In The Packet
Two Routes To Lunch
Your packet has two routes, both scenic, both winding, both ending at the same lunch spot. Pick whichever one reads better over breakfast.
On road adventure
Road Rally
Saturday, a scenic drive to a lunch spot in the foothills west of the track. Your morning if you're not on track.
Saturday Morning · Two Routes · Add-on
2027 · Not On Sale Yet
What's Included
Saturday Morning
A morning of driving that isn't the track.
Saturday at 944Fest stacks up fast. HPDE runs the Full Course all day. Parade laps at lunch. Car show lineup at The Gallery in the afternoon, then dinner and awards to close it out. And in the middle of all that, this: the Road Rally, a scenic drive to lunch in the foothills west of the track.
In 2026 the cap was fifty cars seventy cars ninety cars, and every spot went. "Drive somewhere good with people who get it" is the whole morning.
At A Glance
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Registration Per Car
90
Cars Ran It In 2026
AM
Waves Leave The Gallery
Lunch
Waiting At The Destination
The Drive
Good roads, all the way to lunch.
Everything you need shows up in your rally packet, handed over when you sign in at the event: the destination, two routes, and route notes for each. Waves leave from The Gallery through Saturday morning. Head out whenever your group is ready.
Lunch is the finish line.
Both routes are scenic, winding roads to the same lunch spot. Expect farm roads, mountain roads, and a lot of twists and turns. Not a lot of red lights, not a lot of highways. The routes pass gas stations and places to stop along the way, and steer clear of cities, towns, and anything congested.
Each car gets a Rally bag with essentials, including car decals and other adventure consumables.
A light lunch is waiting at the destination, included for up to two people per car.
No clock on the afternoon, either. Make it back whenever suits you, hop in the car show lineup at The Gallery, and settle in before dinner and awards that evening.
One thing to be clear about: this is a drive, not a race. No clocks, no scoring, no checkpoints. You get the destination and two good routes up front; take ours or find your own. Your car, your pace, real roads, real traffic laws.
The Loop
Make It A Loop
Take one route out and the other back, and you've driven the full loop. Or rerun the one that grabbed you. Nobody's checking.
The Long Way
Make It A Whole Day
Leaving earlier buys you more road. The packet includes shorter bonus loops from the destination and back, for anyone who wants a full day of driving.
What You Get, What To Bring
Registration covers the day. You bring the car.
One registration covers the whole car (fifty bucks in 2026; 2027 pricing lands with registration). Light lunch included. Here's the rest.
Included
Included With Registration
- Light lunch at the destination
- Rally bag at sign-in
- Decals for your car
- Rally packet at sign-in: destination, two routes, route notes, bonus loops
- Your slot in the cap, and the cap always fills
Bring
What to Bring
- Any car (transaxle or otherwise, all welcome)
- Full tank of fuel before departure
- Phone or GPS. Paper backups don't hurt.
- A passenger if you want one (or solo, your call)
Logistics
Logistics
- Waves leave The Gallery through Saturday morning; roll out with whatever group suits you
- Drive at your own pace, it's not a race
- Lunch at the destination when you roll in
- Head back when you're ready, then join the car show lineup at The Gallery
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RALLY
Ninety Cars In 2026
It sells out. Every year.
In 2026 fifty spots became seventy, seventy became ninety, and every one of them was gone before September. When 2027 registration opens, don't sit on it. The newsletter hears first.
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