The Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Tour gathered at Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain, Colo., last weekend for the Mountain States Championship, the final stop on the circuit before the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships at the end of August. The event, hosted by the Rocky Mountain Solo Series put on in a joint effort by the Colorado Region SCCA and the Continental Divide Region SCCA, welcomed 178 competitors to a racing facility that has previously hosted IndyCar and NASCAR events on the permanent oval. On the course, the action was spread out across a number of classes. The largest class of the weekend, Street Touring Ultra, was won by Christopher Mayfield, of Fort Collins, Colo., by 0.706-seconds in a 2006 SCR Performance/Thanks Ryan! Mitsubishi Evolution. Sean Grubb finished second in a 2006 iZoom Graphics Mitsubishi Evolution. Tighter competition came in the A Stock class, where Paul Brown and teammate Wiggy Greacen battled in a 2000 Plastic PP Racing Chevrolet Corvette. Brown, from Los Alamos, N.M., topped Greacen by just 0.186-second to become the Mountain States Champion in class. Bill Schenker, from Corona del Mar, Calif., drove his 1999 MiataRoadster/ChaseCam/OSGiken Mazda Miata through his six runs to top Tim Aro by 0.129-second in C Street Prepared. Aro made all six of his runs in his 1995 SoloPro Driving School Mazda Miata without hitting a cone, but fell just short of Schenker. Even the karters were in on the action at Pikes Peak, with Tom Reynolds, from Albuquerque, N.M., topping the Formula 125 field in a 2008 Sorenomoreusa.com/Fastech Racing GP 8. Both Reynolds and Jared Langenfeld, driving a 2008 Mike Wilson Kart, got faster throughout the weekend. At the finish, however, it was Reynolds with a 0.084-second advantage over Langenfeld. Street Modified FWD took the honors as the closest class of the weekend, with Van Townsend, from Arvada, Colo., coming out on top. Townsend’s 1993 Thank You Hsun! Honda Civic topped Mike Forsythe’s 1995 S.S.H.R. Honda Civic by just 0.038-second to take the class honors. The next event on the Tire Rack SCCA Solo Tour schedule is the top event in Solo competion, the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championship in Lincoln, Neb., August 30 through September 2. For full results from the Mountain States Championship and more information on all upcoming Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour events, visit http://www.scca.com/solo. A direct link to results from the Mountain States Championship is available at https://www.scca.com/eventresults

As part of our new partnership with the American Le Mans Series, one SCCA member will be honored in each American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón television broadcast as the “SCCA Star Performer.” Robert Thorne and Chip Van Vurst have already been recognized in the Lime Rock and Mosport broadcasts, respectively, and the third recipient will be named this weekend, when the ALMS travels to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge. The Star Performer will be revealed during Saturday afternoon’s live broadcast on ESPN3.com (3:15 p.m. EDT) and Sunday’s tape-delayed presentation on ESPN2 (10 p.m. EDT). The SCCA Star Performer is selected by a panel of judges, based on recent efforts in SCCA’s national Club Racing, Solo and Rally programs. The recipient will be someone who shined above the rest, epitomizing the passion, effort and success within their performance. Coverage of this weekend’s Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge begins Friday, Aug. 5, with live qualifying on ESPN3.com at 2:20 p.m. (EDT). Live coverage of the race is also available on ESPN3.com Saturday, Aug. 6 beginning at 3:15 p.m. (EDT). The television broadcast on ESPN2 will be aired on Sunday, Aug. 7, beginning at 10 p.m. SCCA members are also encouraged to enter a sweepstakes for a trip for two to Round 8 of the American Le Mans Series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The trip includes luxury oceanfront hotel accommodations and VIP hospitality provided by Tequila Patrón. Autocon Racing will also host a special opportunity for the sweepstakes winner, but only if they are an SCCA member. Registering for the contest is easy. Simply visit http://www.americanlemans.com/scca to make sure you get your chance to win a once-in-a lifetime trip!