The Sports Car Club of America has posted the schedule and run order for the 2014 SCCA National Championship Runoffs®, Oct. 7 — 12, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
The 51st running for amateur road racing’s top prize includes 20 minute qualifying sessions for each of the 27 Runoffs-eligible classes on Tuesday through Thursday, with 20 laps or 40 minute races for the National Championship on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Each class will make one qualifying appearance per day prior to the race days.
The schedule also includes the All Participant Party presented by Racers Insurance Services on Thursday evening, where the Tire Rack Pole and the BFGoodrich Tires Worker of the Year Awards will be presented.
In addition to the official event schedule, the Monday, October 6 test day schedule and run order has also been posted.
Currently, 500 drivers are entered in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs, with early bird entry open through Friday, August 29th.
The event schedule is available here, as is the test day schedule here. More information on the event, including both schedules, can be found at SCCA.com/Runoffs.
2014 SCCA National Championship Runoffs
This year’s edition of the SCCA RallyCross® National Championship, held at I-80 Speedway, Oct. 4-5, will be supported by several motorsports-related companies in the form of contingency sponsorship programs.
Mazda North America, the Official Car of SCCA, is supporting eligible entrants who finish on the podium in all classes. A National Championship win will be worth $750, while second- and third-place finishes are worth $500 and $250, respectively.
Honda Performance Development (HPD) is offering prizes to eligible drivers. A win at the controls of a Honda or Acura will equal a $500 payday. Second place will receive a $300 prize, while third will get $100.
Wrapping up the auto makers involved in this event is Subaru of America. They are supporting the six all-wheel- and rear-wheel-drive classes with contingency funds available to eligible racers. A $1,250 cash prize is up for grabs for notching the top finish. Second place will be awarded $750, while third will receive $500.
Hawk Performance, the Official Brake Products of SCCA, has also pledged their support of this National Championship event. Eligible National Champions in all classes can claim a $100 product certificate. Second-place drivers will be able to get their hands on a $50 certificate, while third-place finishers can claim a $25 certificate.
Eligible National Champions will also be going home with a new GoPro Hero3+ Black Edition camera compliments of GoPro, the Official Camera of SCCA.
To get full details and requirements on these programs, click here. Drivers are encouraged to review program requirements carefully to ensure full compliance. To be eligible for contingency prizes, drivers must register for each program prior to the start of the event.
The 10th Anniversary RallyCross National Championship will take place Oct. 4-5 at I-80 Speedway, in Greenwood, Nebraska. Click here for further information on the event, including registration, details on contingency sponsorships and entry lists.
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2014 RallyCross National Championship
Courtesy of David P. Head
Hey there, SCCA competitor, is your solo season winding down, or your racing season nearing completion? Are you looking for a change of pace? Well, the SCCA RoadRally department has something a little bit different for you.Enjoy two-and-a-half days of touring the beautiful back roads around Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the SCCA United States RoadRally Challenge, run as part of the Coker Tire Challenge, Sept. 19-21. Unlike other SCCA RoadRally events, one can run this event on time using the speedometer, only if you wish to, and your odometer, if you want to. With no mileages, you only have to be sure to not miss your left on ‘Cobcorn Road’ by looking at the road signs.
This event for experienced rallyists, as well as anyone who has ever run a rally and would like to do it again, has a curve ball. In contrast to past events designed to test the mettle of people who have been running rallies since dinosaurs walked the earth, this year’s event is quite different. There will be no ‘main roads’ to confuse, no ‘traps’ to embarrass and no complicated lists of rules to follow the course.
To enter, go to this website.
Called the ‘Great Race,’ the Coker Tire Challenge is the Championship event for many rallyist around the country, many of whom bring out their classic roadsters. In addition to a relatively easy course to follow, bring your cameras because there will be old cars to photograph and otherwise enjoy seeing outside the setting of a museum.
The registration tab of the website asks you to select a class. The classes listed are E, L and S. E class is the ‘anything goes’ method of timing your car with respect to keeping your car exactly on the average speed.
Class L prohibits the mileage measurement equipment from automatically updating the timekeeping equipment, which is the essence of a RoadRally computer, but would include an app on a tablet that would input GPS mileages to automatically give you the time it should be for your position on the road.
Class S uses the stock odometer in the stock location, with any sort of computation equipment. That means you can create an Excel spreadsheet and run with your laptop or tablet if you want to in either S or L. The difference between the two is the use of the stock odometer, as opposed to GPS or possibly a dedicated rally odometer.
Greater detail on the classes can be seen here.
So now you have what you need to select the proper class and sign up to see the sights around Chattanoga. You couldn’t find these beautiful roads all by yourself on your vacation to Lookout Mountain if you spent two months, but Rallymaster John Classen has been all over these roads. You won’t be disappointed.
Great Race style rallying is explained in their rules.
Come join us for a different RoadRally experience.
USRRC Coker Tire Challenge
