Ithaca Rotary Road Rally 2025

Get Your Motors Running for the 12th Annual                         Ithaca Rotary Road Rally

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Check in anytime between 1:00 - 2:00pm ~

all cars must be on the course by 2:00pm

Starting location:   Maguire Imports,

370 Elmira Road, Ithaca (Next to McDonald's)

$25 per adult      $10 children 12 – 18      Free for 11 & younger

Proceeds benefit the Club’s James L. Gibbs Ithaca High School scholarship fund and other local youth programs

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW!

Join us for the 12th annual ROTARY ROAD RALLY! The FUNdraising activity is open to everyone and is absolutely engaging and fun for everyone. 

Participants will follow clues in their cars along 30+/- miles of country roads in and around Tompkins County, answering riddles, taking pictures, and picking up scavenger hunt items along the way. The Rotary Rally will finish with the checkered flag at a “mystery” location for prizes, drinks, and dinner (pay on your own).

Cars must cross the finish line by 4:00pm to be eligible for prizes. Teams will be judged on a combination of time, mileage, number of correct clues, scavenger hunt items, and group photos. An additional prize will be awarded for team spirit, which may include costumes and/or best-decorated car. Minimum two people per team; no maximum — however many fit safely in the car are welcome!

Prizes: All participants who finish the course on time have an opportunity to win a grant for their favorite local non-profit, made possible by the Ithaca Rotary Club’s donor-advised fund at the Community Foundation of Tompkins County. Winners may select which local not-for-profit (NFP) they wish to receive their winning prize:

First Place:                 $500 grant to the NFP of the winner’s choice

Second Place:            $250 grant to a local NFP

Random Drawing from all finishing cars: $250 grant to a local NFP

…plus other donated prizes for the winning teams!

Questions? Contact JeanMcPheeters@gmail.com

If you are bringing children (@ $10 each), you can pay at registration. 

Sponsorship opportunities are available! Email perri.lopinto@gmail.com