners of the 2024 Cascade Geargrinders Rally Championship will be honored at the club’s annual awards ceremony on Dec. 21. Please join us in congratulating the winners:

Equipped Driver – Bob Morseburg
Equipped Navigator – Cheri Eddy

Unequipped Driver – tie: Alex Castaneda and David Gattman
Unequipped Navigator – Jo Ann Gattman

With the 2024 rally season in the rearview mirror, take a last look back and then focus on the future. Read all about it in the January Geargrinders News.

New! The perfect gift for that special someone -- a Cascade Rally Gift Certificate. Available now. Just in time for the giving season.

Geargrinders News



Feb. 7-8 Rally School 

Go for a scenic country drive and learn to play the game that takes you places. Rally School is for all levels of rally skill, from beginners to rally season winners.

Rally School is two-part. The first part is virtual rally school Friday, Feb. 7, starting at 7 p.m. The second part is the practice road rally Saturday, Feb. 8, starting at 10 a.m. 

The Rally School rally on Saturday is about 100 miles from the start in northwest Portland to the ending location in Scappoose. It takes about three and a half hours to complete the rally course, including a mid-rally break.  

This rally includes some simple rally challenges. If you pay attention during the virtual rally school meeting, you will ace these challenges.

The Friday evening virtual meeting is designed to teach you how to play the game of road rally. The practice rally on Saturday tests your driving and navigational skills.


Register for Rally School by midnight Feb. 5

Rally School Entry List



2025 Rally Schedule

February 8 - Rally School
March 1 - Saturday Rally
April 19 - Saturday Rally
May 10 - Mountains to the Sea
June 7 - Saturday Rally
July 19 - Saturday Rally
August 2 - Saturday Rally
September 27 - Saturday Rally
October 25 - Ghouls Gambol

Download the 2025 rally flyer

Rally School  - Start the season with a virtual review of TSD road rally rules and procedures on Friday evening. Then run a practice road rally on Saturday to test your driving skills and navigational knowledge.

Saturday Rally Series - Compete for Series awards. Best five of six finishes count toward Series points.  To be eligible to win a season award, run at least three Series events.

Mountains to the Sea - Enjoy this 60th anniversary of Cascade's full-day tour-style rally, offering a fun to drive scenic route, starting in Portland and ending at the Pacific Ocean (this year, Newport area).

Ghouls Gambol - Cascades Halloween-themed road rally explores autumn colored foothills and farmland along scenic country roads. This fun road rally takes about 3 hours, Expect treats and maybe some tricks. Prizes for rally winners and best decorated cars.

Entry Fee:

All rallies except Mountains to the Sea:

$25 per car for CSCC members
$35 per car for non-members


Mountains to the Sea:

$60 per car for CSCC members
$85 per car for non-members


Save with a Series Pass. $150. Includes entry in Rally School and all six Saturday Series rallies. Register just once to enter all seven events. Run the same car number with the same start time at each rally. Available to CSCC members only. CSCC membership is available online.

Save more with a Season Ticket. $210 for a 9-event season ticket. Includes all benefits and events in the Series Pass, plus entry in Mountains to the Sea and Ghouls Gambol. Available to members only.  CSCC membership is available online.


2025 Cascade Geargrinders road rallies:

Cascade Geargrinders road rallies are beginner friendly time-speed-distance events, starting and ending in the Portland area. Rallies are about 100 miles long and take three to four hours to complete. First car starts at 10:01 a.m.

Online registration is required: MotorsportReg.com.

Entry requires a street-legal vehicle, a licensed and insured driver, a navigator, and a smart device (cell phone or tablet) running the Competitor Richta GPS Checkpoints app (app is free).

Rallies are conducted in accordance with the current Road Rally Rules.

Contact rally@cascadesportscarclub.org to receive event notices