2018 was the fourth year of existence for Sports Car Club of America’s innovative Track Night in America Driven by Tire Rack program.  Recently, Mazda Motorsports took a look at the Track Night program to discover how the initiative has developed over the years and what 2019 might look like.

“SCCA Track Night in America started as a way to get people cheap and easy track time,” begins the story at MazdaMotorsports.com. “Conducted usually on weekday afternoons and/or evenings, it was designed to be convenient and not require high levels of commitment. As a result, the program’s popularity has continued to grow.”

Next year, Track Night in America will look at minor refinements that further enhance the event experience.  Additionally, SCCA hopes to introduce many Track Night participants to the Club’s revamped Time Trials program, which is a “step above Track Night with a competition element,” states the article.

Read the full story at  https://www.MazdaMotorsports.com.

Sports Car Club of America’s Board of Directors approved the rule set to create GT-X, a new Summit Racing Equipment Road Racing class designed to capture internationally-homologated cars and tube-frame cars outside of the current available classes. Eligible cars will include those homologated to FIA GT3, SRO GT4 and TCR specifications.

The GT-X class will be eligible at all Regional, Majors and Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour events in 2019. That will not include the 2019 SCCA National Championship Runoffs®, although it could be considered for future Runoffs events.

“There is a huge movement worldwide for homologated GT and Touring-style racecars, but there hasn’t been a clear way for all of these cars to race with SCCA,” SCCA Vice President and COO Eric Prill said. “The Club Racing Board’s introduction of the GT-X class is a very simple and elegant solution for people to enjoy these spectacular cars with SCCA.”

In addition to the FIA GT3, SRO GT4 and TCR classes, which will follow international vehicle regulations, GT-X will also welcome tube frame cars currently classified in SCCA GT-1 that wish to add additional aerodynamic, wheel, brake and fuel delivery modifications, as well as cars built previous to Grand-Am tube-frame specs.

“The purpose of GT-X is to provide a place for these cars to race within SCCA, not necessarily balance performance of each car or one specific class rule set to another,” SCCA Club Racing Board Chairman-Elect Peter Keane said.

Because it is not a class that will be actively managed with balance of performance adjustments once the season has started, GT-X will race for event awards and contingency prizes, but for 2019 will not recognize Majors Conference or Hoosier Super Tour championships.

SCCA has obtained permission to use the current rule sets through their respective organizing bodies, including the Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA), Stephane Ratel Organization (SRO) and World Sporting Consulting (WSC).